Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-11-07
sGlttte6 Gale.
Bachelors Love Making.

Yen wond have known it for bachelors
n ien, rhe momeut you Put your head INTO the
M or Bur, spicy wrcatlS of cigar smoke
VI ming up 10 the backened CelIing-new>pa-
= uudur Ihe tabir--Ca>IiIe soap ~ the II Y
#rouzr card rcCrIver->hpperS on the mantle
NJ ecr aud general confusion everywhere. Ana
gu, M Thorubroo6 poor drlUdcd mIrtal-
epIr,ruiv brleVed that his room was in The
nos, perfect order For hadn't he poked the
mp,y cha,upugne bottles uudcr the ted, and
yuL lhe wood DCX TO bear them company aud
hung up his morning gown over the damp tow
els. and ,usttd the ash-hesprinkl,d hearth
aIih his hest silk handkerchief He'd Ike 10
see u rOom IN better rim rhan tha,-gurs>ed
be WouId A nd LOW he was meudiug himself
ip preparatory 10 gong to call upon the very
rrtur>t g,rl IA New York Not that he was
artlcularty tOgd Of The needle, hut when "a tel
aw's whole loot goes through the nor'heost
To. OF has >tOckug, and there iSh'L button on
Is SHIRT, it'> time To repair domages.
II Nov, as Mr Thognhrouk'S whole stock Of
# dement's consisted OF "a lump OF VIZ, an en-.
u fa0u> pair oil scissors, aud Que needle, the
l-Ddirg did not progress rapidly. HIS way Of
managing the button question: TOO, necessarily
lratvcd some delay he had u cut all these
g,rirl little apIcudaLes from another shirt,
and sew thcm on aud the next Yrrk, when
ae Sccoud SHIRT was wanted, why it WAS easy
"ough to make The trans ~ again See what
IS 10 he bachrior OF genIu, Ii never tor
moment occurred TO him to buy few bnt-
Ions extra.
Buttons are not much trouble said Mr.
Ia5mprook 10 hrrnseIt, he wiped the per>p-
Jluou from his brow, " but when il comes 20
Goa, sleeves, what the mischief is IA fellow TO
DO? hayn't ahy black thread, either" and
Oe moaed dJIorouaIy at sIuail tear in his eI-
'ow, Vhcre some vic Gus naIi had caught ia the
oadr'0th " A black pin may do for to
N rtlt and to morrow III send 1t t. the tailor.
n Tie tact j., | ought to be married aud so |
sa.d # ouIy dared to ask Lillian. Oh,
1ar know she wouldn't have me-and vet,
MI lu not 50 cer,ain, eithrr-lf | could muster
lie courage boldly 10 put the question ! But
80 sure As | approach the dangerous ques-
n my heart fans me. Aud theu, that pup
3 Jones, with his curled muSlache, aud his
!r parted in the middle always hanging
,onad LDIIlau, aud quoting poetry to her-lf
Iaad have the privilege OF Kicking him across
lie street I'd die happy He isu't bashfuI,
& he Ii somebody would only invent a new
''' ct popping the qurstiOn-Someway that
'',nI quite 50 embarrassing ~
0r hero gave ms black, glossy curIS an
ezra brush, surveyed hImseIf critically IN the
s''s, and Then, with deep sigh, set forth 10
.'I On the IdcntIcaI Lillian Raymond, resolV-
Y, as he had done thousand times before,
tlal utIhsn,--Day hp-p
ON, Tue ha,hfunrss Of bachelors !
"neo Marx rhOrubrook arrived within the
SuatA1u peructs Of old Mrs. RnymOnd's
"4oo'o'nr parIof,, velvet carpeled, chandellered
VIVA god ana or nou, aud crowded up TO The
,! UoofS with those charming knlcknacks
,ua' only woman's taste provides, Miss LILY
D at home" in bewlderiny pink merino
s'''>' edged around the pearly shoulders, aud
'''DSoa 'h0NSrO>e twisted In among the rip.
t"H waves OF her soft brown hair. She new
O0S'u haIt SO pretty aud, thank Pow
i, - JoueS wasn't GU hand, for once IN his
,' Dut what was almost as bad Lily'S
,'rNn Was there-a tall. slender, black eyed
~ "''h arch lips. aud checks as red as a
F'I'erErn apple D. how ThornbrOOk wish
,0al Mss Esther Allen was at the bottom
A., ''u ga, or anywhere else except IN
Particular paror Aud then her eyes
-, ~ siarP-he hadn't been DOING the agree
more Than four minutes aud a halt, when
'os acclaimed
Dear me, Nj. Tho?nbroOk Ok-pray excuse
:, "u' "iat upon earth Is the matter Ot with
!'ar elbow =
i. marx turned scarlet The traitorous black
~ n atd deserted its post.
A. ouly compound fracture in my coat Miss
r,',' SAID he. feeling rs though his face
,.s o"t 10 The duty of all old Mr. Raymoud's
"p'n,Fs put together. You know VIC
b,S .1'1tS Ii are not expected to be exempt from