The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-28
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r.: 81 don't think there is as ,raueh ,oen..
me love-making in Saratoga NOWADAYS
as there used to be years ago, " said old
Sexton Palnueston,s as he leaned on his
spade. ''They all seem to be going! for
money. Why, haven't had fouiir. SanItRl- nIR
Inc love cases in the graveyard this year,
Now, when man is going for money
you doh'tsee him bringing his girl ovssf;
Ihere.lId q f4zsg II .gy0ff aF. g,dB .,n
"How does, he act when he is going
for money?n asked.os afw nostGe -37t
.''Why,h he spahds, his stime around the,
florists, he heaps presents on her, keeps
her room full Of flowers o'h HANDS ana s5tch chairs
on the balcenya always stands ready,
with music programme, looks alter
her mail, y always cohipffments her
clothes, and - +4--- - arFs 9e, ,for,e., ,.e,
''And what. else?'' I asked. imna-
tiently.d3 h3iaE e4e91afaI biYfT u
'.Why, the eourtingsfor-moneyl lover.
even looks after his .sweetheart's table.
He even goes and bribesF the head cook
to sendihel' chicken livers- en- ibrochette.
woodcock and Spanish mackerel., The
cooks always have these deiicacfes Efop
guests provided and they are well paid
Tor them. o! he gives his girl an ele.
giant time, but there's no love ID it.td' 2Hi
G ]TBut how does the all-for-loyeSyoune9
man man &C go to work?'' I interrupted. =
"Why, he don't fool around at a dis.
tance," said the old sexton, ,t.sWith bou-s
quets, and chairs, and progra mmes, and !
nice breakfasts. He just quietly walks,
his sweetheart over to the graveyard q
and, sitting on one of those benches out,
under the trees yonder, he takes her
hando He sits right down and attacks
her heart; He don't fool around bavs.
ing flowers for her eyes, nor ca candles for
her tongue, nor perfumes for her nose:
he Just gets his arm right around: her,
heart, and when it begins to throb, and
when hercheek gets red and warm he
knows that girl is his'n. Don't stand
so near the grave or TIL cave IN WHY. Y
that, girl would rather haze one hour efi
our. warm graveyard courtingr than 400
years of such iceberg courting as See
going on over inthes States sparlars. lives
seen this courtin' goin' on for fortE.i
years. Q fBy jimmf1Iy,, there's q Bone!
| m getting too near that othergraxe oRt
l see old .grey-headed men every day |
riding up here in carriages who 'courted 7
their wives in this grayeya forty yeatsa
ago. There's r. L Stuart, the wealthysl
-44'a1iIAI9 sid OF hIaa -"
lat'Butihe's3an old baoheior;''fI init r-9f
rIlpted =, a4l
/" Never mind that I tell yonn, o,n,q hby ] vi
benches could tell why he never gotrnar- \
ried, He loved the girl well enough, /
. = But who else do you remember see 4
ing here2',. / asked a
''Why, there was Mr.. Winston, OF the
NtutualEife.G He used to walk around Y
ti heirle, thirty years ago, with a beautiful
blonde girl. | can see him now kissing
thatl girAbHtT Tmnot going gtotell all I r
Know Andrew H. Green, he married d.
girl he cohfted in my graveyard. Fer.
nando Wood Used TOT shave Ia seat. here. Y
and Charles A. Dana, he used to knowsd
forty years ago, all about flirting in
oaOid GenerafJ alneslNatson nof
Webb used to walk the, young ladies upJc
here fifty years ago, and his son. the
Doctor, why he could nneper get,ateh -
1t all in courting Miss Vanderbilt till heJs
rot her away from the stuck-ub States
hotel, and found himself one dayin OF
II my seats, | knew Vanderbilt woulddl
osea daughtef That night I tell You,
hese KeNard seats WmaaneEb Eb,lsinass
very time: Did I ever haye any SenasedI
ors or Governors on my seatse WIZ, of
course. Senator Herman eottrted ntwo, 7
sirls at once in this graveyard, and Pres
dent Arthur knoi15 where an ffffex best
eats areot They needn't be ashamed Of
t either, for Hamilton and De Witt -Clin-
onaused tosd6 Che same thing when they 1a
veFe sboyss:gi Bows will belboyss'31s eontih- -da
led the old man, as he Jumped out of
he graves sand igffis win hegiffsae GiFlsfG,
With big hearts hike to ebe loYeds and felsiu
ows with big hearts viii kiss and lote
hem. Itdon' t. care how Straight thdr 2,
'arents make them sit up and down atj j
he States, they will occasionally opt !,
way and come up herein sheaefase eyafd f ne,
? act natural; and I'm the las, man to- !,
inder EN-. Why l often Keep these I
rayeyard gates open TIL mine fosefoek Y:
hen there are genuine. lovers ,eneaghf
round to warrant it. I don't mean
irfers.a Imean' real, genuine lovers! / Dfii
..But hew do the lovers manage -downfid
Long Branch and over. at Newport. 1
here they have no grayeyafds handy s'' e
asked. a .o3 sgob 3un aggo9 nfogF9 SIT
81 don't know, but they have mating /
laces sonhewhere..'a I'spect they ST out :,
J the sand under the bluffs. or sit aroundtn
nder umbrellas in the pavilions, or get /,
] dismal tcofhers9 ion the balconies = II
J hsy'ye ,es got to7by gosh, they're gpsfd
That's what the old Saratoga grave y 7, =,
ard philosopher said r. Saratoga ,CorlEr
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