St. Landry democrat., 1879-12-13
The Ess::s5e ias tile GLASS.
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! A young man OF this city had long
I paid attention ~ one of the ialrest
daughters OF Cleveland. now visiting
/ here, and iuH been engaged to ieG,
when suddenly. for some reason or
other. she concluded to marry some one
else. The unsuSpectin@ young :nA,l
went to call on her at her aunt's, on
/ Calumet Avenne, last week, and as she
! drew back her ruby lips when he pre-
pared TO greet her with loving kiss,
! he at once thought tiiere WAS somethinE
| up, and giauclng at heraGaln, he noticed
| that she Wore none Of his gifts. which
! he GonicctuGeti were IN an oinln0ilS
/ locking parcel on the sofa. This con-
! jrc1uie VAS subsequently proved TO be
( correct.
! "A!r. So-an,l- so,n she sai,i--she had
! been wont to address him az Angus
, tns" and dar!ing'--" Mr.. So ant!-su,
/ have consulted my heart seriously and
| discovered what have often suspec-
! tvG-that We are not titte! to make
each other happy 1t is better that We
! should part. Our engagement is at an
! tlid.'
Her words sank into him like blue
pills. and he felt deadly tagging at
! his ncart -strinSs, but he instantly COM
/ posed himself and settled upon a plan
! OF action. Bounding j"yfulIy from his
chair, he danced lightly round the
room, shouting. IEuilah, You're
| the huIipst gal ia the universe. feel
as though the. whole Palmer House has
/ bee., lifted OF my manly bosou.'
,Fhc beautiful girl gazeti at him fer Il
moment az il she thought he had bid
den & long farewell to all his gray
brain matter, and said, What does
this mean p
Mean" cried the young man, walk
ing On his hands up and down the
Sunptuons drawing room "it means
I'm free. I've been trying to muster
mp courage to ask you for two weeks
cou!dn't--it would have been going
; bach; on my word, aud besides, knew
that husbands at this period OF COM
mercial depression were hard to get"
"Sir-r-r" said she, glaling at him
like a tiger cat, "your presents are all
in this package. Take them and re-
turn me mine. This painful interview
had, p'raps, better be brought to al
end"
"ill send you all OF 'cm I can find,
but | guess our cook carried oil your
IennysOn witt! the marked passages 10
i'll lent it TO her-and some OF VOur
! locks OF hair and pressed rosebuG3, and
things | burned when | was cleaning
up my room the other day; and AS for
your ring, don't thiuI; Cora will give
it 10 me-"
And pray who may this creature
Cora be? Is she the cook at your
boarding. house: ;"
"Oh. bless yuE, nO-She : the cirI Tn
i'll love with, ana that I'm :,ning to pro-
pose to this very evening, as soon as
You give me ehe packuge Of presents
aud let me 80. | hope yen didn't for
get 10 put the diamond earrings ! gave
You .ddn into ls1 III s've'tbem to her and
The beautiful Cleveland girls cheeks
gloWed so that you could have lighted
IL match at them if you weren't afraid
of having your fingers burned by the
glare in her eyes.
Tell me about this Cora of yours. |
Is she good looking 7"
"G0od looEling" said the Young
man, excitedly hold on till SHOW You
her picture" and he searched eagerly |
in his pocket. mo, must have left it |
in my other coat. Well, never uind
she's 1t beauty. | used to think you
were pretty fair looking, but yoIl--. |
Hair so long that size steps on it when
it is let down and she tries to walk |
eyes that make you feel as it you were /
getting back Il ten dollar bill You had |
never expected to see again: a waist !
very much like yours, only much small !
leT, ANA as for teet-Why, you couldn't |
put more than fifty per cent, of your
toes into one Of her boots. Well, good |
night. Miss What's-yOurname told !
her I'd be around tonight il ! could !
III trouble you for that package" !
"Augustus So-and-s nsshe b;sspa in
a low, concentrated tone. putting the !!
package OF presents away under her
chair, elf you 90 out of this honse be- !
fore / o'clock Tomorrow morning III |
scream. And I want you to Under
stand that our engagement is to hold,
and if -you don't marry me by the first
day Of November, which will be as soon
as L can get my trOusseau ready, III
sue you for breach of promise, laying
the damage at 100000; and I've got
letters from you that'll make n jury
tlnd TOR the plaintiff without leaving
the box. And If ever you name that
WreIched creatures name to me again
the longest day you live III shoot you
anu scratch her eyes out--so. there
| don't care for You one bit, but r,s.
going to marry you ont Of spije.'
She hurled herself into his arms like
WhlrlWlud and sobbed upnn his shoul-
der,
He sniotlered her hair and called her
a large aud varied assortment of pet
names, and observing his image in the
glass over the mantel-piece, winked at
it rapturously.
Years night.
You can never get ahead Of Chicago.