The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-11-08
HOLE NUMBER 1857
The I.ovciy Match uI.I.
From Iho lLrnIMn lln.l llnrlr.

There arc very few people I'm tbig
city or neighboring townships who do
not remember the familiar counte-
nance Of ''Bccl,ie, the match girl.u
VINO captured and married Isaac Can
ser, an Alsacc township farmer, who
counts his possessions by the hundr d
thousands Of dollars. Some six wears
ago the poor orphan match girl was In
the habit of making journeys out Pork
lomen avenue, when she would gcncr-
ally dispose of all her stock. One morn
ing in June the sturdy farmer, who
had been to the city to dispose of his
daily produce, was returning 10 hia
home. IN the vicinity of the tnll cato
he overlook the poor match ~lrl and
here he iirstmet her face to face. Beckic
asked the farmer To allow her 10 ride
up the hill, and the request was grant
cd. ANA the journcyuD the hill settled
the fate of the farmer widower.
The next day the larmcrwas a suitor
for the hand OF Bcckie, the match-
girl, then twenty-five wears of aye.
she was recommended as Il smart
and respectable girl by the ucighbprs,
and she consented to marry the white.
nalred farmer OF three score and ten,
but worth nearly quarter of n million,
Inc lS3V. Mr. Leinbach married the
loving couple, and for two years IA
more happy and ,contentcd pair of
idolizing souls than old Isaac Gauser
and his bride could not be found in ali
the country. He educated her, bought
her horses and carriages, a magnificent
piano, silks and satins, money, pleas
ure, and all else her heart desired 4
child was born to them, which proved
10 be Httle girl, and they named it
Katie. .', ~. -.
The years crept by, and gradually it
became apparent that she had cithcr
been spoiled by her doting husband or
had become weary of her choice,
Things at the Ganser farm house were
crosswiso, and Bcckie and Isaac were
0Us. The piano remained locked, and
there was agloonl about the parlort that
was foreboding. A year ngo she posi-
lively declined to occupy the chamber
with him upon the ground that he
was dirty and filthy. ..
FOR some time they didnot speak, and
then OF II sudden there arose a perfect
hurricane of harsh words and cyplc-
tlves. Beckie asked for divorce hut the
iarmcr forbade it. Whtu she threaten
ed to poison him, hui never carried il
out, and up to SUNDAY cycnia.,nathip,r
definite had transpirrd. Yesterday
however, it was discovered
that Bcckie had ,cnartyt aud taken
away all she owned in thn wgL- of
ana vaInables. Since then
nothing has been heard of the nm
lwAA'.
Mr.. CAnser was in Nae citr Yesterday
lnd made the Information 10 scypya!
parties. He is in his seventy siyrb ypur
md is apparently hale and 'hpnrty, Ijn
old the laots Of his married }if,' WIN
ipciiuw 5i,I ;t,vosn,;inn+
hat while not griuviny much over iho
oss Of his you;ig wife, he was nnyio,ls
% know ~hat had brconie of her. He
stated Uhat when he trsE married her
5hings went along smoothly. She had
everything she wanted and her own wa.
All the money she received t;uIn sales
)f farm anM dairy she kent bpsidra
,ther amounts that had ka6u IviY.
,T0und loose were kindly npuronriGfcd,
BecSie must he II rcluarknllc slccpcr,
ior Mr.. Ganser remarks that she coi;ld
,e picke,! llD out OF bed and carried
lown stairs s.ltl not hc awakened. An
hat sho was required to do ,yn. smrr-
nteud the household duties, which She
lid in Il very cNccllcntnnnncr. Duriuw
sunday she was SIN nj ease, and to.
ward evening made known her intcr.
ion to pay a neinhbor a VISIT She
vas persuaded, however. TO remain NJ