The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-09-03
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Why ! Nm a Bachelor.

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day, aud unmarried. have boon III
love, howoycr,--hopclossly in love-
and yet am n bachclor-why / am
so, ] have now to tell.
During my young days, | had no
time to think of tho other sex. |
determined | would make my for
tune first, and see about wife after
wards. / worked and strove-accu.
mulatcd and denied myself the most
harmless pleasures that cost money,
yet did not get rich as fast ms OK
pectcd, and l had rcarhcd forty
years of age before thought | was
justified in looking about me for n
wife.
When that time came I set about
my task earnestly. ] AIN Il business
man, and always go to work systc
maticolly. In the first place, ! look
ed through all my acquaintancos and
friends. They were not numerous,
and / soon fodnd there wore 10
young ladies amongst them who
NO'l'i hlllJ mo.
Then ! tried the boarding house
scheme, by which l mean, advor-
tised for board-and answered all
the replies in person. Whenever |
saw the young girls in n house, there
| took board-but mono of them
would suit me. At last I received
M answer to my advertisement from
II widow lady, with one daughter, |
called at the house and WAS ushcrcd
into an elegantly furnished parlor
whore young lady vas seated play
ing the piano. In spite Of Shakes
pcarc' denuncioton of man who
has had no music in his soul, l nev.
or had any in mino. | don't know
Yankee Doodle from Old Hundred
and yet, strange to say, the mu
sic sounded quite pretty as it trick
led from her fingers. She did not
hear Inc enter, so continued to play.
| listened for someminutes, and then
coughed gently. She turned her
head, and with n blush, rose fro.H
her seat. / think I had never seen
so beautiful n girl before. She was
not more than eighteen years Of age
tall and graccful--hcr form beau.
tifully roundod-dark auburn hair,
which hung in natural ringlots on n
swan like neck. In short, the mo
ment ] saw her performed the i'm
aginary pantomimo of slapping
my trowsers pocket, and exclaimed
montally,-"here's the girl for my
money"
"Did you want to SEQ my moth
err asked the lovely creature in a
musical voice.
Have / the pleasure of speaking
to Miss Clarkson 2" / asked.
"Yes sir"
81 have called, Madam, in refer
enoe to o note l received-I believe
from your mothor-stating that you
wish to take single gentleman to
board with you.
"Yes sir-I will fetch my moth
er."
And the fairy bounded out of the
room.
IN a minute or two afterwards, the
mother entered the room. If the
daughter was pretty, tho mother was
decidedly ugly, She was past forty
thin, scraggy, wore false teeth and
false hair. When looked at her, |
almost felt tempted to leave the
house-but then / gazed at the
daughter, and determined to remain,
The proliminaries were soon arrang-
ed, and the next day took up my
board under the roof of widow Clark
son.
| soon felt quite at home, and de
termined to make myself as agreea-
BILE as possible. was polite to the
mother, tender to tho daughter; and
evidently pleased the old woman, for
| ate but little Our evenings were
very pleasant young friend of the
family used to drop in occasionally,
and we played whist. The young
man was a cousin to tho family-a
rather pleasant young fellow, and
tho time passed very agreeably
away.
In the meantime I prosecuted my
suit earnestly. ! have always held
it as an axiom, that II you want to
succeed with the younger branches
Of the family, you must pay atten-
ton to the head-there is nothing
like procuring "a hiend at court,