Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-02-09
Sclctt storp.
THE RUNAWAY MATCH!
How the SchOOImaster Married
Il Fortune.

It's about ten years ago sense the incident
what I'm gwine to tell, tuck place 1t
caused great sensation at Pinevilc at the
time, and had the effect to make fellers
monstrous careful how they run away with
other people daughters without their con
sent, ever sense
Mr. Ebcnozer Doolttlc was the bomina
blest man after rich gals that ever was. He
hadn't been keeping school in Pinevile
more than six months, before he had found
out every rich gal in the settlement whose
father had twenty niggers, and had courted
all Of EN- within days ride. lie was
rather old to be popular with the gals, and
somehow they didn't like his ways, and the
way they did bluff him off was enough to
discourage anybody but Yankee school
master what 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. lie undertook en- by the job. He
was bound to have rich wife out of some
of en-, and if he failed in one case, it only
made him more perseverin' in the next
Ills motto was never say die.
Betty Darling Us they used to call her
| old Mr. Darling's daughter, what used to
live out ON the Runs-was about the torn
down-cst mischefot "A gal in Georgia. Betty
was rich, handsome and smart, and had more
lHlIllltTS lllin l'u 'pulb IL S'lNh III,
but she was such tormcntin' little coquettt
that the boys were all ainrid to court her il
right down earnest When Mr.. Doolittl,
found her out he went rite at her like Il
hou, e-a-frc. She was just the gal for him
and he was determined to have her at tn,
risk of his life.
Well, he laid scigc to old Mr.. Darling,
house day and night, and when he coulC
not leave his school to 90 and see her, he ri
letters to her, that was cnuli to throw any
other gal but Betty Darling into IA fit of higl
stcrcks to read EN-. Jest as every bod,
expected after encouragin him Jest cnuif tC
make II tcllcr believe he had the thing did
she kicked him fiat But shaw he was per
lGctly used to it, and he was too much of /
lilosopher to be discharged by such rebuff
when the game was worth pursuing.
lie didn't lose n minits time, but jest
brushed up and went rite at her again -
Every body was perfectly surprised to Sc,
him gwine back to old Mr.. Darling 5, after
the way he had been trcctcd by Betty; but
they were good deal more surprised, ano
the boys were terribly alarmed in about /,
month at the hcadway he seemed to be ma
kin in his suit. All at once, Miss Betty
conduct seemed to change towards him, and
though her father and mother was terribly
I'II'E't w 'iN hid''hi D'il NbuNl SNA
that she was begin to like the schoolmastcl
very well.
Things went on in this way for while til
bimeby old Mr.. Darling begun to get 5,
uneasy about it that he told Mr.. Doolittl,
one day that he mustn't come to his hous,
no more and il he kecht him sending an,
more love letters and kiss verses to hi
daughter by his niggcr gals he d make on,
of his boys give him AN ALFRED cowhidin.
But Mr.. Doolittlc didn't care for tha
neither He could See near Miss Bett.
when she come shoppin in stores in town
ond there was more II one way Ia git n lettc
to her What did he care for that old Oar
r. lingY His daughter was he'd and har in love
with him, and was just the gal to run away
with him too, If she was opposed by her pa
rents, And as for the property, he was Ger
= tain of that when he got the gal.
One Sunday when there was no school
Mr. Doolttle went to old Squire Rogers
). and told him he must be ready to marry u
couple that night at exactly ten clock
Mum, ses he, "you mustn't say a word
to nobody, Squire. The license is all ready
aud the party wants it to be very private
Squire Rogers was one of the most nc
commodatin' old iellers in the world on sucl
occasions. Mrs. Rogers was a monstrou
Granny, cross old lady, and nothing done th
old Squire so much good as to marry othe
people; il didn' make odds who they was
besides, Mr.. Doolittle was an injured man
and great scholar, in his opinion, and be
onged To his church.
Mr.. Doolittle had arranged the whole bu
siness in first rate order. Miss Betty was l.
meet him at the end Of her fathers lane, dis
guised in dress borrowed for the occasion
when he was to take her in close one-hors
J barouche, and "ily with her on the wings q
love-" as he said he would to the Squire
Office whar they was to be united in band
of wedock before any body in the vilag
know anything about, He had made az
rangements at the hotel for II room, whicl
he seed fixed up himself for the auSpiciou
occasion and he had writ letter to frien,
Of his down in Augusty, to be thar the mex
week, to take charge of his school, as h
thought it mought be necessary for him t.
keep Out. the way of old Darling for tev