Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-20
LOVE
A V~irglnian's Tickle Girl--Texas Ro-
Story from Ontario.

NA0AA paw ~ NhoA viz yOAhS HOAAons
instead of cutting a ludicrous figure,
was enabled to do something more
graceful-stando off and bow herthanks.
The incident led to the acquaintance
Of the young people, and before May
had como the two were engaged to be
married. BlakemOre came of a family
who have an old and beautiful home
in the valley Of Virginia. while Miss
Graham was seventeen years old,
round faced, black haired, and Of
pretty hazel eyes. The match was
approved by both families, and the
wedding was set for Christmas day,
1879. One week before Christmas a
Mr.. Biddle, an old lover, returning for
tho holidays from the West, visited
Miss Graham. From the day of his
visit Miss Graham grew cold towards
Blakemore. He quoted to himself
Thackeray's doggerel
Loves like a mutton chop,
Soon it grows cold;
All its attractions hop
Fer it grows old,
Loves like the collie, sure.
Hard to endure;
Brandy's for a cure
So I've been told.
Accepting Thackera S remedyB Black
more took to brandy. Christmas passed
and on that day Blackmore lost his
mind. His friends heard of his un-
fortunate condition and were prepair-
ing to suecor him when he disappeared.
The search has been kept up since
then. A body recently ished out of.
the basin is 'believed to be his.
The insonity of the young lady in
Lyons, N. Y, who killed her father
and subsequently shot herself, was in
duced by a love affair. Her lover was
Eugene Raines, formerly a resident of
that village. 1t would seem that
though she respected him always, for
a long time Miss Hovey did not look
favorably upon his suit, giving as a
reason that she did not love him we'll
enough to marry him but he was
very persistent, and would take
nothing but yes as an answer TO his
proposal of marriage. Under this
stress she finally gave a reluctant con-
Sent but after he had gone away she
repented. For days and weeks this
preyed upon her mind-the thought
that having given him an affirmative
answer which sooner or later she felt
she must recall, she had done him an
lrreparable injury. After many at
tempts she wrote him a letter
annqlling the engagement, stat
ing frankly her reasons for such a
step and returning the engagement
ring he had placed upon her finger at
parting. Soon after this he was taken
i'll. He was sent South in the hope
that a change of climate would be
beneficial to him, and he died in
Louisiana in November last. On hear
ing Of his death Miss Hovey, already
in a weak, nervous condition, at once
sprang to the conclusion that she was
tho cause of it. Day and night this
idea haunted her. She at last entirely
lost control Of her mental faculties.
Ottawa, Ontario, has a wild sort of
a romance. A citizen had a daughter
who was so shy of lovers that the
towns-peOple, speaking of Venus, said:
"Her waspish-headed son has broke his
arrows,
sWeaFs he will shoot no more. but plav
with zuRrrouyr
And be a boy outright"
This was the state of affairs until a
trapper named Briskbers came along
and with Briskbers the girl fell in
love. Briskbers Airted with the girl
and left her. Three weeks ago the
young woman's father, before unknown
to Briskbers, made his acquaintance
under an assumed name. The two
went into partnership and started for
the wild grounds up the Gatineau,
there to spend the winter in hunting
and trapping. An Indian reports that
a week ago he found the dead body of
the old man in a camp that had been
occupied by the partners on their third
or fourth days journey into the viii
derness. The head had been split
open with an axe and the body was
covered with wounds. There were
signs Of a desperate struggle. Suspi-
cl0n of course attaches to Briskbers,
who returned alone a week ago, sold
out all his furs and took himself off to
parts unknown. 1t is thought that in
attempting to revenge himself on
Briskbers for the ruin Of his daughter
the old nan lost his life.
Michael Norman was a high strung
man, and his wife had a bad temper;
and SO it came about that though they
were good people reallythe separated.
That was eleven years ago, Mrs. Hor-
nan keeping the home, which was in
Houston, Texas, and Norman himself
leaving for the North. Norman went
into the railroad business at Column
bus and made considerable money.
His health failed him last summer,
and then he began 10 feel the remorse
that was sure TO come sooner or later.
He packed up all his goods and vent
to Texas, where he found his wife just
as he left her. except that she was
more loving and hat there was gray
in her hair. During Christmas week
both were kept in doors by sickness,
and on last Thursday both were very
i'll. They got out their love trinkets
and nrderedtha they should be buried
with them. On Sunday night Mrs.
Norman died, on Monday morning
Norman also gave up the ghost. They
were buried together on the next day.
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