The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-11-20

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And why9 '
!, Because l had arrived with my car
and was ready-yea, more than ready
IL was anxious to photograph the
physiognomies of every last one of
the Floptowners. @
By the way of introduction ! might
say that I am a photograph artist,
and that travel through the country
in q large car for the purpose of taking
the pictures of the people in the differ
ent towns and villages, who are not SO
fortunate as to number among their
buildings photograph gallery, nor
among their citizens a photograph
artist.
As I said before, Floptown was in a
state of excitement, and all because
l had arrived and halted my car in the
public squsreof the village.
1 sought and obtained boarding at
Mrs. McGibber's and as Mrs McGibber
and her daughter Dolly McGibber are
to figure in my little story, l will give
short description of them.
Mrs McGibber was widow, and at
that time "fat, fair, and forty"
You have doubtless seen some wO-
men who were fairer at forty than
many others at twenty-five and thirty.
Pm sure have. And Mrs McGibber
was one of them.
As Iintimated, She was inclined to
em6onpoint, but l always liked women
who were inclined to eHebonpOil't ;
always.
Dolly McGibber was also inclined to
emJonpoint, but not SO much as her
blooming mother. Dolly was beauti-
fu1 girl. She had raven ringlets and
starry eyes And when say she had
starry eyes l do not mean her eyes
were the color of the stars in the frma-
ment-not at all!-I mean they spar
kled like stars, but as to color they
were as black as Welden's ink. Her
| lips pouted slightly, and reminded one
of ripeniDg cherries.
y cannot describe her further; sut-
fee to say, she was the most beautiful
young lady l had ever met, and that,
you know, is saying great deal, for l
have travelled extensively and have seen
many fair ones.
Dolly didn't move in the first cir
cles and that was the only objection l
could have to her However, in the
course of few weeks 1 got SO desper
ately in love with her that this objec-
ton was overcome; and if had other
objections, they would have been over
come also, for everything seemed to go
down with a sweeping crash before the
great strong love that was flaming in
my heart for the beautiful Dolly.
And Dolly seemed 70 ike me;-We
walked together aud talked together,
and the widow looked on and smiled |;
and 1 believed-frmly believed-that
l had nothing to do but propose, and
Dolly would be mine.
But didn't want to be in a hurry.
about it.
You know when cat catches a
mouse or jolly big Norway, she loves
to cripple the animal and then play
with it before she indulges in the de-
lightful job of swallowing it So it
was with me. l felt sure Of winning
Dolly, aud wanted to play with Der
awhile before 1 should, as it were
swallow her.
So AT last l asked her to be mine. !
told her I~would love her and be kind
oher and all that sort of thing if she
would come with me and make me
happy and be my wife.
''Will you quit the photograph busi-
ness p she inuocently inquired.
Not altogether, said l, but I'll quit
this car bushes; I'm Disguised with it.
I'll set up a gallery somewhere and
wen be happy. But you haven't said
you would be mine.-OP said ], roll
ing up my eyes and beginning to feel
uneasy lest she would reject me, cont
you have meG o, Dolly, Dolly speak
instantly-wonf you have meG'
Don't go on so.' she said, you fright
en- me. Keep cool Jack; Beep COOL
Keep cool at such point as this :
I exclaimed %, Dolly, how can you
You know not what you say
Don't be a fool, Jack; l want to ask
you another question
s'out with it. said l trying to feel
calm.
well, before answer you l want to
know if you'll live here in Floptown
1 can't leave Floptown.'
yes, Dolly; I'll live in Floptown or
any other town il | can only call you
mine. o, Dolly, can't | call you mine?'
why, in course you can but what's
the use Of making SO much fuss about
it9 If you had been sharp you could
have seen long ago that l loved you
1t wasn't necessary to say anything
more and nothing more was said. /
folded Dolly to my heart aud sat for
the space Of half an hour as happy a
fellow 1 venture to say as ever was in
the precincts of Floptown.
The next day after my Photographic
duties were over, and when Dolly and
1 were seated in the parlor, 1 asked her
to name the happy day.-She said she
do it-she said she couldn't
think Of marrying inside of six months.
I used all my persuasive powers to
induce her to make it six weeks instead,
but she wouldn't do it.
NO said she, 4 cant get ready so
soon, and, anyhow, l don't see any use
in being in a hurry
And I was compelled to be satisfied
with her decision as much as | disliked |
it.
ID The photograph busines was good
10 Floptown, and l stayed there longer
than 1 had ever before stayed in a town
Of like size. ''
q When | had been there two months,
4 sewing machine agent by the name
Of Hal Sawyer came there and took up
his residence in the boarding house Of
Mrs. Mcgibber. -9 aa''i1.
Ididn't like the the fellow from the
first. L had a presentment that he
would in some way cross my path, and
each time the thought. entered my
mind 1 found myself clenching my
hand and muttering vengeance onsall
sewing machine agents, but particu-