The Daily Tombstone., 1886-04-30
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The Course OfTrue Love, as iG
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| slipped his cable, slipped dowa to La Trinidad and became an "hnnest miner" Not finding 3 piano up among the rugged cliffs of the Little Summit of the Sierra Madre, Will l lohghby organized a brass band-for he. is bound to make noise in the. world. His musical tastes and gen. eral vivacity brought him into con tact with the first families. For a seaso1 the dark-eyed senoritas fought shy of his blAndishments, for some how or other the impression got out
 down there that WillOhghty had a young wife in T0mbstontel>' Or else. #here in Arizona. However, he be- Same deeply infatuated with beau E.tiful young woman belonging to ..u- family of sisters almost numerous enough to match the State, and he pressed his suit with al the arddr of. his nature. Some of the boys about town induced 2 young Mexican rival t5' IE form the young lady'S father that Willougkby was married. The old gentleman forbid the further atten- tions of the gallant toward his daugh- ter. This n early Broks willoughby's heart; but lie asked and was granted the privilege tf Ierutihg The EIandSr. Accordingly he wro!'e to the Recorder of Cochise county, Arizona, and oB- { tpj4ed q certificate to'~the effect that no license had ever been jssyed for nor had such marriage ever taken place in that county. Meantime, Willoughby asccrtained that his hated Mexican rival had conveyed the story | 5t lis marriage to the old man, and, Megtin2 fiI8b" -ftival 'WiioqgIiby gave bim j S3o-latrabingAAAcc6 to the p6lies court docket. At length the Recolder's certificate arrived, and Willoughby was up in the sey- cnth heaven of happiness-"and the wind blew through his whiskers" But then the girls grandfather had | just passed away, and according to the custom of the country no one but memUer5 Of the family were allowed to erter the L6uss fer J certain num- Der Of days WilloiGhIghby could not brook delay, and so procuring three :. legged stool, he took a position in the evening under the girls window, to have conversation with her through the wicket. His position was on q harrow sidewalk, constituting the brink of a deep arroyc, and the night was cold. The same mischievoGs Gringoes wka,had been the Bhne of, his love .laifaiff, edimmI4oy9d two young Mexicans. one of whom approached the happy lover from one direction and placed beneath the stool red hot portable stove; while the other approached from aa opposite direc- tion and threw pair of heavy blan
 kets (Willcugtby's ownl over his shoulders. In an instant fs.s blAn- kGts went into tie muddy stream, with the ch4tcoal stove and contents in hot pursuit. while the stool went flying through the air at the nearest one of his torneBtors. This exhibi- tion of temper in front oi house of mourning again aroused the ire of the i'd gentleman, and again the heart broken Willoughby retired, with the injunction never to again show his i iaGe on the premises. In ume' hoy evG:F.' 'Ne satisfied the old gentleman with hi. cgpEAiiati,ors, .:ne tacn in triumph exhibited "'tho certificate from the Cochise County Recorder
 The old gentleman was satisfied with the certificate of character, and once n!ore everything was lovely with the ldvcfs But in less than twenty-four hours t',ereafteI tho mischievous Grinsoes,' Vino still pursued him, got after the gfG's father and explained to him that there 'sgas 5 dozen coun- ties in Arizona and more fhsn one th0usand iB the United States, and while < man might get married in any of these counties the fact would never 1 b,, Gt1,,u-,1 in .,nv ,,,I,ur cou,,t,---.-,nJ