Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-04
A TOUGH STORY.

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A TOUGH STORY.
WooirG Kentucky Gfrl-The SiIcD,
Worship ofa Wealthy Old Bachelor
The Girls Unexpected Oner-Throyy.
ing Dice-S10O,0OO Against Lady,
Hand.
A Louisville correspondent of the
San Francisco Chronicle says:
There lived or -- street, in an
unpretending establishment surround
ed by trees and flowers, a young lady
who was celebrated for her beauty and
accomplishments. She was a blonde,
with blue eyes, white teeth, aud heav-
emily smile; had the prettiest hand and
foot that was ever seen; and was tall,
1.-THE, and elegant. Her wit was deli
cate, pointed, and sparkling, and her
mind as superior as her person was
lovely. The town was at her feet, and
her suitors were as importunate, if not
as many, as Penelope's; like whom she
was continually wooed and never won.
In the midst of her successes came the
war the end of which found her family
impoverished, and herself reduced to
want for the necessaries of life.
But she was still the same proud, i'm
perious mistress of hearts as before,
and she refused In quick succession
the many offers of marriage that we're
now made to her. She had not thought
of matr1mony as resource, but had
other and different prospects in view.
She proposed in fact to teach school.
A fellow townsman, gentleman of
wealth and position and a bachelor,
ho1 1oprr hoou q ci1opf a. lor
shrine. He had houses and lands
estates in the country and lots in the
city stocks, interests and investments
wherever they would pay; and his pri-
vate establishment on-street was
simply palatial. Seeing how the case
stood with her whom he loved with his
whole soul, he resolved, after many
self-communings and much reflection,
to ask her to be his wife.
"Sir," she said, in answer to his
proposal, 81 do not love you, and L
cannot marry you"
"Think the matter over, my dear, !"
said he, "and in one week from to-day
give me your answer"
Upon his return on the day set she
said to him:
"Sir, you have wealth, and I am
poor; you live in palace, and I, as
you see, In cottage; you are desirous
of having my hand, and I would like
very much to be rich. / will make you
a proposition. I viii throw the dice
with you-my hand against a hundred
thousand dollars! Is it bargain 2"
"It is,' said he. And thereupon
they pledged to each other their words
to bide the hazard
1t was arranged that but thee per
sons should be let into the secret; that
each should select friend; and that
the two selected friends were to choose
the third. Miss - named the Hon.
Mr.. , a prominent member of the
bar, as her friend; Mr.. chose the
Rev. Mr.. pastor of the fashiona-
bic church on street, as his; and
these two made choice of DIR. -, an
eminent professor in the medical col
lege, as the friend of both parties.
By these gentlemen the preliminaries
were arranged, and the programme was
this:
The doctor was to give party at his
house on certain specified Friday
evening, at which were to be present all
the best people in Louisville; the Hon.
Mr.. - was to have license in blank,
ready to be filled at a moments warn
ing, and was to hold Mr. IS check
for 800, 900; and the Rev. Mr. was
to be in waiting to perform the marriage
ceremony,..if called on to do so. The
dice were TO be thrown in the Hon. Mr..
IS study, whence the quintette were
to proceed to the party, where, if Miss
- lost, they were to celebrate the
wedding, and if she won, they were to
mingle with the guests without remark.
At precisely nine o'clock on the
eventful evening, the players and their
friends met in the Hon. Mr. IS
study By agreement of the parties
themselves, they were to throw poker
throw. The gentleman cut queen and
the lady jack, and now came the tug
of war. He was cool, calm, and pale !;
she was statuesque, imperious, and col
lected. His lips were compressed; hers
were formed into an extended arc, span
ming the whole mouth and completing
the bow. The twain sat On opposite
sides of small table, and the umpires
stood overlooking them.
The dice box being set before him,
Mr.. 49, placed his fingers over the
top, and with the thumb clasping the
side, he gave 1t a shake he threw two
fours and two deuces. Putting aside
the fours, he threw again, and threw
another four Then, throwing the two
remaining dice, he threw two fives. He
had, thrown, therefore, a full hand
three fours and two fives.
And now came Miss IS turn. 1t
was thrilling moment, and the rustic
of her silk dress In the stiffness of that
room sounded like the tree tops in the
wind. She began by drawing off her
right glove, exposing hand of exqui-
site beauty, and delicacy, on the fore
finger of which sparkled a diamond.
Then, taking up the box quickly, she
gave it long shake In the air, and
turning it down upon the table, she
threw nothing! A cloud thereupon
passed over her face, and the arc OF hel
lips assumed more bow-like curva-
ture.
But nothing daunted, she at once re-
took the box and threw again-this time
turning up four deuces. and the fifth
dice cooked. Terrible mischance
Miserable luck! Again she threw, and
threw deuces and two trays. Putting
all the dice back into the box, she had
but one other and last throw upo1
which nowrested her only chance. Fol
the first time since she sat down she
spoke, asking for a glass of water
Having drank tumblerful, she sat fol
moment, pressing together her eye
brows, between her thumb and fore
finger, and then, all of sudden, sht
snatched up the dice-bo1, and threw
three fours and two skies, and won
And did she take the money! you asl
me. | answer most emphatically ly-sh'
did
la PROTESTANT MEETING Will be helt
IN London soon to denounce Glad
stones recent declarations concernin,
the Pope.
E2S JAMES III. FOSTER & Co., Isl LAX
street, Chicago, importers of breech-loadin
sbot-guns and implements.