The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-27
The Romance Of Rich Young Man.


maiden, say of thirty five, who fell des-
perately in love with q rich young man,
and to prove , the disinterested rapture
she felt for him, and the ardent nature
Of her gush, she limited, as only a lady
of thifty-fve, anxious to marry, can,
that he was the very finest man she ever
came across, and could make any woman
happy by the simple means Of preacher
and license. But the rich young man
didn't see it; he didn't nibble, and in
fact he stayed away from there in most
unproposing manner. But it was amen
terprising young maiden, and SO she
went through some five hundred novels
in search of good way to catch rich
young man with a matrimonial lasso, for,
as the couple in novel always marry,
it is safe to conclude that the courting
must be good which results always in
success. 9 si4satF
We'll, at last the fair reader came to
the " Romance Of a Poor Young Man, !"
wherein the point is that the p. Z. NJ,
being locked in moonlit tower with a
lady, jumps off the tower at the risk of
his life, sooner than stay up there and
compromise the lady. ~ aaa $
"l have it," said the fair reader, clos
ing the book and going to the sexton of a
lonely Methodist Church which stood
some miles in the country. a
Diplomatically besieging the sexton,
she managed to wheedle him out of the
key to the steeple, which was high, had
a spiral stairway inside and only one
window. Then the rich, but cool young
man and the designing lady were seen
one afternoon riding along that road,
and, stopping at the lonely church, to
go up in the steepie and view fine ar
.ticle of sunset. The couple climbed the
stairs and stood at the single window
admiring the lovely scene until the sun
went down behind the west, and the
twilight crept Ger moorlands and lee
see any novel or poem for minute de-
seription. Then the rich young man be-
gan to get skittish and wish he was at
home, SO he impaired a gentle hint
to- his companion that they had better
go, etc. .4ll H5
Now, the lady had locked the door Of
the steeple, assuring the young man that
it was the sections imperative command
Down the steep, narrow stairs they
came, and at the bottom the lady fell
for the key in her pocket, but key
was there. r.st se t.s;,t d3;,aI
"Gracious me-" says she,. in a most
histrionic manner if I haven't gone
and dropped the key out of the window
It's fifty feet to the ground. What will
become of us? To stay in this steeple
all night with a man and show myself
afterward unmarried would kill yme,'
etc., and she~fell on the young mans
breast in a paroxysm of weeping,
That young man was cool and busi
'ness-like. He waited till she turned of
the water, them kindly seated her on ths
lowest step and started up stairs.
I" Heavens, Joseph; dear Joe, yor
amt going tojumpW q 1,l4i s7.gdsl !
,si" !" Not if ! know it; you just wait"
Presently he returned with brigh
smile on his face and the bell rope un
dersh his arm gently. but. firmly, tool
that thirty-fve-year-old. young, maideI
up stairs to the window, and, in spite o
her entreaties and cries, tied the rop'
about the waist and lowered away. Th,
conventional plowman, homeward plod
ding his weary way, saw as the moor
rose, a parti-colored ghost descending th'
face of the church steeple, and he began
to plod faster, at the same time whis
tling a tune to keep up his courage
But curiosity, stronger than fear, caused
him to take Just one more look at th,
| apparition, and what was his surprise t.
behold against the steeple, two barred
and striped objects that doomed like tn
clowns legs in the circus. The plow
man stood, rooted to the ground, ant
then down came ghost number two, and
as it was dark and masculine LOOKING
4 object, the plowman rallied from hi
fright and approached the spot, whel
he beheld a lady and gentleman quar-
reling, and the lady called the gentle
man horrid wretch" No cards.