Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1879 Page: 1 of 4

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Proprietor.
VOL. I.
FORT GRIFFIN, SHACKELFORD COUNTY. TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 18?J.
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.101 IN SWARTZ,
Prcijjiiflor.
THE RUNAWAY MATCH.
Many yeara ago Mere dwelt
la rhs town of P-—, n pretty
village, distant some miles from
tlx* market town, a peculiarly
comely and graceful "maiden,
who had a decidedly ugly and
cross-grained but wealthy fath-
er,
Minnie was Danfortlr's only
child, and reports said she
would be his sole legatee. The
old man was a sturdy farmer,
and was estimated to be worth
full ten thousand dollars—at
that period a very handsome
fortune, to be sure.
'
The sparkling eyes and win-
ning ways of Minnie D'infortb
had stirred up th finer feelings
of flie whole male port ion of
th£ village, and her suitors
were numerous; but her father
was particular, and none suc-
ceeded in making headway
against kiln or her.
In the meantime Minnie had
a true and loyal lover in secret.
His name was Walker—Joe
Walker, and be was simply
farmer, employed by old Dab-
forth, who had entrusted Joe
with the management of his
place for two or three years,
r But a very excellent farmer
and good maiiager was the
plain,unassuming bat goodlook-
ing Joe Walker. He was only
twenty-three, and he actually
full in love with the beautiful,
pleasant, joyous Minnie Dan
forth, his old employer's only
daughter, But the strangest
part of the occurrence was Mill
iiie returned his love earnestly,
truly and frankly, and promised
to wed him at a favorable time.
Thiugs went on merrily for a
while, but old Dnnforth discov-
ered certain glances and atten-
tions between them Which exci-
ted his auger and suspicion
Very soon after Joe learned the
old man's mittd indirectly in re-
I to his future disposal of
Minnie's hand, and he quickly
saw that his case was-a hopeless
one, unless he resorted to strut-
egejn; and so he a( once set his
wits to work.
By agreement, an apparently
settled coolness was observed
'by the lovers towards each oth-
er for five or Six months, and
the father saw, as he thought,
with satisfaction, that his pre-
vious suspicions and fears had
all been premature. Then, by
mutual consent, Joe absented
himself from the house at eve-
ning ; and. night after night for
full three months did he disap-
pear as soon as bis Work was
linslied, to return home oirty at
late bedtime. This was unusu
al, and old Danforth determined
to know tiie cause of it.
Joe frankly confessed (hat he
was in love with a man's daugh-
ter, who resided less than three
miles distant; but, after several
months, the old man had utterly
refused to entertain his applica-
tion of the young lady's, .hand.
This was capital—Just vthai
old Danforth must desiu'd. This
satisfied him that lie had made
a mistake in regard to his own
child, and he would help to g> t
Joe married, and thus stop all
f.trthur suspicions or troubles al
hoftte. So lie said;
'•Well, Joe, is she a buxom
lass ?"
- "Yes, sir," said Joe. "Thai
is of Iter foil; s say so. I'm not
uiucli of a judge."
"And you like her"
"Yes, sir; yes."
"Then marry her," said old
Danforth.
. "1 can't; the f;i ther objects.''
"Pooh!" continued Danforth *,
"let him do so ; what need you
care ! Run away with her!"
"Elope f"
"Yes I Off with her at once!
II the gal will marry you, all
right. Marry her and bring her
here. You shall have the cot-
tage aTthe foot of the lane ;. I'll
furnish it for you; your wages
shall be increused, and the old
man may like it or not, as
will."
"But—''
"Givo me no buts, Joe. Do
as I bid you; go about it a1
once, and "
'•You will stand by mo I"
"Yes, to the last. I know you.
Joe ; you're a good fellow, u
good workman, and will make
anybody a good husband."
"The old fellow will be so
mad, though."
"Who cares, I say ? Go on
quietly but quickly."
"To morro*?. night, th« n," said
Jo*-. v
"Yes," said Danforth.
"I'll: hire Clover's horse-—-
"No, yon shan't."
"Not" '
"t say no. Take my horse
the best one—young Morgan;
he'll take you off iu Hue style,
in the new pliteton."
"Exactly."
