The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-28
CROSSED LOVE.
The Old Story of Intellectual Bolts ami
Bars.

4 young man who had long and dcarl,
lOvcu Il beautiful girl on Warren avenue be
sought her recently To name the happy day
which she did with such fond. rcluctaiIt, am,
orols delay that it would hardly have been
thought that she had made up her MINI what
the date Was 10 Inc more than two months BE-
fore, 50 SOon as she saw that he really meant
biz. They accordingly waited upon the au
knees, acquainted him with the lay OF ia,
land. and bcsutSlIt OF him his blessing. He
WAS practical and economical old man, Will
Il mind fertile of resource, and when tho
yOun. man had StHlunIcred that he loved lcl
Gclrcr than his !f!c, and hadn salary of II ,SOi
aau that he h~oucl-lhc old nIalI caught ur
his trUSty Toledo lO.J walking stick, and cali
ing his prospective Soll-il-luW Il nlOO:I-cyId
candidate for the Presidency, and II diddlc.
hinged unrlndiritcu nionGNlrtaliSt, drove
him out uf the house; then sciZiUg his dnlI.l:
ter by her tiny Shcll-lac ear he awayrd wit!
her TO the deepest bed room beneath the utti,
roof and locked her in there. What was tho
consequence? That very night the yOuuu
man came with Il rope ladder, and an ample
cloak, and II douhlc-1arrc!cd marriage license
and stole her away, and they were made ON,
II title West side church.. The. young wife
then said 10 her husband: ".AlgcrnOn, lnN
i;i!lr" behaved TOWARD you us mean rs nj
gCI-nilt: still he WAS my mothers husband
and we ought 10 have some Difference for hin,
50 let us co to him and tel! him We are wcdd-
cd. and ask his blessing. BcSidcS, j want t,
XVI NY " l'lit ''Ili IiS lilII 1 ltll Oh ln(
bureau" 'Wcll, I'll 60" said the young hus
band but, mind you, Matilda, if he lays hi.
hands on NE save in the way Of Kindness, II
in0ck his two eyes into one. / suffered hi!
previous indigniticS because he was the hoary.
headed author Of your being, but now he i.
only my haid-hcldcd old fathcr-in-law, and
wont stand Ii, II he is three times as old us
ann" Accordingly they went home, IN,
when they go: there and were cXcilcdIy feel
ing for the bcll-pull, the old man opened TN,
lnlr and said ct nliI IN rIt,n in I,,,' q IA,
bluShing bride. cil" Bless YOU. my children
Now, by the time we nave partakcn of II bot.
tie OF champagne which is in the ice-hoy thu
hack will be here to convey you down town
or to any railroad depot you may be plcasct
To Indicate They followed the old man into
the parlor. like people In II dream. al WIS
afraid once Inc said chcerlully. "wllcn | saw
Matilda coming down that ladder that The
durn thing would brcak,-lor she's full six
teen ounces to the pound, Matilda iS,-;lnt
drive all my new rose bushes and tulips intC
The ground. Why on earth didn't YOU, wlcr
sou were compelled to flee from my wIut,
clopc o"t of the front door. ike Christians?
left MatildI'S dungCOn-ccll unlocked and
left the front door njur, and ! wcntto The fooI
of the stairs and SnOrcd at the top ofmy vote,
so as TO give you every facility" "II0 you
mean to say, venerable and respected SIR
said his new made Son.inlaw, that Won have
ana have had no objections to my paving adj
dresses to your uaughlGr?" Never the least in
the world" replied tho old man, hca,niur
blandly on them; you are the SOn-in-law
should have picked out Of millions, i'll had
been permitted to choose, and even had I moi
been satisfied OF yuur worth and soUricty
could not have found il in my heart to refuse
to 10 what Matilda desired me TO do "Thcn
sir" exclaimed the young husband, thinking
that perhaps he had married into u family
having the hereditary faint OF insanity in tho
blood: "tlicn, sir, what did you give the grand
bounce for in such an energetic and inconsis-
tent manner" "Eccausc, my dear boy said
the good Old man, u saw tina; ifI did yur,
would iilSiantancnuSly take out n license and
clopc with the girl. and get married at an cx.
prnSe OF SG.h), borne exclusively by you,
whereas If the marriage took place In the or.
diihry course o. events | w0Ild have been
stuck for Il trnuSScau. and dresses, and flow
crs, and Il d%,jcnnrr. and presents and so on to
the extent OF at least 2.5nO. You will find
81 $50 in this pocket book for expenses during
your bridal trip; the remaining ST ,RW ! am
in and they are but the Legitimate reward
OF my ingenuity. You will surely not object
80 paying such Il price for four mouths more
of welded bliss than You would nave other
wise enjoyed, and for the chance Of beginning
your married life in u romantic manner
They couldn't OF course,