The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-12-18
The Persevering Bachelor.

atom, and almost forty. Peter shsd never
loved hut once. and the aj"rai'nn Of hls
heart had been bestowed upon Miss Lucy
Poppleion: bnr alas! Peter had failed to
express. his passion At the proper mo rent;
o-, in other words. had failed TO come IN
time. and one dav his hear, WA lacerated
nv receiving An envelope nfcar,is. annonnc-
become Mira Emerson Crooks.
II was terrible bow 10 Peter hn, he
staggered up 10 il and sill loved the oLiac,
If bis early paasions-at dis ance- Mrs.
Zimmerman Crooks reve'ad in the delights
Of m.,rimnnv, leading Fashion. her hns
han,. and Fefer.-a' a distance hv the
no q for FIVE wears. a. tho end of which
time Mr. .Iimmers"n Crooks chose 10 de-
par, to another sphere leaving Mrs. M
merson alone to mourn her duty,
Once more PEERS heart sprang M from
dust and ashes, and looked forward o the
.ime when the allotted period If mourning
should be over, and he could pour forth
the pent up agonie, of five wears. and ask
compensation in the hand &c 'Ie fair wild
ow. One year. thought Peter. is surely
enough Of time: I will give her one wear
Month after month rolfei on nctiI he could
stand it no longer A sckish misgiving
If the evils Of DELAY drove him to precipi-
tate the asking. When the tenth month
came he sought the widow at her home
and with All the ardor Of long peht IN
love poured forth his tale The widow
heard him-hrard him calmly unto the
very end. and then. with her d-ica'ely
nerfuneh handkerchief pressed TO her
finishing cheeks. told Peer that -he had
ONLY he wsrk before promised her hand
t" Or S'icklehack and oh. why did not
her dear friend speak b-fore9
| A second time was Peters heart torn
! into minute fragments, second time WAS
| he sent into the world to admire At dis
| lance.
Time sped IN. and once more Peter be-
gan to encourage hope. Perhaps Stick :
back NIGH, die ]: he certainly had An appn-
pie'ir look: and snre enough lrre,'> per
haps turned ont a certainty and Mrs DIR
| rheadosius Sticklehack was once more 4
mourner. Peter had learned too b tterl>
the dangers Of delay TO .utf-r any such
cauee to stand between himself anil sue
cess. He would not give the Wild wv =
wear. nor vet ten months-nay, not even
six; but he third month he would 90 to
| her will! hi. tale Of love deferred and so
he did We must RAJ scribe the widow :
own words when the question was POI.
| ned
"Oh Mr. Robinson, WHY did YOU not
come before? Y"u know nv es' Gem for
You Iou knos thai | would set aside al
other ctf-rs for Won; hu, oh. how car |
tell vou-that only last evening pr"mis
ed tap,ain Hawkins Poor. dear. sweet
Hawkins. he's your intimate friend ]
know: I've beard him speak so highly Of
YOU! Oh. did Won non speak before "
And 50 Mrs Dr.. heod"sin> Sri"ki,h eek
was transformed into Mrs Johna;han lla~-
kin, aut Peter was once more left t" all
! ulir.-a' a distance
Still Peer waited and hoped. Some.
hing might iurr mp. he argued and then.
! he would no; allow himself To be 100 la'e
Something did ,nrn mp. the some'hing he
! ing nothing more or less han he redonba
bic Captain, who turned up missing, hav
iag fallen OVERHEARD from the steamboat
While ont with his romuarv. and sunk like
4 stone owing urd"uh edlv. 10 the pCnde,
Gus nature of his response
The suhdanncss of this exit Peer argn>
ie', mus C. :rainly act VIII depressing
fnIcp nnon he widow, and he 'h"ug',r h-
W ull no, y We her time to r..rnv-r and b.
ahmed. SiI -iiqne,re demanded it,
Ie time to intervene Accordingly when
upon the tenth dav after the melancholl,
bereavement. Peter Knocked a, tie W.!
nw'S door bert upon his errand of love
he rather chuckIed to himself that he Wa
taking time hv the forelock. lhe huSi
nes> on which he came WAS qni-riy tod.
and once more the widow was in Il torrent
Of tears
"nh. Mr. Rnhinson. she exclaimed hid
ING her b,u-hing face in he cambria. 'whv
are YOU 81 unfortunate, and why AN 3
| Gu know nv e-tearu COR Won. bur Won a'-
100 late. | am already engaged lou
know Counselor k-lrhan? INV poor dear
dead and gone Hawkins most intimate
f lend. He WAS with him Won know. when
he was called away, and was the first Ia
communicate To me the awfui INTELLIGENCE.
| lie as such a comforter and have pro
missed u have hm MS iav two months
This time pier was crushed He had
no words to express his broken hearted
ness, but to rush from the house and 60
on rs before. sdnirng at a distance.
Ii WAS months before Peter even offer Ell
10 encourage hore and even then il fl ck-r-
ed. One day lie was walking in despond-
ent mood through one of the upper aven-
nes. when he heard sudden shout. and
started. F,om a half finished bui!ing in
front Of him he saw a he raised his e, e..
\ stout MII->isn ma king gvra,ions il. the
air, f ON heigh, # three stories in rou'-
panv with coping stone weighing some
wha, less ,lau half a on-,he two having
slipped toga her from srati' 'idIng Al that
h-,ph.. lie saw both Mfle>ian and stone
strike full upon The heads of fw" genie
men passing. and the whole f"nr were in
An instant mixsI in an inex',irahIe heap.
/ Ike all the ether spectators Peter rushed
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