Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-11
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Frank Powell is g youthful shoe.
maker who works In Joe Miller's boos
and shoe factory. Frank is 9 sus.
ceptiole youth, and his teader heart
Mas smitten by the beauty and grace
OF one Of the girls employed in the
factory. Now Frank is or was
rat bad.locking fellow end he
maiden returned the tender passion,
aud Frank won her blashing consent
To become his bride Then for 8
lime all went happily. As he sat at
his work pegging soles, be bought of
too souls with but sInA lie thong hi,
md pensively pegged away. Time
passed on with leaden wings, and us
he hour approached for the happy
contamination, the impotence Of the
lovers increased. A week ago last
Saturday he went to the priests
mouse to be published in the church
he next Sunday. as is the custom of
those Of the Catholic faith. The
priest being absent. he was 10 call
again but every thing was finally
arranged, and last Tuesday they
were TO have been married. During
all this time the young maiden bad
been busy. The wedding feast was
prepared, her dress. with q trail
hree-quarters of yard long, "a he
desired it, was all finished and all that
was necessary was for the priest 10
make them man and wife according
10 the solemn ceremonies of the
church; when, without wo. d of
warning, Powell took the cars and
went TO Chicago, leaving the poor
girl TO mourn in wedding. dress
with trail three quarters OF y yard
long,-with the wedding feast un.
asted. His reasons for such conduct
were that the girl was too poor TO
buy the outfit. Now when it is
known that she supports an aged fa~
Their and two little sisters out of her
earnings, and that she would not
take anything from them TO deck
herself with fnery, it will be admit
led that his conduct was disgracefu,
and that be was no way deserving of
20 good wife as she would have
made him Last Saturday be re-
surned TO town-Rnd ii coming 10
The knowledge Of the shopmales of
he il jured maiden, they held ar in
dignation meeting, when it was re-
solved by them that if Frank Powell
ever stuck his nose into that shop,
they would nix him. All heartIess
deceiver he little dreamed what
was in store for him. Fix him ? you
bet he was fixed /!
Monday morning with more cheek
than a house.pig, be stepped into
Miller's Office. AS be did so the door
Uehind him was l,cked, and the key
mys.eriously disappeared. just then
be was confronted by the girl be tsi
promised so faithfully to marry be-
hind him were ten fierce dam-els,
just aching 10 get at him, The girl
reproached him for running away
he undertook TO talk back, she slap
ped his face. Whang went bottle
of LIQUID backing in his face. The
bottle broke, and the backing ran
all over him. He kicn ed aud swore
and tore round the gills screeched
and screamed. Oh, it was lively
AT this moment the girl that bad boen
20 cruelty treated seized two-gaIlon
pot of warm glue and poured it on
his devoted head He was the sick
eat looking shoemaker about that
lime that was ever in this city. Still
the combat deepened-and but for
some one unlocking the door, so that
he was enabled TO escape, there is no
telling what those indignant maidens
would have done. Powell dove into
another room and commence d TO
scrape himself; he scraped, ard
scraped, and kept on scraping he's
probably scrapiug yet. There was a
poetic sort Of justice in thus daubing
him with that glue; for if be don't
stick TO his word he has something
that will make him stick hereafter.
The "boys" in The factory hearing OF
way the girls had treated Powell,
gave them an oyster supper that eve
ming
Now, lei this DO q solemn war; ing
TO all young hcemakers. ard ott ,T
chaps, never 10 trlfle with the # CT.
ions of any Western girl, lest, peIad-
venture, evil brfal him,