The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-29

right about such things, and mamma
thinks, just as I do, that in case like
this man would be ever SO much more
apt to decide right on what was best to
do, because women, you know. always
let their feelings run away with their
judgment, and frequently make mistakes
IN matters that perhaps affect their
whole existence. I told mamma that il
Seemed awfully Queer to talk TO a strange
man about any such thing as this, but
she said editors We're persons of great
experience, and since dear papa was
dead it would be good deal better to
find out what some man of experience
thought about it before 1 went any fur
Their"
@Were you able to talk when papa
hid the last hurdle ?" inquired the horst
reporter.
4oh, yes, I was nearly nine when he
died"
Your father must have left a large
propertY2s
well, he did," replied the girl, but
what made you think 500"
"Oh, nothing" replied St Jnlien's
friend, only | have noticed that lucky
men are generally rich"
"Wgll, Of course 7 don't know anv-
thing about that" said the Young lady.
but anyhow mamma thought I had bet
ter see some of you gentlemen about my
affair. [ am in love, you know, with a
young man, and we are corresponding
right along, but he doesn't seem to pro-
gress any about what sm thinking about
you ldlow, ind ffianinid Says probably
my letters aren't quite tender enough.
and it seemed to me that an editor
ought to know about anything like
that" Gas tes 2.
did you ever try the blanks-be-
tween-the-stars racket" asked the
horse reporter.
The what?"
&THe Observation-Disclosures racket:
That's d daisy, and unless this young
fellow is pretty fly the. chances are that
you will land him on the first throw. I
have seen some pretty wise men go
/ against that deadfall and get caught
not dry-goods clerks Or any stich tissue
paper ducks as those, you know, but
boys who had been out after 9 o'clock
for several consecutive nights and were
L supposed to be right in the front end of
the procession all the time" 3sa =
am sure | don't know what YOU
hiean, said The 5s6ing 1sdy'j Fbut ]. will
| try this -" t3
Racket" suggested the reporter
! Racket" continued the young lady,
IF you will tell me about it." .as6Y
We'll" said the horse-reporter, "the
next time you write to I1thelbert, or
3NhatB8er his natrie IS, you lust give II. to
him strong about the deathless passion
4 your heart holds for him a heart that
has never before ,know11 what it WIS to
be tortured by doilbts and fears that
the one on whom the priceless treasure
of its love was set might prove unfaith-
full to that love, unworthy of the trust
ing heart that gave it birth. This will
4 wake him up pretty we'll, and then is
the little to find cut where he li~es Say
! that without his love life would be an
arid waste upon whose burning sands
lay the white skeletons of love and
/ hope. That the days on which no letter
! comes from him are as the blanks be-
tween the stars seeming all the more
/ parl5s and ebeer1e,s because Of the
brightlies5 en- bither side" .a,4e..e svg
| "Do you think that would have the
/ desired result?" asked the girl.
eff it DOESN'T replied the horsere-
porter, "you are lucky, to lose, him."