Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-09

\ RASCAL AND \ FOOL
Last fill young man, travelling agent for
=, ,Ily wholesale: house, wandered away toward
rh,. north scmc thirty or forty miles, and ccas-
ed wandering at village known as Iron Ridge
10 this State. Wctllcr he was afraid of taking
cod, or unusually attracted hy the appearance
ui the young ladies Of the village, Is not de-
initcy known, but that he refused to vcutule
into the Arctic regions ut still more northern
climate Is 4 fact aud no; only that, but he
abandoned his former lusult aud mctalnor-
}huscl into an Instructor vi The youthful mud,
Il prutrsSOr,a tcacEthc-yuGng- -hoW-tO-SioUt
man. Ilo secured sltuation, aud began
teaching bnt he knew cunsdcrahl" more than
is taught in boukS--tlat Is, such bucks as ait:l-
lnc,ics and Biographies and it was not long
lrlurc H.. had Initiated the boUmlug dansclS
who didn't attend school into the multtarous
lcr,,!rXiiics Of the lesson OF love. lie had
llll,rs a!l his owu way, au'i mOst as:luuou,ly
,l,! Inc Apply himself to Improve his opportuul-
~. He Succeeded 50 well that he selected Que
from his numerous loves, aud absolutely mar.
rad her about Two months ago. 3ut such
Il,iIc thing a. being married didn't Interfere
with his still lcightlny lii the VAIN pvrsonal
friendship Of lhc ruma!nng young ladies OF the
i,Iacc. And ii apparently uiaIc but trlnlng
,irlcnce with the young ladies lhcy said
a. vuuug luics frequently do, by, hes
llccr than ever, NV liz iharlieo VOutS
man. thvr. hiut ior you J and co ulattcr=
went or.
1t seems tat these ardent souls could not
s,vu sufficient nlnotlut Of uvuScnse III any one
meeting, ans: consequently carried on what Is
i,.iurd Il furious curlcs pUudcnc", each young
lady, Of course, Imagining herself the favored
,rv and sole correspondent Hc to save time,
wrote his letters in triple sheet, sending each
IL. smil. OF tic other letter, the address be-
lng til. only change This answered just as
wh, you know, aud saved bother. 81 Lucy
ahi Susie, and thc numerous others, each re-
cylyel lc,dcr cpi>tolary cttusious, yowlug 'uu-
c:.iu2 love, bu.--niy WIFI, you kuow!' Tor
.olnr tine At length the gay decclver be-
ctlnc FESTIVE aud proposed az eopcmrnt to his
Ioyc> through the mail. II they had all ac-
cc,lcl, he would have been III Il tx, but
as luck would have it, only one agreed to
Tie lroroSai. This was a young, beautiful glr
about cghtccnycars ul aye, daughter OF one
ii the leading men ot the place, ana namc1
F,yc,inc Sherwood. Eveline couscnted, and
Est N Ir!ay the pair lett Iron Rldse auG came
IL Milwaukee, aud stopped at the Eagle Hotel,
registering, Of course, as nan and wife. lues'
DAY the gent said lie must 80 back to Iron
Ridge 10 trallsac, some business, but promised
!" return immediately. He was either OF an
uu>u>lcctins nature, ur imagined his absence
and that OF the youug lady would not bcpaccd
together, leaving the supp0siuon that he cti-
llrcd her way, or surely he would not have
walked into the close embrace OF au lratc faith
cr But 20 he did, ard was Immediately hand
ed over to the sheriff aud couhncd III the jail
4! iloricou. KS the days passed by and the
Young man did not make his appearance,
lvciiuc changed her headquarters, going to
The Kirby, Fox, and Clifton House. Friday a
young man from Iron Ridge canc To this city
in quest of her, although he had no knowledge
of her whereabouts, Slmply supposlng 1t NATL
raj that she would be found here. 1t seems
her "icllcr'' hadn't dlsulgcd their secret, and
~ one knew where she was.
The affair was pac, d in the hands of the
police, and CoStancy Esan was detailed to wolk
Tic case up We mi ght as we'll say, imm,di-
atcy, that the girl was found yesterday at the
Ci,on House, ON Chestnut street; for of
y,ur<c, as long aS Egau was after her, she
v,uldn long remain out of sight. She was
taken to the jail for safe keeping, and will re-
man there until her father comes after her. 1t
Is Il hand experience for this young girl, who
has beer, accustomed to retirement and comfort
II uot luxury to he confined i'll the bare cell OF
county jail. She is very pretty, fresh, IN
t"iliycnI glrl, and possessed OF great amount
81 courage Flun u few remarks made hy her
II would seem that matters at home are not III
avery agreeable state. aud she lntlnlatcs that
II WAS hot entirely for the sake ct the "dlvlne
i'>>'"n that shs consented to this clopcment
Orc amusing circumstance in this connection
hAllrntd. ThiS lady has u sister, who has
as" "crn the recipient ui letters from TINS
""nA'rul >chorluastcr, and when she heard
~ '"e r"rrmrt she immediately drew from
~ l"'hr', with IMPRESSIONS of disgust ut h,r
'' T l"aikhnS>, large number OF tender
"'>''i> rom The teacher, urging her To run
""'i I WIN hlm. This was putting 1t on pretty
INN ,r Tor one family.
mus tic matter rests. The teacher Is IN
" ~ l''licon tie young lady is in jail III Alll-
"'Hs' M, ana al! Tor loving mot wisely, but too
1T WASN'T HER HUSBAND, AFTER ALL
= story las gone the rounds of literary gossip
'''"'t an attached pair of Games not unknown
~ zane, who Went to board where people also
went who were literary and Of good taste. The
''Sdy, thinking that as she and her husband were
i" III all to each other, it was Us we'll they should
man So desired of the hostess that there
N'Sht be no ntroductionS to the other boardcrs,
winch was observed. Various tender passages
,"'"ccn The amiable pair on their way to and
'''iI' The dining room edited the family dur
IiS the season. lu time Boston man came to
"'iid, ami on his way TO the basement at din
Ter, gong down late he heard light laugh be,
'Ind hn, aud i figure not 50 light as the laugh
>Hrans on his shoulders aud claimed ride down
Stars. The Boston man took things cooIly,
carried his burden down into the diung room,
,Nu ;!,u shot her into vacant scat at the table.
he lady looked up to tni her husband already
'Hcrc before her, and every eye was turned to
watch these extraordinary proceedings. There
WAS nothing to be done but to burst into tears,
winch she did-N. !. TTLme