Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-05

Heretofore there had been but one Mrs
Thornton. Mabel, tell me, when shall
there be two ?'-Satmday Night.
A Chicago Man.
We have i, on the AUTHORITY Of The
Chicago Tribune That yol can never gel
ahead of Chicago. and the statement i.
thus substantated : a Jodng man o
this CITY had long paid attentions TO onC
Of H., ian 1t daughters of Cleveland
now visiting here, and had been en-
gagged to her, when suddenly. for some
reason or other, she concluded 10 marrl
some one Else. The unsuspectin2
Young man went to call on her at her
aunt's house on Calumet avenue, last
week. and as she drew back her ruby
lips when he prepared to greet her with
a loving kiss, he at once thought there
was something up. and slancing at hcI
again. he noticed that she wore none OF
bis gilt, which he conjectured were IN
an ominous looking parcel on the sofa.
This conjecture was subsequently pro-
we'd TO be correct.
MIR. So-and-so,' she sail-shc had
been wont 10 address him as Augustus
and 'darlng'-'Mr. So-andso. l have
consulted my heart seriously and dis
covered what have often suspected
that we are not fitted to make each
other happy. 1t is better that we
should part-our engagement is at an
end.'
Her woods ~ank INTO him Ike blue
pills, aud he felt a deadly lugging al
his heart-strlngs. but he instantly COM
posed himself and settled upon plan
Of action. Bounding joyfullr from bis
chair, he danced lightly round the room
shouting, 'Hurrah! You're the buli!est
girl in the universe. | feel as though
the whole Palmer House had been
lifted of of my manly bosom
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL
gazed at him for a moment as il SIZE
thought he had bidden a lodg farewell
to all his gray BRAN matter and said,
What does this mean:'
Mean p cried the young man, walk
ing on his lands up and down the
sumptuous drawing-room why il
means Pm free. I've oeen trying to
muster up courage to ask you for Two
weeks past to can ,cl ou' engagement ,
bat | couldn't-it would Lave been CO.
ing back on my word, and, besides, l
knew that husbands at this period Of
commercial depression were hard to
GET
'Sir-r-rl' said che glaring at hlm
like tiger cat, your presents are all
l.: this package. Take them and re-
turn me mine. THIS painful interview
had p'raps better be
BROUGHT TO AN END
III send YOU all Of 'em c,n fiud,
but guess our cook carried oil your
Tenn,son with tue marked passage III
i'll lent it to her-aud some OF your
locks of hair and pressed rosebuis and
things burned when | was clean :
up my room the other day, aud as tor
your ring, don't think Cora will give
IT. 10 me-
And. pray, who may this creature
Cora be? Is she the cook at your
boarding-house?'
%, bless you. no-she's the girl I'm
in love with, and that Pm going to pro-
pose TO this very evening, as soon as
you give me that package of presents
aud let me 90. hope you didn't for
get to put the diamond ear rings gave
you into it. III give them to her and
be 5000 ahead
The beautiful Cleveland girls checks
glowed so that you could have lighted a
match at them if you hadn't been afraid
of having your fingers burned OF BY The
glore in her eyes.
Tell me about this Cora of yours.
Is she goodlooking?
'GuoD LOOKING y
said the young man. cxcitedly. Hold
on TIL / show you her picture : and he
searched eagerly in his pocket. No, |
must have left it in my other coat
Well, never mind she's beauty, L
used to think you were pretty fair look
Ing, but YOU. Hair so long that she
steps on it when it is left down and she
tries to walk; eyes that make you feel
as Il you were getting back a ten-dollar
bill you had never expected to see againi
waist very much like yours, only
much smaller, and as Tor her iect-why
you couldn't put more than 40 per cent
Of t, our toes into one Of her boOts.-
Well, goodnight, Miss What's-your'
name 1 told her pdbe round tonight
if | could. III trouble you for thai
package
AUGUSTUS so-AND-so,'
she hIsscd in low, concentrated tone,
putting the package of presents under
her chair. IF you 60 10 90 out of this
house before | o'clock tomorrow morn
Ing I'll scream. And | want you &c
understand that our engagement is Il
hold, and If you don't marry me by The
first day of November, which will be us
soon as | can get my trousseau ready
4 III sue you for breech of promise, lay
ing the damages at $500, 900; and py'
GOT letters from you thapll make th'