Happy at Last.
They met and loved, He was young. She was fair. But her father was opposed to the match ! And came down square-toed against it. “ In vain ! 1” The maiden cried and begged the old man to “RELENT 1 I”
He couldn’t see it * * * and used words * * * of dagger (j f t) pointed ( ) wrath (- - I - • ! - • !) dipped in fury (111! 1 !) to convince the family that he was the king bee of the hive 1 “ Worse than useless 1” Were all the pleadings of the young man to soften the heart of adamant that
“ Opposed him ?” He implored ! ! !
But all to no purposed 1 For the old man was there to stay, and stubbornly refused to bless the youth with the hand of his daughter. The mother was willing 11 But she was a wishy-washy sort of woman, and the man of mulish will never did pay any attention to her about anything. The neighbors said—2'he old man would die !! !
Before he would come down from his high horse and behave properly by giving his consent to the marriage, but A happy thought 1
Got wedged between the young man’s ears somehow, and the gloom in his heart went bankrupt soon after, and joy took possession,
“A little bird 111”
Whispered to the boy that the old man was bilious, and from that moment the clouds lifted. With a heart beating high in hope he got a bottle of Snatchen's Sulphate of Ragweed, gave it to the obstreperous man on the sly, and anxiously watched the result, This famous remedy proved equal to the emergency, as it always does in cases pertaining to - the liver and kidneys, and with the second bottle all opposition to the marriage disappeared, and the young people went to church with the blessing of both parents. In all cases of splenetic discord this peerless remedy is infallible. The man who can retain a sweetness of oul while reading something that begins like a romance and winds up like fever, as it telescopes into an advertisement somewhat after the style of the above, enjoys a serenity of mind that is woefully scarce,
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Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 281, 3 September 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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357Happy at Last. Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 281, 3 September 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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