Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-01-10

grew desperate, Il
eHit his ha lovely night he said
anon. Ut was cloudy, cold and
dark.)
esLooks like a, Storm returned.
tsToo dark to see anything" ,5u5H
sEHif, you would take my harm hit
would be light henoughp p laa II
Then heistumbled. 1-., ao.I
'SThe blind leading the blind, /
laughed. .a est ~ ia3
3'tLoVe 'as the power hof making
all light. :" -. isil.l iii IN -o;ig.raG
- sssMy y mother says love is jaek-o'-
lantern. 1 prefer a better light"
What says your 'art?"itna ,l.yz
'It is silent. " ".aumr. s A7lsae
t"Hit hanswers, but you will not
'ear. You ave hideas hef future
greatness incompatible with 'art.
You pass the small fsh3ha nibbling
hat your bait hin 'opes hof ha big
one; but hi tell you big fish bite hoff
small looks without getting caught."
Our arrival at the theatre stopped
this interesting conversation. - 10
4, -Four seats in the dress circle had
been secured, and the trio managed
affairs 80 that Isat in the farthest
seat with Jimmy between Mrs. r.
and myself, sieIl5H 81 .j-2
Three terrible hours passed. /
have a dim recollection of dark faces
and pig-tails, f9ing knives and dane
ing balls, discordant music and fat
voices OIL one side of me; and on the
other the nodding nose, twinkling
eyes and love-sick tones of my ad-
mirer; but ] am certain of nothing.
l remember that I looked up with a
desile to fly; and once, when. a po-
ficeman came near, almost whished
that he would arrest me for some
thing, and take me away from my
companion. At last the curtain fell,
and the people arose. 80 49,,
s'Take Jifnmy's arm, or you will
get separated from us" said Mrs R.
to me, taking the lead, leaning on
her husbands arm.
But / did not heed her; and when
a hasty pair pushed between my low
er and me, dividing US, I felt like
thanking them. Jimmy tried to
keep me in view, but he was clumsy
and his nose impaired his perfect
vision, l think, for | dodge behind
pillar and he passed by me, so
near, that l could have touched him
without his seeing me.
I saw the three as I emerged into
the street, and heard Mrs. R. ex-
claim:
"What can. have become of her!"
An alley was near me, and into
this / lodged, running down it until
/ came to another street, when l
turned my face in the direction of
home. Like hunted animal, I made
my way thither, scarcely daring to
breathe, until ] was safe in bed. In
the morning, Mrs. R. called and be-
rated me for my behavior. EIoIt was
the last time that ever spoke to her
or she to me-. But "a few DAYS later
Ilreeeived a letter with some ink.
lines serawled on it, which 1 translat-
ed thus: T9tleiG j1si5.lg1 - a-l5lt
"Miss yer think yer air smart but
yu air a fule i wud have mad yu my
wife for all yu be so crazy but i can't
stand yur purceedings-yu think yu
aira Poit, but can tell yu that Po-
its don't growon american soil, and
yule see the da that yule wish yu
had married an Honest man like me
4=my advice is to go to: work and
don't be fule yours in disgust. .-9m
-o> o. ~sIts a51 HlsJ--4-l- Ir----.'' p
Strange as Imsy appear, / do not
yet regret that Idid not marry him;
but I may regretiityet. TsilaI a,tdl
.bAboutia year laterI was beset by
a small, fat carpenter with a head as
round as abaH and as soft as an
oVer-fipe muskmelon. / do not like
to keep company with very small
men,: even IF they are. jewels. /
stand five feet four inches IN my
boots, and lido not like to look
down on a man. oiIWant to look up,
if it is only an inch. This carpen-
ter, who was Jimmy number two,
was shorter thanaL. I disliked him;
but he had worked for my father
and presumed on this to consider
himself privileged ito call at our
house. o He had a fashion Of calling
on me every Sunday, and inviting
me to visit a certain park with him.
Twenty times or more he invited me,
but I invariably refused to 60. Still
he did not take t'n0" for an answer.
Regularly as the Sunday came, his
little round head .bobbed into the
house, bringing the never ceasing in
vitation on his tongne. Wearied at
last, I asked my mothers advice how
to act.
tTel him that / do not allow you
to go out with gentlemen without
my company" she said, tthat will
silence him. la.ei.f.r; nod
But she was mistaken. .r'
Ss'Take your mother by all means.
I like to see girls careful" he said;
and took this word to her.
"'Let us 60" she said, "we viii
have some sport. =" .,. --...-.-. 30
I.did not like the idea, but went.
At the park nay mother ordered
some ice-cream and cake for herself
and me; Jimmy pleaded indisposi-
tion,, and took nothing. .....,
"This cream is delicious" said
mother, anon. "More cream and
sponge-cake, waiter" 10 10
Then some other things were Or
dered. My mother thought Jimmy
penurious, and was having her re-
venge. 2 Meanwhile our escort mov,
ed uneasiIy in his seat, gasping at
every fresh order. My mother in
nocently inquired if he e'had a flea On
him; but he shook his head in reply.
Finally she arose, and announced
her readiness to return home. The
poor fellow was very white around
the mouth by this time, and now
reached out his hand as if to say to
us, starnmering: 'i 1-'' ''' '.''
''Ma'am, could you lend me dol