The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-10-14
CUPlO'S CHAINS.
\ Romance in real life.

a romance in real life is not an
every day matter in busy practical
America, and when Il newspaper re-
porter hears of one he can be partloned
for hunting it up and learning AS much
about it rs possible. The facts in the
following history are strictly true aud
were brought about by the existence of
certain clauses in the new constitution.
People who have abused the trainers
of the constitution for the past year
and half may find something in the
recital that may cause them to change
their minds.
IN THE BEGINNING;
of the present year Thomas Wolfe and
James Woods, two young Irishmcn
aged each about twenty-six years, We're
living in County Meath, Ireland. They
were both striving hard to make a
livelihood and found it hard work to
do even this. But when they fell in
love and began casting about them for
ways and means to get married they
became utterly disguised ut tho pros
poets ahead. AS they had determined
to marry, however, they left Ireland
and came to America, but not without
! telling their swcethearts that they
would return just so soon rs they had
acquired sufficient competence to per-
NIT the tying of the marital knot
Woife's sweetheart, Maggie hurry, n
beautiful young girl aged eighteen,
lived at st. Cloud, and Mamie Carr,
Woods inamorata, lived at Market
Square Narrow. The Two Young mc,.
came to Louisiana attracted by the re-
ports spread through the agency of the
bureau of agriculture, and finally set
tied down at
LAKE CHARLES, cALcASlEu PARISH,
where they procured labor in the saw
mills. They worked hard, were at
tentivc to business, and denied them
selves every enjoyment. Their nc
quaintances thought strange things of
them ut first, but concluding that they
were saving their money let them
alone. About the first Of August. VIM
Harris, the commissioner of agricul-
ture, received a letter from them ask
ing him If he would forward so to
Beanpare postot1ice, county Meath.
Mr.. Harris of course replied in the
affirmative, and in duo course of time
the money was sent to it's destination.
Yesterday evening as Mr.. Harris
was sitting in his office, there walked
| in two young women carrying in their
| hands two immense carpet.bags. They
were evidently immigrants, but the
| beauty of one OF them was so pro-
nounced as to canse even MIR. Harris to
! regard them more attentivcly. They
were invited TO take seats, and upon
accepting, tho pretticr and smaller OF
the two stated that her name was
MAGGIE MUI;IN
and her companions Mamie Carr.
awe received the money YOU scnt
u.s." said she, Sand we've come"
AS Mr.. Harris expressed much sur
prise ut seeing EN-, the girls re-
counted tho incidents OF their trip, saw
ing that they embarked on the steamer
Teutonia ut Liverpool on August 18th
and had had very pleasant journey.
awe want to go to Lake Charles"
they both said almost simultaneously,
in conclusion. Mr.. Harris by this
time saw tho way tho land lay the
two were modest in their dcmoanor
and bore every mark of virtue and in
nOccncc upon their pure countcnanccs,
and it was without hesitation that he
asked:
"You arc going there to get married
then :''
The two faces were downcast and
bIush-colorcd as they answered or
rather whispered
eyes"
"Wern't you afraid TO make such II
long trip by yourselves to Il strange
country?'
"No, sir; We trusted them too well
for that"
The girls remained i'll the city last
night and will leave for ST. Charles
this morning by the Texas train. AS
their money had given out, Mr.. Harris
advanced them their fares IA he be-
lieves in encouraging such devotion as
exhibited.
There may be happier people than
the two couples who will meet to-day
at st. Charles, but what's their name
and where they're from, viii bc hard
to Say.-Nric O|icu'S Times.
During the rain the other day, says
the Atlanta Herald, ola ST laid his
umbrella down on q counter in Il store.
When he got ready to go out the
article was missing. lie turned to
some larkicS near and said
"Whar's dat umbrcllcr dat J put dare
on dat counter ?'
"Wc didn't see hit" replied one.
"Mebbe so, but | nightly 'spccts
dat some oh yer felt hit"
emo, we didn't, necder."
UDOn't yer fool wild me. now 'kasr T