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Show DOWN IN GEORGIA, a young lady took advantage of the rights accorded to her sex during Leap Year, and proposed to her timid suitor. He accepted with becoming modesty, and allowed her to name the day; but he was not present at the time and place appointed for the wedding. The bride, who knew his bashfulness, said his courage had probably failed him. Somebody suggested that a horn be blown to call him, and this was done. A responsive whoop was heard from the woods near by, but the young man did not appear until a scouting party brought him in by force. It was not until he became fearful of losing the girl, whose patience gave way to anger, that he mustered enough courage to face the ceremony. |