St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
MIR. GERTY'S TWO LOVES.

MIR. GERTY'S TWO LOVES.
Tender Documents Shown in
Court in a Breach of Promise
Case.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
In the breach of promise suit of Miss
Annie Palmer against Charles F. Gerty,
the defendant was put on the stand yes
| terday afternoon and testified that thew
| were TO nave been married on Christmas
eve, but that he had been disappointed
IN getting some money from his
/ uncle, and he requested Miss Palmer
to let the affair drop. He said Miss
Palmer knew the wedding depended
| upon the contingency of getting money
from his uncle, who had since died. He
Safd he wouldn't marry Miss Palmer
| now if he could. He confessed that he
told Miss Palmer that Miss Moody
would shoot him if he got married, and
ne believed the latter lady would have
| carried out her threat.
| Dec. 81, 1885, Mr.. Gerty wrote the
following letter to Miss Palmer in re-
gard to the Miss Moody episode:
My Darling Annie: l find it neces-
sary to drop you few lines to let you
Know that it will be impossible for me
10 come up tomorrow afternoon. Per-
maps can get back in time to come up
IN the evening. told you was up to
see Dell. Well, / went, and l might
Done by it. l saw her, explained why
had come to see her, and everything. I
told her had everything arranged to
get married, and asked her to allow
me to. So she told me she was
very sorry, but as l had eyery-
thing ready, she would have to be the
bride herself, and would not think of
allowing any one to take her place. 1
coaXed, offered her anything within
reason, but she refused. She said she
mad the first and best claim, and she
was going to keep it. l saw it was no
use. SO told her l would get married
anyhow. She dared me to do so. Well,
mad to give it up as bad lob, and be-
gan to talk about other things.
The letter then goes an to state that
MISS Della Moody denies the story of
being outside the house with a revolver
When the wedding was to take place,
ana SAID she proposed to make it un-
pleasant for the persons who circulated
the story.
In letter dated Dec. 10, 1885. Gerty
writes to Miss Palmer's brother for his
consent to the nuptials, as the young
ldQy was under age.
In letter dated "a Evergreen avenue,
Bennett. Pa, September, 1885, Gerty
says that he is not a poet, and can not
answer Miss Palmer'S letter with the
same poetlc fervor that colOrS hers. He
can only walk the common earth and
dwell with earthly things. 81 mean. !"
he says, "that l cannot put the color on
my thoughts you can, such as the sunny
Side OF sweet deliverance,' yours till
death do us part and so on: but agree
with you, for we will be true till death
do us part, and then do sincerely hope
TO meet you on the sunny banks of
sweet deliverance."
Still he was not so discouraged as to
fali to make an attempt at poetry, as
the following letter from Chicago
shows:
My Dearest Girl-Attired in under
shirt, slippers, light pants and linen
coat, and armed with writing paper. pen
and ink and Waverly's Magazine. I
bend my steps towards the cool, shady
banks of Lake Michigan, and sit me
down to write my thoughts about some
one who has been haunting me all night
and all morning. How much l would
With With me, 1Hs' to 90" feel % vonr nave sweet Soa
breath upon my cheek, to clasp you in
my arms as l used to in the sweet days
gone Oy-to have just one kiss. 'Tis
lovely to sit here and watch the ships
go Sailing by on the deep blue lake.
1f.you were only here, Pet, to enjoy it
with me, Pet. oh, if you only knew
now much | love you, Pet, you would
never doubt me again. | know there
was a time when you thought / loved
you. So | did; but my love for Won
then is nothing compared to what it is
now. The piece l was going to write is
too long. SO | will write YOU one of nv
own for starter. This is what I cal
my July poem:
1t was a calm evening in july.
An Ana our rooster is crying for fry,
The pump handle squeaks,
Like sacred man speaks,
AS the hired gir! jerks the pump,
The frogs squeak loud,
The girls all in crowd,
When tiny little mouse climbs up on
And the beautiful spring is gone;
But summer is here,
And ice cream is near.
So sad am |,
I'd like to cry,
For my last cent has followed the spring.
Come out some time and see me and
I'll tell you the rest. What do Won
think of it, Annie? Amt I quite a
poet? But don't tell anybody. Do
please write and will answer prompt
ly. From your devoted and dearest
your dearest and only true lover.
G. F. GERTY.
Following is some of the colloouy be-
tween the defendant and counsel.
Couldn't you keep a wife without
help from your uncle?''
NO"
''Had you any intention of trifling
with her affectiOnS9''
mo"
"Were you working at the time the
marriage was to take place?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, couldn't you afford to get
married?''
"Yes, but I couldn't afford to keep
her afterward.''
"You promised to get preacher,
didn't you?"
eyes"
"Did you tell Miss Palmer that Della
Moody threatened to shoot you if you
got married?"
That's what said, and that's whatI
believe now she would have DONE"
''For what reason?"
''She thought she had claim on me-"
"You had two girls on the string then.
IL law h-x,