Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1867-08-17
seIeft Stury.
HOW I LOST HER.
A TALE OF UNFORTUNATE LOVE
By A GENTLEMAN.

bA n ZEN lkf1mANs
Isuppose have right TO sign myself
"Genttcnaan," because I don't have to
work for living, and can smoke cigars
and drink liquor all the time if / like,
for my father has got rich on contracts
since the late war begun, and am, as
his only son and heir, kept well supplied
with the "needful,' to make show in
the world with. My tailor and boot
maker make me shionable--Wippert
q Slote hats me, show fast team on
Delaware street, and attend all the ope-
ras--I must be a gentleman. But that
is not my story. / will tell that, and
then know 1 shall have the sympathy
of the reader. o lmduqs rt8a.M
II met lady just two weeks ago to
day from the time when 1 sit down to
write this story. I met her going up
franklin street, in company with lady
whom had known for years, and was
by the latter introduced to her. She,
the lady first spoken of, was very hand
some-the only handsome red-headed
lady ever saw. Some people might
have called her hair auburn-I call it
red-it was rich mahogany color. Her
eyes were black as jet, her skin the pur-
est, clearest red and white you ever saw.
Her features were regular, rather Span
ish in STYLE, think, and her figure
plump, but as graceful as could be. W
fell in love with her the moment my
eyes rested upon her, even before my
friend gave her name in favoring me
with an introduction. 2rel
Miss Mehitable Ann jenkins was her
name. Not very romantic, but what
was name when the lady herself was
SO perfectly angelic. rf..,'.-,.,.
/ asked and received permission to join
them in the promenade, und soon Ioes..--
ed that the adorable Mehitable Ann was
in town for only weeks visit, that she
was staying at the Tiff House, Main
street, with the lady who was with her,
that she was the only daughter of
wealthy West Chester county farmer,
and lived only an hours r.de from Hud-
son on the Harlem Railroad. I also
learned from her own lips that she was
distractingly fond of music, and In con-
sequence invited both the ladies to honor
my box at the opera with their presence.
They accepted, and Twas in the seventh
heaven of delight right away. They
would go that very night. And they
would ride behind my fast trotters on
Delaware on the next afternoon, if the
q 7 d.
it refuse to shine on that occasion. 1t
knew better. aaias2aih
Both engagements-the opera and the
drive-were kept. limited a yacht ex-
cursion up the lake. That they thought
would be delightful. 1 bought yacht
which had been looking at before, and
the sail came off. My auburn-halred
angel was delighted. She was not bit
sea sick, though we went into the lati-
tude of Duck Island, and her appetite
for lobster salad, ham sandwiches and
HeidsiclS, was even freshened by theses
air. 1 was supremely happy, the dear
giIl eBjoyed herself SO much.
The week of her stay in the city at last
ended, and was almost in despair when
she said she must go home, she could
not put off her return any longer.
But she lessened my misery by say
ing that it panied her to part with me
/ had been so very kind to her, and she
hoped would come up to Wenseeko to
see her. Her father would be very glad
to see me, and she hoped would come.
l 4 Y
Would 1 not promise to do SO?
OF course would, and did, and ten
derly I pressed her haud when we part
ed. And she returned the pressure-I
am sure she did and told her that not
a week would elapse before visited
her in the paternal mansion.
That night dreamed of her-the next
day thought of nothing but her. / had
Joined club some few weeks previous,
and was down for speech to them.
But I had so much Of the Mehitable Ann
in my mind that gave the speech the
go by. 1T was rule of our club that
its members were to wear the Southern
badge, JEFF. Davis portrait, with star
each side of it, and an eagle above and
below it.
Mehitable Ann did not see the badge,
for did not put it on until the evening
after she went away, when visited the
club. 1t was showy-looking thing