The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-04-10
A Laughable Love Story.

This experience is from correspondent in
Illinois, and is quite as good as any thing we
have recently read;
Your correspondent has an intimate friend
Joe F., who was until recently cashier Of
- Bank to say he was handsome, accom-
plished and withal very entertaining would but
express the opinion entertained Of him By nine
tenths Of the fair sex with whom no came In
contact. He was, TO use q western expression,
regular heart smasher among the women"
andit may not be improper to state, just here,
that no one had a more exalted opinion Of nj,
capabilities in that line than Joe himself Az
he and your correspondent were on the most
intimate terms ina ginable and accustomed, in
the "haicyon days of boy hood" to unfold to
each other all our plans and purposes of the
future-not even emitting the delicate matter
Of the hcart-I was not at all surprised, about
a year since, TO receive letter from him, In
which, after referring to our past friendship
and the confidence with which he had always
consulted me on any important subject, he as
suied mo that he now needed my advice "on n
matter which very nearly concerned himself,
"hN III "hlNhf poA oAhhpog WAS lnNOleu MS IuLur0
happiness and destiny" I, Of course, felt con
corned for my frieand at this; but was some
what relieved after reading the following:
"And now, dear s., without giving YOU
time to imagine any thing very horrible, will
frankly tell you that am In love. Perhaps
you will say. dwell what If you arel that Is
nothing new" But just wait until / get
through. You see, if it was common love
scrape, such as we used to have when we were
boys, 1 could get along well enough. But this
time it a little complica ed-a kind Of double
affair. Come now. s., don't think 1
am fool, but the fact is: Fanny l. is the
prettiest little creature in the world; young,
beautiful and afectionate, she is every thing
can ask; and in short, ! love her as never
loved before! But then, ALSO she is poor. Pow
erty is her misfotune. We're rich, this would
not weigh feather, but then you know am
not The other Mary W, is beautiful, gay,
accomplished and wealthy. The former love;
the latter esteem and admire think may
say, without being liable to the charge, of van
ity, that neither of them are Indifferent toward
Inc, but that an offer of marriage on my part
| would be readily accepted by either! Now
| s., what shall 1 do? Marry the girl 1
really love,and remain poor devil all my days,
or by forming in alliance with the other, at
once acquire wealth and position? Answer me-"
l did answer him. In my letter which, pardon
me, do not mean to copy here, I expatiated
largely upon the blessings of welded life, )" con-
nubial bliss" loving hearts, all the other "su-
gar and honey" expressions could remember
and closed by conjurng him, as he valued his
happiness, by all means to marry the one he
/ loved; and as for the beautiful accomplished
and wealthy Mary W, would come in
due time to marry her myself. 7 heard nothing
more from my love-perplexed friend for about
six months, when he wrote me as follows: "De6r
s., courted them both (the rich ono
GrsU and couldn't get either of theml Good
byel ] am going to Kansas"