Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-22
THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS :saoox.'

Detroit FREQ press.
What l want to know" SAID white
headed young man Of twenty, rs he stood
before the sergeant in charge of the Cen
trail Station Yesterday, "what came here
for was to get some advice."-
"Proceed," said the sergeant.
"Iou know Nanny Thompson, doa't
you:"
Never heard Of her"
"Wcll, She. widder, over forty years
old, and I've been boarding there"
"Ycss."
And We were engaged to be married. y
"Whcwr' whistled the officer.
II don't blame you," continued the
young inaa in a broken voice. "l'n! only
twenty and she's forty, but a man can''
always tell when he's going to make a
fool Of himself"
"And you fell in love!'
II did that, and as soon as We get through
talking I'm going to hire some one tc
kick ne over to Canada and back. Yes
sir, fell dead in love-l3yed woman Of
over for;y."
"Ara what followcd:'
"What fnllored: Why what alters fol
lows? I'm human, same's anybody else
and when love love like locomotive
;'n Il down grade. What do you think ]
did in just six weeks by the watch? Wen
to the theatre sixteen times, outslcigl
| ing twelve times, had three parties, ven
| to three lectures, anu took her out to ea
oysters ten Or eleven times. Fact, sir
cost me GGcn near $500"
';12ut it was all for love-" replied tht
scrgent.
Il thought so; and what else did do
; Bought her 4 $40 ws!ch, $40 bracelet, ,
;; s. ring, a s! set Of jcwelrJ, new dress
and gave her So gold piece with a hole
in ii! Yes, sir; I drew $500 from tAt
bark-cvery red hal-and used it all ur
on her"
"And tllea:"
"She purtendeu to love back, and whcr
I sQuoze her hand she smiled and smiled
and looked heaps of love at me. Shed
!esn Oh my arm, talk about Cupid, ana
git of poetry by the rod, and it was plain
IS understood that we were to be married
in June. Oh, she knew her biz, and sht
slid around NE as the Benga! tiger doe:
around 4 lambr'
"Did she break the engagement"
Last night" said the young man
swallowing the lump in his throat "sht
told me she'd been tritling with nae al
along. She said she was engaged to an
other man, and she could never be more
than sister to me! tell you, sergeant
you could have knocked ME down with .
| straw! I bcaced up after while anG
called her a hypocritc when she called
ne white headed idiot, and the boardel
threw me out of doors. Five hundred
dollars gone, and Pm a wrecked man."
| He blew his nose and wiped his eyes
and coNtinued:
Il don't want to drown myself; the wa
ters awful cold, and perhaps can &c
over this. want them presents back
and III go to Muskegon and try and for
get her. It's wrenched me all to pieces
and I can never love again. Were yo'
ever shook, sergeant?"
mo, never"
""Thcn you don't know the anguish
the gripping around the heart. 1t GU:
| like knife, and all can think Of il be
ing laid out in a coffin, my right han<
! holding q bunch of roses, and my lef
resting on my hcart'
"Ycu arc young; you may outgrov
it,"
II may-I may, but it's so awful sud
den, and hits so hard, that feel as if II
fallen from house. Go to the house SCI
geant, and see if you can get them thing
back. film alive, I'll be around. agail
tomorrow, and if l don't come you ma
keep the things for your kindness. In
white-hcaded, but I'm tender-hearted, AM
I want to retire behind some barn and 81
down and Think
Aud he retired.