Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-22
A Touching Scene in a
Justice Court. i
llFrom the Chicago Tribune. ]

d. Mr.. DIG, Gibbon, student o.
|medicine, was called up before on
lof cur Rudolph street Justices yes
lterday, on a disorderly conduc
! warrant sworn out by Miss Su
san Neil. The complainant wa
ia very pretty girl. She blush
led, hid her face, and stated that
she was forced to take the pres
ent step only by the obstinacy of
1.-THE prisoner. These two had
been engaged, and many gifts and
notes had passed between them
One day, for the merest nothing,
he had picked quarrel, broken
the match and her heart, and yet
refused to return the seven love
letters, the old glove, the, curl and
the ribbon she had given him
She supposed he kept them, and
showed them to bis wicked associ-
.ates and boasted of them as trophies
of his conquest of a fond and girl
ish heart. on 81 400.
al His Honor looked glopmily at
Mr., Gibbon-there was a Bride
well in his eye. b seibel. 5f
u Mr.. Gibbon replied, that be
greatly preferred attempting an
amputation atIjthee hip joint to-
falling inlloye with a woman, d II +,
a fellowohad amy feeling of secu-
rity aboutIits it might be, different,
but there never; was any telling
where one waste fetch up, He
had tried romantic young ladies'.
and literary young ladies, and had
come to grief in every instance
Finally he had settled on Miss
Susan, who was described to him
to be a matter.offact, biscuit
young woman. He had
paid her his addresses making
little gifts of saleratus and blue
ing, and receiving in return some /
ginger cakes. She was not to be
led too deeply into sentiment.-
If he spoke of poetry, she spoke
of pastry. IF he talked of radi-
ant hopes, she spoke of Washing
soap. A few days ago he went
% see her, and found her preserv-
ng. Something in the looks of
be paper which, she had put
over the cans struck him, and he |
ooked and found she had used |
lis love letters for that purpose.
That seemed a little too cool, and
le spoke Of tito her. She replied.
hat it was a wise idea Of hers
III those beginning "Dear Susan"
vent over the peaches, all those
f'My own love- o.
er the apples! She wished he
7ould write one more of the lat
er in order to make up the num-
er she wanted. He felt such a
roman would never do for him,
nd had brokenloff the match.--d
Is for returning her letters, it
7as out of the question. The
lords of love they contained
7ere a part of himself When
e. saw them it brought the old |
ays back-the melodies of the
outh of their love, heard before
ne roses had withered, and be-
ire he had ceased giving her sale
stas.lo $40 ToyssJ IL ea9f3s
During these remarks the court
ipcd its eyes, took from its pock- 4
a spare handkerchief, a smalld
ctionary, some blank forms,' an
manac, and, at last a small tin {
ox,9 (which looked as If it might, at
me time, have held Seidlitz pow
,r.. This boz the court opened,
i'd took outla little parcel tied +
) in AIRED tape, on0whichit drop
ID "a tear and said % to- 81 sIla q
"TwentyEfour years ago, this
urt loved a. girl, living near
owners Groveg This court cor :
sponded with that girl by the
eekly stage.iiiIn a moment of i,
snzy thatotgirl Tilted this court,
ID demanded her letters and a :
q This court replied /
at it could not return the beads, !,
nich it had traded at a grocery
jre, and 'thatit wouldInot return :
e letters when ehtreated by a. /.
other to give them up. This !
urt. to the great lacefation Of its
slings, knocked down that broth-rb -
and stamped upon hims 1T 9
II retains those letters, though: 4
g who wrote them has emigrated e