The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-08-28
AcURL PAPER ROMANCE.
The Girl who Fixed Her Back Hair
won the Beau and il Happy.


A wen-dressed young gentleman of
about thirty years of age presented his
card to the head of one of the largest bus
mess houses of Louisville, Ky. He repre-
sented Il house in a neighboring city, and
was accorded a cordial reception. After
getting through with the business6n hand
the merchant was 50 prepossessed with
the agent that he asked the pleasure OF
introducing him to his family at dinner
the same day. The invitation was MOD
estly and thankfully accepted, and after
a few remarks tire gentleman separated tG
meet ut an appointed place and hour
The merchant Immediately informed his
wife OF the iuteuded visit that she VnIgR.t
make suitable arrangements for the en-
tertainmentaJ the expected guest 1t was
n warm day, Just the sort of q day to
keep away Srom extensive toilets and new
acuu.tintunces. SO Indignation followed
the announcement that a guest was. COM
ing. aud the daughters declared that they
would ueither take their hair out of curl
papers nor change their gowns for other
garments This IN consideration of the
patar1sal ancestry furnished food Tor con-
versat5on for the next .foU- hours, and by
time tor dinner the sweet girls had en-
tered into solemn compact that they
would not only hook as ugly as possible,
but did not intend to~sgy "a single word
TO the horrid sJrangsr. They knew he
would be old and uniEterestiRg, and they
didn't care any way. Finally the guest
was announced and dhe young ladies, at
lIeast two of them, 0loating over their
Independence and. ez ch feeling every inch
a martyr foated to the parlor in their
neglige costumes and were formally in
troduced to the strsngersv But one of the
sisters broke the compact entered int
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her hair becomiugly arranged and form-
ing a strong contrast to her more inde-
pendent sisters. The dinner passed eff
without incident, the polite stranger
making himself generally agreeable, but
paying especial attention to either of
the three. Observing the etiquette Of po-
lite society -hs called the family the
next evening, and after spending "a brief
hour with them left with the assurance
that he would be welcomed at any time
he might return to the city The goUng
ladies voted him "the incest man
they had ever met, and the dear rmother
could talk of no oge else.
Three OF four days after this, while the
father was engrossed In the details of
. business one morning he came across q
letter which banished all thoughts of
trade and profit from his brain 1t was
from this young stranger He asked per-
mission TO address his daughter. After
+ worrying over the matter all the morning
the father took the letter home and gave
it to his wife. Not understanding it, she
gave it to each of the daughters. They
were as much startled as their parents.
The divine stranger had previously given
J no inJimatiOns of any serious Intentions
! and had hardly had word in private with
any OF them. There was mystery some
/ where. After giving the matter much
/ consideration il was decided that the
father should write the handsome stranger
and ask Of him plainly which one Of the
daughters he desired to address. The
letter was written and mailed, and oh ,
the suspense and agitation OF the next
four days. No one who came TO the door
of the beautiful house could bring as much
of interest to the occupants as the post
man, and his coming was the Sue absorb
ngtopic in that household. Finally, on
the third morning there came a letter
it was postmarked from the oity Of the
stranger, aed the handwriting was much
like tha1 of the first. 1t was anXiously
taken to the mast priS ate part of the house,
and with mother and daughters breath
less with suppressed excitement, the seal
was broken, the contents read, and the
name of the fortunate girl disclosed. II
was the one who had taken the pains
to dress herself becomiugly at the first
/ dinner.
The letter was answered afTirmatively
the young and ardent lover Immediately
returned to the city to begin the woOing OF
his lady-love. 1t was a short and an ar
dent oourtship and in the end he WOE his
suit. After remaining for week or ten
days the gentleman returned home, got
the free consent of his own parents, and
the wedding-day was appointed They
were married in eight weeks and live il
elegant style in a city not far from Louis.
vile. The parents of the gentleman are
wealthy and he is the only child