The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-24
STONES LOVE AFFAIR.

1t was agreed on all hands tha
Ned Stone was very practicle Eel
low. He was q broker in the citv
He had been very poor al one time
in his life. and had to work very hard
His industry had in the end, hOwev
er, met its due reward. At middl,
age he was comfortably circumstance
When he announced to his friends
therefore, that he thought Of takin.
to himself wife, it was thought gen
orally that the step was prudent
and proper one And when he furih
er stated that lie had made an oaer O.
his hand and heart to one Georgianna
Warren, the daughter of q wealthy
merchant, and that his offer had been
accepted by the lady, we, of course
FASTENED TO tender our heartfelt con.
gratulations on the occasion.
Ned Stone spoke Of the matter in
his own simple, sooer way:
"Well, you know, I'm getting on, .
he said. land if | am ever to marry
it's about time | should think of set
ting about it. You're very kind.
think | shall be very happy-in fact
I've no doubt about it-as happy as
fellow has a right to expect to be.
One has not right to expect to much,
Of course. But I'm quite fond in my
way of this Geo-gianna Warren, and
| think thst she, in her way is fond
of me; she is not too Young nor too
old; not TOO good looking nor too
plain: she is sensible and accomplish
ed enough; and | don't see why she
shouldn't make good sort of q wife
and similarly, | don't see why /
shouldn't make very good sort Of Il
husband. Perhaps l'm not very fond
of old Warren, the father, and per-
haps he isn't very fond Of me. But /
don't know as that matters very much
| dare say we shall understand each
other better BY and by; meantime |
must try and make the best of the old
mans humor, and not run counter 10
him more than | can avoid.
And it seems to me that the old fell
low would be no fonder Of anybody
else who might want to marry his
daughter than he is of me You see
it's our atfair-Georgianna's and mine
and not his; though it is hard 70 make
him see it in that light. But dare
saw it will come right in the end
That's what | tell Georgianna when
she takes up with rather gloomy views
about her fathers temper. She has
good sense, and, | think looks at the
matter very much as do-only, Of
course, she can't help feeling that he
is her father, whereas, thank good
ness, he amt mine.
1t will be seen that Ned Stone was
not lover to sigh like a furnace.
As for writing woeful ballad to his
mistress eyebrows | don't fancy he
could have &C complished such feat,
even if his life depended on his doing
SO. The thermometer of his love
stood at temperate, with no tendency
toward an upward rise. The marks
Of love-" as they are generally under
stood, were not discernible upon him
He never said word as 10 the ag-
tated state Of his breast, nor to the
excitement of his feelings. He did
not regard Miss Warren as an angel
1r q goddess. Probably he would
have been the first to contradict any
allegation that might have been made
% the effect that she was anything Of
he kind. Miss Warren appeared to
him what she seemed to every body
,lse-a nice, sensible English girl.
called upon Stone one evening.
DE was alone. He looked a little
yrave. and held small, sealed pack
/. We discussed various Indifferent
subjects; then inquired concerning
Mss Georgianna.
"Oh, haven't you heard?" he an-
iwered. But of course you couldn't
rave heard. The affair is of. Our
has come to end"
"You don't mean that | asked in
urprise.
Yes; the things broken Off" as
people say. It's bad job, and I'm
sorry for it, but it can't be helped"
Had the lady resented his serenity
md discharged him? / asked N.Y.
elf.
As though he had heard the ques-
ion he went on: It's the old mans
.oings. l hope he's satisfied now.
les the most unreasonable and dis [
greeable old fellow | ever had the /
Misfortune to meet"
But what did he do?"
well, we fell out about the settle
nent; that was where the hitch arose.
m sure / did all / could to please
i'm. / gave up condition after con-
ition, quite in opposition to the nd-
ice of my solicitor. | told him to
ettle what money he proposed to set
e on his daughter-it wasn't much |
fter ADJUST as he pleased; | didn't
rant to touch half-penny of it
lie might settle it, told him, just as
trictly as ever he pleased, or he might
ettle nothing at all upon her, if he
ked that better. 1t was his daught-
r l wanted, and not his money. And
Or my part, I'd take care my wife
ever came to want. undertook to
,sure my life for large amount, and
D assign the policy to trustees for
er benefit, in case of my death, cove
anting of course tn the premiums