The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-13
A Sad and SOrrOwful Tale.
Cincinnati Times. !


thousand miles from Everett street, lives
respectable and Woodworking seam
stress, named, we will say, Miss Green
although her real name is another color
She is middle aged and neat in dress. and
is not particularly fair to look upon but
she has accumulated a little property
and she has matrimonial longings in her
About two weeks ago personal" in O
morning paper caught her eye. Itstated
that a highly respectable gentleman, Of
means and business position, wished to
form the acquaintance of "A somewhat
similar woman, with a view to matrimo
ny. Miss Green meditated, and the re.
suit was an answer to the personal, v
stating to the effect that Barkis was
willin'.
In day or two her anxiously await,
ing heart was cheered with a well-writ'
ten letter inforuning her that Celebs was
i'm search offs wife, and asking for a
speedy interview. The letter requested
Miss Green to write at once to
E. HOWARD,
Room A, Second Floor,
} gN ~EE No. A W.Third street.
She did 90, and invited Mr.. Howard
to call that evening. Then she arrayed
herself like the lily of the field and sat
endeavoring to still the beating of her
virgin heart while she awaited the com.
ing of The loved unknown. He came and
saw and conquered; he was all her fancy
painted him, and the rosy-footed hours
sped swiftly away in his delightful cem-
pany.
He came again and again, and pro-
posed and was accepted, and all went
merry as marriage bell. Christmas
day was fixed for the wedding. But
Mr., E. Howard seemed to be pressed
with business last week, and failed to
come TO time one evening.
4 Then Miss Green wrote him a tender
note, complaining of the neglect of her
fancee, and saying she was lonely, to-
night, love, without YOU"
But another evening passed, and he
"came not; oh, he came not, when even.
ing's shade drew Nigh"
Then the devoted Miss Green livery
green) determined to visit her lovers
place of business, and betook herself to
No. 4 West Third street. At the door
she met her true love, and asked him
why this was thus. He said he was in
a great hurry he was just going out to
have some deed recorded, and-"Ah, by
the way, my pet, have you ten dollars ?
II will Just take that amount and il the
deeds are not recorded Immediately /
shall lose $1,000, and ] can't get the
money except by going way down to the
bank"
Then the heart. of Miss Green was
made glad by an opportunity to do him
such favor, and she promptly handed
him the money; after which, he lovingly
babe her goodbye, promising to come in
the evening.
He came. Again the course of true
love ran smooth. She told him how
happy she was, and what beautiful
clothes she was buying for her wedding
such embroidery, and dimity rlffling and
things, and he clasped her to his hear t
and called her pet. He picked up a
costly photograph album on which was
written "Miss Green" in her delicate,
feminine handwriting.
"Ah, my pet" said he, "this will
never do. No more Green; it is Howard
now, and borrowing an elegant pearl.
handled penknife from her, he carefully
cut out the hy.leaf, upon which was
written the name, saying:
will take the album home with ne
and have your name, MRS. Howard
handsomely printed in gilt upon it," and
he la d the album aside and thoughtlessly
put the knife in his pocket.
Finally he arose to 60, and then COM
planned that he had hard cold, where
upon the fond Miss Green took valua.
BILE shawl and wrapped up the throat of
her future hubby to protect 1t from the
harsh breezes while he wended his way
to his place of business at No. 6 West
Third street. Then he took the album
under his arm, and borrowing beauti-
fully bound book with which to spend
some of his leisure moments he went out
into the night, and out of the life of the
fond and trusting Miss Green, forever.
Two days passed away, and yesterday
came; and still he came not; and again
ner loving heart was panied with anxious
fears; and again she sought the place of
business of her beloved.
She climbed the stairs to that second
aoor, and sought that room "a No. l."
which she fondly hoped contained her
owed one. He was not there, and she
anxiously inquired for him, and was met
with the stunning information that he
mad dumped the town." and was
In small way. FFf q
(. And now Miss Green mourns over
,lighted hopes and crushed affections,
md lost faith in humanity, and over the
expense of those ruffled and futed and
wedding things, and wishes
he had back those ten dollars, and that
,ook, and that album, and that penknife,
md that shawl !; but she should be thank
ul she got of 80 EARLY, and be wiser and
more cautious in the future, and not an
wer personals" again, even If they
ire signed HONEST" fam
AMONG the things which hundreds Of
,eople have noticed, and nobody has
written about, is the fact that the Uni
ed States coat of arms is the tame sub
as that of the Washington
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