The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-04-05
Romantic Failures.

Saugerties, in this State, is place the
very name Of which should infallibly Sc
cure il from every possible romantic as
sociation; and as any essay Of romance
there must, consequently, be against ma
ture az it were, a late lamcntable failure
therein, as described by the Rondout
Freeman, should surprise no one familiar
with the genius of nomegclnture. A too
imaginative girl of that incongruous vi
cinity, the daughter Of respectable
farmer residing on the outskirts Of the
village, had her fancy excited not long
ago by n somewhat lackadaisical matri-
monial advertisement which appeared in
the "literary' weekly, or magazine"
wherefrom her general ideas of life were
particularly taken. The advertiser, who
frankly described himself as "neithcr
handsome nor the reverse" wished epist-
tolary favors from someintellectual young
lady "who could understand and sym
pathize with him upon the common
ground of high literary views" and this
rather misty requirement struck the far
mer's daughter as being exactly in hsr-
mony with her own nature. Her own
literary views, she thought, were neither
shared nor understood by her family, and
it was probable that ''Mortimer," as the
advertiser signed himself, was kindred to
her in this respect. Thus profoundly
thinking, she wrote an answer to "Mor-
timer, inviting literary correspondence,
the result Of which was that there pres
emily ensued cross-fro of letters in
which high literary topics quietly gave
place to agonies Of personal sentiment.
The writer's convinced each other that
two such sympathetic minds and hearts
Us theirs was not to be found elsewhere;
and although the literary maiden had
not yet LET her parents into the secret Of
the correspondence, the gifted Mortimer
was invited to visit his fair friend at her
home without further ceremony. The
authors Of matrimonial advertisements
are generally but sorry scamps, intent
upon the sillisst kind of prey; yet there
is now and then amongst them some crude
and harmless youth who enters the bust
ness sentimentally, and Is more likely to
be egregiously fooled than to fool. The
writer of the advertisement in the above
case was as shallow gawky ssN1yer
q; sd -hiRs=f ftteS ,. l.s goA iaio -,
u'''''''-'''-'''' aNr'''.'ly .rscgiyinE mil I,
venture, and upon fndi.i-1lf-~ESR
summoned to meet his appreciative cor
respondent face to face at last, was seri-
ously frightened at the project. From
very shame, he dared not refuse, and on
the fatal day of appointment made his
appearance in the village. But the nearer
he approached the actual bower Of his
fair correspondent, the more tremendous
became his trepidation, until, coming to
a tavern, he was prompted to try that
stimulating nervine which he had heard
was speedily recuperative Of courage. In
his agitation, he must have taken too
much, or, from being unused to it, re-
allied an effect more immediate than he
had anticipated. At any rate, upon re
suming his quest of the home Of his lit
erary affinity, he could neither remember
the exac; address nor make sense of it as
it was given in the afiectionate letter Of
invitation that he carried with him. I'm
der these confusing circumstances, it oc-
CURED 10 him that visitation from house
to house through the whole village would
be the most thorough manner of gaining
the particular house he sought, and ac-
cordingly the village families, one after
another, were amazed by call from the
now excessively sleepy and low-spirited
young man, who, inquiring huskily where
Miss - lived, and betraying utter
insensibility to the answers given, pro-
ceeded to read aloud the whole romantic
epistle inviting him to Saugerties. The
young lady being known to everybody in
the village, this extraordinary revelation
Of her romance and rather depressing in-
PRODUCTION of it, hero produced an intense
and some one was sufficiently
thoughtful to hasten to her at the farm
house with the news while yet the deusely-
confused Mortimer" was insanely in
quiring and reading from mansion to
The modification Of the girl
At hearing the ridiculous report was sue
ceeded by feeling Of contemptuou, in
iignation against her recent beau ideal,
whose coming she awaited in fear and
1t was 10 o'clock at night
when the bewildered and unhappy Nor
timer did finally knock wildly at the
door Of the right house, and it was in
one second thereafter that a basin Of
water was showered upon him from an
upper window. "If you don't 60 right
away III call pal" said voice in the air.
"GowayS" answered he. II will if you'll
lend me numbrella. Its raining" Down
went the window, without response, and
after wsplering around the dOoryaTd un-
Ill almost morning. the vretched 'Morti-
mer' departed no one knows whittier.
TnE Court of Appeals has completed
the winter docket. The summer term
proper will heein on or about the first Of