Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-05-01
DISAPPOINTED AFFECTION.

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What ! want to know" said white
headed young man, of twenty, as he
stood before the Sergeant in charge OF
the Central Station, yesterday, '|what
1 came here for was to get some advice" /"
Proceed" said the Sergeant +
You know Nancy Tompkins, don't
you?' - =.
z" Never heard of her. 7'''
''" Well, she's widder, over forty
years old, andI've been boarding there.
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"And we were engaged to be mar
ried."
Whewr' whistled the officer.
Il don't blame you," continued the
young man, in broken voice. "I'm
only twenty, and she's forty, but man
can't always tell when he's going to
make q fool of himself" D.s.a 5-
And you fell in love ?" ...e,,
Il did that, and as soon as we, get
through talking I'm going out to hire
some one to kick me over to Canada
and back! Yes, SIR fell dead in love
and loved woman of over forty.".
Anu Wnat followed =! .. r4t.. -, -"-
What follered? Why, what alters
follers? I'm human, sames anybody
else, and when I love, I love like q To-
eomotive on a. down grade. What do
you think I did in just six weeks by the
watch? Went to the theater sixteen
times, out sleigh riding twelve times,
had three parties, went TO three lec-
lures, and took ber out to eat oysters
ten or eleven times. Fact sirrrcost ME
durn near $780," ~rs.5 ~ t.'-A
q" But it was all for love" replied the
Sergeant ~. ~ ,.f~-. ..t.
Il thought 50; and what else did I
do? Bought her, a $40 watch, $40
bracelet, S. ring, a 81 set of iewelry,
q new dress, and gave her $5 gold
piece with hole it! Yes, sir, I drew
$500 from the bank-every red I had
and used it up on her!" -' 1' ''' p
"And then p '.'. '.+s
"She purtended to love back, and
when 1 squoze her hand she smiled,
and smiled, and looked heaps of love at
me. She'd lean on my arm, talk about
Cupid, and git off poetry by the rod,
and it was plainly understood that we
were to be married in June. Oh, she
knew her biz, and. she slid around me
as the Bengal tiger does around o
lambv' ~'.'
"Did she break the engagement ?"
"Last night said the young man,
swallowing the lumpin his throat, g she
told me she'd trifed with me all along.
She said she was engaged to another
man, and she could never be more than
q sister to me! l tell you, Sergeant,
you could have knocked me down with
a straw. I braced up after while and
called her hypocrite, when she called
me white-headed idiot, and the board
ers threw me out of doors. Five hand
red dollars gone, and I'm a wrecked
manw ''si'a .
He blew his nose and wiped his eyes,
and continued: 6-e 5....5 ,sg3
II don't want to drown myself; the
waters awful cold, and perhaps I can
get over this. I want them presents
back and I'll 60 to Muskegon and try
to forget her. It's wrenched me to
pieces, I can never love again. Were
you ever shook, Sergeant?' p E.. slt
/" No, never" ts....
Then you don't know the anguish
the grating around the heart. 1t
cuts like knife, and all / can think of
is being laid out in a coffin, my right
hand holding a bunch of roses and my
left resting on my heart"
" You are young-you may ontgrow
it,"
81 may--I may, but it's so awful
sudden, and hits SO hard that feel as
if had fallen from house. Go to the
house, Sergeant, and see if you can get
them things back. If I'm alive I'll be
around again to-lnorror, and if I don't
come you may keep the things for your
kindness. Tm white headed, but I'm
tended hearted, and I want to retire be-
hind some barn and sit and think e.,
And he retired.