Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-08-11

er met, but whom yon propose to mar.
ry, and on. whose honor you are willing
to stake your life, perhaps there may
be some prospect Of getting at the facts
of this mysterious r0bbery-otherwise
you need waste no more time in this
neighborhood."
"Well, If you must have it, here It Is
You see, about six months ago, I dust
for fun, you know)-I advertised for q
wife, and this young lady happened to
advertise for q husband about the same
time, and we answered each others ad-
vertisements. But then she was In
earnest-all on the square. Oh, yes, y
continued he, observing, perhaps, an
incrcdulous smile on the countenance
of the agent, "she was all right--wanted
a husband in earnest wanted one bad
She was situated In this way: she hadn't
got no father nor mother, and was un-
der the charge of u guardeen--an old
fellow about fifty and as she's worth
about tpenty thousand dollars there
his eyes glistened covetously) in heI
own right, this guardeen, he takes and
puts her into boarding school, and
intends to force her into marrying him
She'd rather have some younger fellow
of course = natural, isn't it?--so she
takes and advertiscs for husband
vcrtisement, and she replied to my let.
ter, and so we got up a correspondence
Now there amt no humbug about hei
Il can tell when gals In earnest
and 1 knop she's all right by the way
she writes. So about two weeks age
she says in postscript to one of heI
letters-I wish you would go to Stew
arts and get me five yards of black
boadcloth and send it to me by express
/ want it for a cloak, and I'll send you
the money just as soon as 1t comes, and
don't fail to let me know Just how
much it is, for don't want you to be al
any expense for me- So I went tc
Stewards and got the cloth and sent II
by express, and wrote to her and told
her it was twenty-six dollars, and then
she put the money in this letter and
some darned thief in a postofiice has
gone and stole it out--that's all there Il
about it." ,,,
"Oh, that's ali, is ii, ",said the agent
with difficulty restraining the laughter
which this pitiful tale of true love was
calculated to provoke. Well, sir
there's no doubt that you're a very
much abused individual, and if you will
IL
will then be able to give you some
definite information in regard to the
matter.o
"Thank you, sir--only put that post
Office fellow in the State prison, and I'll
be satisfied. don't care about til,
money-that is, l don't care so mucl
about it--but If you could get 1t back -
~ shall do everything possible, sil
good morning" .. ....-..
GOOD morning, sir"
Punctually ut the expiration OF the
fortnight the victim OF this anartles.
postoflice robbery" preserved him
self to hear the result OF the investiga
ton. The agent, by writing one or TIVE
letters, and availing himself Of certain
other means Mt his command, had In
the meantime entirely satisfied himscl
rs to the author of the Outrage" ane
was quite prepared for the visit.
Good morning, sir. Have yol
found out yet who stole my money!"
Yes, sir, think haEe.p
"I'm glad 70 hear it--did you get an!
Of it back"
"NOt a cent"
| "Well, I suppose he's in the Stat
| prison by this timeW
mot that know of, but 1t Is not i'm
possible that he may reach that institu
tion one of these days. Here's lette
which will perhaps explain the matte
better than can. i received 1t q fey
days since from Pennsylvania" Tn
anxious young gentleman recognize
at once his Emily's" handwriting
and hastcned to readthe following:
! . '--Penn., January 10, 1856.
Mil. o. Agent; e:
! DEAR SIR find you have been maxim
some inquiries about that twenty-six dollar
| 1 sent I'm u holn) to Mr. George X. Well, yO
may tell him for me that that brOadcloth Is IL
You may also tell him don't 20 to boardip
school so much as i did--also don't belon
any more to the SOFT sex though think ne doe,
! You might mention, while you are about 4
| that when get that x20O0 will send hin
half OF it-ia he same ,cuy fsent the other. Ais
tell him, Ever of thee"
| "Yours truly, EMILY MELVILLE.
'tor any other man,"
There was a deep silence during tn
| reading of this epistle iu the office @
the Agent, whohad considerably turne
his back while the unhappy victim wa
learning Of his wasted affection an
cash. The silence continued SO lon
that the Agent turned to offer what lii
tie consolation was in his power. Blu
he was spared the task. The naples
young man had noiselessly departed
possibly to take the first train for Penn
sylvania, possibly TO neditate in soil
tude over the comparative advantage
of love ut first sight, and love befor
sight. Wherever he went, hes has no
returhed.