Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-25
and marry rich girl, with a bad cough

| ssAnd you have finally become engag
ed to the object Of your affection, then,
Roberto" l asked, becoming deeply
interested in this good young man.
+ 'No, sir. alas! Oh, no! My theory
has failed. have been unfortunate.
! The first young lady | met was from
| Chicago Miss johnson. She was
sweet, and O! SO affectionate, and had
Just the cough to suit me. A low,
hacking cough. 1t was fairly. melodi-
Gus; and | knew it would prove fatal to
the object of my affection in a year;
but alas, alas p and then he buried his
face in his hands, 20 a. 4iav 9j ~
| "What, Robert asked aa ss.
sAlas in a fatal moment I learned
that she had no money to go with it.
| She was poor, but such a lovely cough.
just the one | had SO Hong and valnly
searched for" eifatst'-s-9 s'7s'' af
"What them"
"Why, then / met the rich Miss Lii
ly Thompson, of Madison avenue.
She was very rich. She wore laces
and diamonds and new dress at eve
ry hop. She just suited me. She was
just the girl l had been looking for,
with just one exception
! "What was that, Robert g. -.--.
20, DEAR there was no cough to go
with it She was all health and money
There had never been any consump--
ton i'll the family-just my luck p
and then he buried his face in his
hands again and wept long and bitter
ly. ..-.
"Again, Eli, he began, drawing clos
er, zone happy day I met the very OBJ
ject of my affection the paragon had
been searching for years. She was
rich and delicate, She had just the
cough, the fatal consumptive cough I
had fancied in my dreams and sighed
for in my walking hours Two hun
dred thousand in her owns.right, and yet
so frail and delicate-no near deaths
welcome door, and Roberts face shone
with joyous light as he described the
frall rich object of his affections.
'And still you are not happy, my
dear friend I remarked as he brushed
the ashes off his cigar upon my boot.
Can it be that she has refused you1"
90, mol alas, she accepted me. l
took her pale, jeweled hand in mine.
I placed upon it thousand dollar sol
itaire. She was too frail to speak loud.
She coughed, and only whispered her
love, while overcome with emotion,
her languid eyes suffused with tears.
was too happy to live. But, 0, dear
Eli, l was born to be disappointed.
Fate ruth'essly plucked the lovely prize
from out my grasp. Fate"
but, how, Roberts" | asked.
| "W ell, in an evil moment my Lily
began to drink the water here. MOI
the mineral but the pure water from
the village hydrant. If she had struck
to Congress water l would be happy
now; but one fatal day she drank some
hydrant water. She felt better. TheI
she drank more-then more; till at las
she used to drink ten glasses ever,
morning. Then her appetite cam
back. She began to grow stout. He
cough went away, her cheeks grew red
and my beautiful frail Lily became
healthtul, ruddy holyhock. She tool
to bowling, then riding on horseback
and this morning. 0, dearl I can
not tell YOU
go ahead, Robert, tell me ALL"
) urged confdentially
swell. this morning, MI. Perkins
/ she-ny ffaa Lily carried her Sarato
ga trunk down two flights Of. stairs JUS
for an excuse Then she asked me tx
f walk three miles over to the lake, and
when we got there, o dear, she att
ham, and swoodcock, and potatoes, ant
almost an entire black mass, weighing
three pounds, and, when Mrs. Myer.
asked heraif she wouldn't have another
she said no she was afraid it.. woult
take away. her appetite for dinner.
And here I am engaged to her, with nc
prospect ahead but just ito spend my
whole life mark citing and spending tina,
5000, 900 for her. and / to get only my
J yictuais and clothes. -.
And then Robert Mason leaned heavi
" forward on his hands, while the tear,
tiickled through his fingers and pattec
J down on his white duck pantaloons-
a ,wretched, heart broken and ruined
mani s aa a
/, lbu In one of the . towns of Mississippi
two colored men were arrested ON thu
! charge Of burglary. The jury before
whom they weru tried were all colored
After the case was tried they retired
and made up asverdict, which was an
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