The Placer herald., 1873-04-12
Mn. Gro. AsHLER,
Fairview."


Farview."
GLOW do you make Ashlef out Of that 2
Better look again"
"Why, A-s.h-te-r--nc, Ly George, it'S
Ley, Ashley instead Of Asher; that comes
Of my nearsis sishtedness. Was that intended
for George ?"
eyes, she had received an invitation from,
him to attend picnic, and answered it at
the same time that she answered your letter,
md, on account Of the similarity of names,
yon both accepted your answers as genuine;
and you, Ike great body being badly air-
appointed, took the first train and left, while
Minnie did not know of her mistake until
Ashley called for her on the day of the pic
mic, about week af erward. Or course
this placed her IN rather mn embarrassing po-
rition;, but she got out Of it as hest she could,
after having found out that he had received
the letter intended for you, and so Of course
she knew that yon must have received the
one intended for him."
$50 my answer was in the affirmative af-
ter all. was it ?" .
"Yes. she accepted you, 'nearsightedness'
and ALL" -, h3r
"What confcunded fool I have been.
But WHY did she never let me know of the
mistake %
"That question shows that you are still
foolish. DO you forget that you went off,;
no one knew where, and before You returned
Minnie bad also left; and besides all this, it
would have been difficult thing for mod
eat girl to do, as she would have to almost
the same as proposed to you in return. Don't
you see it ?"
eyes, see it. but don't see how you,
came to know all about it. Suppose you
enlighien fellow"
"Well. TO commence with, Minnie is my,
cousin. and had fancied myself in love with
her for some time, and after her, return from
Fairview proposed and was mittened, and
she, like a good little girl, gave me reason.
which was that she loved some one else, and
she a'terward told me the whole story; aud
# you will take a fools advice, you do your
proposing in person next time and not trust
to letters, for fear you should get the wrong
answer again.
''Is Minnie married vet p
ono and report says not likely to be. -
she has refused several eligible offers within
the past year. know what you mean by
asking that question. Well, all right, old
boy, she will he at the party at Ranson's to-
morrow night"
The above conversation took place one a.
ternoon in the cozy little law office of Char
ley Van Doru, his friend, George Asher,
having dropped in for IA chat and found him
writing what seemed to be a love story, as
Van was in the habit 'f spending his spare
moments (and what young lawyer that does
not have them p in writing sketches. &c.
usually using as a foundation some incident
N life that had come to his notice, and, as
they were strongly tinc,ured with fact, were
usually interesting
The next evening both Of the friends at
tended the ball, but contrary to their expec-
talions, Minnie was not there having rs after
wards turned out, been unavoidably detained
in Boston
Strange il was that ASHER had important
business in Boston the next day, at least he
s'id he had, and, as he went off pellmell on
he morning tran,i it must have been so; but,
,las! he came back az fast as he went, on
the evening train, and it was very evident
that his business had not turned out satis-
f.ciorily. t..
"HoIlo, Asher, who is dead that you
wear such ruefu face? cried Van, meet
ing him in the street. "What's the matter,
old boy? You look as though you had been
to your own funeral
"And so have. | went to Boston and
called on Minnie, and was politely told she
was mot at home, and could take my oath
that saw her through the window"
"l hat s another Of your blunders. Min
ME is at Uncle Ranson's; saw her not ten
minutes ago. She came down on the ten
o'clock express this morning, about an hour
after you had started Better 20 and call
on her; perhaps you can think Of some i'm
portant business at Ranson's But be sure
you don't mistake some of tn, servant girls
for her-that would be just like you"
OF course he went and Van persists Ash
Ter does not dislike love stories as bad AS he
pretends. ns he spent sever. hours in telling
one at Esquire Ranson's that evening. Be
hat as it may. one thing is certain have
received an invitation to tho wedding and
Van is to act as chest man" for ASHER. l
suppose George felt as though he deserved
some compensation for telling him love
story.
| III a cat doth meet a cat upon the garden
wall, and If a cat doth greet cat, oh need