Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-07

tensto him lately thcca use she swanted N,
surprise him by coming nhon,e, ella s.;d
she had really acted cute aiontC D "a m.
tried to think sofrsome Eaysto play afuuuy
trick On 'ber--ihe GINNING litilei thing.s SO
he ssid.,d Andsbeiweut nt itjust persons
head orer.heels insloves geuerally dosd Hs
oought. .Tfor Christmas present,s magni6
cent work box, worth twenty Eve dollars
aud there comes his ,joke) one Of those
very small, naked. doll bsbies and wrap
pea its tiny form in red silk ,esnd placed II
initbs work box with other little bundles,
remarking to- lis friend, as be did SO, that
she would laugh when she opened that.
He placed the work box under his arm.
glanced at the girls picture upon the table,
and, started for the depot. lie, took the
Night Express which does not stop betwee
this place and Ashtabnia, aud be was glad
OF ii. The train halted at MadisoD, end our
hero was making bis way out WHEN 'be
heatd Madison called BY The brakeman,
The next place wfll be ttiiGe, sore, be said
Soon The whistle sounded, and tolf friend
leaped from tie train ana vent back Of
the depot in pursuit Of q back, but could
6nd none. He shouted for one, aud man
came up and au explanation was had he
was In Geneva D'I'''4 'a' N' 70 L'ss SIC
Love is daunslsss. I, was u osclock a.
night, bnt be. must go to AshIsbula.. He
hired a livery aud started The work box
was upon bis lap He ordered the driver
to take him to a hotel. lie covered his
head 10 keep warm, tie diver fell asleep,
and the, horse went astrny, and ran over,
vesy high snow bark end rad fence. 81 Bh,
The y Dung mau beId on 10 the work.box.. I
and they HnaiIy reached q hotei ID Ashta:
bulo, aud after severe labor succeeded Id
knocking up the LaudIord. sPns young
mao. while warming by The Gre, asked ths
landlord II be was acquainted with Mr., s.
This .weetbeart's father) aud il he was az
home. Isiam slightly acquainted with
him, sir II don't know whether he Is d,
home or not. lie moved to lGeheva two
months ago, where be nov resid IS |! An
Other bolt Of lightning was visible in the
yoong man, as be turned to bis driver aud
said, III Immediately go with you back TO
Geneva aud looking at the work-bo
hsnded The landlord some scrip for bis
t ,'ouble. He arrived at Gencva Of Z SUI.
day morning, aud not a "wink'' had be
slept. No matter, ii was all for her, He
made immediate inquiries about Mr.. S -
Mr.. r. s. No such man lives 10 Geneva
-he lives in Asttabula, said the stranger.
But the Ashtabula landlord told me he
moved here two months ago. No, sir
that was Mr.. s. s.. cousin of r. 8 Two
bolts Of lightning we're now visible The
converssriou continued, during which the
stranger asked the young mau II he was
acquainted with Me-. s slaughter our be
ros own darling girD who had been East
a few months past! We'll, somewhat, re-
piled the yoang man., looking at the II ork.
bt1.sn suppose you bave heard the news, !,
then Z No,hftg, only that she has return.
ed, said the swim. We'll, there is more
than that, replied the stranger she Is
married, snd has come hcme on her wed
ding tour Work box dropped upon The
floor, and bolts Of lightning were nov here
There beingno trains on Sunday, the
yourg man hired o conveyance aud came
10 Painesvile instanter. The work box is
in his trupk, and therein 2 is the girps pic.
ture and the cunning little doll baby. We
have since learned that the Ash ahula
''sweetheartD heard Of the whole lcircum,
stance ( aud things will trsvel) and simply
remarked, Well | wish l. hadb the work
box but asalo The doll baby. Iiden't waas
i'll can do bstter3l bas ,s-i7q70s a -