The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
A Story of Love and Limburger.

Some months ago, a youth Of this OF
some other city took fancy to nader
fair, and began to be polite to her. He
met her when he could at parties and
that sort of thing, and occasionally he
called to see her at home. She liked
the young man, and smiled sweetly
when his name was mentioned. He was
Augustus, and she was Mary Jane.
Augustus wasn't worth a cent financially,
but he had capital of hope that sur
passed the treasure of the Fourth Ma
tional bank.
Mary Jane had a father whose name
was Jones. He didn't fancy Augustus,
and didn't like to have him spooning
around Mary Jane. But he was shrewd
and sensible old duffer, and he knew, if
he raised his voice in opposition, that
Mary James liking would be strength
ened into regular red-hot, diamond-pin,
fat-footed love. So he kept still and
pondered, and then he hit on plan to
smash the courtship of Augustus into
smithereens.
At the boarding house where Angus
tus lived, there lived also two youths of
his age and sex, who were as full Of mis-
chief as q caucus is of seekers for Office.
SO Papa Jones went to them and I'M
folded his plans, and offered them $40
apiece to bring it to successful end.
Within week they had the money, and
this is how they earned it:
Augustus was to call on his Mary Jane
that evening, SO of course he put on his
best clothes for the occasion. Half an
hour before he went to his room to dress
his friends w6nt there and took his best
coat from the wardrobe. They ripped
open the lining between the shoulders
and put inside q couple of very thin
slices of Limburger cheese. You know
what that is if you have any familiarity
with German beer halls.
Augustus dressed and started for old
Jones house. He changed his seat two
or three times in the street-car, and,
when he reached the doorstep, he turned
again and again, like a dog about to lie
down ; but twas no use.
He usually occupied q seat on the
sofa, at Mary James side but that even
ing she was inclined to dignity, and oc-
cupied an arm chair couple Of yards
away. She went twice out of the room
to dip her handkerchief in Cologne water,
and the second time she brought the
bottle and offered some to Augustus.
After he had gone and changed his
clothes, one Of the boys took him out to
walk, while the other restored the coat
to its former condition. He examined
it very carefully before he went to bed,
and naturally discovered nothing wrong,
except the scent of the roses which
fingered there still.
But when, three evenings later, he
again visited Mary Jane, the trick was
Old Jones had taken care to
hide the Cologne water and everything
else of that character, SO that the offense
of the Limburger could not be con-
doned. The fair maiden stood it for
half an hour, then she tainted and called
for the old folks. She was borne to her
room, and Augustus was sent home.
Next morning he received highly-per-
fumed note (white rose was the odor it
exhaled), which told him that for the
future they had better be friends only
and, the next time she met him, she
hoped it would be in the open air, and
she would try to keep to wirdward.-
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