The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-11-11
JOSHUA WHEAT. THE BASH
EUE NAN.
Story Of his CoGrtship ntdE Mir
FiaIP.

awkward urgsinly creatures among the hus
band bipedS Now. there may be some hin
very attractive and interesting in the Shrin,
ing timidity OF bash ul giIl, though / COMES
0 have my doubts abopt il; but bash ~
q man who ever piies him? Though de~pise
A by one sex, and laughed at by tho other, al
q ways dong what he never itended tc hav
n done, and saying bat be never intended t
q say, lie is ole Of the NEST pitiable object
. in existence.
i 10 Le sure, in these days Of brass and as
# su'ance, when everybody thinks himself 9
good as bis NJ ei9hhor, and a great deal better
they are very rare. But still they are me
with Occasionally, though they are quickl,
disappearing; and probably in q lew year,
there will be no trace lie t OF Them
= Ny freud. 'shua Wheat, was one OF this
un'ortunse class of people. | say he was
, or he has vonderuly improved OF iale
years. But | will hct ant cipare.
No one could have seen Joshua enter a
} room wtere there WAS company, especially
lsdies, withou being awrre Of hi peculi ,r
IT. OF his lie genrrally either blundered
alorg, locking red and Dish, or shot bur
n Oily IN, with white scared ace, hiding
hin sell behind door, or in a corner. II
Tie &c was chair or sGol anywhere III the
Ioom' whith wfs very spt to be the case he
generally managed stumble over it, which
was not at all calculated to add 10 he grace
o bis entrance |; pre- ty girl spoke to
! lin, lie s'Hmmered and turned all sorts o,
colo's looking Is frightened as il lie bad
been cohvicled sheep steal rg
Poor Joshua! thele certainly never was
man who had higher opinion OF the better
GpaIl o. cTealicn, or who v a. more capsble Of
apEreciating he blessings OF matrimony, yet
he nid reached the age OF twenty light with
out beng one step nearer towards real zng
them 'hsn he was eight years be fore.
lie five bl 9th r., u III ugh lone @
them had hall his good 10, ks or sense, they
po'stSsed what he uid Dot plenty OF assu
rance and tact OF showing what they did
know, and were all married and happily set-
lied in hi while lie remained orlorn, dis
consulate bachelor.
1t was not from the want Of IN ans 70
support vile, for he had plenty Of this
Nord'S goods, wtIl ST, cked farm, a nice
new house, besides some money in the bank
lt was certainly not or The want OF girls.
for there we're scores Of them in the town
where lie lived, of all SORTS ald Sizes black
eyed. blue eyed, gray eyed and eyes OF no
coltr at all NJ, Joshua Wheat remained
unmarried merely because he did not pos
sess The moral courage TO look auy OF the
girls IN The face and say, Il love you will
ycu marry mer'
Ihase words are very simple, and TO The
minated easily spoken, yet have known
many mans rourage to fail him at the
thought OF saying item, who would have
ridden into the front o. the fercest and hot
test battle without shadow OF fear.
A last all the gnls OF Joshuas acqusin-
lance were married TO brayer il not better
me n--all hut ore, Mary Dear born The pret
test one among hem a l. having firmly de
tel mined in her own mind that ii she mar
red at all, she would have nobody but Josh
Ia Wheat.
Joshuo had taken great shine 10 Mary
9ve' since they we've children; they used to
20 TO scht oil together in the lii le red school
lume on the II, be drawing her to and
rom schuo in nc winter, on HIS little sled, /,
md bringing her APPLES rs red and shining /
rs Ter rosy chez ks.
Nhen they grtw oder Re still exhibited j
Us pr eitnce or her, thcugt in some " bat 0
iti;Jent manner. Every Satba h, after a
lie door, to escort / er home, ana IN the
wen ng, arey,d n his Sunday best, he L
night be seen striking bee inc or Squire Y
1tari orh's About nine oclo k the old t
oks would 60 off 10 bed, l'as ng Joshua
nd Mary together. And there he would v
it, looking straight irto the fire sea- cely a
a'irg TO move or bres be, with the mo h
nenous question trembling 6 on the very tip Il
1 bis tongue yet never leaving it. No near
r toward the object OF bis visit when he left
he house than wien he entered it.
Things went on in this way number Of II
lonths But at last AL event occurred o
,hIch gave Joshua quite a START A son ol y
)r. Hale, The village physician, came home :
ON college where he Lad graduated it iei Y
lid with considerable distinction. He
AS a tall, lank, smoo. h, faced fellow, with
lorc learning than brains and mo,e brass Y
lan itler. lie saw Mary in church the
rst Sabbath ter his return, and took
reat ancy to her and conmehced pay ny u
er considerable attention. II
Young Hale had always been Mary's par
cuIar aver, sion; She dshked h IL rem his a
1yi o1d; but she did no ,crupIe to fl
ih hiln lite, hoping TO arouse Joshua's
1t seemed TO have lis ttiect; fr Learning
lat Mr., Lawrence, one Gt his Le,glbors and ii
'h'iving Iarme'. intened TO give parry and
lving obtained ah Ink ing IN some way that
e college chpp, as he termed his rival. in. fc
dcd to take Mary, he went over to squue
ca, born's early next morning and asked O,
,r himself Delighted al The success O
,r maj oe yer, Mary gave smiling cons
mt, and at The appointed time, much TO tie
lagtin OF tie y,urg cocgian who had in,
nded 10 spprep ate her TO himself, she >,
ert, accoupar led BY ,shua. III
Alarmed at he ba.e possibility of losing
n, Joshua appear d like new man; and il
Stead q m plig n som corner as was his III
out, not daring o spsk 10 her or 10 any :,
e else, lie remained b, her side nearly the "
hole evening, scarcely quitting her ior
Imeut, and then onN W en- she requested
m TO hIiIg her sLmr r. ireshmenls. u,
Mr. Hale, who had viewed JOshua'satten .
ms TO Mary wAh ajealous eye heard tins "
quest ard being wei aware o. Joshua's te
lndering propensi'ies, We maliclously pla
d stool direc y n his way. Pretty ,sot n .p
slua came back, ard instead Of waking
nupd the S oul, as any body llse wonld have i
ne; he stumble ever it, ana sptawing full
9Th uFon the floor lahded he contents OF So,
) HANDS, which consisted o. cup Of coffee no
d pate heaped with dougbnus pnnkn
J, and various other eatables, di eclly into
1ry's lap.
This unexpected ieat produced quite
,satlon. Mary stt upa loud &c cam and
r,st Of the company risted toward her IN,
see what was the mater; and II was some
ne be ore 'oIder va, restored. b