St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-10
THE GAME OF HEARTS.
Young Mr.. White of De Soto Street
Fancied Himself SO Deeply
in Love
That He Sought to Quench the Unrequited
Passion with 80 CALDER Gun---lh
Wound is Healing but His
Heart is sore.

The game of hearts is as old as humanity,
but, alter all, il Is one that but few ever learn
how to play well: it is II dangerous game
moreover, and one that is frequently attended
with great risks, especially when the stakes
! happen 10 be- the affections. There was q
desperate game of this kind played in st.
Paul last Wednesday night, which resulted
in the most disastrous consequences to al
least one Of the parties, who was evidently a
victim OF the emeraid-eyed monster, and
who may pay the penalty for his rash folly
with death. 1t is thought, however. that he
will recover to regret the act, especially as be
even now looks at it in another light and
wants to get well.
Away down across the Burr street bridge
at point where the city boundaries COM
mence to assume a rural or country aspect,
are located the small farms, or rather patches
of a mum Der of well to do Germans, who
till the soil and raise garden stuff for the
supply of the city markets.
They are a thrifty class of citizens, law
abiding, intelligent and respectable. On one
of these tidy and we'll kept garden spots is
located the comfortable dwelling of farmer
named Barnhardt, and he has a goodly
share Of this worlds goods and is surrounded
by small family of boys and girls, one of
the latter being bright, industrious
young lady of twenty summers; she is noted
for her good sense and modesty, and while
not in tue category described as beautiful she
is the possessor of charms more substantial
and desirable than mere beauty. 1t was
n.4fu ral hat sT1rh lady 81 q
and so in the course of events this one had
two, both equally ardent in pressing their
claims TO her favor. AS the sequel SHOWS,
one OF her lovers was desperate and when his
suit was rejected some time since he refused
to accept his fate, but persisted in urging his
attentions with that vigor born of a rejected
but still ardent love.
The young man, Alexander White, was a
splendid mechanic, sober and industrious,
with an intelligent and Well balanced mind
in all other respects but that which con-
cerned his suit. Meantime the young lady
was honest in declaring her intentions and
when young White called at the paternal res
idence last Wednesday night scene took
place, which resulted in his leaving the
house in both a hurry and a huff. II was
evident that he was badly ratified over the
affair, for On reaching the residence
Of his parents on DeSota
street he repaired to his room
and placing a 32-caliber revolver at his
breast he blazed away, with the evident in
tention of perforating the seat Of his affec-
tons. The bullet just missed his heart, and
after trayersing some distance lodged near
the shoulder. This was about IL 80 O'Clock
p. IN, and the report from the revolver
aroused the family, who found the poor
fellow writhing in pain. DR.. Higbie was
called and he pronounced the wound as dan
gerous, but not necessarily fatal. Since the
ST ooting he has constantly improved, and 1t
is thought that he is now out Of danger and
on the fair road to recovery.
An effort was made 10 keep the affair
quiet, especially as the young mans mother
is Frustrated from illness. The young lady,
who of course is not 10 blame, is also deeply
panied over the affair. White is about
tweuty-one years of age, and he recently re-
turned from Brainerd, where he had been
employed during the summer and fail. The
affair is deeply regretted by all the parties
interested, but as II Is one Of tue things that
might occur in the best of regulated families,
it is hoped that 1t may yet end well.