The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-07-31
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b'aa'h.e be4s'est ut bsii9 confirmed
bachelor ai.8 'oas Ef.ae .a beins called
Homaa hatf5. j meaa 'ta0iaa- Bihm-
hieo' the importing l9use Of Hood o'i'
'ef a b.ahl9'e. ila "as fefE iaad oi
letting people Aua" taa. he dls,gsardei
lle charms oi ile setter es aud was ife'
qHeatig Heard % sap 'lat ie would iite
'9 .te i''" woman tO4' could 2el liin ui'-
a't ief 'haiaR. ifHfe W4. 'ime, ei
course "aen llumb'e was s1 gpa"'e 20
'"e 'fe'iNtes al 'apia' because when he
Wa' p4a'h Tom % ilNceH leais aI a9e,aha
let Rock Cove, came ID lhe cllf aHd en-
tered iae employ OF Mensar Iisby ~
Hood ho ie't behind him goang Foily
Anu "''h mahy s'sb @d ieaf' ana
more vows i'@" both lht together TO be
true lilI dea't, Ief i"o years he wrote
constantly io h's Polly Annr repeating
iae manifold vows y Doyl'o'd love lhen
De was promoted I'oa ooF to e8liy elef6
AH' soon "''ef was introduce" 10 " very
pew,lehins Young lady. whom "e may
ue allowed to cal Hattie Elton. lhen he
forgot bis Polly Anh-do"h iu Rock Jofe,
aud became very attentive to Miss E.toni
be accompanied he TO the theatre and
made her presents; be got trusted ior bis
ne" eoa',and with ihe money ihal should
have paid Tor 10 iheF looh sIei4h rue 70
Brighton aud irasted ou h1i chickens
and champagne; ip please her he learned
TO polka and waltz The sehoit*ehe ANA
yareoFienHr were hnl ln F"gne then'
Things had sped along very smoothly Tor
abont O. year, SO Iom' thinking he might
as wen have the matter settled al once,
popped the question Miss Elton appear
ed very much surprised; iof moment
She remained silent then iiting up both
hands She exclaimed:
4 Why, Mr.. BlnmoIe-shc constantly cali
ed him Tom for six months preYions-l'ye
been engaged these two yoars-didnt
you know III
I Know az No replied Bumble IN utter
establishment.
I why, yes, I've been engaged 10 Char'
] ley Dadley Tor iohg Whlie' aua !
thought you knew all about H. ana was
ohiy paying atteh'ioh 10 me our oI poiile-
ness oha''ey Is III Ne" loIh' now we
are 10 DC IhatIiea next 'hn'''''@'
Married next
/ we may guess "hat bIomDle was ABOUT
10 say lal we Shaii aI"ay7 oe III ooao''
LOT 'nSlcau oi hhlSnlhs MS sentences Nv
looh MS nat ana rnshea ooI OF the mouse
not even waiting TO make me paruhS
salutallon oi gooa evening fefhaps ne
was a''ald 70 lfust MS gnashlnS leeth' loF
lear he "oulu chanSe ms wen meant
words mo some wicked expression
Tom, ~ the privacy oi ms own cham
Ref' NiiA hls aooI locEea, ms eipoWS up
on ms i'ght stalld' ana ms lace quile
bulleu III ms hahas,reVeitea 10 Tue year 8
'i''le ana the many aoi'ars nc Hao thrown
away on Miss Eltohi then ne thought OF
poor folly Ann, Whom he had cut so
shamciulIy, down IN kock cave, ana he
decided to write to her, to offer pressing
business rs an excuse for not having
written before, to sue for pardon for past
negligence, ana to assert that his alice
uons were still unaltered aud unaltorable'
So he unburcd his face, and penned the
tender missive full OF ialsehoods and
stale love, which he despatched with the
fullest confidence that Polly Ann would
be very happy to receive it, But alas for
poor human expectations Polly AIMS
letter came. 1t was brief; she told Blom-
bic she bad heard OF his attentions to the
city lady, that she had almost forgotten
him, and was geing to marry Jerry Snake
the village blacksmith the next week,
She returned to Tom his earliest efforts
in love letter writing and lock OF his
hair, and requested him to return to her
sundry articles ln lhal line that he had
received iromher.
From that day Biumb!e announced
himself to the wo'Id as a "omaa-haler'
Iie had been false 30 one woman aud one
woman bad tfiseqd him. so he cried
down the whole sex. The 'ime which
BInmble bad heretofore divided between
love aud business was now devoted to
business, and in consequence be received
one promotion after another until he had
the pleasure of seeing his own name the
third on the sign over the door which be
had entered as on errand boy. ! don't be
lieyc he remembered thgt there was any