Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-01-06
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HUNTING AN HEIRESS

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What ioiiows is aii 'rue-'uo .,"o' ~
IL was a slory-a 'p's s'o,y' ~n.a.s,
ask myseil, Is II no' a'' us' s.No, anv~
areams' Anu ecuo aus"eis' wv
hcho is r'gu.' : nose. eAp'oAe
thing more real In my ii'e'
am III pech VI ''o"o'o' ..,"s.'w..
oil trouble wouio eApress ~ nio'o ''"'A"''
perhaps.
ana all my ai'i'c'.on can W 'ia.eu w ..e
following i'em' W h'ch .n'su' na'o '.en e.s' s',.
mon'n OF ihofe ago. III n'a''' "'' 'A' N'
papers, VIZ a. ooo h..
- ~ oiIo,nna., Iaau,,;'In HTii nj and entered ser
Vice os a chambermaid. in order to be
''wooed and won for herself alone"
When a young lady, possessing S7o,O0o
chooses to make such sacrifice, for the
purpose of being ''wooed and won for her
self alone" think it is the imperative duty
of some enterprising young man to seeS her
out, and marry her for herself alone. l do
indeed.
/ went to Jacksonville for that purpose.
II Is a downright shame for young girl
to 60 and throw herself away after such a
manner-bealing bolsters punching pillows,
washing windows, and all that sort of thing
and rather than she should let ''conceal
ment like worm in the mud, !" &C., con-
cluded to "woo' her myself-for herself
alone.
found a score and mole Of chambermaids
in Jacksonville. To marry one of these
chambermaids with the expectation of secur-
ing the heiress, was like investing in lot.
terry, the chances being hundred to one in
favor of drawing a Blank.
At the bo.el where Registered" found
three chambermaids. Possibly one OF these
was the heiress, pining, signing, TO be ''wooed
and won," and so forth.
One was a German damsel one an Irish
maid. and the other wasn't
Neither one of this triumyira.e appeared
To he yery much acquainted with S75, 600
Whoever married Susan, the Dutch cham
bermaid, would get $50 pounds of ''herscli
alone" at all events.
But appenrances are deceitful. l know
apnoarances are deceitful. for nv COPY book
,old me- so when was Young.
questioned Susan. I asked her in which
State her parepts lived. She answered.
"Barks County, Bennsylwapy, on del
drrnb;te u
PN",n n''s ooo c;no;,r.,; heress
Oouiu sue oea~ ,''o'o o'"e''"'' .e''
| Not much, thought.
| asked Nancy the Celtic chambermaid, -
,,,,,, h., ,he yav was 40 homely as Greciar
""o,'y wv 80, -" c..,.s.- -..;,aa
Deno-in WHICH o'a,e hei ia'noi ie'."s"'
SIN the Ould Country, tornlnst th'
Whishky Shtore."
Iwos satisfied she was not the disguised
was Sa'''"eu o''' ""' ''' Wv 49,
heiress.
The third was something OF conundrun
but | did not give her up. She was
yonree c;rl-susnicious circumstance an,
-. H., ,,,,., a;o,o,,,
acted rather coyish' ! hau 'o,ao ""Ae"'''
in making hor acquaintance. When aske'
where she was from, she gave her curls
,a,. "a r.uc,, nc IN cav eufind out if vo,
'o''' 90
cah'
She might he the heiress. In fact, severe
,binos poin,ed that way. First, her haiI
-. ..,,,,n,- re,,,arL oble ahou
fAnu 'no'o ~"' I.
her hair. During the Gay IL was aohe up
n miraculous little knot about the size of
t walnut. and reposed on the crown of he
49,, ~. .,.a,en p,S Il, ,,o ,v,p,rc
head al py nse'i pu. - ''o e,,ns't
when she eNpec,eu caii iio"n ~, sT,',', Il
then you should have seen II. Ihat q
minutiye Knot hau disappeared, anu hei na
: rippled and meandered over her meek an
J shoulders In q proluson OF goiueh ours.
And this puzzled me. could 'iken Una
) knot to nothing else than the Arabian N'gh,
tale, wherein fisherman uncorks yer
small vessel, and out pops huge Uenii-
many hundred times larger than the vess
itself. .e.,, .,o n.us ord hair
women. And heiresses' hair, am told, ,hf
. its ''ups and downs Just as have desciihe'
1t often happens, have nollceo, thas u
more money girl OF the period mas, u
/ more hair she possesses. This Partially
Nature don't at all admire.
l. Her front name was Jennie. h'N
r knew an heiress whose given name did -
@ end with 'ie. IL IS ellner fann,e,or oalil
n or Aggie, or Pattie, or Bridgetie, or son
other sic,
And then her inclination for work! 81
: could manage to while away the day wit
;, out doing scarcely stitch OF work, just
well as the hoiress-est girl you ever ret
about. She was gifted in this respect.
~ These and many other things, ihoicat'
5 that she was the heircss.
d went to work to win her for herself.
wooed and she aOoutd, and SO we becar
a ''engaged."
J. The next day report said that Clncinn'
g heiress was employed in private family
5. another part of the town.
m went for her. After very brief cou
lie ship we were ''engageu.
of Then some fellow told me, suo rosa, u
10 $75. 200 girl was doing servant work In
house OF Mr.. Dash, in Blank street.
- course she was the identical maid was
W W quest of.
~ We met-the usual way-and we plight
~ our troth. And lroth,. but it was pref
:" plight was getting into For lhe ne
three weeks promised to marry, on an
a erge, one chambermaid per diem.
or / was willing to make divers sacrifices
lis the purpose of winning the heiress for h
ed self alone.
"a. And the chambermaids nearly made
sacrifice of me.
ce broke all my engagements with the
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