The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-03-25
CAMPAIGNING ROMANCES.

" It's too aggravating, so it is! Dear
mel I wish [ never forgot anything"
No, no for mercy's sake don't wish
you never forgot anything for then
you'd always have to remember all the
disagreeable things that ever happened
to you in your life. Believe me, its
vastly better as it is. IF we never forgot
anything at all, then we'd have to carry
down to our graves the vivid recollection
OF all the grief, sorrow, or pain we ever
suffered of all the times we've been
,snQbbed by people, Of all the hateful
things folks have said to us and about
us, and above all, Of every time in our
lives when we've made fools of ourselves
You will find that it's much to be thank
full for, If you can forget the occasions
on which you've made fool of yourself,
when you come to be an old maid, like
your Aunt Laetitia. .
Alice Kildare laughed.
Not much like being an old maid, is
it seventeen, and already engaged six
m0nths?"
" Well, l was engaged at sixteen, and
have been engaged three times in nv
life, ana yet here am, an old maid in
Eyeglasses, and likely to die the same,
please God. Think, now, what budget
OF heart breaking recojlections I'd have
TO carry about with me the rest of nv
life, II l had remembered it all. Don't
wish you never forgot anything, Alice.
On the contrary, thank heaven we do
forget things"
Again Alice Kildare laughed. "Sue
and I are going to have our fortunes
told, Aunt Laetie. Go with us, veneer
cradle mother, and see that it's done
right"
&c can tell yours without looking into
a globe Of mesmerized water. You'll be
an old maid, mark the prediction. You
have the elements Of an old maid in your
soul-One sort of an old maid, that is. :"
" What are the elements of an old
maid, Aunt Laet?"
ooh of your sort of mazda high
spirit, bright mind, a sharp tongue,
and an uncomfortable love of flirting.
You'll be the sort Of an old maid that
takes to woman's rights and things
not the sort that takes to cats and re-
llglon. Once more, mark the prophesy,
Alice Esmeralda Kildare |"
For the third time Alice laughed her
bright, spunky, ringing laugh, and
then clapped on her gypsy hat and went
with her friend Sue to see Nine, Min
chauski, the great clairvoyant sibyl,
who could miracuously see the shadow
OF coming events ina globe of mesmerized
water-at SO much a head.
Alice was betrothed to sim, hand
some, lOng-haired college student, who
wrote poetry and had an Kolian harp in
one window and rose geranium in the
other, and meant to go into the literary
Vine as soon as he was done college.
He was very much in love, and Alice
was-Oh dreadfully in love, but that
kdn't at all prevent this truthful young
lady from flirting with dozen other
young men all at once, and telling no
end Of white lies about her engagement.
She was exceedingly attractive, but not
so pretty as she was bright, piquant
and spirited. At this very time, when
she lay awake nights thinking of her
betrothed, and never went to bed with
out tenderly kissing his photograph, at
this very time she was flirting desper-
ately with Tom Creighton, her lovers
classmate, rich mans son who was at
home on a three months leave of alb
sence, which had been recommended by
the college faculty. Worst Of all, she
had allowed Tom Creighton, in the
presence of a third person, to tell her a
slanderous story about her lover, one
which she knew must be false; and there
she sat and listened to it without the
faintest attempt to fight for her lovers
good name, just for fear Tom Creighton
would think she was engaged, if she said
anything. I don't defend her, mind
you; [ think such conduct was simply
scandalous, and such a young lady
don't deserve. even to have anybody fall
IN love with her +; no, not if she lived to
be thousand years old.
:" Well, what does the sibyl say?'
asked Aunt Laetie.
"She's humbug," said Alice, saw
agely. 9 I'm sorry / went. It's real
silly and wrong to encourage such wicked
lmpostUre, besides.
This time Sue laughed. ''The sibyl
didn't say Alice was to be married, and
so she thinks the sibyl is humbug, :"
said Sue. eve went into darkened
room, and in one corner there sat little
Ohnstlv waxv-ln0kinp old woman with