Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06

atter many communings and much rehec-
tlon, to ask her to be his wife.
Sir, |" she said, in answer to his pro-
posal, | do not love you, and / cannot
marry you"
p" Think the matter over, my DEAR" said
he, land in one week from to-day give
me your answer"
Upon his return on the ddy set, she said
to him:
Sir, you have wealth, and am poor /;
you live in palace, and /, as you see, in a
cottage; you are desirous of having my
hand, and / would like very much to be
rich. will make you a proposition.
VIII throw the dice with you-my hand
against hundred thousand dollars Is it
a bargain? ?"
1t is" said he. And thereupon they
pledged to each other their words to bide
the hazard.
1t was arranged that but three persons
should be let into the secrets that each
should select a 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 fashionable church on
- street, as his; and these two
fessor in the medical college, as the friend
of both parties. By these gentlemen
the preliminaries were arranged and
the programme was this The doctor
was to give a party at his house on
certain specified Friday morning, at
which were to be present all the best peo-
pie in Louisville; the Hon. Mr.. - was
to have license in blank, ready to be
filled at a moments warning, and was to
hold Mr.. IS check for $1,000 900; and
the Rev. Mr.. - was to be in waiting to
perform the marriage ceremony, if called
on so to do. The dice were to be thrown
in the Hon. Mr.. IS study, whence the
quintet were to proceed to the party,
where, if Miss - lost, they were to eel
ebrate the wedding, and if she won, they
were to mingle with the guests without
remark.
At precisely 8 o'clock on the eventful
evening, the players and their friends met
in the Hon. Mr.. IS study By agree
ment of the parties themselves, they were
to throw poker dice, and TO cut cards for
the first throw. The gentleman cut a
queen and the lady jack, and now came
the tug of war. He was cool, calm and
pale; she was statuesque, imperious and
collected. 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 ola
small table, and the umpire overlooking
them.
The dice box being set before him, Mr..
- placed his fingers over the top, and
with the thumb clasping the side, he gave
it shake and threw two fours and two
deuces. Putting aside the fours, he threw
another four Then, throwing the two re-
manning dice, he threw two fives. He had
thrown, therefore, full-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 the room
sounded like the tree tops in the wind.
She began by drawing off her right glove,
exposing hand of exquisite beauty and
delicacy, on the forehnger of which
sparkled diamond. Then taking up the
box quickly, she gave it a long shake in
the air, and turning it down upon the ta-
BILE, she threw-nothing A cloud there
upon passed over her face, and the arc of
her lips assumed still more bow, like
curvature.
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 three
deuces and two trays. Putting all the dice
back into the box, she had left but one
other and last throw, upon which now
rested her only chance. For the first time
since she sat down she spoke, asking for
glass of water Having drank tumbler-
full, she sat a moment pressing together
her eyebrows between her thumb and fore
finger, and then, all of a sudden, she
snatched up the dice box and shook it We
hemently, and threw-three fours and two
skies, and won. And did she take the
money! you ask me. answer most en-
phatically-she did.-LOutSciNe Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.