Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-09-26
4 Tsuehing scene in a Justice
GouTf.

Court.
fFsn The chisags Ititszf, AuEasi ldl
Mr.. II. q, Gibbon, a sladenl II
medicine, was called az befare ono
of oar hadliph slreel lnslirvs yes,
ioniay, on a disonieriY roRdnet
warrant sWOrh oai by Miss Susan
Neil, The complainant Nas a very
pretty girl, She hlushr,l, hii her
Eaee, aud s'alrl that she was brced
"a take tho present step only by lhe
obslinacy of the prisoner, These
two had been engaged, and many
gins aud Notes had pas.ed between
them, Ono day, Tir lhe merest
nothing, he had picked a quarrel.
broken the match and her heart,
aud Vet reihs = "a reinrn ihe soven
love letters, lal D'l g.lyc, tao cnfl
and lho ribbon ,ls iai given lim,
She supposed ao Aept Them, aui
showed them a. hi, wicked ass.cl-
atcs, and boa,lcd Of lheia ~ irn.
phiss ut his eunluvt. of fond and
girllsh heart
His Honor looked gl,om,ly at
Glbbon-t there was o bridcwvlI ia
Lis eye,
Mr, Gibbon repilel tina, he grcat-
ly preferred attempting an ampu,a-<
ton at tho hip i0lHl 10 mlllng in
love with u wulnan. lrp follow hal
any feeling ~ security about IL, ID
might bc different, but ih-r0 never
was any toll'n. where oho was -
fetch up. Ito had tried ron,autic
yolng iadi,, aud literary yuung
ladies', aud had come 10 grief la
every instance. Finally he had
settled on N - Susan who was dc-
scribod To him 10 bo mattor.0 0r fact,
biscuit. baking young woman. He
had paid her nis addresses. making
little gins Of salcratus and blucing,
and reviewing ia return some ginger
cakes. She was not e. hc icd too
deeply into sentiment. II bc spoke
of poetry, she spoke al pastry. If
he talked Of radiant hopes, sho
spoke of washing soap. \ few days
ago he went tn see her and found
her preserving. Something IN he
looks of the paper whic. Shu lGld
put over the cans struck him; and
he looked aud found she had usel
his love letters for that purpose -
That seemed n lil;lo TO" rcOi, aud
he spoke of IL 10 her. She replied
that il was wise idea pf hrr- All
those beginning "ncar Susan went
over the peaches, and all those be-
ginning MY own love over the
apples. She wished he would write
one more Of the latter, in order u
make up the number she wanted
lie felt such n woman would nrv"r
do for him, and had broken off the
match. As Tor returning her letters,
it was out Of the question. Tho
words Of love they contained were
u part of himself When he Saw
them it brought the old days back
tho melodies Of The youth of their
love, heard before tie roses had
and before lie had ceased
giving her saIeratns.
During those remarks the court
wiped its eyes, took from it's pocket
n spare handkerchief Il small de
tionary, some blank forms, an al
manac, and, Mt last, Il small tin box,
which looked rs if it might, at tsome
time, have held SoidItz powders
This box the court opened, and took
out n little parcel tied up in red
tape, on which it dropped tear
and then said ''''''a
"Twcnty.four years ago, tliis
court loved agirl living near D0wn.
er's Grove. This court correspondent
with that girl by the weekly stage.
In moment Of frenzy that girl
Tilted this court, and demanded her
letters and a string of beads, phis
court replied that it could not re-
turn the beads, which it had traded
Mt grocery store, and that it would
not return the letters when ontrcatt,i
by brother to give them up. This
court, to'tho great laccration Of its
feelings knocked down that brother
md stamped upon him. 1t still re-
5ains those letters, though she who
wrote them has emigrated to Mis-
souri,. Now this court does not
intend to stultify itself by taking
my action against the defendant,
who will be discharged. AS. for the
she will be fined $40,
which sum this court would assess
IN the person that Tilted it, il "
,ould get hold of her. sH y KY