Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-07-20
A Nice Piece of Strategy.

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The carelessncss with which some men :,
choose theirswiyes is wonderful to 'me-they :
seem to bestow more trouble and pans upon \
the choice of a coat. One or two instances
which have lately come to my notice VIII ac- ;
count for the charge havehrought against the ;
lords of creation; but only some of them, 1or
others, finding none good enough, end by re-
naming ofd bachelors and it is best they
should for men of that sort would have wor-
ried angels had they happened to marry them
Then there is young Mr.. Balmayne. am
sure 7 never thought he would have done SO
we'll "a he has after that imprudent hurried
marriage of his, and the heir to SO much
But III all right now, and I'll tell you how 1t
You must know thatMr Balmayne had not
much to do last winter in town, when he was
nm with his father, who was i'll of the gout; so
he used to spend good deal OF his time look
inc out of the dining room window; and as
his father has one of those elegant houses IN
Piccadlly, of course he saw great many peo-
nile pass by during the day. .4, .-
One morning It rained very hard-qWte
melt: and, as he was at his post, he saw =
f,rottv o;rl run across the road from the park,
rrtra;ght to the porch which was over the front
of h;s fathers house. She had no umbrella
o. Of course. Mr.. Balmayne' hrstimpulse was
~ lend her one. He put on his hat and coat,
lust as if he was going for a walk himself, ana
opened the door. 4 fy, --,
She really was very pretty, and very vet
c,n wouId not come in to be dried, for she
was in hurry to get home 50, as the offered
ninbre,lal was d heavy one, Mr.. Balmaynes
? carried it for her himself She was q gri OF
GOOD family but very poor-that evil worse
ibon sin is in the eyes of some people. How
evcr to make a long story short, Mr., balmayne
/. morr;cd her before the season was over; ana,
i more than that lie told his father that snchl
- was his intention. This brought on another
6t of the eout, and the old gentleman vowed
and declared that he never would see ner.,
Matters were in this fix till it was time Tor inc
. sbootin@ season to commence; and as inc
moors we're in capital order, and large party
Z, coming to the old gentleman's highland box
J NJ Relmayne must come with him and leave
"a his beautiful Young wife behind. This grievec
him sadly ; but at last bright idea occurred
9 - Xiv, yb;ch he carried out, as we shall see
- for this is a true story. st .,.,.,,,,, .s4%l
o., AZ iba FastonSoi,are railway station whel
NJ Ralmayne arrived with his father, ther
T, was such rush for seats that they had som so
st difficulty in finding one, and as Tor carriag
p to themselves, that was out OF the qucstoh
~ but they secured compartment which, as
er all know contains only four. One lady wa
- already in his,one but with the old ,gentle
mans innate politencss, he would not hear |,
= her moving, though, as his gouty foot was oil
liaed to be placed on the opposite seat, ther
:, was only Just room for them. ~
n, The lady sat by the old gentleman, and u
IS, son opposite to her The lady was very prett
"a and seemed so sorry and synpathizing whe
ever twinge of the gout forced a strong, e.
preston from the old gentleman, that at Ia
he began to take some notice OF her ana
- talk to her The yoang man, absorbed IN III
newspaper, left them entirely TO themselv3e
st and before they had reached York they we
a.. quite good friends, 1t so happened that, tt
~ Young lady, too, was going to spend the mig
IL at York. As, she waslquite alone, the old ge
'77 tleman told her she had better come to t.
n same hotel as they did, and his servant shou
: q, look after her baggage Evidently young,
- Balmavne did not intend to take the snialls
,-rl notice of her, and seeing his sons want
proper politeness perhaps made the good
!; gentleman all the more attentive, ~" d. .,
ise sTbe next morning they again set out
their northern journey, and altogether, as
fore, for the lady seemei, quite to belong
them now. Having ascertained that she
going down to a5piaee within a lew miles
{. his own shooting box, the old gentlema
=, promised he would see her safe to the end
3se her Journey, which was rather a long one
1, 4 She travelled slowly being in delicate heal
~, and, owing to his gout, the old gentleman.
- the same; so, as it turned, out they remain
e. together the whole distance :, 81, I.
Iuts, when they got to the last station, bel Del
. B leaving the railway for country roads, the
lis. tIemen got out, the father desiring the lad,
--l remain in the waiting room till he had fol
'''4a her aSearriage and had her luggage putt, or
East it, She obeyed with very sweet smile,
ely looked uncommonly nervous. Mr. Bama.
also looked nervous which was odd He
lowed his father, who was looking for a 4
5eS riage for hislpretty protege.. y y hS0d
I, "a aUpon my word, as nice girl as eve
.tEos met" said the old gentleman "Really
II Ma Quite sorry to lose sight of her. How
would enliven the moors, would mt she, ,Geor!