Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-01-31
SHE LOVED THEM BOTH.
But It Was Hard for Her to Saw
Which She Loved the Most
"A Love Story.

The good people of Sturgeon. in
Boone county, were unduly ex-
cited OH the %. For seveasl
months, Miss Net.ie White the
pretty daughter of B. f. White,
prominent citizen of that place, has
been receiving the tteniions of
two young men of good standing,
one of whom lives near Sturgeon,
while the other Is farmer near
that place. Both bear the name of
Winn, and are distantly related to
each other by the ties of oonsan
guinity. Charles Winn lives in
Sturgeon and plies bis trade as p
wagon maker. The other Winn's
given name is Lee and not far from
town he tills the soil. 1t would
seem that the young man living
III town possessed an advantage
over his country cousin in his task
OF winning the affections of his
imamorata, but it appears to be
otherwise. Miss White received
the attentions of both men for
several months, showing not the
least par,iality to either. Matters
continued in this way until few
weeks ago, when the engagement of
Miss White and Lee Winn was an
nounced. The announcement
created quite stir among the
Sturgeon people, and the friends of
Charles did what they could to
have the engagement declared off.
The day for the wedding was NAM
ed as February IA and both bride
and groom prospective at once
set about preparing for the event.
| In the meantime Charles, the
town suitor. was not discouraged.
| He secured an audience with the
lady of his love and after using a
little persuasive argument con-
vinced The girl that it was lie that
she loved, rather than his cousin
Lee. The girl agreed th~. he was
/ right, and it was arrangai between
them that they should be secretly
married on the 23d, which was
| Wednesday. The story of the young
lady's new determination got out
in some way, and the young farmer
came post-haste to the White resi-.
dence TO learn the facts. He tounc
his rival there, but no hot words
passed between them. On The
contrary, both were very matter
of-fact and the suggestion was ever
made that the. young lady be al
lowed then and there to take hel
choice between the two men. The
suggestion met with the approval
of the other two and the riva.
lovers stood up before the object
OF their affections.
"If you love me, and want to
marry me-" said Charles, "yor
must follow as | pass out of the
door on the right. But if yo,
would rather marry Lee, you must
| follow him out of the door on The
left.''
| The plan was readily agreet
upon and the men turned ant
started for their respective doors
The poor girl was in a dilemma
but as she had but Il mo,nent il
which to decide. she quickly turn
ed and followed the first lover
As she reached the door with hin
she seemed to he overtaken with
sense of obligation to Charles, 70
quick as lightning she turned
on her heels and cried to tina
young man, whose, form had al
ready disappeared through hi
doorway
"Oh, Charley ; come back, COM
back -
Charles obeyed forthwith an
Lee, of course, returned too. Til
latter was much disappointed
while Charles still had room fo
! hope. Another talk was indulge,
in and it was agreed TO try tn
same play again. The girl agai
followed Lee, but she relentea thl
time, too, and called Charles back
This performance was repeate
several times until finally Lee sue
ceeded in getting the girl to folloi
him into the yard Friends of tn
fvoung farmer at once hurried tn
pair to the railroad station, wher
they found freight train abou
ready to start to Centralia. b
train was boarded, and amid th
hurrahs Of the Lee Winn crow
and the groans of the Charlie
Winn faction, it moved out. Th
winning Winn and Miss White RI
mained in Centralia that night, an
in the morning went to Columbia
be married. 1t is reported that {
10 O'Clock al night Charles Win
started for Columbia in IA buggy
, order to give the girl anoth.
: chance at him.
Miss White is prepoSsessin
! young lady of good parents, age
i. about nineteen years. She is ii
daughter of b. +. White, a goo
: and prominent citizen of Sturgeo
E and proprietor Of the ssurgeo
E flour mill. Both of the Winn boy
: are we'll connected. This amusin
y affair has created great excltemei
in Sturgeon by reason OF the prom
f1,o,,no aF tho Y.a r.fes and IL Ia S4l