The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-04-09

,.~...-.i toward an unfrequentcd part
'f TIE grove, arm in arm.
;-rtly. after Miss Dorothca left
the house the squire stole outthe back
- and walked rapidly across n
wheat field toward certain big will
low tree which stood on the edge of
a pond.
by singular coincidence, Mrs.
Abigail Sloan, in the course of her
scrpcntinc ramble, reached this same
pond.
Seated on a fallen log, she and the
representative of county judicial hon
ors were soon engaged in an animated
conversation.
While these little scenes were being
enacted, pretty Nellie Longacre, in the
seclusion of her chamber, wrote the
following note, which young Anson
Shortrood got out of the post office
the next morning:
Dearest An-You know best. We will
all attend the Lexington fair, and III
be ready then. AS papa has forbidden
me to see you, we must manage our cor
rcspondence and interviews very secret
ly. VIII be at the old place promptly
Sunday night. Your loving little Nellie.
The Kentucky State Fair that year
came off at Lexington in October.
The colonel, young Anson and the
Widow Sloan were there; the squire,
his maiden sister and pretty Nellie
also attended.
On the evening of the second day
of the fair, at three separate places
in the bluegrass city, there were
three separate couples, under cover
of the night, drove out of the city
by three separate roads, which all,
however, headed toward the Ohio
river.
Everybody has heard of Aberdeen,
o., which is of verify, the Amcri-
can "Grctna Green" and most every
body has heard of Squire Massie
Rcasley, the presiding genius Of the
little village.
Late on the morning of the night ]
speak of, man and woman We're fer
ricd across the river from Maysyillc,
and proceeded directly to the squire's
house.
\ few lusty raI,s on the door reused
his sable assistant, who rcioices in
the name of Nulcan-probably be-
cause he has assisted in welding so
many pairs of hearts together, and
he opened the door and admitted
them.
There was no light, and he ushered
them into big room which opened
directly off the hall.
He was just going for light when
another knock summoned him to the
door, and he admitted another cou-
pie.
Again he started for the light, and
n third knock sounded. He admitted
third couple, and leaving them all
in the big room. he FASTENED upstairs
to arouse the squire.
"Busniz cz boomin,' boss" he said,
when the Great American Matrimo-
nializer jumped .-ou. z@ Free
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'"Three," repeated the magistrate,
making a hasty toilet. "Take that
lamp down. I'll be there directly"
Vulcan obeyed the order, and when
he opened the door of the big room,
and the rays of the lamp he carried
| flooded the apartment, the six peo-
pie therein contained, gave utterance
to six quick cries of astonshmcnt.
1t was the denoucmcnt of the Clo-
verburg comedy.
| Standing in one corner of the room
was Colonel Shortrood, on whose arm
hung Miss Dorothea Longacre. Fac
ing the military chieftain was Es-
quire Isreal Longacre, whose arm
was twincd about the waist of buXom
Abigail Sloan. In the middle of the
apartment stood young Arson Short
rood, holding to his breast pretty
Nellie Longacre.
After the first cries of astonish-
then tremendous roar of laughter;
and then followed such handshaking
and kissing, and cries of mutual for
givcncss and pledges of eternal love
and friendship as probably were
never heard or seen bAsore.
Squire Massie Beaslcy married the
three couples, and they went back to
Cloverburg together. The lawsuit
was dropped, and al parties there
after lived together in peace and am
ity.-Saturday Night.