The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-12
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HOW He was :. Donc" IN
no,-frr.s Town. -,

boring TOWN. ,,...+ ,1f.
lAc -, 1Ps,an;,,n.,;,n was nicely cooked 10y
,,.,|, ~ tbot town who had answered IL.
10 for correspondence VIII "
. az - ,oosri,nonv. After giving some
49, eaInrtio,s from the correspondence.
,nu dl,rcr,jsnr asserts that finally arrange
,,,cnts were made with his GEAR unhhom H.
and acrceahlv TO them the tram on oatuI,"'
landed in Springfield modcIn Japhe''
though in search OF nearer reia'ioh LIZA" "
parental one. ,..,-.,+oS
a. saturday was a rainy day, and prcFepleN
the lovers meeting. Several notes werS
nassed. and the anxious heart Oh elie ioii,
eypectaut bcsouCht q speedy interview. -
nose from Ida requesting him TO stay over
Sohnath was received from the hand- oil III
ebonv-hued youth. and 4 tender Otnet aou"
dispatched acceding to it. finaii! Ine hU ,g
and place for the Tecontre was IASu' ~
time, Sunday afternoon 2:oo; the pi'''' ''''
Opera-Housc corner. ,.,,;-,,orod
!. Meanwhile the affair got whispered
abroad. and on Saturday afternoon ana >uf-
day thc Murray House was DesicGed "
thrones of ,nerciless joker5, whose he.t.S
knew no pity when there was iuh ''iio:,,'
Their countenances were clstoi ecu VIZ
smiles. rs If some huge joke had cIeIt III
them, and il was giving thea pam 10 hecP
II in. Side chances were had at the strange
inr interview, walked restlesSly up ana
down The pavement. AZ times gsanclng III
his watch. then smoothing his shiny beayeE
mr. settling his collar and tie to nicely. Bun
Q few minutes are lacking, ana the ho'iI 81
his hapuincss has come. SO, taking part
inc look in the Office mirror, ana ScaL'crIn@
the .canty ringlcts over the place "hcre y
was painfiil, bare. he @ra>pcd MS cane ana
sa,,ntcrcd lcisurelv down Main street 10 inc
Ia
occasionally to look around, and walking on,
crossed the street. and returns WIN thc
same measured gait, re-croSscs the street,
stops in front Of the building, and leans
c3mposellv upon the railing 1T the entrance
to the basement of the Opera-i0uSe.
"By this time hundreds had aSScmbica,
and Main street was one broad grim. ne
crowd kept looking on upon the F!ctim
who was soon to be sacrificed. At this june
fnrc the same ebony who had carried the
previous notes stepped up TO Jnphet ana
handed him note. He eagerly opened ana
read the story Of the sell, together with
some salutary advice in regard 20 the danger
of advertising for wife. lie slowly re-
folded the note and started oil; and theE
broke forth Well from two hundred throat>
He kept on h. cvade the laughing demons,
and sought his hotel BY Il back entrance,
but. unllappily. found it closed, and ne was
forced TO pass IN Lhc front pO-taIS. IL
fastened from the sight Of men, and, III IN"
solitude OF his chamber, mourned over his
sad experience. He recovered, however,
and began to look ut the matter as light rs
possible, but his stomach was very hcaFy
lie com piled with the request Of the last
letter. and furnished funds to wet the
throats of his prosecutors. breathing Il
prayer no doubt that it might turn 10 pru>-
Sic acid in their guzzlcs. He left The city
on the earliest train a bachelor, it is true,
vet wiser far than when he came