The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-10-29

A Desperate But Inedeotual At.
tempt to Commit Suicide.

| Anew eSeus"3' sSos SaEe TIE JOPie0 .Nea(
young man employed as . hotel in thi
city. made all preparation tn shuttle Of ,hi
mortal coil and e-c.pe tie trials allotted Z,
m.n in this world. By exploring the uncer
t.iniies Of the other. Tie fAcls ~ gives
TO the rer"rier are shout there: He hss
become en.monred Il fsir Venus. whss'
occupation ]. that Of pillow shaker u III,
hotel where he worked. He told her Of hi
love, and pictured U her in eloquent Ian
2uaSe tine happiness that would be metrd
rui 10 them in their own COY comfortable
home il she would only consent TO BE- his
and his only. She excused herself an tn.
ground that her heart hsd never gone oul
coward HMM other word. sh. had never
dreamed ri loving him, and didn't really
believe -he could. She reminded him tina,
good girls we're rs plentiful as 6-h in the
ga. and implored him to b.it his hook and
ssh elsexhese. In fact. ahe wasn't on the
marry, bat would promptly Inform him
should she experience change Of mind and
a corresponding reaction Of heart
He became moraae and melancholy and
mourned day and night. His victnsis
.iidin't taste ~ though they h.d heen prop
-rly seasoned aud he msgined he Vas Nv
ing IF dy-prE~in. Life wns & burden to
him, and the sunnie~t days wese total
darkness 90 him when the r. ~ct Of his
deep.roOl~d ~decsi "a MAS not hear. The
Thought that abe did not love him lscerai~t
his heart -strinRs and his very existence was
envel"ped in 4 misersble Klsn,m. He
finally mustered up what little Courage re-
manned in him and again told his tale Of
lore, this time in w.y that c,uId not help
hut carry conviction with il, and he ss-~rirsi
ihst he could not live and aee her even
smile upon another. mucl, less become an.
"tiers wife. She told him not To take II
40 much to heart. assured him ihat he wac
an elegant fellow and hsd heart M hig ~
= vinegar bsrrel. but that abe could not
consent Ia become his bri.le. Her heart r..
t,ellsd against il and she had al ava ent.r
tsined horror Of marrying . man she did
NOT love.
THE ".e,,ied the hash" and his next
were how would he conirive to
leave hi. vale Of iesrs and hearilers w"m.n
To lump into a shaft w.iild hurt he might
Jump IF the bridge across the Joplin creek,
,at there he wonid hsve to run the rick a.
getting his month full IF gravel. and there
would lie M romance xbnut that. He
could shoot ont his brains. but then he Is
not gond ma-ksman and he might only
biz one ear, in which event he would ieel
tie studied over all the
iff-reni methods b,ought into requisi
ion by morfnls in similar fran. Of
mind, hut cnn:d think ri none that would
nit lin. Finally happy thought airuck
him. He wonid take cold Poison. yea.
cold, cruel pisen." and get il from = phvsi.
ian. too. The qnesinn was nov settled,
md he called upon = phyaicisn. to whom
he t ted the caae. Now il il NOT practice |
rirh phssicians IN deliberately awe q !
mans f.. but ihis me. il seems departed |
rom the usual custom. and instead NJ Civ |
ng the heart .hroken fellow desdly doe.
prepared for him q harmless ore. and. bid. |,
ling him go0d-bye. bowed him out Of the |
.ffic~. The unhappy hing vent tn HE
Dom. m .de all p-rp ,ratinns for HE journey !
~ eternity. and after taking the p"iaon ~, !
.rawlc.i in bed tn die. He waited very |
mpaiienilv for the angel If death to sp |
,esr. hut the only moving th,ne- he asw
sere the flies on the ceiling. He laid ihere |
ererxl h"urs thinking over the pest, and |
inslly drorprd I'd asleep. In frw honra
re awake and discovered that he Wa. body |;
md spirit, s,ili in Joplin. end that Il wa
yearly time tn aet ahomt "a prepare the |
'ext meal, NJ the boarden sere then gath. 1
ring in. IL was q total failure, snd he |
has about concluded In await the pleasure |
& thessneel of death in the mat,es 81 qnn
ing this ierresiisi spherr. though he w"uld |
ike to know who in thunder told it on |,
lin.