The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-22
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A Tale of the OIdeM Time.

A Tale of the OIdeM Time.
'The devil choke thee with mn As
Master Giles, the Yeoman, said this, he
banged down a hand, in size and color
like ham, on the old fashioned oak table.
4 do saw, the devil choke thee with IN !"
The dame made no reply; she was
choking with passion and fowls liver
the original cause Of dispute. r erea;
deal has been spiI and sung Of the advan-
tagc of cnngenial tastes amongst married
people, bnt true it is, the varianccs Of our
Kentlsh couple arose from this very COIN
cilencc in gu>to. They we're both fyad
Of the little delicacy in question, ,LEt the
dame had managed to secure the mor>cl
FOR herself, and this was sufficient to
cause storm Of angry which,
properly understood, signifies very low
language. The meal time seldom passed
without some contention of the sort as
sure as the knives and forks clashcd so
did they-bcing, in fact, equally greedy
and di>agrccdy; and when they did pick
quarr.i, ihcy picked it to the bone.
twas reported that, on some occasions,
they had not even con;cntc,l tn mSevcS
with hard sncechce lint thot thnv he'd
comn 70 sruhljnr-h. ,.tiry to Lov;nr
and sl,r to niurbinc-thonrh;n in =, FAR lnss
ouira5,c manner tiIon is rg9c,;.cd by thc
talie7 cc snnfT On the present difference.
howe,er th,y were satisfied with wish.
;rr na., o.;,sr d.,I VII, .,It,,.;,. l..rt. >
a"l tie seemed little doubt IF the 'n-
c,.ity oc the asDirot;on. On ,acLirr. :.
their ma,;onant ncrs-for tbcv uaI, :.
horrible nic;nre in th;s frame r. mini
Now it l,appencd that this Quarrel took
nlocc on thn morninr Of 81 MARK, .,.nf
vino u.,s sunnosod on ,h,4 f,.tivoI +, "a.
vor his vot,ri"s with. - mon irto thr i.,,l,
Of fate. For it was the nonular belief in
those days. that ifa prrSon sbonld keen
watch toward mj3ojcl,t brsjdc the r,,nyrI'
thn onno,iiions oC all ,nosc or tle no,i.}
who we're TO be taken by daath b,G'ro ~,
ncvt annircrsorv wou,i h. soon 49,, cr;r.,
the norch Thr vcoman I;Lo lis n,;,n,
bors, believed most d,yout!y in tAis M.
rnr. .t;tio,. a,l in +h. ro,,. r,o,,n,,. ,ho.
h. hroathrd thc rnser,rIv m ~ s,c;r.t;nn .f,r.. ,
said il orcnrrrd 70 him th,t ,Ln er,n
ot hand when bv.nh,rryinr ,hn rite or
s. W,,i' hn m;obt know Z, , ccrt,;r,y
whcther this unchrist;an wish was to h,
ono of those that hear frnt Accnrdinglv
little before midnight he stole ouietlv
out of the house, and in something of a
sexton-likc spirit set forth on his way to
the church.
In the mean time, the dame called to
mind the same ceremonial and having
thelike motive for curiosity with her hus-
band, she also put on her cloak and calaSh,
and set out, though by different path,
on the same errand.
The night Of the Saint was as dark and
chill as the mysteries he was supposed
to reveal, the moon throwing but short
occasional glance, as the sluggish masses
of cloud were driven slowly across her
face. Thus it fell out that our two ad-
vcnturcrs were quite unconscious Of be-
ing in company. till a sudden glimpse of
moonlight showed them to each other,
only few yards apart; both, through a
S..>>~>,,> ~. =, - 70 = - l'''t'
waking eagerly toT::'Td the ohoTch, porch.
Much as they mad jas. WISHED for thle Wis
ion, they could not help Quaking and stop
ping on the spot, as if turned to pair OF
tombstoncs, and in this position the da' k
again threw sudden curtain over them,
and they disappeared from each other.
twill be snnnosed the two came only
to one conclusion, each conceiving that
St. Mark had marked the other to him.
self With this comfortable knowledge.
the widow and widower elect hicd home
again. bv the roads they came; and as
their custom was to sit apart after quar-
rel they repaired. each ignorant of the
others excursion. to seporate chambers.
Rv and bv being called to sunncr in.
stead of skulkinr as oforctimc tbrv came
down together, each being secretly in the
best humor. though nut. .ially suspected