The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-07-25

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by the shoulders, and by the coat
tails, by at least a dozen hands. He
was rather too much surprised to
speak, even if he had q chance to;
the hands so closely clenched around
his throat would have prevented his
speaking if he had not been so
greatly surprised. AS he could not
speak, he listened very patiently to
some half-dozen exclamatiOns Of
''No# we've got your i2il9sa
Something desperate must be done;
so Blumble struck the fellow that
held him by the throat full in the
face, knocking him down, and then
cried out as though he expected that
this would be the last chance he
would ever have to speak.
"What in the deuce are you
aboutY'
The striking question had a mi
raculous effect upon the numerous
hands distributed about his person,
and Blumble was free. He waited q
few moments to regain his breath !;
then looking around, asked very
energetically:
"What does all this mean?''
alt means that if you don't leave
town and not go to see Mary Gay
again, we'll just hide you, and then
ride yOu out of town on rail" said
the young man, the recipient of the
blow, who had regained his feet.
Leave town? Mary Gay? Why,
I do not understand what you mean, +"
remarked Blumble, considerably
mystifed.
"Wen, sir" interrupted another
voice, eve mean that you've come
here from Boston to court Mary
Gay, and you mean to cut out Billy
Higdy here; now if you don't give
up Mary and leave town tomorrow
night, well pitch you into the mill
pond"
"Hold on moment, Said Blum
BILE; II think you have got hold of
the wrong person, as I have not the
acquaintance of Miss Gay, nor, in
fact, of any other lady in this plaae
But I want you to understand one
think distinctly, and that is, I shall
not leave town until 1 get ready"
Something about Blumble's man
ner seemed to convince the young
men that he was in earnest, for they
uttered various expressions, such
as, "That's a likely storyr' "He's
gassingn 81 don't believe that y
etc. Men invariably express doubts
when being convinced of some
thing they had rather not believe.
For a few moments the whole
party remained in silence; then one
of the denizens of P. broke the
spell by asking:
Saint your name Blumblef"
eyes, sir"
"And you are from BostonY'
''Yes, sir"
"And don't you know Mary GayF'
''No, sir"
"Well, that's strange! She said
his name was Blumble, and that's
your name; he belongs to Boston,
and so do you; you've been right
up by her house, and we believe
you've been there to see her. Don't
we Bill?''
'Yes, we do" replied Higdy.
swell, young men," said Blumble,
''if you don't believe me, 60 ask the
young lady herself
This proposition was met with ap-
proval by the whole party, so Blum
BILE started back up the lane, ac-
companied by large escort before,
behind, and on each side of him.
They filed into the yard, and crowd
ed on the steps of a neat-looking
farmhouse, and Higdy knocked at
the door. In few moments one of
the chamber windows was opened
and a protruding head asked:
"Who's therep
"Come down to the door a minute,
Squire, viii your" asked Bill.
"Why, what do you want?" in
quired the voice in the chamber
window above.
"We want to see Mary minute" :"
replied a voice from the crowd
below.
@Why, she has been abed these
two hours. Is it anything i'm
portant?p tuga5
"Yes, we want to see her just a
minute"
"Well, I'll speak to her."
In a few minutes Mary appeared
at the dooc. She was very good
looking, Notwithstanding her being
called out of bed at such an un
seasonable hour-and so thought
BIumble. For some moments the
whole company remained speechless.
At last, Blumble, firing of his con-
spicuous situation, and the nothing
to-say' spirit Of the party, broke the
silence by asking the young lady if
she had ever seen him bfore.
"Not that 1 remember Of" she re-
piled.
81 only asked you to satisfy these
young men," said Blumble.
"Then be amt your city beau%
asked Higdy.
'Now as short as though it had
been but one letter.
"Then we are mistaken said a
voice in the yard, and two or three
of the party slid out at the gate.
81 am very sorry that / have been
the indirect cause Of this annoyance
to you; but it is no fault of mine.
This gentleman" pointing to Hig-
dy, sand his parry seized me, and
would not allow me TO proceed 60
my hotel until / had proved to them
that / had not been visiting you. I
must now leave them with you to