The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-18

! important consultation.
'Do YOU remember that note for
$500 [ gave for stock last spring ?''
( asked Jonas,
Yes"
"Well, it's coming due in about a
month, and how under the sun we're
! going to pay it | don't know"
Mortgage the farm"
"We've done that till it can't be
: mortgaged another cent. I'm clean
discouraged; and there is Sally want
ing piano. Where the money is to
come from is mystery to me. We're
on the verge Of bankruptcy"
81 wish Sally would marry John
Smith. Gracious knows they're to-
] gether enough to take a notion that
way"
"Yes, but I don't see how that would
| help us any"
"You don't, eh? Well, I do. Amt
his folks rich? and wouldn't they set
him up handsomely? Then we could
stand some chance of getting help
through Sally"
CHATS good plan" was Jonas
I conclusion, after profound meditation,
"but the difficulty is, that the Smiths
! are not on good terms with us, and
would be likely to oppose the match"
'"Then the best plan is to set the
young folks up to an elopement.n
So it chanced that the Browns and
the Smiths planned to dispose of their
children to their own pecuniary adyan-
! tage. The next step in each case was
to mould the young folks TO the pro-
per shape.
John Smith was a handsome, brawny
country fellow, with plenty of good
sense and an ocean of love for Sally
Brown. When his parents proposed
his marrying her, he informed them
that he would gladly do 50, but feared
her parents would object Then his
father slyly suggested an elopement,
and offered to aid in carrying out such
an exploit John said he would think
about it.
Sally was rustic maiden with much
redness of cheeks, and rejOiced in the
possession of the lasting comeliness
which is derived from bright smile,
a sweet temper, and a pair of clear,
earnest eyes, made none the less eX-
a saucy little retrousse nose. Her
wavy brown hair had not a ripple out
of place, and her plump little figure
was encased In a weH-ftting dress,
! which was neatness itself When her
| parent spoke to her about John, she
| blushed becomingly, and, after close
questioning, admitted that she would
be ''tickled to DEATH TO marry him.
She further stated that they were run
ming over with love for each other;
that they had long ago settled the
question of ultimate union, but that
they feared parental objection.
"Now, I'll you what, Sally" said
Mrs, Brown, you know pa and | dote
on you, and would do anything to
make you happy"
Eyes, we would do anything 10 make
you happy" echoed the old man
"And if you were to hint to John
the idea of an elopement, We wouldn't
lift our fingers to prevent it"
NO" repeated the old man, f'we
would not lift finger to prevent it -
In thus instructing their children,
the Smiths and Browns displayed very
llUJlc hIlONlttiSS vi IIul1Stll LlEttNlIf
They should have known that Joht,
and Sally would, upon the first oeca-
sion possible, unbosom themselves, for
how could free lovers keep a secret, and
such a secret? And they didn't. At
the next meeting each told the other all
he orshe had been told by parental lips,
but neither could conceive the object
Of the old folks However they were
not oyerdisposed to question the mat
ter. They were too glad that the con-
summation so devoutly wished seemed
so near at hand, to question how it had
been brought about. Conscious that
their prOgenitOrs were up to some kind
Of trickery, they resolved at once to
avail themselves of the opportunity to
elope before any change in the aspect
of affairs should occur. Having thus
concluded, they proceeded to lead their
parents astray.
"I'ye been talking to John" said
Sally, demurely, to the old folks, "and
we have concluded to elope 1t is all
settled, and we're ready just as soon
as it can be arranged"
II saw Sally tonight" said John to
his parents, land she agreed to elope :;
so | think that the thing had better be
hurried right along
One week from this time all the pre-
limlnaries had been arranged. Sally
had been supplied with a bran new
dress and all the other fiXings, and
John had been given enough money to
buy a suit of wedding toggery. The
respective parents were laughing in
their respective sleeves at their own
cunning The Browns were oyerjoyed
at outwitting the Smiths, the Smiths
were happy at fooling the Browns, ana
both chuckled over a speedy relief from
financial embarrassment.
The eyenff1l nioht came and John