The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-16

NC. ucCIlHcus Out iC tiIStSteu, anu
accepted. We had some little con-
Inext met him in Fifth
street. he was getting into Il buggy,
and asked lne To ride with him.
did 50. and we went riding several
times after that Then he called up
oD me ut my room. and we became
very intimate. He offered to make
me his wife. but | refused. lie insist
e'i. saving that he WAS lonely and had
M one To love him. asked him how
his children would look upon such II
match lie said he wasn't afraid of
his own chii,lreu, but he thought his
woul'i be pretty mad. But
| don't care ii he Is. he said. He
gave me money, several silk dresses.
and other presents. AMI offered To SET
tie 5000 month on me If I would
marry him. wouldn't consent. |
did not love the coucei,ed oiI tool. Do
YOU know he l. one oi the vainc>t old
men YOU ever saw lie has often
asked me IL | didn't think l.r WIS
handsome. Do ] think so? No: he
Is disgusting old tol Tie wan,e,; me-
To take rooms over n barruom near his
office SD that ne could be- near nv. al!
of the time. He OWNS the building
where the barroom Is. and he tod me-
could have the rent nom it-Sl 2UU
Il wear. ] wouldn't marry him AT anv
price. He came TO the hotel f.ner,
daily. toSre nv, and persuaded me- To
eridS that ] might b.. nearer - aim.
lie came B" NV room without GOING to
the hotel office. lie had been there
before. He locked the ,lnor himself.
| never ,oGchc,l The kew, AMI con
cernins all the rr>t, it is all bosh."
She claimed Thai he had gwen her
black ami blue marks IN her per.ou,
and shoSe,i one oil her arm that >h,.
SAIL had been caused by him. She
said that she had thrown Dennis
clothes from the window Il dozen
times, anil always tor the same cs;i>c.
She acknou lodged tina, she WIS mt is
good !, won,an a> she should he. hnt
WAS not utterly bad She asserted that
she had always worked for her living
and to support her chlliren. teacllin.
music and drawing. in CINCINNATI and
81. Louis, and her name waS Sailie r..
Lueas. In regard to the check aud
the paper in her possession 81 med hr
MIR. Dennis. she sail that he gave her
them Voluntarily. rs he Wa anxious
that she might have some hold upon
him If anything should happen.
Why Schooimaster went Abroad.
n Virginia City man who formerly
taught school in the Honey Lake
Valley. has been telling Dan DE
guile why he lett that rural region.
While employed rs teacher il seems
he boarded around" and one night.
while Il, The house of an oil rancl,man,
gave one ol the boys some extra
lessons In geography. The old nlam
overheard him telling the boy that
the earth turned around once in
twenty four honrS. and KICKED
against it. He said he hal heard such
stuff talked, but there Was nothin. In
it. rs he could prove. lie filled tin
cup with water and set it ON top of his
sate-post, saying:
"Now. young Teller, ii the world
Hops over, rs YOU say. the water will
be all out of the cup in the morning,
aud you'll be right. it the water is
still in the cup. i'll b. right, and the
world don't flop over
The water was found in the cup in
the morning. and the old man tri-
exclaimed:
Thar. give me common sense any
time against book farming"
Word went forth to the nrigi,hor-
hood that the teacher was an i.nora-
mus. and he was invited to take Il
walk. a reporter asked the ex-
teacher it that was the only reason ;m
bouncing him. lie said that it was
not; that he had incurred the deadly
hostility OF one of the school trustees
by laughing uproariou>ly ut = question
put By the obi man. The honest
farmer got hold Of bis sons geography.
II up, Years. and there hail read that the
earth had Il rotary motion. Tie called
IN the school master To ease his mind
in regard to IN agricultural pr"hlrm
this had suggested.
Say, PEERLESS" he remarked, 1--we
been rea'lin' in toms jngeerfv that
the air,h has got II rot tatery motion.
,nd thought III jest ax YOU et may
be that wasn't the cause Of the pertalv
rot?"
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