The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-09-21
= Short Stuyp.
HOW l WON MY WIFE.
A DocroR's STORY.


Jesse Hale was the mcrricst, hap.
picst, most provoking OF Ewes that
ever existed - ut least thought 80
though perhaps was not an i'm.
partial judge, as must confess !
was deeply in love; and in fact |
don't believe | could remember OF
u time when was not in love Will,
her. 1t certainly was not when a
Iyoungstcr of twelve when | took
her under my special care, feeling
Iprouder of my curly headed charge
than | could now OF u mino of gold:
nor when n tall, awkward boy OF
sixteen, | first vcnturcd to ask for
her company home from church ;
or still later, when after four years
absence, | returned to my native
town, and set mp as n surgeon In
the house where DIR. Moore's name
had been since my earliest recol
lection. ..
Oak Place was q remarkable
place, or else the good people felt
a little afraid of trusting their lives
in the hands of such young scapo-
grace as they had known me TO be,
for my horse and gig found more
employment in carrying Jesse Hole
to ride than in any more profitable
business; and it is certain more OF
my time was spent in Mr.. llale's
pleasant parlor than in either study
or practice Of medicine. Some oi
tho ne;ghbors Silly remarked that
| must have a very sick patient tc
occasion such frequent visits /; and
was certain that if j had no pa
tionts there, all the patience | ever
had was required there at times,
for of all the tantalizing little
wrotches that ever fascinated and
provoked n poor iellow-until hc
could not have told whether he was
in the body or out of it.-Jessc
Hale was tho worst. ..
And there was William Ire.
standing six feet in my
stocking, big enough to have
known better, that is sure, led
about by that little elf, coming and
going at every book and cal, as il
| were a great simpleton, us in
truth | must have been, for after
playing "yours most devotedly "
for six months, was no nearer
winning than at first. Open hear.
ted and candid she was on every
other subject; but just let me
speak OF love or marriage, and |
might as well talk to a stone wall
for all the sense | could get from
her. No matter how cautiously !
might approach the subject, she
was always ready with some off
hand answer, as far from what |
wanted as the equator from the
poles, until | was most in despair,
but more eager after every failure.
" All is fair in love and war" or
at least | thought SO, and resolved
to try the result of strategy ON my
wilfnl little lady love.
One fine morning, as We were
about starting for q ride on horse
back, as ! was assisting Miss jos. g.
sic into the saddle, her horse com
menced rearing and kicking at an
alarming rate Of course tho jag,
ged bars Of iron | had cautiously
inserted beneath the saddle had
nothing to do with it. BY the time
she was fairly seated he had be-
come perfectly unmanageable,
throwing her violently from the
saddle t; Of course | caught her be-
fore she reached the ground. No
sooner was she in safety than i
staggered back against the fence,
my right arm hanging helplessly
by my side. 1t took nicely, for
Jessie was beside me in a moment.
"Oh, WILL" she said piteously,
Z" that terrible horse has broken
your arm, and what will you do !
Poor Will"
How like q rascal | felt at the
sight of her distress but | was not
going to give up then; SO an
swered with another terrible groap
-" 1t is nothing, dear Jessie "A
world suffer a thousand times more
to feel that | had saved your pre-
cious life."
4" But, oh, am so sorry what
can be done for youl" she said in
such touching accents that | halfI
ID. lb
1.-THE end justifies tho means"
/ thought the end accomplished-
certainly did. My auswe- was in
a low faint voice, as i'll was just
diving -a'lIirfh g1 ~
aOnly tell me that you love me,
j Jsssie, darling; it will soothe my
pain moro than anything els /, in
the world" ,a;,,,o-, -,sf-f !
+ And then, like a great simple
ton that l was, Lputthat right arm
around her, and never discovered |
my. mistake till she sprang away
from me. .}~. tl,,v gl..r, t.l
@wouldn't a little brandy andI
sugar do as well, MIR. Tremaine"
'ho said archly. There don't