The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-05-06
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THE FOURTH COURISHIP.
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Women often wait Tor husband thaJ
i. pretty until they wait too long. 1t also
happens to men sometimes. Soft was
with Mr. Griffith. When he was young
he was in love with beautiful young
girl but when he became a man he
thought he could get some one prettier
and richer also; and while he was think
ing the opportunity was lost-she had
married another.
And now, reader imagine that you are
standing behind the door Of the dining
room, listening to Mr.. Griffith and his old
housekeeper's conversation.
"You ought to have husband, Lou"
"And think, Mr.. Griffith, you ought
to have wife"
"Thats so, Lou. / don't believe in the
women as they are nowadays. But
when think OF it, they were not much
better when ! was young"
"Why SO"
"Ah, you have never heard of my three
oourtshipsl thought everybody knew
I'LL dDbul lllNll'
"Well, upon my word, | don't know
anything about them, but would, indeed,
like to know All, ha so you've been in
love- too. have your,
eyes, Louisa, indeed Ihave, twice, even
three times. The first is not worth men
{ ming, but the second is. Wen, | clerked
i large grocery store, the owners
daughter was the one | set my cap for.
She was pretty, and also very rich. Well,
to be short, loved her dearly. | visited
her several times, but every time she was
visited by another young man, whose
name was Fritz. [ don't know which
one of us she liked the best. You know
how very slow and safe ! am about any
thing, and 50 am in love matters This
will not do in love matters in this coun-
try. and so lee me tell you what hap
pened.
zone morning l thought I'd make a
sure thing of it, so l dressed up in my
very best clothes, put my stoVe-ppe hat
on 0ne-sided, and off went. No sooner
had opened the hall door than there
came Fritz running down stairs, half los
ing his breath. He ran against me, at
the same time knocking my fine hat off,
which he accidentally stepped upon, and
exclaimed:
fbYou'll please excuse me, but Pm so
gla,. chat / can't help my foOlishness; say,
what do you think I've won her. How
do you like that, sivY
81 didn't say anything, but went home
and never ment Oned the hat"
"That was the second; tell me now
about the third " said Louisa.
"Well, / was then forty years old. !
had been out travelling, and was just
stopping at small town in France, when
noticed the smallest feet | ever saw on
woman; they were not hidden by "a long
dress, but neatly covered wiJhsnOw white
stockings and slippers. IN fact, she was
perfect beauty. She had basket on
her arm which contained flowers. !
stepped up to her and asked her how she
sold them. She told me, and bought
all she had. / continued buying from her
for three weeks, when one day | bought
all she had to sell. ] took my flowers
ani left, when suddenly she came run
ming to me, saying:
"'Thank you, sir, | am very much
obliged to your
"FOr whatP | asked.
"Oh, sir | can't thank you enough;
you have done me such a favor
How?' l again asked.
"'0h, sir, by buying my flowers; you see
sir, / had sweetheart, and his mother
wouldn't let me marry him until had a
hundred dollars in cash, and now, thank
goodness, have it. So tomorrow mean
to get
"Hushp / exclaimed, at the top of my
voice. But she wouldn't hush until she
had finished telling me how the wedding
was to come off At last she hushed her
talking, ] went home and afterwards left
the town"
"But, Mr.. Griffith, do tell me about the
first COurtShip."
"My first sweetheart loved another al
So could have welded her if ] had
not been so slow and bashlul, but she
was engaged to this other man, and so
she married him, have had awful bad
luck with women, and will never have
anything to do with any Of them any
more"
"But she was engaged, wasn't she?"
EllSiiSeu, poOll, DeIleNe Jlley are an
engaged Anyhow, she was the daugh
ter ola large plantation owner. Her name
was Lilly Fones, and tell you she was
perfect little beauty"
"Fones! Lilly Fones Oh, my God J.
am she. was once the happy Lilly
Zones, but now-(she burst out in tears
am only Mrs. Rummel."
"Too bad, Mrs. Rummel. But what be-
came of your husband"
Gle is dead"
"And Just to think you've been my
housekeeper for five years now, and |
never knew this before. But / guess
things will turn out all right at last"
And they surely did. Louisa is no lon
ger Mrs. Rummel, but the honored wife
of Capt. Griffith