Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
A Laugllable Love Story.

| This experience Of real life is from a
correspondent in Illinois, and is rs good as
anything we have recently read: +" Your
correspondent has an intimate friend. Joe
, who was until recently cashier of
- Bank in the COOL old State OF Ten
ncssee. Now TO say that Joe was hand
some, accomplished, would be but to ex-
press the opinion entertained of him by
nne-trnlhs OF the fair sex with when he
came in contact. He was, 10 use western
expression, $ regular heart sR0Sher among
the women" aud it may not he improper to
state, just here that no one had more ex-
allied opinion of his capabilities in that line
than the aforesaid Joe himself AS he and
your correspondent were on the most ini-
mate terms imaginable aud accustomed, in
the halcyon days Of boyhood," to unfold
to each other all onr plans and purposes Of
the iniure-not even emitting the delicate
matter Of the heart---I was not at all sur
prised about year since, 10 receive letter
from him in which, referring to our past
friendship AID the confidence with which
he had always consulted me on any impor-
taHt subject, be assured me that be new
needed my advice, on a matter which very
nearly concerned himself, and in which,
perhaps, was involved his future happiness
and destiny. | of course felt concerned for
my friend at this, but was somewhat re-
eved after reading the following And
now, dear s., without giving you time to
imagine anything very horrible, will frank
ly tell you that | am in love. PEI haps you
will say, Well, what if you are that
is nothing new. But just wait until get
through. You see if it was a common love
scrape, such as we used to have when we
were boys, | could get along with it well
enough. But this time it is a little COM
plicated-a kind of double affair. Come
now s., dou't think ! am fool, but
the fact Is, Fanny l. is the prettiest
little creature in the world. Young, beau
tlful and atfectinnate, she is everything that
can ask; and in short, | love her as |
never loved before! But then, alas she
is poor. Poverty Is her misfortune. We're
/ rich this would not weigh feather, but
then, you know, i am not. The other,
Mary W, is beautiful, gay, accom-
plished, and wealthy. The former love.
the latter ! esteem and admire. | think |
may say, without being liable to the change
Of vanity, that neither Of them is indffer-
ent toward me, but that an offer of mar
riage on my part would be accepted by
either! Now, S., what shall do
Marry the girl really love- and remain a
poor devil all my days, or, by forming an
alliance with the other, at once acquire
wealth and position? Answer me-"
i did answer him. In my letter-which,
pardon me, do not mean TO copy here-I
expatiated largely upon the blessings of
welded fe,connubial bliss, loving hearts"
and all the other sugar and honey express
sions | could remember; and closed by
conjuring him as he valued his happiness,
by all means TO marry the one he loved
and as for the beautiful accomplished and
wealty Mary MI, / would come in
due time to marry her myself. | heard
nothing more from my love perIexed friend
for about six months, when he wrote me as
follows -
e Dear s.; | courted them both
(the rich one first,) and couldn't get either
of them Good-by l am going TO
Kansas"