The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-29
ONE OF rom coawIN,s FRANKS.
How He Rid His Sister of the Attention
of an Obnoxious suitor.


According to an old copy of the Louis.
vile Courier-J ournal, Tom Corwin of Ohio
in his younger days used to tell the follow
ing story;
In early life-so carly that / cannot re-
member the removal--my father pulled up
stakes, and carrying with him the house.
hold goods went from Bourbon county.
Ky, where l was born, to Ohio. Notwith.I
standing a rough and tumble struggle with
the world, had hard time to get on
owing to a numerous and rapidly increas-
ing family. Well, family matters had not
much improved when / reached my thir-I
teenth or fourteenth yearl
! At this time there lived In the neighborSI
i hood young man named Pickering. He
had inherited we'll stocked farm, was
4 good lookingand made strong profession
of religion. This latter qualification caused
| him to find peculiar favor in the eyes of my
| father, who always was blinded by profes
l sions of extra piety.
/ This fellow had strong hankering after
one of my sisters, who was very pretty
4 girl. To her he was peculiarly distasteful
4 She always seemed annoyed at his pres
ence. Yet he was ever at her side. She
dared not dismiss him entirely for fear OF
the paternal anger. Things went ON this
why for year or two, and as partook
largely of my sisters hatred of him re-.
: solved to get rid of him in some way. cast
: about some time for plan, but nothing
I gave me the slightest hope Of being sue
|, cessful.
+. At last, returning home late one summer
, night from the mill | found the family at
: their nightly devotions, Passing by the
windows of the room in which they were
/ assembled, saw that Pickering was there,
n and pretty soon discovered that he was
t noddinE, and finally his head dropped
II Now was my opportunity. stole slyly into
:, the hail, and reaching the hall door, which
q was slightly ajar and close by which Pick
. ering was ''on Bonded knee" | reached
!. in and quickly pulling his chair from undeI
him he rolled heavily, as a sound sleeper
1t would. upon the floor The noise alarmed
all. The old gentleman stopped in tn,
: midst of his almost interminable prayel
- and saw the position Of Pickering. All III,
:, family laughed outright; even my mothe
y smiled
l. Pickering eadeavored to pick himself NJ
y, as rapidly IS possible, bat he had touched
Is the old man upon his tender point. It wa
Is evident, from his rubbing his eyes, that III
had slept under tue old gentlernan's minis
=, trutions, and had not my father reputa
4
" feryeney of his ministrations, and was nc
G Pickering his protesting brother2 Slowly
10 yet most digniiie,lly, did the old gentleman
n. approach him. "Begone, hypoerive.' h
,s- cried in laundering tones. Never eute
n my house again"
,,a Pickering was thunderstruck He fel
that he could mako no apology whcl
IL would not add to the insult He had Il
IL suspicion of the extra force which had aide
We him in his fall. He at once found his ha,
inftook up his line of march. and completed
at crestfallcn passed by me as l stood in til
,y shadow OF the porch.
At suitable time entered and got m
J.. supper, was told by my brother in hurrie
- whispers what had happened, and then
q stole off to bed, affecting ignorance, an
N. laughing most heartily as l ensconced my
ID self between the sheets at the complete SUE
ar cess OF my plan. Next day cautiously in
cd parted my secret to my sister. She was /
!. her own room at the time, and threw he
:, - self upon the bed and rolled in agonies an
" commissions of laughter. She had bee
he emancipated forever from an obnoxiou
All lover. The old gentleman did not hear Il
real state of the facts for fully 20 years. br
we when he did he laughed heartily.