Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-04-30

as he did not know who She was, you
may think dear madam, that he had
no notion that she had million for a
dowry.l So when Mr.. Threestars told
me he thought my daughter charming,
but he dared not sue for her hand, not
being richhimselt; and as / knew, that
Alchemy daughter thought him
agreeable, I be gged Mr.. Threestars to
ieassure him, and two days after he was
the happiest OF men. sFYes. yes, re-
piled the dear madam, '..you are quite
right; marriages are made iii heaven :"
And forsnight later the Viscount pays
me 6o,ooof., the half Of which I give to
Mr.. Threestars;fin exchange for which
Iireturn him all his papers, the written
engagement among the rest, which
would show his happy spodse how mar
ria ges are not always made in heaven.
Sometimes, however, we have to DO
with ungratefn1 fellows who refuse to
pay after having pocketed the dowry-
These are the throns in the trade, for
we must go to law, and even if we win
the profession suffers; But often, too,
we meet with delicate and grateful
souls. in one of the cities of the north
had an intermediary, who called my
attention to a young lady with three
millions for her portion, who would on
| ly marry mai with title, and who
should marry her for herself and not for
her money. Ichoose from my list a
Count, all engineer, without any for.
tune, very respectable, and very cool
He got himself appointed to post in
the town in question, went there incog
aaito, saw my intermediary who showed
him the young lady, then went away
again to return in time for ball to be
given by the Project, to which my in
termediary had got him invited. He
took his stand near the door, and when
| the young lady entered he uttered a
cry ofadnration, SO sincere, 50 matt,
that she herself started, had three
| months after he married. ':Well, SIR
/. / the agent went on, she not only paid
me the amount agreed upon but ever
since he has been most obligillg.
Gas for the young Countess, she is
as happy as she was the first day, and
quite as convinced as on the first day
that her husband did not know he was
falling in love with dowry OF three
millions when he saw her.
BASE INGRATITUDE.
Gas counterpart to this I found an
heiress with a colossal fortune for a
poor, starving wretch who refuses to
= pay me, ttsder the pretext that his wife
has a hump before and behind and a
wart on her nose When l threatened
to reveal everything to his wife, he ex,
!, claimed, Oh! she won't believe you
she thinks herself SO charming that she
will never believed did rot marry hel
for love" ''>
| left my amusing friend, who had
made me laugh a whole hour, when OF
, turning the corner OF the street, / again
) met the rich, ugly, and witty widow
, who had given me the idea of the visit
> which | was going to relate TO i1eF Bn1
. she did not give me time. ''Well,
she said, Il shall be married within 6
: week ''Really 2" eyes, had 6
hundred woers introduced to me, but
j, al those men who were running after
! nothing but my money Disguised me
Three weeks ago wrote to one of my
cousins, who lives in the country, tina,
, | would so and spend ten days with
her. i...s. =.
On the day of my arrival I found &
neighbor in the drawing room, whose
losses had compelled him to retire to
!, the country. For the past fortnight
he had been daily visitor, and my
cousin praised him very highly. Aftel
. my arrival he came no more. My cousin
fearing he was i'll, went to see him, alid
then he confessed that he would not re
: turn into her house again so long as ]
! was there, because he had long been ii
love with me, and he would not have
me. think it was for the sake of my for
tune he paid me attentions. My tous-
in laughed heartily. and finally made
him promise to come. and dine next
day. You may suppose that she tole
;. me the whole story on her return. We
!, had a good laugh over it, and as 70,
! me / was touched in spite of myself
He came, and the thought that he
q stunned me on account Of my fortune
> pleaded SO strongly in his favor that OF
the eve fmy return-qa4e vouzez yous
!. u designed to grant him my hand
: What do you say to that ? Is it moi
strange, and can we not say that mar
4 riages are made in heayen?' eyes
: fyes, said |, restraining smile, ';mar
riages are made in heaven-or else
Z where" 6ea 6s
h A well dressed, matoronly looking
: lady walkedinto saloon in Oswego tn,
: other day, laid her muf on the counter
g and took out pair of spectacles, whel