Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-04
AY OLD MAYS DARLING.
How She Provided Her~eIl with an Outfit And Len Her Ancient Lover in
 


 Despair.
 4 gray-headed, gray-bearded. wrin kled faced man Of eighty years, leanin. on the well rounded arm of buAon rosy checked and black eyed countr, lass at noon Tuesday walked into a no tel in this city and asked to be provide, ! With accommodations.
 "Oh! rooms for yourself and Gaurh ter, is it?' remarked the hotel clerk.
 Not exactly" whispered the old gen tleman. Il want double room for my self and wiic. That's the size -oi it, turning and addressing the girl lt hi; ! side. Only ID monosyllables Ives es ! capped from her pretty lips.
 1.-The old man was requested tO regis ! ter. Slowly he scratched his autograph i In the bIg bOok-"John II. Blest and | wife, Byron, Fond du Lac county He | Was assigned to his room, and while he ! performed his ablutlOns the reputed wife waited tpatiently in the parlOr 1 Dinner being announced the III mated couple ambed into the dining room, where he afforded amusement to the other guests by his loving attentions tu the maiden. He carefully placed dain- ty morseis of food on her plate and be- souCht his little dear in the blandest mannei Eto appsase her appetite. This sue did with a vengeance. -is soon as they emerged from the dining room Blest hobbled up to the desk ard eau iiOusly whispered to the clerk:
 ''I ain't married, but I'm going to be. Can't you direct me to a minister near by? Don't .lct on but what We are man and wife"
 The accommodating clerk eyed bis questioner in wonder for a few moments and then quietly told him of the resi- deBce of man of the cloth who would unite them in the bonds of matrimuny.
 Thank yOu, thank you" chuckled NIT. Blest. Come, my dear," said he to his companion, ''lsts Us take a walk" |" E ut "the dear" went down to the old mans ear and whispered something about a cloak and ha:. He had re- course again t0 his friend, the clerk, to whom be couided the intelligence. ''She wants Co get full new rig" He was directed to a ueighbOring estab- hshment, whither he tremblingly led the prospective bride. Half an hour elapsed before Mr Blest reappsared. When he dld hls face was radiant with joy. You just ought tu see her. he said to the clerk. She has got a real seaiskin sack and its such beautiful one. The lady is altering 1t tO make + it. She will be here m quarter of an hour. Oh, but she iS looking nice" and the man from Byron slid into yawning chair and calmly awaited the arrival of the fair one. It was not long b fore she a. a geoUs sack and a Tavlsling- looking hat, which a south side ha.'a -, Int well be proud Of. while her Ea-ls u,.e covered with p-.- af eight-bui,on kIds. New shoes adorned her feet, and in harmony with the rest Of the outfit When the vision of loveliness came sailing down the street the old man ran eagerly for ward Co meet her. Sine smiled and sweetly requested some money to buy a portmanteaU which was immediately given her. Then the old man sat down to wait her return. \ half hour passed, an hour went by, and still the fair one remained away. MT. Blest became greas- ly excited at her inexplcable absence, and sought tine clerk for advice. He said he was afraid she had got lost. The afternoon passed and night came on and yet the young miss continued among the missing. The police were notified, and inquiry was made about the city, but not one ray of intelligence respect ing her whereabouts was obtained Slowly and sorrowfully the disappOInt- ed groom returned to his hotel, and after indulging m copiOus d-aughts of the ardent he was led gently to bed. The girl, lt k said, took last nights train for Fond du Lac, having, 1t is thought, be- come decidedly sick of her antIquated lover, or else she was thoroughbred ad- venturess who needed a new outfit in the clothing line, and had taken this means to obtain it.-Nlenasha and Neenah, Wis. News.