Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
ALnughnbIe Love story.

This experience Of real life is from cor.
respondent in Illinois, a nd is as good as
anything we have recently read
Your correspondent has an intimate
friend, Joe -, who was until recently
cashier of - Bank, in the State of Ten
nessee. Now, to say that Joe was hand.
some, accomplished, and, withal, very ell.
tertainng, would be but to express the
opinion entertained of him by nineteen
twenteths Of the fair sex with whom he
came in contact. He was, to use o West
ern expression, Irregular heart-smasbcr
among women;" and it may not be i'm
proper to state, just here, that no one had
u more exalted opinion of his capabilities
in that line than the aforesaid Joe himself
As he and your correspondent were on the
most intimate terms Imaginable, and &c,
customed, in the 'halcyon days Of boy
hood" to unfold to e0ch other all our
plans and purposes Of the future.--not even
emitting the delicate matter of the heart
was not at all surprised, about year
since, to receive a letter from him, in
which, after referring TO our past fIiend-
ship aud the confidence with which he had
always consulted me on any important sub
ject lie assured me that he now needed my
advice on matter which nearly concerned
himself, and in which, perhaps, was in
volyed his future happiness and destiny. !,
Of course, felt concerned for my friend at
this; but was somewhat relieved after
reading the following: And now, dear
S, without giving You time to imagine
anything very horrible, | will frankly tell
you that am in love. Perhaps you will
say, We'll, what if you are? that is moth.
ing new But just wait till get through.
You see if it was common love scrspe,
such as we used to have when We were
boys, could get along with it well
enough. But this time it is little com
plicated-a kind of double affair. Come
now, s., don't think that | am fool,
but the fact is, Fanny j is the pret-
tieSt little creature in the world, young,
beautiful and affectionatc, she is evcry.
thing that l can ask; and, in short, | love
her as l never loved before! But then,
alas! she is poor Poverty is her miSfor-
tune. Were rich this would not weigh
a feather, but then you know l am not
The other, Mary W, is beautiful, gay,
accomplished aud wealthy. The former
love, the latter esteem and admire.
think may say, without being liable to
the charge Of vanity, that Beilher of them
are ind fferent toward me, but that an offeI
of marriage on my part would be readily
accepted by either. Now, s., wha
shall l do? Marry the girl / really love
aud remain q poor devil all my days; or
by forming an alliance with the other, a
once acquire wealth and positiOnH Answe
meP l did answer him, In my letter
which, pardon me, do not mean to copy
here-I expa;iated largely upon the bless
ings of welded life" "eonnubial bliss,
flowing hearts" and all the other sugar
aud honey" expressions / could remember;
aud closed by conjuring him, as he valued
bis happiness, by all means to marry Ihe
one he loved; aud as for the beautiful ana
accomplished, and wealthy Mary W,
\ | would come 10 due time to marry her
myself. | beard nothing more from my
loyeperplexed friend for about six months,
when he wrote to me as follows: Dear
s.: | courted them both, the rich one
Grst, and eoulda't get either of them!
Good bye; l am going to Kansas"