The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-06


than the II. H., and he had been more
successful in oil speculations.
Everything was beautiful, and set
sails, fully determined to 90 into the
matrimonial sea.
One day | sat on the porch of the
Nubblestown hotel, and dreamed day
dream. ] thought of Jane-of her soft
brown eyes and her mellow curls. /
thought of the good time coming, when
the half million should be in my hands
and the angelic Jane in my arms. l
loved to sit thus, and dream all day
about Jane-and then loved to 90 to
bed and dream all night about Jane. /
dreamed often of the crested head rest
ing on my bosom and the mellow curls
rippling DER my arm.
AS l said before, sat one day and
dreamed about Jane, when Jake Cham
bers came along and laid sounding slap
on my shoulder.
had set Jake down as jolly good
fellow. He was the leading young man
in Nubblestown, and all at once he
seemed to take fancy TO me. / sup
posed he had seen that / was above the
common level, and wanted TO lionize
me; but alas l was deceived How
desperately deceltful is the heart of man,
when it takes notion to be that way
Jake came up to me he slapped me
on the shoulder, and then he spoke;
Hello, Bill; not asleep, are you ?"
"Not quite" said l ; sit down, /
want to talk to YOU"
Jake sat down as ] requested, and
then went on
"Jake," said l, "you're agood fellow,
YOU"
go ahead" briefly responded Jake.
Pm in love.n
"The deuce you are" said Jake; 81
am in the same box"
"Ah, indeed Well, l love Jane
Summerfield
"The dickensl'' exclaimed Jake,
springing into the upper air of the
porch. You don't say so Y''
Yes, do; why not? Are you in
there ?"
Why-no-yes- is. Well,
Billy, I'll give all up to you. You are a
city chap, and win her. She's half-dead
about you already. You can hang up
your hat at old Summerfield's and no
mistake. 1 have been rather soft out
that way, but I'll step out of the road,
and give you clean sweep"
"Why, Jake" exclaimed 1, grasping
his hand, "youre glorious fellow. OF
courseyou couldn't succeed when I'm
around, but like you for giving up so
quietly. I'll have you for my second
best; see if don't"
''All right" said Jake, and he went
down the porch-steps, looking, as
thought, sort of sorrowful. 1 have rea-
son now to believe that he was only
snickering in his sleeve.
] courted Jane dreadfully for two
months, and, at the end of that time,
L came to the conclusion that L might
as well go for her, and tell her how
sweepingly loved her, and take her to
my heart, and keep her there and call
her by the sweetish name of wife.
1 called one evening. That evening
Jane was all one broad smile. She knew
that on this evening was going to
pitch the important interrogation at
her, and she smiled and looked pleased
as l thought, in happy anticipation. L
little imagined that the smiles arose
from the anticipation of some rascally
fun at my expense. The women are
mean, wicked, deceitful, cowardly,
black-hearted set, and L hate them,
every one; but, particularly do hate
the Nubblestown woman.
AS said before, Jane knew that on
this evening l would propose the i'm
portant question. The reader may Won
der at this, and will just explain that,
like the members of Congress, gave
notice beforehand when intended to
perform some important act. Two days
previous had called on Jane, and gave
her to understand that, when next 1
walked her fathers marble halls, and
sat beside her on her fathers sofa, I'd
ask her to be my wife and get knotted
with me in the tie which somebody de-
nominates silken. Had 1 known what
was in store for me, 1 would have given
no notice whatever, and then perhaps, I
would have avoided the dreadful ca
lamity.
might as well tell it here as any
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