The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-25
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ing no allusion to his sudden depart
ure,, or the circumstance that led to it.
i 1t. was some weeks later; that Saul
presented himself at my office, and
requested a private interview. We at
once withdrew to an inner room,
where, with much hesitation and many
liblushes, the story of the proposal
was told substantially as the reader al
ready has it; after which Mr.. Sereleaf
placed in my hands the following bill.
let, which he had just received:
|, nai.s BIDDLEsv1LLE, May 10th, 1s-r e
|; i'sS. Ssreteaf, Esq: Sir-Our ciienl
Mrs Cleopatra Nothermann wishes to
beapprised throughus at your earliest
conyenience, of your purpose touch
ling the fulfilment or non-fulfilment Of
a certain promise of marriage recently
made by you to her. We desire an
early, and explicit answer to the ques1
ton, Do you intend to marry US, or do
you not? ours, ETC. ;.,....! .,-,t.
Schuyster 81 Skinner"
It was SO much like the Barde1l and
Piekwick case, and the letter sounded
so Dodson & Foggish that it was i'm
possible to repress a smile. ,il4, OH
"Whats to be done" queried Saul
anxiously.. g" '''s '.s S''
"First aud foremost, you might
marry the lady, nofa - qs,; raa1lt
| Saul shuddered. .,t-,o,,, ,,,a
''In the next place" But what
passed was under the seal of PROBES:
sional confidence. @5i 70 D59it -.
fIdispatchedi note to Messrs. Schuy.
ster & Skinner, soliciting, as Mr.. Sere-
Leaf 8 attorney,s a conference sons the
following day. and asking them to
have their client present. '''' -
At the appointed hour, Ifotnd the
lady and her legal advisers drawn tnp
in p, order Of battle e.49,'lerni nj luid 40
Ihls Is a singular ease" | began.
ITS q very plain one, at all events, !"
Interrupted Schuyster. ''In addition
To- 9oarzeIients testimony, we have that
OF another respectable lady, to whom
MIR. Sereleaf made a full and free con-
fession On the spot. T"
81 have not come to argue the case,
l answered, "but to propose terms 4of
settlement. pie.i.4iss' Il 5}egiIJ aIF 80
The firm conjointly rubbed their
hands In anticipation of money to be
handled. - -li.i'l@ i't'1 +" - i0i
please send your boy to conduct
hither q gentleman waiting in "a car
rage at the door," 1 added z-7 ma
Schuyster looked at Skinner, and
tue widow at us all, hut the boy was
sent. slsal s-.-i issi. - e. 1881
At the end of several minutes q
stumping sound was heard. The dool
opened, and a decrepit, shrivelled fig
ure supported by one leg and a crutch
hobbled" in. One of Swift's Strald
6r,t3s could scarcely have looked more
ancient or dilapidated. He was minus
an eye, hollow-chceked, toothless, and
bald as Time. -
| 'T have come to mako a personal
tender of my client, gentlennon," ]
said, Sin fulf1ment of the contract he
Ills accused of making with yours. nj.
i +. This is Mr.. Sereleaf. .,7
/ The widow started iu amazement
as first look of incredulity, and itheI
lone of conviction flashed over he
Icountenance. Ia,
"Take him away! take him away J
she cried. ~ 7''''
/ :. 'snhe wig, cork leg. glass eye, falls
teeth and piumpers are all here in thu
carriage,Y I proceeded, ..and will b
tduly rendered m a separate lot.
= The widow stayed to hear no more
Her lawyers had shrewd suspicion
that the tender was sham, and that
had their client'accepted, minc woul,
have backed out. But they couldn'
afterward bring the widow to try th
experiment. ~ 3 50
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