The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-19
FROM HER LOVER.
An Abbeville Belle Is Rewarded
for Devotion.
Her Ncighbors Get Worked Up Over the
Matter, and Endeavor to Enlist Her
Speculative sympathles "A
Singular History.
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Miss Mary E. Brown, the belle Of Abbe
vile, received to-day n check for 5000
from Mr.. John Mcneil as payment in full
for her feelings outraged by his refusing
to marry her after promising so to do.
She sued for $4,000, but consented to take
half the amount and avoid court publicity.
The lady who has thus come into small
wind-fall is handsome and accomplished
society lady of Abbeville. She belongs to
a wealthy family, and the money she re.
ceived from Mr.. Mcneil she regards as
trust fund to be used in behalf OF other
young ladies who fall victims to the wooer's
wiles. The fact that she was thus to dis
pose of her money was generally known
throughout this county week ago and ap.
plications for relief are now pouring in up
on her, with IN aggregate amount Of sums
demanded of $4,000.
One young and foolish maiden of Column
ba, who was cruelty Tilted, was the first to
ask for slice of the 5000. Being modest,
sho requested but $1,000 of the amount,
wherewith TO institute a suit for $4,000
against her deceiver. If successful she
| promised TO repay the sum borrowed, with
one hundred per cent. interest. She wrote
that she had a splendid case, letters, eye
witnesses to huggings and kissings, ailida-
Wits Of the First Methodist Church Sewing
Circle and host Of unimpeachable wit
nesses. This young lady advocated the es-
tablishment of permanent fund for dis
tressed damsels as tho only means Of
checking trihers with tho susceptible TO-
male heart.
Miss Phoebe Hoge, Of Hoge's Cross
Roads, was the next applicant. She de-
sired the loan of the full amount, as she
knew two men whom she could sue for
$4,000 apiece. Each had asked her to
marry him and she had promised both, and
both subsequently broke her heart. The
men would probably prefer to compromise
on $4,000 apiece rather than have their
letters published. She sent a sample of
letters from either man. From one signing
himself" George" she submitted the follow
ing epistle:
90 DEAR LITTLE SING: How long must Its
own George stay away from his birdie? !
haven't seen you for years and ages, not
since last evening. Ihad beautiful dream
last night. dreamed that we were on our
W. dding tour-you and Land that we were
visiting Niagara. l could feel the spray from
the mighty falls. When awoke found that
the skylght over my head had been left
open, and that 1t was raining hard.
Ever yours, with billion kisses.
GEORGE.
p. ST. will try to live till evening in the
hope OF seeing you G.
The other suitor was business man. His
hogs roamed over a hundred hills. His
letter was Characteristic:
DEAR PHGBE, OLD GIRL: am coming tc
see the old man next Tuesday about those
Chester pigs, and ! hope to see you after We
fix up the trade. You know that l near
business up and down. Amt no shote, bu
I've got plenty Of stuff. Goodbye,
BILL.
Miss Hoge wrote that she had stacks o
letters from George, but only three from
Bill, so that, II Miss Brown did not care t
invest in the enterprise, she must return
Bill's letter sure. Miss Brown returned
both, with thanks.
An Abbeville lady who was caught in q
shower and accepted the loan Of gentle
mans arm and his umbrella asked Mis-
Brown for n section of the fund, as the gen
tlemnn had squeezed her arm on the way
home, and limited that ho was to get mar
Tied some day. She asked him into tn,
parlor and sang Some Day" at him. Sh,
said that he was visibly affected, and 4
there had been one verse more In the SOM
he would have succumbed. She though
that jury would give her little some
thing for her blasted hopes, short-lived a
they were. II she could get money enougl
TO buy Mother Hubbard she thought tina
she could influence the jury to the exten
OF 500 or so. Miss Brown did not answe
this letter, thereby losing q life-lon
friend.
Miss Brown told n friend this evenin
that she had changed her mind about til
disposition of her 5000. She had decide
to buy a silk dress, horse, gold watch,
piano, and to pass lively winter at Au
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