The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-04
THOMAS nLuNInLE.
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THOMAS BLUMBLE.
now NE cor MARRIED..
n 'Blamble boosted Of being q confirmed
bachelor, and took pride in being called a
woman.hater. / mean Thomas Blumble,
Of the importing and jobbing house Of
l"lIood, Silver & Blumble." ewasyery
fond Of letting people know that be dis.
regarded the charms of tho softer sex, and
! was frequently heard tosay jhathe would
llketo see the woman that could get him
under her thumb There was time, OF
course, whom Blumble was SUSCEPTIBLE to
the overtures of Cupid; because when be
wasplain "Tom," /" Of fifteen years Of age,
',and leit.eFock Cove came to the city
and entered the epmloy Of 'Mensor,
Tigby & Hood,n he left behind him a
young .Polly Ann,n with many q sigh
and tear, and more VOWS than both put
together, tobe true tilldeath. For two
years lie wrote constantly to his Polly
Ann, repeating themanifold vows Of boy.
5llood love; then. he was promoted from
boy to entry clelk and soon after was
introduced 70 very bcwitchins young
lady whom we may 10 allowed to call
Hattie Elton. Then heforgot Ills Polly
Ann, down in Rock Cove, and became
very attentive to Miss Elton; he ac.
companied ler.to the theater aud made
h her presents; he got trusted for lis new
3 coat, and with the money that should
have paid for 1t they took q sleigh-ride to
Brighton, and feasted onhot chickens and
champagne; to please her he learned TO
polka and waltz; the scBottisch and
varsoyienne We're not In vogue then.
Things had sped along very smoothly for
about o y0ari 50 Tom, thinking lie might
as well have the enatter settled at once,
popped the question: Miss Elton appeared
very much surpriied; for moment she
remained silent, then lifting up both hands
she exclaimed; Z q
9tWhy, Mr. Blumble, e,"-slie had con
SANITY called him 'sTomn for six
months preyious-''I'ye been engaged
these two years-didn't you know'itT
'.Knowiti No, replied Blumble, III
utter astonishment. i : a.Hi1t
y i'Why, yes, I've been engaged to
Charley Dudley for a long while, and ]
thought you knew all about It, and was
only paying attention to me out of polite.
ness. 6ha'ley Is in New York now, but
we are to be married next Christmas"
,ga I"Married next" !6us s4a. ~
We may gness what Blumbl le was about
to say, but we shall always be in doubt,
for, instead Of finishing his sentence, lie
took his hat and rushed out Of the house,
not even waiting to make the parting sa.
luton Of .good.eyenipg," Perhaps he
was afraid 70 trust his gnashing teeth, for
fear fhey, would change bis well-meant
w6rdsihto some wicked expression.
Tom, in tue privacy ofIhis own chamber,
with his door locked, bis elbows upon hil
light.stsnd, and his face quite buried ir
his hands, reverted to the years time and
the many dollars he had thrown away or
Miss Elton; then he thought Of poo,
Polly Ann, whom he had "cuth SO shame,
fully, down'in Rock Cove, and he decided
to write To her, to offer pressing business
as m excuse for not having written before
1 to sue for pardon for past negligence, ant
to assert that his affections were still un
altered and nnalterable. So he unburiet
his face and peuned the tender missiyI
fullofialsehoods aud stale love, which b,
q dispatched with the fullest tconfdenceth tha
Polly Ann would be very happy TO receiyl
II. But alas asforpoor human expectations
Polly Ann's letter came. II was brief
she told Blnmble she had heard Of hi
attentions TO the city lady, that she hat
almost forgotten him, aud wAs going I,
marry Jerry smike, the village blacksmith
then week. She returned TO Tom HI
earliest efforts in loye.letter writing ant
o loot OF his hair, andrelucstel him I,
return to her sundry articles In that llnl
that lie had received from her, &.
From that day Blumble, announced
himself 10 the world as a womnu-haser
He had been false TO one woman, ant
7 one woman had trickel him. SO hI
3 cried down the whole sex. The tim!
which Blnmbie had heretofore divided
between love and business was now de
voted 10 business exclusively, and II
consequence he received one promotion
alter another, until lie had the pleasur,
Of seeing his own name the third on thl
sign over tile door which he had frs
entered as an errand boy. / don't be
.lieye he remembered that there were an,
: such persons in tho world as Haiti
2 Elton and Polly Ann, tie first day tha
t1enew sign was raised. 1ii3si'
I91tw rs the junior member Of the firu
that Blumble had travelled through IN
New England States two years ago las
Fall with samples, receiving orders
During his tour he remained In the pret
ty village Of p, N. H., one flnc night Il
October. He sat In The bar.room aite
supper. smoking his cigar, until Il DO
came filed with the villagers, discussing
politics, smoking their pipes, talking q
their crops aud ogling him all Of whicl
was quite uninterestlng to him, so b,
concluded 10 walk out and view th
village by moonlight. He Ind hafdly