The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-03-30

with four chins and red face, and no
waist whatever.
As she walked, there came c weaz-
! en- old gentleman, with large green
umbrella under his arm. His nose
and chin met. His head was smooth
as an egg except just at the nape Of
the neck, where six hairs still chung.
His ears stood out on each side Of his
face-large, yellow, and with frosty
pinches on them. He had wGteTY
blue eyes, and a waTt on his forehead.
. Just the kind Of an old man the stout
lady hated. For his part he disliked
old women.
A frOwzy old creature, he thought;
and Just then the poodle and the chill
dren, all tied together with blue rib
bon, tangled themselves around his
legs, and nearly overset him.
"COme here, my dears; don't run
against the gentleman that way, "said
/ the fat lady, in faint voice.
"PeOple should teach their grand
children and dogs better manners" +"
said the old gentleman, testify.
"My grand children :" painted the
old lady. "What impertinence! beg
/ that you will not kick that dog, sir.
Cruelty To animals is forbidden by
I law, thank heavenW
'If this dog is mad, as he seems to
I be, I'll have him shot" said the old
gentleman.
Come here, -Fido, darling" cried
the elderly lady. "My dears, run to
your ma"
And Just then out stepped the land
lady To her the old gentleman ad-
dressed himself
''I beg pardon, ma'am can you tell
me in which of these houses 1 can
find lady of the name of Partridge
Miss Fanny Partridge
"Why, this is the house, sir" said
the landlady; and there is Miss Part
ridge herself.i
twill you hand her this ?" said the
old gentleman, looking eargerly
around in search of Miss Partridge,
and never thinking of the stout lady.
"Here, ma'am," said the landlady,
presenting the card TO that very indi-
Vidual ''This, sir, is Miss Partridge
The name on the card was "Hora-
ito Tibbets." That hideous little old
man, like a weasel, with . green cot
ton umbrella, and no hair, Horatio!
ster, Fanny!
Neither would believe it, But it
was so; as true as age is, and time
end change, and all the rest of it.
They sat on the black horsehair sofa
in the parlOr, and tried to talk; and as
they did so, they discovered that the
Fanny and Horatio who loved each
other were both dead-as though the
sods were over their poor hearts Had
they married years before, probably
they would have still been dear to
each other, still pleasant to look upon
in the blindness of affection; but
meeting as strangers, they Tepulsed
each other.
''If he should presume upon our
old affection :" thought Fanny; ''such
a disagreeable old man ~
''If she should expect me toremem-
Der the past, this dreadful mountain
of flesh " thought HOratio; and then
he told her he was glad to see her well
and chopped they should be neigh
bors."
She Thought that unlikely" the
place did not agree with her.
Each lodged the past, not guessing
how very glad the other was to dodge
it also; and they parted forever, pO-
litely hoping to meet very soon. That
night two pillows were wet with tears.
Fanny wept for the youthful lover of
whose death she seemed to have
heard that day, and HoratiO for the
lost Fanny, now only a memory.
But there was no thought of any
present liking, of any new flashing
up of the dead flame.
They did not even wish to meet
again.
There was a certain horror in that
meeting not to be forgotten.
They never met again; but when
Fanny died, years after, the ring, with
its motto of "Dinna Forget'-the
ring which no power could have put
upon her fat finger-hung by its rib
bon over her heart; and HOratiO had
buried with him lock Ofhair severed
from Fanny's head in that long ago
when it was golden.
Each heart was young and true, but
forty years of comfortable, well-to-dO
life had been very cruel to their bod
les, to their voices, to their manners
Do you suppose that somewhere be-
yond the stars they have met and are
lovers again! nope so, for in their
own way they suffered greatly here
for no fault of their own.