The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-04-17
now / WAS COURTED.
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/ / am the only daughter Of Orlando Pa
! gins, Of tlzzleton, retail dealer in dry goods
My iather Is, a very prominent man in town
and am the bcllo Of the village-I thinl
| have avery good reason for calling mysel
handsome for not less than score o
young nlcn Of ny acquaintance have assur
ed me that such is the fact. | have no rea
/ son for doubling the wotds-of these vcr,
estinable young gfpeB; ter | think / shoult
7 have been convinced Of any beauty ven i
they had not whispered it in my blushinJ
ears
My fathers hobby has been for seyera
years toauake ayqeod match for me- Per;
| hRps you know NEilatsa good match is. Z
| is simply to halry man whom you posi-
! lively hatee-a nianwho is exclusively ugly
ISand disapreeable; in short fool-,just be-
feause hesai8 weahig. lfhe$ has money, il
! makes 10 difference what his character is,
I 1t iswhdt thegworld, calla good match.-
+ My father thought just as the world did;
and often have ] heard him say that his
Beatrice should ride in her own carriage
some day that was his highest order Of hap
pinesS. Perhaps tits necessary to say that
my father and l. differed great deal up.
Aon this point. l1 E
j think had imbibod what the geneTali-
~ ofpe6ulqwiIk sail replaptiqllo,
lions Can you believe it, that thesielie OF
AFizzleton, at the age of - imagined that
there was such passion as-Lo9e; long
Jed for something more than a foodle-dog
to lavish my affections upon, know it is
unnaidonly for mesto say this; but, ugh!-
| preferred the poodle 10 al! Of ticm. M
hcro~not yet arrived. Knew he would
come sometime Perhaps he would come
iu ragged coat, but the coat does not make
the ,ao't, you know though4it does make a
great.maDy things rat caA themselves men.
Meantime my father brought q lover to
me in the shape ola. Mr.. Cattel, from Bos.
ton He was doing a large business there
and was considered very wealthy.
There's a, Lover worthy OF, you, Bea;
trice,," father said after Mr. Cattel hac
made his first call. His wealth cannot be
estmated, ), ~~ vy VS. @ -..~v e.sr
II am Sure, issonl cannot, Ireplied. :,
"He IS certainly at least, twice as old as j
ann -
II think that il serough}, 81 ~ ",
My father opened his eyes with astonish-
i5hment, -.-.r r... e........ 81, ..
Daughter, you do not mean to say that
you would petasnapy him II you had an
opportunity?
YES that is just what | NEAR" Z"
Bless my ssul csied father. Are
you sane?'
Perfectly" ..., .--
Gather looked credulous, Pr ~.
+ ''Yo GU read too much poetry, child. You
are woman now; and il is high time for
you to banish those sentimental ideas from
your silly head, Such an opportunity as
this does not come to woman but once in
life time. =. y.u.~~,sr ''
Il hope not" q, Il. .... o. ...~ ...
Father stamped his feet with rage, and
looked unutterable things,I took up Lalla
RooEh, and began to read ''The Fire Wor-
shippers"
;Beatrice," said my father, do you want
to bring my gray hairs down in sorrow to
the grave III 10,
''No, but, as / shall have to live with my
husband through life, | should rather have
man Of my own choosing
= Yes; yes, child But have lived lon
gar than you, and | think. my judgment
better. wish to see you happily married.
don want you to marry some contempt.
bic sc0undrel, without a cent in his pocket
and have you wear your life out as his
IN ,Ap
will lead the life Of luxury and ease"
"A life. of misery.
My father looked gricved; and to my sur
prise left the room.
Such is the pervcrsity Of female human
nature that think if that scoundrcl, who
without cent in his pocket had presented
himself ait that moment | should have ac-
cepted him at once. ! believe women are
ike the Irishman's pig, He lthe Irish
man) wished to drive the pig to Dublin; bu
he made him think that he wished him hin
to go an opposite direction. Consequent
the pig was bound to 60 to Dublin; and
1 Dublin he went.
Mr.. Cattel never called again, | thin
father put flee in hisear, for he saw plain
| y that / wasen t to be driven into an uniol
with a man whom did not like.
| About this time my father hired ne1
clerk. He was rather good looking, and a
my yonng lady friends voted him proper
nice young man. presume he was wha
4 father would call scoundrel. without
cent in his pocket To be sure, he dresse
4 elegantly; but | haven't the most remot
IDEA hut that the fine coatupon his bac
was paid for. But what Of that? Wash
he agreeable? Couldn't he whisper sol
nonsense for an entire evening? Iladn'
he all the poetry Of the affections by heart
Then he wrote about love and nloonshine
in splendid rhymes, upon the sweetest scent
ed paper; and be gave all Of these effu, ion
to me. | almost thought | loved him: an
am sure he loved me, for he told mo sc
I had it all written out in black and whit
and inithe most elegant verses think
ever read.
Father tried TO keep cool through all {