Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
Fhomlas Blumble.
HOW HE GOT MARRIED.

Blumble boasted of being a con
frmed bachelor, and took pride il
being called woman hater. l NEAR
Thomas Blumble, of the importing
and,jobbing house of Hood, Silver
& Bundle He was:vefy fond o
! letting people know that he disre
/ ~ rded the charms of the softer sex
ana was frequently heard to say that
he would like to see the woman that
could get him under her thumb
There was time, Of course, wher
Blumble was susceptible to the over
lures of Cupid because when he wa'
plain Tom, of fifteen years of age
and left Rock Cove, came to the
city and entered the employ of Men
sor, Tigby &Hood,' he left behinc
him a young Polly Ann with many
a sigh and tear, and more vows thar
both put together, to be true till
death. For two years he wrote c"n-
stantly to his Polly Ann, repeating
the manifold VOWS of boyhood love
then he was promoted from boy to
entry clerk, and soon after was in
troduced to a very bewitching young
lady whom we may be allowed to cal
Hattie Elton. Then he forgot his
Polly Ann down in Rock Cove, and
became very attentive to Miss Elton
he accompanied her to the theatre
and made her presents: he got trust
ed for his new coat, and with the
money that should have paid for ii
they took sleigh ride to Brighton,
ard fe lsted 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 moment she
remained silent, then lifting up both
hands she exclaimed:
why, MIR. Blumble, she had con-
stantly called him Ton for six
months previous I've been engag-
ed these two years-didn't you know
it?'
Know it? No. replied Blumble,
! in utter astonishmen.
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 politeness. Charley is in New
York now, but we are to be married
next Christmas
Married next
We may guess what, Blumble was
about to say, but we shall always e
in doubt, for, instead of finishing his
sentence, he took his hat and rushed
out of the house, not even waiting
to make the parting salutation Of
good-evening." Perhaps he was
afraid to trust his gnashing teeth, fol
fear they would changehis we'll meant
words into some wicked expression
Tom, in the privacy of his own
chamber, with his door locked, hi'
elbows upon his light stand, ard his
f:lce quite buried'i in his hands, revert
ei to the years time and the many
dollars he had thrown away On Mis-
Elton then he thought OF poor Pol
ly Ann, whom hehad "cut' so shame
fully, down in Rock Cove, and he de
cided to write to her, to offer press
ing business as an excuse for not hav
ing written before, to sue for rardor
for past negligence, and to assert tina
his affections werc still una.tered and
unalterable. So he pnburied hi!
face, and penned the tender misSive
full of falsehoods and stale love
which he dispatched with the fulles
confidence that Polly Ann would b'
very happy to receive it. But ALA
for poor human expectations Polly
AIMS lie ter came. Itwas brief; she
had heard Of his attentions to the city
lady, that she had almost forgotten
him and was going 10 marry Jerry
Smike, the village blacksmith th'
next.week. She returned 10 Tom hi
earliest efforts in love-letter writing
and a ,ock of his hair, and requested
him to return to her sundry articles
in that line that he had received from
her.
Frem that day Blumble announced
himself to the World as woman
hater. He had been fal to one wo
man, and one woman had tricket
him. So he cried down the wholi
sex. The time which Blumble hat
heretofore divided between love an(
business was now devoted 9 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 slgr
over the door which he had first en-
tered as an errand boy. l don't be
lieve he remembered that there were
any such persons in the ~orld a.
Hattie Elton and Polly Ann, the hrs
day that the new sign was raised:
! 1t was as the junior member of the
firm that Blumble had travelled
through the New England States TIVE
years ago last Fall with samples, re:
ceiving orders. During his tour he
remained IN the pretty village of z.