The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-06
How ! COurted Jane Summerfeld.

nj ODDliIplONN IN was III " State OF
IN excitement when L arrived in that
old village and well might 1t be in
state of excitement, for flatter myself
that such young man, with such dis
tinguished air, hadn't set foot in her
streets for over dozen years.
was exactly twenty-five the morning
/ arrived In Nubblestown. / had stud
led law, and had been admitted to prac-
tice in the several courts of the county
of b. / had studied hard, and felt
that l needed rest and relaxation, and
went to Nubbestown to find it, l had
one hundred dollars in my pocket, and /
intended to spread myself on that one
hundred dollars, and show the Nubbles-
towners, and the rest of mankind also,
that ! was somebody, and that l knew l
was somebody.
There are some great men in the world,
but they don't show their greatness.
have always set such folks down as
geese of the purest and truest kind.
They should do as do. / know / am
considerable above the common level.
and am sharp enough to let the world
see 1t. l never thought it right to hide
my light under bushel.
My name is William Bugglebones. /
registered my name at the Nubblestown
hotel, and the people stared. They
knew great man had arrived: and
when passed along the streets, pretty
female faces peeped from behind blinds,
and men stopped on their winding way
to the sea and turned around and gazed.
/ knew l was lion before L had been in
the town twenty-four hours. l came to
the town with the intention of being
lionized, and felt that was going to
be satisfied.
had only been in town three days
when l was invited to a party at the
Hon. Hobson's. l might remark, that
Hobson had been to the State Legisla-
ture three times, and had made prince
ly fortune in oil stocks Hobson was a
big gun, and l believe, until this day,
that he made that party for the sole pur-
pose of having his daughter introduced
to me. Hobson's head was level, and
he knew at glance that was a great
man, and thatI was destined to make
noise in the world.
went to the party, of course, but l
didn't like Miss Hobson. / could not
abide her. She was uncultivated, she
was even rude. L could see, at half a
glance, that she had never moved in
good society, and was not fit to associate
with me. 1 could never love her. l
couldn't even like her. L felt obliged TO
the Hon. gentleman for his high opin-
ion of me, but at the same time felt
that it would be utterly useless for him
to attempt to make match between his
uncultivated daughter and myself, 1 felt
that forcibly.
have always said that when / mar
ried L would marry woman who was
accomplished and had plenty of money.
knew l could do it, for L was good
looking; more than that-I was hand
some, and then was smart. In all my
range of acquaintances. don't know
young man who is as intelligent as am
myself. My father always thought 1
was exceedingly sharp, and my mother
always agreed with him. Dozens of
young ladies had been in love with me.
Allie Lane and Susie Dean and Jennie
Fitzroy had been almost wild about me,
but l didn't care fig about them. 1
was determined that wouldn't marry
until found one who was both wealthy
and accomplished. Thus far 1 had new
er met one who possessed both the re-
quirements. If found one who was
wealthy, she wasn't accomplished; and
if L found one who was accomplished,
she wasn't wealthy and so had gone
on until my twenty-fifth year. / didn't
despair.
Annie Hobson was an only child, and
her father was worth hundred and
fifty thousand, but the idea of marry
ing her-horrorl 1 couldn't think of it.
AT the Hobson party there was an
other lady-a cousin of Annie's. Oh,
how shall l describe herY In the Ian
guage of the poet, C she was as beauti-
full as butterfly" AS soon as L saw
her l felt goneness. 1 bowed at the
shrine-I knelt-I went up! L felt that
must marry this woman. felt that 1
had met my destiny, and that would
have her even if she han't five thousand
dollars to her name. Iknew 1 loved her
as / would never, no never-no, never
not muchly, love again
We were introduced at the party. I