The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-03-29
THE RUNAWAY MATCH;
How the schOoInaster Married
F'l-t q Fortune.

nv" AAAS ANO
rfl,t a Fortune.
It's about ten years sge since the incident
what I'm gwine tn tell, tuck place. 1t
caused a great sensation at Pineville at the
time, and had the effect TO make fellers mon
strouS careful how they run away with other
people S daughters without their consent,
ever sense.
Mr. Ehenezer Doollittle was the bomins-
blest nsn after rich gals that ever was. He
hadn't been keeping school in Pmeville
more than six months, before he had found
out every rich gal in the settlement whose
father had twenty niggers, and he courted
ali Of ,em within a days ride. lie was
rather old to be popular with the gals, and
somehow they DIDN'T ike his ways, and the
way they did bluff hm off was enough to
discourage anybody but Yankee school
master that wanted TO git married. and
hadn't many years Of grace left. But it
didn't seem TO make no sort of difference to
him. He undertook 'cm by the job. He
was bound to have a rich wife out of some
Of en-, an1 If he failed in one case, it only
made him more perseverin' in the next
His motto was never say die. ~.
Betty Darling as they used to call her
n old Mr. Darling Daughter, what used to
i've out on the Runs-was about the torn
own-est mischief Of gal in Georgia. Bet
s#ty was rich, handsome and smart, and had
more admirers than you could shake stick
at, but she was sGcha toI!nentin' little CO.
Guettc that the loys were all afraid to court
her in right down earnest. When Mr.
p Doolittle found her out he went rite at her
like house a fire She was Just the gal
fox him, and ne was determined to have her
at the risk Of his lite 5. ..- ...
Well, he laid scige to old Mr.. Darling's
house day and night, and when he could
not leave his SCHOOL to 90 and see her, he
rit letters to her, that was enuff to throw
asy other gal but Betty Darling into fit
Of high steiicks TO read EN-. Just as every
body expected, after encouragn' him just
ennf to make tcller believe he had the
thing did, she kicked him fiat. But shaw,
he was perfectly used to it, and he was too
mucn Of f:o.ophcr to tie discouraged ty
such rebuff, when the game was worth
pursuing.
He didn' loose minit's time, but just
brushed up and went right at her again
Eucry body was perfectly surprised to see
him gwine back to Old Mr.. Darling after
the way be had been treeted by Betty; and
they were good deal more surprised, and
the boys were terribly alarmed in about d
nonth at the hcadway he seemed to be ma
kin in his suit. Al at once, Miss Betty
conduct seemed to change towards him, and
though her father and mother weer terribly
opposed to the match, any body could see
that she was beginin' to Ike the schoolmas-
ter very well. ....
Things went on in this way for q while
tiu biueby old MIR. Darling begun to get SO
uneasy about that he told Mr.. Doolittle one
dae that he muSn t come to his house no
more; and if he ketchcd him sending any
more love letters and kiss verses to his
daughter by Lis niger gals he'd make one
of his boys give him an alfred cowlidin. 4
But Mr.. Dooittle didn' care for that nei-
ther. lie could be near Miss Betty when
she come Shopnl' in stores in town and there
was more II 'one way TO get y letter 10 her.
lIn daug ghter, was head and heart in love
with him, and was just the gal to run away
with him too, if she was opposed by her
parents. And as for the property, he was
certain Of that when he got the gal.
One Sunday when there was no school,
MIR, DooEtte went to old Squire Rogers
md told him he must be ready to marry a
couple that night at exactly ten 0 clock. =,
Mum" SEE he, ''you musn t say u word
to nobody. Squire. The license is all ready,
and the parties want it to be very private -
o Squire Rogers was one of the most ac
-oommodatn, old fellows in the world on such
occasions Mrs Rogers was monstrous
Granny, cross old lady, and nothing done the
old Squire so much good as to marry other
= people; il didn't make no odds who they was,
besides, Mr.. Doolittle was an injured man,
n and great scholar, in his opinion, aud be-
longed TO his church.
Mr. Doolittle had arranged the whole
business in first rate order Miss Betty was
~ 10 meet him at the end Of her fathers lane,
disguised in u dress borrowed for the occa-
sion, when he was to take her close one
horse baronche and ''hy with her on the
wings CT love-" as he said he would to the
Suuire's whar they would be united inb bands
Of wedock before any body in the village
know i anything about it. He had made
/ arrangements attho hotel for room, which
: he seed fixed up himself for the auspicious
occasion; and he had writ letter to friend
down in Augusty, to be thar the next week,
to take charge of his school, as he thought
it ,tlougllt be necessary for him to keep out
the way of old Darling for few weeks, till
the old fellow could have time to come to.
- Ali day Mr. Doolittle was bustling about
, as he wasn't certain which end he st 'od
'un, while the sunshine of his hart beamed
from his taller-coored face in way to let
everybody know something extraordinary
Just after dark he mought been seen driv-
old Mr.: Darling's, s, Everybody suspected
something, and all hands was on the look
out. 1t was plain to see Squire Rogers
= Importance was Tsweed considerably with
e,notb;np na,u hut ,,ohnd,. .nuld rat a word