"As soon as you're
come right here, and a jolly
time we'll have of it at the old
house." •;;;;
"But the old man might drop'
in oh us."
"Bah1 He's an old fool, who-
ever he ia; he don't know your
good qualities, Joe, as well as
I do. Don't be afraid. A faint
heart, yoo know, never won a
fair lady."
"The old man will be astound-
ed." , '
•'Never mind, go on. We'll
turn the langh on him. I'll take
care of you and your wife at
any tate."
"I'll do it I" said Joe,
"You shall I" Said Danforth,
and they parted in the best of
—you—!' | buy? Where is it, my ownesl?"
"It is true, sir; we are lawful- "0,1 didn't buy i?. I spent
ly married. You assisted me, ! the money for this duoU < f a-
you planned the whole affair,
you lent me your horse, you
thought m« last week worthy
of any man's daughter, you
promised me the cottage tit 'the
foot of the lane, you—"
"I didn't I I deny it! You
can't prove it. You're a—a
he —a—"
"Calmly now, sir," Continued
Joe; and the entreaties of the
happy couple were at onoe uni
ted to quell the old man's ire,
and to persuade him to acknowl-
edge their union.
bonnet."—N. Y. World,
THE HEATHEN CHINEE,
ass is ta st secretary
the treasury.
OP
An hour after dark, on tins
following evening, Joe made his
appearance, decked in a new
black suit, looking really very
Comely. The old man bustled
about the barn with him, help-
ing to harness "young Morgan"
to the new phseton, and leading
the spunky animal himself to
the roud. Away wmit the hap-
py Joe Wulker in search of his
biide. - A few rods distant lie
found her, as per pervious ar-
rangement, and repairing to the
next village, the parson very
quickly made them one in holy
wedlock. Joe took the bride
and soon dashed buck to the
town of-P , und halted at
the house of Danforth, who was
already looking for him, and
received him with open arms.
"Is it done?" asked the old
man.
"Yes—yes." answered Jo«^
"Bring her in, bring her in,"
continued the old lellow in high
glee; "never mind compliments;
no matter about the dark entry;
here, here. Joe, to the right, in
the parlor, we'll have a jolly-
rime now," said the anxious
farmer, rushing away for
The father releuted at this.
It was a job of his own manu-
facture, and he saw bow useless
it would be to attempt to de-
stroy-it.. . V;-
He gave in reluctantly* and
the fair Minnie Danforth was
overjoyed to be duly acknowl-
edged as Mrs. Joe Walker.
The marriage proved a happy
one, and the original assertion
of old Danfort'n proved truthful
in every respect. The cunning
lover was a good sun and faith-
ful husband, and lived many
years to enjoy the liuppineas
which followed upon this run-
away match, while the old man
never cared to hear mnch abont
the details of the elopement, for
he saW how completely he .had
overshot himself.
V -7-'
HE DREAMED IIEDREW
THE CAPITAL PRIZE.
An Italian gentleman with a
nice little inconie had a nice lit-
tle servant girl, who said lo him
one morning: "Oh, if you
please, won't yon give me three
franca to buy a lottery ticket
with? I dreamed last uight
that No. 41.144 was going to
draw the capital prize, and I
want to buy that number
He gave the giri the three
fruncs, and, next day on hap
pening to look at the report of
the drawing, saw that-No. 41,-
144 had drawn the capital prize
of 518,652.83 lire, or, to speak
more accurately, $100,000.
Returning quietly to the
house he concealed his emotion
and said to the servant girl:
"Susan,.1 have long observed
with approbation your piety,
beauty, modesty, skill in tin
art of cookery and other good
qualities calculated to adorn
the highest station. Be mine.
Let me lead you to the hymene-
al alter. No delay. Just as
you are."
"Honest Injun?"
blushing virgin.
"You bet. I swear by yon-
der silver spoon that tips with
beauty all the fruit-pie top—"
"Then count me in, and regard
said the
A lady correspondent writes
as follows concerning the Heath-
en Chinee to the Philadelphia
Times:
I once took a-China boy who
had recently been iipploved in
a boarding house. One of his
duties was to attend the door—
the same as lie had done iu his
former place. As he spoke Eng-
lish fairiy I had ho doubt ho
could do it properly. At th«
end of ihe month which the reg-
ular bills for the house became
due, none of them came in. I
waited from day to day and
wondered what could cause such
delay among people Who weie
always so prompt to collect.
