National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-11-01
THOMAS BLUMBLE.
NOW HE cor MARRIED.


Blumble boosted of being confirmed
bachelor. and took pride in being called a
woman. hater. | mean Thomas Blumble,
Of the importing and jobbng house Of
"Hood Silver Il Blumble." He was very
fond of letting people know that he dis.
regarded the charms of the softer sex, and
was frequently heard to say that he would
ike to see the woman that could get him
under her thumb. There was a time, OF
course, when Blumbe was susceptible to
the overtures Of Cupid; because when he
was plain tom" of fifteen years of age,
and lett Rock Cove" came to the Cay
and entered the epmloy of "Mensor,
Tigby Il Hood" he left behind him a
young Polly Ann," with many sigh
and tear, and more VOWS than both put
together, to be true till death. For two
wears he wrote constantly to his Polly
Ann, repeating the manifold vows OF boy
hood love; then lie was promoted from
boy to entry cleIk. and soon after was
introduced to very bewitching young
lady whom we may be allowed to call
Hattie Elton. Then he forgot his Polly
Ann down in Rock Cove, and became
very attentive to Miss Elton; he ac.
eompaned her to the theater aud made
her presents; he got trusted for his new
coat, and with the money that should
have paid for it they took a slcigh-ride to
Brighton. and feasted on hot chickens and
champagne to please her he learned to
polka and waltz; the schottisch and
varsovienne were not in vogue then.
Things had sped along very smoothly for
about year so Tom, thinking he might
as well have the matter settled at once,
popped the question. Miss Elton appeared
very much surprised; for a moment she
remained silent, then lifting up both hands
she exclaimed;
"Why, Mr.. B!umble, she had cor
stantly called him "Tom' for six
months previous-"I've been engaged
these two years-didn't You know it ?"
"Know it2 No." replied Blumble, in
utter astonshment.
why, yes, I've been engaged to
Charley Dudley for long while, and !
thought you knew all about it, and was
only paying attention to me out of polite
ness. Cha,ley is in New York now, but
we are to be married next CHRISTMAS.
married next"
We NAV guess what Blumble was about
to say, but we shall always be in doubt
TOR, instead of finishing his sentence, he
took his hat and rushed out Of the house,
not even waiting to make the parting sa-
luton of ''good-evening. Perhaps he
was afraid to trust his gnashing teeth, for
fear they would change his well-meant
words into some wicked expression.
Tom, in the privacy of his own chamber,
with his door locked, his elbows upon his
light st and, and his face quite buried in
his hands, reverted to tue years time and
the many dollars he had thrown away on
Miss Elton; then he thought of poor
Polly Ann, whom lie had "cut" SO shame
fully, down in Rock Cove and he decided
to write to her, to offer pressing business
as an excuse for not having written before,
to sue for pardon for past negligence, and
to assert that his affections were still un-
altered and unalterable. So he unburied
his face, and penned the tender missive
full of talsehoods and stale love, which he
dispatched with the fullest confidence that
Polly Ann would be very happy to receive
it. But alas for poor human expectations !!
Polly AIMS letter came. 1t was brief !;
she told Blumble she had heard of bis
attentions te the city lady, that she had
almost forgotten him, and was going to
marry Jerry Smike, the village blacksmith
the next week, She returned to Tom his
earliest efforts in love-letter writing and
a lock Q: his hair, and requested him -
return to her sundry articles in that line
that he had received from her.
From that day Blumble announced
l:,r - .lo xyorld nc n woman -hater
He had been false to one woman, ana
one woman had tricked him. So he
cried down the whole sex. The time
which Blumble had heretofore divided
between love and business was now de-
voted to business exclusively, and IN
consequence he received one promotion
after another, until he had the pleasure
of seeing his own name the third on the
sign over the door Which he had first
entered as an errand boy. l don't be-
lieye he remembered that there were any
such persons in the world as Hattie
Elton and Polly Am, the first day that
the new sign was raised.
lit was as the junior member of the firm
that Blumble had travelled through the
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 fine night il
October. He sat in the bar room after
supper, smoking his cigar, until it be
came filled with the villagers, discussing
politics, smoking their pipes, talking o
their crops and ogling him all OF which
was quite uninteresting to him, SO h'
concluded to walk out and view th'