Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-05-30
Miss Blazer.

AOuuS MI . pdEkS 6AIoACu Iu0 law
Office Of Judge Smith with rather sor-
roWful cast Of oountenance. Drawing
up a chair, he gently inquired:
"Does the law allow damages for in
jury to a mans feelings, Judge?'
Not often; sometimes
Not when you're cut up, mortified,
tTodden on, insulted, mad?''
Z" 1 can tell better when 1 know the
facts.' -
''Wel, III state my case. You know,
Judge, that church fair that was held
in the hall last night? 1 went there,
and John Wormley introduced me to a
most awfully pretty girl, Miss Blazer.
L never met her before. She was Just
splendid, you know. Uncommon
agreeable; and treated her to oysters
and ice-cream, and bought her a pin
cushion, and lamp-mat, and whole
lot of fiddle-faddle. Spent about four
dollars, you know, and she seemed so
mighty pleasant that I thought I'd
made hit; dead in love with her, you
understand" .......-..........
''Quick work, wasn't itp'
eyes, but she was so very hand
some and so bewilderingly afabIe.
And so, about ten o'clock, I asked her
If might see her home. She said I
might. I didn't know where she lived
and didn't care. So we started, and
she struck out for the Woodbury. Pike,
and 1 asked her if she was a neighbor
to the SmiIeys, and she said she wasn't.
Then we walked on, and on, and on,
until we got clear out into the country,
and inquired If her father was In the
farming business, and she said no: So
we kept going, and pretty soon it be-
gan to rain, and as 1 had no umbrella,
l asked her to let me throw my coat
around her, and she consented, and I
walked by her side in my shirt sleeves"
g Did she seem gratefuIF''
"Well, not much. But when we'd
gone about half 8 mile farther, she
said she thought she saw a highway
robber or something few yards ahead
dark as pitch, you know-and
wouldn't go on in advance and see
what it was. So walked boldly on,
and the first thing I knew, l ran
against one of the side-posts of thetOI-
gate and skinned my nose. Look at 1T
Made it bleed, too. Then she said she
knew where she was now, and we
could 90 right along. I asked her il
she lived near the tOll-gate, and she
said not so very However, / knew l
had made an impression on that girl,
and 1 didn't care much for distance.
So we walked along, until we passed
Simpsons school-house and came to
Huckleberry Greek. She said it Just
flashed across her then that the bridge
was down, and she couldn't imagine
how she was to get across.
F" Couldn't swim, could she9''
"'Not deep enough, you know. Sol
hemmed and haWed awhile, and then 1
told her that 1 didn't like to make the
offer, but I'd wade and carry her, if
she'd let me-
Refused, of course, 1 supposeP''
50 She accepted on the spot, and l
got her across safely, although 1 was
wet up to my knees. So then we kept
going along, and along, and along, un-
til got kind of uneasy, when all of q
sudden she said she was afraid she had
missed the road, it was so dark, and
wouldn't I 90 to that house close by
or Hatboro' Lane. 1 went, but before
L could get to the door bell, dog came
booming at me, and I ran for the gate.
Put your hand right there, on my leg.
Feel that? That's the bandage over
that dog-bite. A quarter of a pound of
flesh gone, at the very least"
." Did she sympathize with YOu?"
s Well, not as much as I expected,
And then we walked, and walked, and
walked, until l began to think she must
live somewhere on the Pacific Coast,
when presently she said:
g There's our housei / see a ightp'
e "That was one satisfaction, anyhow,
for knew she would ask me in, and
have me dried, and maybe her mother
might ask me to stay ali night, so that
I'd have a chance to get acquainted
with the family, and to see her in the
morning" -. -
''WefiP''
"Well, we went up, and when rang
the bell, young fellow came to the
door, and he says:
"'Why, Emily, is it you? We
thought you intended to stay at Fur
guson's, or I'd have come for YOU
''Then she introduced me, and said
this was the gentleman she was engaged
TO. Engaged 70, mind you! And he
thanked me for bringing her home. I,
you understand, standing on the front
steps all this time. And the gentleman
she was engaged to handed me my coat,
and said to Emily:
No use of asking Mr.. Sparks in at
this time of night, of course?
And Emily said:
''' He'll want to get home as quick as
be can, am sure
s'And like an old fool | said:
q 'Of course
&c And so quit, and they went in and
shut the door.
g 1t was Just four miles home. got
n at about daylight, wet above, soaked
below, and full of bruises, mutilated
nose, dog-bites and frantic with
anxiety to play particular thunder with
he whole Blazer family, and the young
nan to whom Emily was engaged.
Now, what can do about it?''
The Judge explained that there was
10 ground for an action st law, and
Sparks went out talking about murder
md sudden death; but he must have
changed his mind. The Blazer family
vas intact up to this wrihng.-hGG
4deleT, IN N. 7. Weekly.