The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-03-19

| am certainly the most unfoFtunafe
uan IN the world u
If not, how does it happen that / am
not married to Miss Priscilla Pritchard
only child and sole heircss Of The iare not
much lamcnted Jedediah Pritchard, oi
! Plitcharlstown
! She is worth million and half, al
the very lowest computation, and Tn
not worth q penny, except in the way OF
credit. | am worth quite a sum iii that
way, however, and have plenty Of unpaid
/ bills 10 prove 1t.
1t was alalost sure thing / haor she
would have said YES" if ! had popped
| the question the last time we met.
@, shy didn't / pop the question the
last lime we met ?
It Is of no use, | suppose, to cry over
spilled milk. She has gane aud married
another man, / understand, and | am set
ont in the cold. cannot cry, but | sho d
like 10 10 little swearing, if it were not
against my principles.
You see, [ loved her passiouately, with
my whole heart aud soul, aud was greatly
in want of money
She entertained, think, a strong feel
ing Of regard for ne and as she had had
very few offers for ttc last four wears, Sic
might easily have been led to accept lny
hand, heart, and not fortune have
none, but, We will say, my uan,e, which
Is Just us good. If body only thinks 50.
Gully, she don't thak 50 any longer.
Let me collect my bewildercd senses,
and relate the narrowing story II may
calm me.
Peter Coesnitl, is one Of my Oldest
friends We were boys Ueetadr lie is
celebrated Tor ;go things enly;sso far as
hn,g for bqin4 cross e,yy-<ssr g aud for ear
ryusg the iar4 Gst. yli4ageet silk hRndker-
ci.iefs-ali red. aud ye:hw, riflg strcaked
AID spa,ted That cyer wefc-seen.
Notwithstanding which, he is an excel
lent fellow
Ifhe had been littie better fellow, be
uiieht have been celebrated for ti,at-, too
bus he had serious falling his back
closely resemblcd that oi respectable Old
buffer, vita y HON ani slightly acquaiute'i.
nate. resi- I.ecta bic old buffers with wi:oln
/ ana but Slightly acquainted.
remember that y hen Cogsniith an6
were 1T school together, he used already
to carry those l,ileous handkerchiefs, and
it was considered rather u lark among the
hoys to steal them out of his pocket The
head boy Of oar class had e;@hI Of them,
all 1T occe, that he had stolen aud accu-
u.ula,cd
ltt. Why did I remember the fr)i;c
sonic days If boyhood Why did ever
attcmpt 70 renew a forgotten sportiyeness
and an obsolete j.cundity! !
net tae pause to drop Il briDy pearl,
and proceed with fresh penfui Of INK
business loathe and defest-
keeps me occupied daring the daytime,
and lay only hours OF recreation are those
that ] snatch from the Hahny period Of
sluu5ier
Therefore. I never had many oppo, tu
mites to visit Miss Priscilla irtc!!ard,
save on Sundays, and on the evenings Of
the week. My suit, then, prospcred slow
" !; but it dii prosper. Oh, yes; did
not press her hand unrcproved? did
10; insiuuate, three several times, that l
considered her. personal attractions con
siderabiy superior 20 the average? Did
not express my affection for her in /.
,housand pamefrss ways--by sishs, by
signs, By moau-, by groans, by every
means, in u word. that your skilliul lover
understands 50 wen
OF cour.e ] did
A4d She-she not only accepted all
this homage, 50 delicately teutlered, bHt
gave me 10 understand that she should
like to have me keep al it.
'Erailty, thy name is Woman -
How tr,ie..
II was one year ago, last Wednesday,
that she aud ! SIT alone in the little ex-
teusion room, o! the back room Of Miss
1 lriichaid's paiatial cry residence. We
Were alone
| had been getting along very finely,
bat somehow could not get my courage
up to the point
So | determined TO give myself oue
more chance. / had brilliant idea---
something new and original
Young me4i, take warning by my fate
Never trust brilliant, new and original
ideas. Strike while the iron is hot, and
cliBch the nail as soon-as possible.
My idea was, TO invite Miss Priscilla to
accom- papy me she opera, and to propose
70 her bctwcen E'.c acts, Ia proacenium
box. | FILTERED ms self that music's
dreamy swell, the FAINT perfumes Of the
huuse ca foileffe, the loellowed glitter Of
li@his. the witchery OF the spec
tacle, al! would lend an artfal aid, and