The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-15
The yoyng Man who was. Shook.

NV nat want 10 Know, Salu U
white-headed young man of twen-
ty, as he stood before the sergeant
in charge of the Central Station
s3what I came here for
was to get some advice"
Proceed" said the sergeant.
ssYou know Nancy Thompson,
don't you.n
s.Never heard of her."
ssWell, she's a widder, over forty
years old, and I've been boarding
there"
Eyes n
ssAnd we are engaged to be
married"
.sWhew p whistled the officer. IS
I don't blame you,n continued
the young man in broken voice.
spm only twenty and she's forty,
but a man can't always tell when
he's going to make fool of him.
self.n
"And you fell in love :"
II did that, and as soon as we
get through talking I'm going ont
to hire some one to kick me over
to Canada and back! Yes, sir,
fell dead in love--loved a woman
of over forty.n
sswhat followed ~
"What fOllered 2 Why, what
alters follerss Pm human, same's
anybody else, and when I love I
love like a locomotive on q down
grade. What do you think I did
in just six weeks by the watch 7 !.
Went to the theater sixteen times,
out sleigh-riding twelves times,
had three parties, went to three
lectures and took her out to eat
oysters ten or eleven times. Fact,
sir-cost me durn near $2O0.7
s.Bnt it was all for love, replied
the sergeant.
81 thought so, and what else
did I dos Bought her a $40
watch, a SO bracelet, q $5 ring,
a 81 set Of jewelry, a new dress,
and gave her a S5 gold piece with
a hole in it! Yes, sir, / drew $500
from the bank-every red / had
and used it all up on her p
"And then ~
"She plrtended to love back,
and when / sqnoze her hand she
smileu and smiled and looked
heaps Of love at me. Shed 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 the lambw
"Did she break the engage
ment -
"Last night said the young
man, swallowing the lump in his
throat, 'sshe told nae she'd been
trifiing with me all along. She
said she was engaged to another
man, and she could never be more
than a sister to me I tell you,
sergeant, You could have knocked
ime down with a straw! / Ibraced
up after awhile and called her q
hypocrite. when she call me a
white headed idiot, and the boar
ders threw me out OF doors. Five
hundred dollars gone, and I'm a
wrecked man,
u He blew his nose and wiped his
eyes, and continued:
II don't want to drown myself;
the waters awful cold, and per
hops / can get over this. / want
them presents back, and FIJI 60 10
; Muskegon and try and forget her,
] It's wrenched me all to peices,
and | can never love again. Were
you ever shook, sergeant r
''No, never"
ssThen you don't know the an.
guish-the gripping around the
heart. It cuts, like q knife, and
J all / can think of is being laid out
In a coffin, my right hand holding
a bunch OfrOses and my left rest
, ing on my heart
!, "You are young-you may out
grow it,
II may-I may, but it's 60 aw'
full studded, and hits 50 hard, thai
[ feel as il I'd 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