The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-15
She Did Not Mention Her Teeth.

I heard recently of a marriage,
one of the parties being a wealthy
bachelor of Georgetown, D. c., which
| was the fruition, after many years.
of the youthful dream of the gentle
man in the case. Fifteen years ago,
Miss -, the daughter of highly re-
spected officer of the government, was
a beautiful, fresh young girl, admired
and sought after by the best society
at the capital of the nation. She had
many suitors, and one, a Mr.. -, of
Georgetown, D. c., was so sincere and
unsel6sh in his devotion to her, that
she could not but accord him the high
est measure of her regard, although
she gave her heart and hand to anoth-
er. So deeply rooted was her esteem
for her rejected lover that when her
first child, a son, was born, she gave
him the name she refused to accept
herself. Her husband was an officer
in the army, and his wife and child led
with him the wandering life which
army families must needs experience,
and so the rejected lover rarely if ever
heard of the woman he had so truly
loved, yet he remained faithful to her
memory.
| The army officer was killed fighting
on the Southern side in one of the
battles in the second year of the rebel
lion, and his widow. crushed by grief,
retired to a certain city in a western
State, and lived in quiet and retire.
ment with her child. Last summer
the boy IL years old, sickened and died.
The wealthy bachelor of Georgetown
saw the death of his namesake in a
newspaper, and it was the first news
he had in many years of the woman
he had Woed and lost. Arguing with
himself, doubtless, that the childless
widow might stand in need of consola.
ton, and very likely of many of the
substantial comforts of life, since her
deceased husband was not at any time
a wealthy man, and prObabley died in
Strengthened circumstances in defense
of the lost cause, Mr.. - determined
to write and renew the offer he had so
unsuccessfhlly made fifteen years ago.
He wrote and offered himself and all
his possession, on the condition that
he was to receive for an answer a
decided yes or no. If the answer was
given he wished to Sc married in six
weeks from the time of his accep-
lance ; if the second, the lady should
never hear from him again.
| In due time an answer came. The
widow said she was much changed by
the lapse of years, and more still by
her cares and Affections. She had lost
cheerfulness, beauty, and all that once
made her attractive; still, if what re-
manned of her former self was worth
the having, then her dear old friend
was welcome to the wreck, and in six
weeks he might come 10 see her and
the wedding day should be fixed. The
@'dear old FRIEND had waited too long
to brook even days unnecessary de-
lay. so the next day after the receipt
of the letter carried him to the home
of his beloved in the West. He found
the lady very much unprepared to re-
ceive him; she had not a tooth in her
head and because her mouth was being
prepared for a false set she had post
poned the visit for six weeks.
''Ah, Sarah,'' said her lover, when
he had taken first long look at her.
''you told me you had lost youth,
beauty and cheerfulness, but you said
nothing about your teeth. Sarah,
why did you omit the teeth? GO
Then Sarah rose to explain, and the
explanation proved satisfactory, but
the ardent lover wouldn't wait for the
teeth, and so the twain was made one
in spite of this little drawback on the
part of the bride. They are now liv.
ing in Georgetown happy and prosper.
Gus, and not even the teeth are want
ing to enable the wife to enjoy all the
good things offered for her acceptance.
Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous a1ec-
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hanrd
& Co., New York, - there are many imita-