The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-27
Rether Expensive Fun.


Augustus Van Gaun stsrted with his
brother Alfred in the milk gag4n on G
sst sss Il. 3 Esia sssi. = K e . E H sssssd sss
ho6se. OF thsir ne4tsneighbor, James d.
BSgsFt . highly-respeetable farmer, Ais
son, John B; Bogert; jumped into the
wagon and rode along: JOHN r; Bosert
s.rs sssStz ~ sssi ssrs ss aId fnoI e s and
other from early ;boyhood, but. they had
never been associates. John r. Begert
was Fsputaa 70 be the blact sheeP Of his
family. When they arrived at Main
setest, in Hackensack, bogert proposed
that they should call on Miss Della
Goetchius, a modest and attractive
young lady. who lives with her parents
in Cottage Place. Augustus was willing
q year ,bsfoEs With .his bother. They
fonnd Miss Hoetchins at home with her
sister Annie, and a cousin, Miss Annie
Van Zandt. After wards Edward Cleve-
land, Abram Voorhis, and John Van
Olinda, all of them young men, dropped
in. The evening. was, spent socially.
attenti0h .edually among the three
II lAQl6S. a Y lUI " Cl0CAa Ic WdnUSu W W
home, but the distance was three miles,
and he did not want to go alone. Many
times Bogert pretended to start with
him, but after going al faf rs the front
stoop. feturhed. From ten to twenty
/ minutes was occupied by Bogert in.
these false starts. AT last Bogert said
that if Van Saun would kiss all the girls
he would go with him. Van Saun had
never kissed q girl in his life. 81 wanted
to 20 home, YOU knew" he testified
Yesterday, and 10 I went aroind and
kissed them ALL Epathe kissed Miss Van
Zandt and then. Miss Annie Goetchius.
While he was kissing them Miss Della
Goetchius said 70 Edward Cleveland,
aIn play a Joke on him." No sooner
had he completed his task by kissing
her than she, making her eyes flash and
flushing with, assumed anger, saidt-
"Don't yon know, sir, that there is q
fine Of $40 for kissing q married woman
HYou are not married ~ he said, aston
ished at her words and manner. II
5ou're married, what afe you doing
here? Where Is your marriage eerti-
bcateP, "There it is" she said, point
ing to an engrossed vote of thanks pre-
sented to her by a Hackensack society
of which she was a memb r. It was
hanging on the wall in q frame. HI
took it down and looked at it. He sayi
he discovered that it was not q marriage
certificate, but that he was a good dea
stirred up yet. Van Saun then went
away, followed by Bogert. Before they
left the room, however, Miss Goetchiul
called Bogeft to one side of the room
and said to him and others, in a Low
4 voice, "This Joke has gone far enough
We must tell him." She saw how muci
!. to heart Van Saun was taking it
ssNo,', said Bogert to her; 'let us keel
: it up a little while longer. I'll tell hin
81 as we 90 home" This satisfied her
q All the way home Bogert continued Il
: excite Van Saun's fears. Finally, a
his gate, he told Van Saun that b,
: would call on Miss Goetehius In TIL
; ihofnins to see if the matter could no
be settled. The next morning Boyer
s eams to him with a letter, purporting t
be from the lady, demanding $l5 whicl
the letter declared she must have befor'
night or she would tell her husband O
what had occurred. To meet this de
mand Van Saun went into the hous
I'll and got $14, the contents of q little irol
Z safe which he had kept unbroken sine
. he was eight years old. This none,
+ was all in pennies and small silye
sIpieces. When he took it out to Boyer
1.-The latter volunteered to help him on
q loan of the extra dollar require
to. make MP the $15. Subsequently
8 Bogert got sundry amounts out of Va
Sann by representing that an sttorre
: had heard of the facts and was going I
3 take the matter up, and then a constab''
and n&tha%fadp Ehusbgnd@wh