The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-05-13
The Young Man Who Was
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charge of the central station, yester-
day, @what I came here for was to
get some advice"
Proceed, ? said the sergeant.
@Youknow Nancy Thompson, don't
your
aNever heard of her"
@well, she's q wilder, over forty
years old, and I've been boarding
there"
@Yes?7
1And We were engaged to be mar
RED"
aWhewln whistle the officer.
u don't blame YOU" continued
the young man, in broken voice
Pm only twenty, andshe's forty, but
man can't tell when he's going to
make a fool of himself"
@And you fell in-love?'
II did that, and as soon as We get
through talking I'm goinsout to hire
some one to kick me over to Canada
and back Yes, sir: fell dead in love
q woman q 5Set 7ore5 g.. 'y :.
'AndswhSt followed%- ~
@ayhatfollered? Why what alters?
I'm human, same's anybody else, and
when I love, l love like q locomotive
ona down grade. What doyou think
I did in Just six weeks by the watch?
Wcntto the theatre sixteen times,
out sleigh-riding twelve times, had
three parties, went to three lectures,
and took her TO eat oysters ten or
eleven times. Fact, sir,-cost me
durn near $500"
"But it was all for love-" replied
the sergeant.
81 thought so, and what else did l
do? Bought her a $40 watch, $40
bracelet, 4 S. ring, 81 set of jewel
ry, a new dress, and gave her IS
gold piece with a hole in it! Yes, sir,
drew $500 from the bank-every
red had and used it up on her"
"And them"
"She pHrtcnded to love back, and
when l squozc her hand she smiled,
and smiled, and looked heaps of love
at me. She'd lean on my arm, talk
about Cupid, and get offpoetry blythe
rod, and it was plainly understood
that we were to be married in June.
Oh, she knew her biz, and she slid
around me as the Bengal tiger does
around a lamb"
."Did she break the engagement"
'Last night, "said the young man,
swallowing the lump in his throat,
!: ttsshe told me she'd trihing with me
all. along. She said she was engaged
to another man; and she could never
be more than a sister to me! l tell
you, sergeant, you could have knock
ed me down with 4 straw! ! 'braced
up after while and called her a by:
pocrite, when she called me 4 white
headed idiot, and the boarders threw
me out Of doors. Five hundred dol
lars gone, and I'm a wrecked man.
He blew his nose and wiped his
eyes, and continued;
q don't want to drown myself; the
waters awful cold, and perhaps I can
get over this. l want them presents
back, and III go to Muskegon and try
and for get her. It's wrenchcd me
all to pieces; can never love again.
Were you ever shook, sergcant?"
'iNo, never"
';Thcn you don't know the anguish
the grip a round the heart. 1tcuts
like knife, and all l can think offs
being laid out in coffin, my right
hand holding a bunch of roses and
the left restingon my heart
''Iou are young-you may outgrow
it."
Il may may, but it's so awful
sudden, and hits so hard, that feel
as II | had fallen from a house. Go
to the house, sergeant, and see if you
can get them things back. If I'm
alive I'll be around again tomorrow,
and if l don't come you may keep the
things for yourlsiadnesse Iamwhise-.
headed, but Pm tender hearted: and
want to retire behind some barn
and sit down and Think
And he retired.
Noise oftl,e Morning,