The Republican journal., 1876-11-30
A Love Story.
IFrom the Kansas City Times. I

during the past year regular correspond
ence has been carried on between gay youth
| OF - summers who lives in this city and fair
maiden aged %, who has lived in distant
| Stale. The subject of the said correspondence
neither party having seen the Other-was at
nrSt of formal nature, but soon the tone of
each eplstie changed so much from formality
to friendship that before they knew it each was
pouring out to the other on paper the sweetest
lldlngs OF mutual love. About three weeks ago
the young gallant hied himself 10 the Probate
Court and did then and there procure mar
rage license. for which he paid the requisite
sum in cash. Thus armed with the strong
power OF the law he indicted final epistle to
this perhaps supposed. Young maiden who was
to be IAN old mans pet" insisting on her i'm
mediate appearance in this locality in order to
end all trouble by getting 'spliced." She hay
ing, from the tone of former miSsyes, arrived
at the conclusion that she was on the point of
catching young and handsome protector
Whom she could pat on the cheek and love
she would baby, at once complied with his
request to ''come West" and within few days
she could have been seen about our streets in
quiring for the number OF the house occupied
by her supposed rich Young lover. They met.
lhe feelings experienced by each were perhaps
mutual-tO certain extent. She, after taking
long look at the proposed groom, sank help
lesSIy against the back OF chair, and muir
INJURED, My God, is this the Young man WAS
to meet" He rubbed his nose a moment, and
wanted to know if she was the Young woman
nc had been making love to. After glaring at
each other while, she became indignant, and
he considered himself duped; but being in for
1t, lie proposed that matters had gone so ar
it would he better to go on with the business
and get married. She, however, would not lis
ten 10 his love pleadings, and demanded of him
enough of money TO pay her expenses back t.
her home. lie reluctantly complied, and nand-
ed over about $50, The amount necessarv, and
she departed, vowing never again to trust her
lnmoSt thOuehtS-on paper.
Mr.. IIodgdon, of Lewiston, owes his life to
the affection of Newfoundland dog, whose de-
voti0n deserves to he recorded in this column
Mr.. llod%dOn may tell the story in his own
words. mine years ago" he saws, 'iust after
| had got home from the war of the rebelliunI
went on q hunting and fishing excursion along
the banks ofthe M"oscmcguntic Lake in Oxford
county. accompanied by Il large Newfoundland
dog. Delightful weather and abundance of
game put me in high spirits. one dav
launched Il canoe into the water of the Moose
mrgtntlc to try my luck at fishing. The DAYS
h>hlnI was attended with good success. and
padded home by the light OF the
canoe, dragging my towlng piece he!in,i.
when suddenly the charges Ir4Gn both barrels
OF the gun Weat on. one entering my right side
and the other passing up through my left arm
and lodging IN the shoulder. | tainted aud
pitched hradjunl into the water, which was
about ten feet deep. From that time until
was found realized nothing, though at time
fell A. if | WAS drowning. II appears that
The dog, as | tell into the lake immediately
plunged in after me, and seized me by the
right >houlder-;,> 1 afterwards knew hY the
marks upon INV flesh and upon my blouse,
which was torn almost entirely from my BODY.
The dog seems to have dragged me to the
bank, so that jtt>l haf of nv body lav ont of
the water. In This position remained for two
aNS and two nights without nourishment, aud
ri except by my faithful dog, which
went eight miles ia Il settlement in the county
for help. owe my life TO that dog, and his life
was a. precious ~ my own TO me after that.
When his career was ended by getting into Il
bear trap, | mournpd lor him, AS for wife or
parent" MIR. lIodadon bears the sears of this
adventure, from which he lost the use of his