South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-10-10

perhaps We suai Oe Iust as happy In a cot
,sge as we could be in palace / have
not much to offer, know nv hear. and
lute, aud iriae of between forty aud fif,y
millions of dollars SIS all the store ths, I
can conveniently bring at present, but as
the poet says, 'poOr and content is rich. and
rich enough and | am content, OF a, best
should be, if could but call this darling
oue-sided creature mine
L paused to breathe, aud Mr.. Gigziig re-
moved his pipe from bis IN nth
'Tompbins,' be said, Il rather ike Won.
but you've got rival in my affections, and
the said rival has only this minute left my
presence. Hessked me for my daughter
hand
'But you didn't
No. didn't give him decided answer.
| told him if he would get into some re-
specialize business, then, if he could show
me that be was able to supper, wife, WHY.
perhaps I'd lie; him have Julia.
'And my rivals name 2
Is Jagazz, famlliarly called Billy. But
as he is only worth twenty millions, while
you are worth forty, why, if Julia thinks
she likes you well enough to marry YOU
why, jam me if | stand between two Low.
ing hearts
80 ms fayther cried Julia, fcans; thou
doubt that | lowest him 2 Aud she folded
me in her brawDy arms.
well, no, not after such proof of your
affection, answered the old gentleman.-
ADD without any more ado, he arose, aud
remarking conf lentially, Bless YOU, ray
children went into the house, leaving Ju-
liza and to bask in the light of each 9th.
er's smiles, and to smoker over cur good
fortune.
Like the late John Q Othello, of Venice
Il saw him at the Boston Theatre the very
night that he stabbed himself,) | am 'one
not easily jealous and yet, must confess
that I've always been somewha: jealous of
William Henry Jagazz. | know Billy
isn't one half so handsome as | am. He
hasn't got my wavy midnight hair, nor my
classical textures. As for eyes-well, say
what you will, a glass eye can't mpetc
for beauty with such pair Of soul-melring
orbs as | wear. Aud then Bily's eve has
an internal bad habit of rolling over and
leaving nothing visible bat the white, which
plays The very deuce with his killing glau-
ces.' Any well regulated mind can easily
understand how it must destroy the effect
of the most soul-thrilliDg glances to have
ones eye flop over You have got to pop
1t out, and then pop it back again, and by
that time. your opportunity is lost. See
how it is don't you?
But women are strange creatures. They
always marry just ;he men that you think
they ought pos to marry l beard of
woman who married a nan with only one
leg, because, as sue said, swo-legged men
were 81 common. Now, wasn't il quite as
natural that my Julia should love Billy
Jagazz because he had only oDe good eye
Women are fond Of variety, aul | must
confess that it is rather monotonous having
so many two. eyed men around. Don't you
think SO, gentle reader
81 you understand now, I hope, why |
was jealous of William Henry. When
lett Julia that night, after having gained
the old gentleman S consent to our union.
you would naturally suppose that | was
happy, but | wasn't. No, thought of
BIli, and | remembered that Mr. Gigzjig
had said that tie had an affection for him,
ana l remembered that Julia, al hough ad.
hitting that she loved me, had never said
that she didn't love Billy more. You may
ihIuk that had little cause for j,alousy,
so tar, at least; but sou don't know wo-
men 81 well as | DO. | think IN pretty
well acquainted with the sex, for you mus.
remember that my mother was a woman.
les, pass ID a miserable night thinking
OF Wiliam, and | remained pretty comfor-
tally miserable all tue next day. Irsall
very well for a wumaD % say that she loves
you, oai there is nothing satisfactory to
noe 10 such declaration, ualsss the lady
declares explicitly that she loves me better
thau she does any other man. This is
2sc1iariiy Of mine, although assure you
ihtt / m not naturally inclined to be jeal-
ous-O no
Loving Miss GigzjiQ as did, it vas per-
iecly natural that 1 should cndsavor 90
satisfy myself 10 regard TO the exact state
OF her feelings for mo. Consequently 1
called 40 her house tho next evening, with
q hfm determination to have a perfect IN.
ders'andinz with her.
When | reached tho house ! found that
Julia was out. fla out, ch And per.
haps az this very moment thought +, she
Is waking with William Of toe yilreous
optic
! turned away with a determination Of
seeking her through every street in Yang
Icheo5. As | walked down tbe path TO.
ward The gate, my eye fell upon a piece Of
white paper lying right in the path before
me. | picked il up. Great heavens 10
was a letter, and--aud coud believe my
eyest lt was Julia. g handwriting aud It
commenced Dear William
read that letter. / don't remember
now that | was at aIl curious as to its con-
tents, but did get interested 10 10, / viii