The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-01-08
EBENSBURG. PA, IIIU ULSI)AY JANIARY s 1859.


insane or not. What did he mean !?
What a rreposterous idea. [ offer an
insult to his daughter her, for whom /
would rbecrfuliy have laid Down my life,
and felt only too thankful for the oppor-
tunity.
sAlr Mayburn,' said T, rs saI.a as |
coGid recover ny facJ.lJies; Aitl rot
be thus tritied with any longer. [ have
never, either by word or deed, been the
cause OF wouading your daughters feel
ings, and r"
But heseemcd determined that should
have no chance to vindicate myself in any
way, and stopped me short by producing
from Lis pocket letter, which he thrust
fiercely into my hand, saying as he did
so {:
There is the undeniabIe proof; let Us
have no more words about it. Leave lmy
house and never enter it again as long as
you live, or will have you pitched head
foremost into the street"
Mechanically [ took the letter, the
handwriting Of which 1 Immediately rec
ognized as my own, and ran my eye
hurr;edly over the contents. Good heaV-
ems it was the note 1 had, by mistake,
enclosed in the envelope addressed to Mr..
MAJ burn, and rice ceTSa
As the reader is doubtless anxious to
know what the letter could possibly con-
tain to so completely turn the tide of
affairs pertaining to my matrimonial
prospects, give it verbatim
''JoHy CEum: sit down to scrawl you q
word or two in reference to the superb ami
NAL over which You hold legal sway, and OF
whOma as You are already aware have desired
10 be IN possession, knowing her to be acti-
aEdly fast. ! feel that without her l canCut
longer be satisfied; and from nothing, I as
sure you. viii l derive SC much pleasure rs
from tTo,ring her around, and exhibiting her
to my friends. Feeling certain that my offer
proves acceptable, / viii call on you in q
short time until which l do not wish you TO
dispose OF her. Yours considerably,
"EDWIS WILLET."
After reading it, [ stood for \ moment
as If In trance At length raised my
eyes from the letter, gave one glance. at
MIR Mayburn, and crushing the offending
sheet in my hand, [ rushed, scarcely
knowing what | did, with Il sort of frantic
despair through the hall, and without q
word to any one LETT the house never to
again to darken It's doors.
\ few days afterwards I called upon
Bob Tracy to say 10 him that he need not
reserve the mare any longer, as l had
concluded not to purchase out as soon as
he caught sight of me he ran out to meet
me and shook me by the hand and other
wise indulged in the most extravagant
demonstrations Of joy, greeting me as if he
had dcs paired Of ever seeing me again, for
having received from me most beauti-
fully, written gilt-eGged note, asking in
marriage daughter, of whose existence
he was most profoundly ignorant, he had
no doubt that / haG gone stark mad, and
had just about. MADE up his mind to
insert an advertisement in the papers
warning the public to beware Of NE as q
person dangerous to be at large.
| now gave up; l found | Was besieged
on ali sides, and with an impIoring look
begged him to say no more about it to any
one, thai | had bau;shed all thoughts Of
marriage from NY mind, and had couclu-
6c6 to SPEND my futile life in single
blessedness but despite the charge gave
Bob to keep qujet, The affair, through
some mysterious agency, became circula
ted around, or, depend upou 1t, [ would
never have given It publicity; aud now,
having pnt you in possession ct the facts
concerning the history Of those ''two
letters [ will make 4 polite bow and
retire TO my bachelor couch.