Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-25

employment 1t being dull season of the
year, however, and he, unwilling to under.
take anything but his legitimate business met
with poor success here, and found no one
who was willing to give him work to do.
"Among the visitors at the house where he
was boarding was a fair cousin at the head of
the family, who but few weeks ago returned
from country town in Michigan, where she
had been attending a boarding schu,l. The
young book-keeper came and saw, auI loved,
and after basking in her sunny smiles and re-
celvlng encouraging glances from her be-
wtching eyes, he seemed to grow Indifferent
to the question of employment, and cared but
little whether he found anything to do or not
He finally engaged himself to her, and the
preliminary arrangements were made and the
day fixed for the marriage to be performed.
nus far everything passed evenly enough,
but just here the connection broke and the
knotty side of the affair began to intrude.'
1t would have been all very nice for the par
ties themselves if they could have got mar
rled without any trouble, after few weeks
OF uninterrupted courtship: but that would
have given the lie to Shakespeare's assertion
about the course of true love- When the
young folks were about TO arrive at the mer-
idian Of their happiness-when they had
plighted their faith and uttered their vows,
and thought they were going to be made one
i'll Il little or no time, the young lady's hard
hearted parents Unexpectedly commenced
talking about young men of no standing, mot
OF good family having no money and no
means OF earning a living and so on. The
young man became indignant, as he had right
to do, and talked turiously about parental tyr
amy, and said he would have his Margaret
anyhow. He insisted that he was of a good
hat la hal Il,
mother, and that his father owned little
farm in Orange county, New York Alter
this the old folks quoted down little and
the young man concluded that he would go
home and get certificates of his responsibility
and establish in an honorable manner his
worhineSS to become the husband of Marga-
ret.
about twelve days ago young Laughlin
departed for New York, parting from his be-
trothed with many tears and promises of a
speedy return, and receiving hearty shake
OF the hand and good wishes and kind words
from his future parents-in-law. He had not
been absent but day or two when the ady's
father met an old acquaintance who had
known Laughlin and his family for a number
of years. and who spoke in the highest terms
OF the young man and all his people. Two
or three days later letters began to arrive
from Orange county bearing the same testi-
m0ny. The old folks began TO reent, and
were sorry they had ever opposed the match.
They began to be impatient as well as the
girl, for the day Of the wedding to arrive.
''But at this juncture, unfortunately, an
other difficulty arose. The young mans pa
rents objected They did not like the idea of
their son coming to Illinois to seek his for
tune, and being there snapped up by suck
err i'm loss flnD fnur u,,.ks IgiuolI, h.,
father told the son if he persisted in his de-
signs he would dlsinherit HIM The young
man paid no attention to the threat; disin.
herltance SHOULD be no obstacle to the possess
sion OF his Margaret At that time the draft
was going on in that county. and on the day
previous to the one on which the Young man
had decided to start for Illinois he was noii-
fled that he was drafted. He appealed to his
father for the ALMIGHTY three hnudrcd' The
iatner cnuchtvd-be had the boy toul, anutfia
heart broken lover had to shoulder a musk 1t
and enter the ranks.
ale had written to Margaret that he would
return ON Friday evening, the l4th and the
nuptiaIs should be celebrated that night. Last
night Margaret was arrayed in her bridal
robes at seventeen and eleven o'clock, bnt
no bridegroom came. Friends had come to-
gether to witness the ceremony and eat we'd
ding cake. At first they were all merry, and
jjested with the bride about the hardness of
the bridegroom, but few hours later they be-
came sad, and sorrow and sympathy was dc
picted on the face Of every one. A few min
utes previous to twelve O'Clock. stranger
arrived, who was from Orange county, and
brought tidings of the bridegroom. He
narrated briefly the circumstances of Laugh
Inns being Drafted and assured poor Mar
garet that he should not be blamed; it was
Il circumstance over which he had no con-
troll &c.
''rhe reply of the young lady will never
be forgotten by those who heard it, With
tear-drops glistening in her eyes, and her
heart ready to burst with grief, she turned
to the company and said: 81 don't keer a
durn; there's plenty more men in the world,
any how ~
"rhe meeting adjourned"