Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-26
DAILY DEMOCRAT,



Mr.. D. G. Gibbon, student Of medicine.
was called up before one Of the Randolph
street justices in Chicago last week, on
disords rly conduc. warrant, sworn cut By
Miss Susan Neil. The complainant vas .
very pretty girl. She blushed, bid her face,
and stated that she was forced to take the
present step only BY the obstinacy Of the
prisoner. These two had been engaged.
and many gifts and notes had passed BE-
tween them. One day. for the msrest moth
ing, he had Spicksd . quarrel, broken the
u at:h ard her hear, and yet refused to re-
turn the seven lovs-lstters, the cid glove,
the clrl and the ribbon she had given HIM,
She supposed be kept thsms and showed
them tsshis wicked associates, and bolstsd
Of then % trophies Of his ccnqussS ola
fend ard girlish heart.
His Honor licked sleemily st Nr. Glib
bon-thers was . Bridswell in his eye.
Mr.. Gibbon replied that he greatly pre-
fsrrsd attempting an aDpatation at the hip
Joint to falling in love with . woman. lfa
fellow had any feeling Of security about il.
il might be different, but there never Vas
any telling whore he wss to fetch up. He
had tried romantic young ladies. and
literary yeung ladies'. and had cone 20
grief in every instance. Finally be had
settled on Miss Susan, who was described
to him TO be . matter Of fact, biscuit.
hiking ysung woman. He bad paid her
his addresses, making little gifts Of salera-
tus and hlusing, and receiving in return
some ginger cakes. She Was not to be led
too deeply into sen.imsnt. II he spoke Of
poetry, she spoke Of pastry. II be spoke Of
radiant hopes, she spoke Of washing eoap.
A few days ago be vent to see her. and
found her preserving. Something in the
looks Of The paper which she had put over
the cans struck him, and hs locked and
found she had used his levs letters for
that purpose. That seemed little to-
cool, and he spoke Of il 70 her. She re-
piled that it Was . wise idea Of hers.-
All those beginning Dear Susan" went
over the peaches, and oil these beginning
my own love" over the apples. She
wished hs would write one more OF the
latter, in order to make up the number she
wanted. He felt such . women would
never do for him, and has broken of The
match. Az for returning her letters, il ives
out Of the question. She words Of love
they contained were . part Of himsslk-
When he saw then Il brought the old days
back-ths melodies Of the youth Of their
love, heard before the sssss had vithsred,
before he ceased giving her salsratus.
During these Yenarks the court wiped it,
eyes, took from it, pocket spare handksr.
chief, email dictionary, some blank FERNS.
an almanac, and, q last, . small tin bsx.
which looked - II it might, ct some time,
havs held Ssidlitx powders. This boz the
court opened, and took cut little parcel
tied up in red tape, On which Il dropped .
tear and thee said:
"Twsnty>fsur years sgr this court loved
. girl living near Duwnsr's Greve. This
court corresponded With that girl BY the
weekly stage. In uemsnt Of frenzy that
girl Tilted this court, and demanded her
letters and string Of bsads. This court
replied il could not return the beads, which
il bad traded At q grocery store, and that It
would not return the letters, when sntrsatsd
b. . brother to give them up. This court,
to the great laceratisn Of its feelings,
knocked down that brother sndl stamped
upon him. 1t still retsins these letters,
though she who wrote them has smigratsd
to Missouri. Now this court does not in>
tend to stultify itself BY taking any action
against tho defendant. who will be dis
charged As for tho complainant. she will
b fined $40 which sum this court would
assess on the person that Tilted it, lift could
get hold of her.