One day I had been ont, and aa
I opened the door on my return
I found in the ball a delinquent
notice from the water company,
saying if the dues were not
paid at once the water would bo
discontinued. Full of wrath I
hastened to the Spring Valley
office, on Californa street, to in-
quire into the meaning of what 1
I considered a very strange pro-
ceeding. I told them I lelt ag-
grieved that they should serve
me with such a notice when the I
bill had never been presented.
Th«j collector Jost then came
in and said he had been there
so many times and was always
met with'some trivial excuse by
the China boy that he had n<
other recourse. I Went home
and interviewed Johiinie and
Succeeded in getting tlte whole
story. He began 'totting?bills
from all sorts of improbable
places, until all the missing pa-
pers weft fohnd, and as he told
tbem Off one after nnother. ho
explained thus: ■ "Him likee
money. Me tellee him you gone
onu < > Him likee money. Me
tellee him you welly sick, no
can see. Him likee money. Me
tellee him yon move," and-so on
to the end of the list. "Oh I I
too smart for him," said John,
who seemed delighted with his
own sagacity in avoiding pay-
menf. and seemed much crest-
fallen at my anger. He said:
"Me thinkee you allee samee
Missy Jones. You catcher
money you keeper.
THE ART OF KISSING.
Never kiss a young girl if
she don't want yon lo. The
main ingredient that makes
kissing endurable is a willing-
ness on the part of the female.
If it deepens into an anxiety,
so much the better. When a
girl claws a man's hair and
scratches his face like a fool,
drop her at once. She is desti-
tute inf good tiiste and natural
affection, and the sooner you
make love to her sister the bet-
girl don't
light niul returning almost |iu-
mediattjly.
"I ain msuried—
"Yes. yes—"
"And this is my wife," he
added, as he passed up the
beautiful bride, tite bewitching
and lovely Minnie Danforth.
"What !" roa led the fat lie.*.
"Joe ymi villi,hi. you -r;:m)>.
you audacious cheat, you -you
m jierttfterln Ihe light of yourj^
tiiitle-clove. a panther it is perfectly safe to
"Hasten then, Susan ; put on continue prospecting. Get :i
your bonnet and shawl and le' little behind her, pass the right
us take a walk around the block lll'ni around the waist in front,
to the old friar's cell, where we !H'4e t'lH. ®
„ know what to do next, go asso-
shall be made one.' , (.iat„ wi„, „lu boy8 in t|K. Fil.st
111 a few minutes the bride- Ward, If yon are just begin-
elect leturued, clad in a red! uing to teach a sly, young girl,
shawl, with a black velvet bon-! vv'j°'iufi °,l'y been kissed here-
net Iriiuedwith sunflowers and' to,oli(-' '•>' her brothel an at jer,
..... . r . . | touch vour lips gently to her
Victoria legia. In u few niin- n^^ond. Sliu will take it for
UiU'.es more lit" ceremony had |.in «.xhibition of profound re-
been performed an'.Ja lhe twain jspect. When, that position has
were one. I hey r.-turned to the been gained, working <hn way
house, when the husband cu'ie-l w,,5" f!ow". l'lt! !'I,S
! natural and easv as the
IS MS
COtJI'Slt
uj) the paper and j (|f u 1,,JP Sliding down a wood
lessly took
said, with a well counterfeited ,llmne. Never sit down to kiss;
stmt of sur])iise: I it looks awkward in case anv-
"Darling, every ihin
for us upon our wrdding-dtiy
is l>ii 'lit ■ body is looking, and seeitu awk-
ward, anvhow.
the
Stand
up, and
.. , . . in,- . loser von press the ciil the
U l.enieuibi r the ti.-ket in the, ||iB|l,.r ,.s!ilIla,t ,.h, wilj
!"ll' Ihit: ymi ilre;.uu-d about i,]| yonr yoo.l tasle. coiiun ni-
u ml 1 gave you I hive fiai.es to i.sense, and experience.