The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-04-10

A very sad ending to q courtshIp that prom
ised to develope into marriage that would
be unusually expensive to the father OF the
bride occurred on the West Side not long ago
A young lady whose assortment Of bangs and
striped stockings would make the Demidotl
collection look like a second hand store, had
been wooed during the entire winter by a
young man who had slight percentage in his
favor by reason Of the unusually favorable
weather,-it beng generally too warm for
oysters and too cold for ICe-cream. Embold
ened by the cheapness of the scheme, and
rendered unnaturally reckless by the serious
illness of wealthy aunt, to whom he occu-
pied the pleasing position of sole heir, he re-
solved to hunt up his fate as far as the girl was
concerned and have 1t settled. So the next
time they held down the old armchair tOgeth.
er he heaved the die. Putting his arm around
the girl as precautionary measure, he told in
burning words of his love, and then, without
giving her a chance to say that ii was all right
and that he could see papa, proceeded to des-
cribe the unrutiled and heightened existence
they would enjoy il she would only confer
upon him her somewhat protuse hand. He
gave her great talk about the customary little
cottage EMPOWERED with roses, and then went
on, without even coughing, to picture their
trip to Europe; how they would roam through
sunny Italy, and sail over the placid waters Of
Lake Como, whose ripping waves sang songs
of love, and where summer-gOden-tinte
summer-laid her warm cheek 10 the waves.
Then. remarking that with the hand of Mem
ory he would lift the curtain of the past and
peer into the dim vista of the Had Been, he
reminded her of the happy days OF childhood
when he divided chewing-gum with her at
school, and she subsequently placed pm IN
his chair where 1t would do the most harm.
pnI, I,fa
Bill but she had fixed up more romantic one
for him early In the courtship) so eloquent be
fore, Fifine was inclined to think that he was
acting little rank, but when the time came
she buried her little nOselet in his shoulder
and sobblngly replied that he must have
known that her heart was his. 20, darlng"
she remarked, your description of Lake Como
was just elegant. From that moment | never
doubted the depth of your love" We'll, -
said sepulChral but well known voice, ait
made lIe tired :" and looking around the lov.
ers saw the old man standing IN the door, a
malignant smile lighting up his features "lf
anybody thinks, he continued in "A cold, pitt
less voice, that | would allow Fife that was
the old wreich's abbrevlaion for Fifinel TO
marry man that talked such unmltigaied
slush rs that, | should hope he would merci-
fully terminate my career with a club. And
in my opinion drowning Is a shade too gOod
for any man that would fill up girl with
that kind of Cruel. | may be little slangy.
but all my talk goes" The young man went
also after which the unasthetIcal parent sent
the girl 10 bed, remarking with brutal laugh
that he guessed that young sucker wouldn't
wake HIM any more at IL 80 10y slamming the
door rs be started for home. And rs tie ex
lover stood on a corner waiting for car, he
saw that in getting a reporter 10 write him n
proper speech with which Ia corral the girl.
he had unconsciouly sawed oil the limb upon
which his hopes were sitting.