Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-24

req ueSIed us ll1lneuldte uelle-
cry to the yong widow Short
lly afterward the parlor door
Iopened, and a splendidly-dres-
sed lady entered the room and
at once approached the young
man, seized him by the hand,
and expressed her pleasure at
meeting him.
A critical examination of the
|young woman's features and
style resulted in the discovery
Iof one Of the handsomest types
of beauty that our gentleman
had ever behe1d. He looked,
and as he gazed his heart was
smitten. She gazed, and as
|she looked she seemed to be de-
lighted with the manly form
before her. After some ordi-
nary talk about the weather,
Lent, and the opera, the young
widow, suddenly changing the
Subject, said: Il suppose we
may as we'll talk about the
matter which we have met to
consider
| As she said this she looked
searchingly, yet tenderly, into
the eyes of the young gentle
imam, and, after a moments
pause, said: | presume you
would like to know who [ am,
and why I advertised for a life
partner, wouldn't you?' Ger
tainly,' replied our young gen
tleman, Il have no objection.
| At this Mrs. DeForest-the
dashing young widow in want
Of a husband-began a MARIA
tive which it is not necessary
here to give at length. She
told how she had married, how
her husband died while they
|were travelling in Europe, how
he had left her an immense
property valued at nearly
million Of dollars. how a hum
dred young fellows had offered
her their hands and hearts, how
Ishe had resolved to marry a
stranger if she could find one
suited to her mind how her
relatives had consented to this
,course, and how constant her
efforts would be to make the
man happy with whom she
might enter the bonds Of we'd
lock. So rapidly did the
strange beauty talk that our
young gentleman found it diff
ficult to get in a single word
[edgeways, as the saying goes.
She continued her story, which
was one of marvellous adven-
ture considering that the mar
nator was so young and so
beautiful, and had just begun
to explain her pedigree, when
a mans voice in the hallway
outside said, where's Annie?'
At the same time gentleman
opened the door and entered
the parlor. Look 'ere,' said
he, addressing the dashing
young widow, you go up
stairs. Up to your old tricks
again, | see. l supposed you
were, and that's the reason
why [ watched you
This interruption broke he
susceptible heart of our young
gentleman like a terrible Gala
nifty, and the effect was great
sly heightened when the young
widow commenced to pour out
a volume Of epithets on the in
truder quite as inelegant as
they were profane. Here was
a nice fix for our adventurous
young gentleman. He turned
pale with surprise; and, ad-
dressing the gentleman, said,
'but | hope you will allow me
to explain. ooh, that's all
right, said the stranger; 'Tll
fix that with you as soon as
get this unfortunate young
woman to her room.
With considerable difficulty
the young widow was removed,
and when the gentleman re
turned 'our hero was informed
that the woman was crazy, and
that a constant watch had to
be kept over her to prevent her
from having similar interviews
with strangers. Our young
gentleman begged a thousand
pardons, and was shown the
door. He at once returned
home, and vows that he will