The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-21
A LudicrOus ElOpement.

A Ludicr0us ElOpement.
IT'S hard for a country jake" to con.
veY to his Susan Jane the exact situation
when first the arrow is lodged in his
heart. The attitudes and awkward com-
binations of personal presentation are
painful to an outsider, to say nothing of
what he suffers. See him cross his legs,
first n on top and then the other, and
then see him shoot them out in front,
and-ru his hands in his pockets; then
he draws In his feet, doubles them under
the chair, pulls his hands out of his
pockets and drops them down by his side,
stretches, yawns, bushes, and almost
dies trying to say it. Poor fellow, it is
martyrdom while it lasts, and when he
does "get his mouth of, it's like put
ting a beggar on horse back; he Just
canters OF to paradise with q happy-go-
lucky indifference that is enviable, bar
ring an obstruction on the track, and
then over IN his head he tumbles, when
cruel parents intervene and refuse to
ratify. sta
a Iudicrous case OF this sort of agony
occurred near the place of my nativity
about twenty-five years ago, in which
had my sympathies so roused that I was
moved toslend the hero some assistance.
His name was Joe, andshis girls, Mar
tina Jane, to whom he had surrendered
his entire heart, stock, lock and barrel
without reservation of any kind, which
she gushingly reciprocated-by adding
her entire stock in trade in the partner
ship proposed. But the cid folks de-
murredLrefused to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a
warof OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Joe and
belied Martha Jane. besides several other
threatensdac of dire hostility. In fact.
Joe and Martha jane had-fhe BIGGEST
spider put ID their dumping ever known
since Adams and EYES apple scrape.
Their hearts ell but abusteds Ebut they
didhsk
The parties were neighborsEIived i'm
sight-of each other-Joe on the hill and
Martha Jane IN the bottom, When
Martha jane came forth to nourish
her young fowls with preparation OF
ground corn and water, she would cast
her LOVING eyes upward and rest them on
Joe, wno would rom above look1downe
anecuonGtely ans Martha Jane, and
they would sigh and swallowgTeat hunks
of grief as big IS apple dumphngs.
joe was Sc. BADLY on thatI was sorry
forshim and when he called upon mesfo
assist him. / nroceeded at once 70 the
prospective mother-in-law.lm ore or lessS
with nv eloouence. afrom whom
nroesedsd from %bsaca" IS5ot TsS5sno
but nv tfme was poodT I@re6ortSd nros
gress, and. beeged to be excnsed# Joe
got worse and worse. fbTeatened IN
oommit-weII Ia steal sometbino and
did make divers efforts to steal his oirI
bat the old folks slept on their arms
Joe was getting terribivjhad off. he said
he ,agLst5aje ! Thai I 9o,,se. ,stss1ebs-s
for lin ri t+;sa 81 IN AZ - =
hide his fine. Int no have bar he rorst
and 7 m1st.dosfbe iShrfSI him he EnsS
could ID a r. Il wsnld and h wentsJ =
dome r;obt IA FI 2Sfs Fo
Whan T fo,,,,d To- oo,15,s 10
sonte5 IL ~ ~ honJ as aLvlt
Marfba,s aSa and tba tsonaht o,o,FyUoJ
70 me tSst + wanid 5ress n ~onaan,a
clothes and lot :Joa stae1 NJ and $50
it would asorterS Cool his ardor. / con-
AIDED NV Man 70 soma - AZ 49, III
they approved / sand promised,,the as
sistance.. we Concluded that We would,
let the old man, Martha James father,
into the secret, n arrange forhIm to
pursue us with his hounds OF which he
had bou q dozen; when wesmade the
attempt. The old man entered into the
affair eagerly, for he despised Joe.
After we hadfxed allthe preliminaries
OF time, place and manner Of proceeding,
we adjourned 70 meet the next Sunday
nlgn. ana nave the chase; We met &C
ralngSoaolournmentat tne TIME agreed,
ano woman hltcnea me up N some!o5
ner IN Led
Iouno my vast cont Know wna1
1ney al were, putl NOW the outside
was Salco. andss was an Swop ons
tSS sIe Jan, whlcn was Ileu ON nrss, ano
tle Mas.l SOLO !acset WIN reeves
LIZ ~ -1l ~ sorsoi stuELness
andsome cotton stuffed in iudiciously 70
give me gushing makeup, having E
ProSlaed as anaespensaeie 20 my toateae,
vas ready a Wllng bo@De 0oes-ior