The daily gazette., 1878-10-30
How he Didn't Marry The Conn
try Girl.
BY G. f. X.

murlnured Jim Bush to himself lin,
was, When he made that observation. w.
ing In the haymow in his fathers we'll
nlled SWISS barn. lie was leaning over
the entrance to the NOV and below. on
the barn floor, were Charles Augustus
Swellington and Gustavus Adolphus
Skillington, two swell young men from
New York, who, while in that CITY. were
only clerks in third rate notion store
but in the country they were the sons of
mlilionalres, "disgusted with city life,
you KNOW" who wanted to recruit their
health for the coming round of gayeties
peculiar to the great metropolis in the
winter season OF the year. They boarded
in house directly across the road from
farmer Bush's.
The cause OF Jim's remark was this
He was lying on the hay, reading
there's no use in concealing the truth
Byron's 'Don Juan" lie was aroused
from his perusal Of that most fascinating
book by hearing voices below, and he
crept over to the entrance to the NOW in
time to hear Charles Augustus saw to
Gustavus Adolphus: Snow, Skilly.
(Skilly and Swelly were what they aiiec-
tionately called each other) as you are
going back Tomorrow, tell the boss that
| am very sick, and do not expect to be
back for couple of weeks. In that time
l think l can persuade the lovely Sallie
TO be my bride. If | can, there will be
no need to go back at all. The old man
is worth fully hundred thousand. and
there are only the two children. | hate
that boy, though, and I'll fix him If ever
/ nat IN ha htu .., l..
behind the counter in two weeks you can
conclude it's an engagement I'm going
to carry the thing by Storm
| Mr.. Skillington agreed to do as his
friend requested, and they then left the
barn.
! There was no more reading for jim
| Bush that day. lie was too deeply in
terested in his future brother-in-law's
| Y) welfare to content himself with read
ing, and he cautiously went out of the
barn, and in search of his sister Salie.
Jim was mischievous youth of six
teen, who had just graduated from the
High School of nearby village, and
his father intended TO prepare him for
college. Saliie was a pretty girl of nine
teen, with trim figure, red cheeks and
carmine lips, which Swellington had once
tried to kiss and got slapped on the mouth
for his pains. Although Ada's father did
not compel her to work, she was a thor
ough housekeeper already, running the
house to suit herself, her mother having
died some years before.
Jim found Sallie and told her of Swell
lington's intention. lie told her to ac-
cept his advances slightly, in order to
keep him there over his time, and make
him lose his situation in the store for
having the presumption to think he could
| carry her heart by storm.
Charles Augustus managed to see the
pretty Sally nearly every day after Skill
| lington left and pressed his suit with
much ardor. Salie accepted his advan-
ces rather coyly at first, and then, to keep
up the game, gradually became more
cordial.
Shortly before his two weeks time
were up he asked her the all important
question, and Sallie asked for one week S
time for consideration. Swellington atl-
CURED well from this and granted her the
time, fully expecting that she could not
resist his fascinating person and address,
and only asked the weeks time on ac-
count Of bashfulness.
During this time that Swelington
was doing his coutting, Jim Bush was
not idle. He enlisted in his behalf about
a dozen boys in the neighborhood who
disliked Swellington on account of his
affected superiority, and every time that
gentleman would go out, no matter what
the time of day or night, these boys
would follow him i'll single file, all look
ing as solemn as if they were in fune-
raj procession. When Swellington would
go into any house or any other place,
they would wait until he came out, and
then again take up the line of march
At first Charles Augustus took no notice
Of them, but it became so frequent that
at last he very seldom went out of his
boarding house, but remained there and
cursed Jim Bush, who he blamed for the
parade which followed him every time
he went out, and promised to pay the said
Jim back when he married Sallie.
On ths night after Swellington had
proposed to Sallie, at about midnight, he
| was awakened by strange, screeching
noise under bedroom window, and ou
looking cut he saw a company OF musi-
clans of whom he had already heard, but
whose beautiful strains of music had
never De1OTt HUdbtu
lspace when he was around-the Bung
town Calithumpian Band. The only
person he knew was jim Bush, who was
one of the operators on the store box
with log, alas the bass violin. This
was another bad mark down in Swelling
toms memory for Jim, and dreadful ven
geanee was again vowed against that un
fortunate youth. The band had Informed
the other inmates of the house before
hand that they were coming, and the,
kept Swellington awake over an hour
AT last Swellv became tired of the nui
sance and hurled boot,jack, water-pitch
er, his own boots and everything h'
could pick up. He cleaned out his room
: of everything that was lying aroun'
) loose before the musicians left, and the,
took with them everything that had no
been broken. Next morning the fascina
ting Charles Augustus had to borrow
pair of boots before he could make hi
appearance, as his own were then deco
rating the pedal eXtremlties OF partlcu
lar friend of jim Bush.
The day before Swellington was to re
ceive his final answer from Sallie Basl
he went to the village post-otfice. I'M
time, to his great surprise and relief, NJ
was not followed by Jim Bush and hi
satellites. He thought that forebodet