Rio Grande republican., 1890-12-13
Regents Agricult,l . coIleRe
CUPlDs MESSENGER.
How a stern Pspdnt Was Dat
wEtted by Two Lovers
unkuo~iaSit lie Acted as rostn,aH far
NeAFs Bpfg~sM Ills Daughter and Her
Romeo--A Case ef Esse Laagh-
ing at oAstae.ea.

/"'Love laughs a. !5cksraisils. no doght
Of It." sa!d jolly ola teiigve IN q Car Of
the elevated railway -the other dag. as
fn spread bis newspaper CT his knscs
and fczuet tz.,k 70 hare hearty lAesh
az the gtozy Of an 6Iqneneat be hid
just been nsa1ypg h 4 Aea 4-s,rk 4Ys,rk .i-r1itF T fir1tFs
une reporter. This story. be ceatin-
assf. reminds ne 81 the .n-Es>ass554s. .sss
myself aasl rsy wisa, years agc, when
was 'pyeEtec boy 70 crastx-ni1 Ieath@
er merchant in ,the swamp. He used 10
live over in Brooklyn and par. Of nj
rrsess-TT 77agcs we're taken 0Ht Il hoardt
and io3gtay 1t lis hnsSe -f,s .sssat=ss=E
left my bod in he attic ard vas sueeP-
ing 0Lzt e4--ffss Il T0gTIl long before
his old ribs was az and retvvrea 70
my supper honE after be had lefs rhe o.
fre fuE Ehe 4ar. Tet l folra Tins 70 I&if
in love With his PsettI daUgh seE tog All
that.
''She returned nay feelings q rnay say
it without vanity. IS H.e kaxo heen E-2=.
ried now taese thirty years. and !
stepped around IA the seventh Heaven
Tor time, bist she old man soon spotted
US aa9 narrowly escaped a-Severe
thrashin.- At bis haais i8s ay zi.=e sanp-
uon- vxas izz1ishd4 fEom -lAc kaase
and Jane was locked up in her room on
a bread ard water dtet for q wees or
coarsc- xe fns-ssA = y sassss==..dez ezear 5iz5e IN
. very long tinsa, bat hos 70 correspond
as frequently as cur yearEiag young
hearts desired Ezs question tAA1ss..ts Fsa- ;s4.aa-
Eife7t rs Tor months Tie post-oEice Sas
no use for tsrrc= v-as no holse-.i1 house
delivery in these days. arl al tie letters
for the family came 40 the counting
hoasc and passed under tho old mans
eye. and there VAS no one - act as a go
between - Sh0m Ne aasre eonflde the
secret Can't yoa hit some plan. Jane,
dear7' said in despair one day, On
which VIC had managed 70 arrange for .
clandestire E,eetine after 4 TaoatL spent
without glimpse Of each other Is
ttEure no one in your family or among
your friends or servants whom yoa
could trust to carry our notes back and
forth7'
+" No oac,' she replied. With Sigh.
Have not thought and thought and
thought as much about II as you? Bnt
O.. haze Il hare Il :. si7g z Itzsr iIIz5i,
suddenly oiapping her hanas- 'Ih4ve
found some one at last and she burst
into peal OF laughter.so long that
could hardly control rax inapaiica>n -
-nrar zGT discovery.
".lyho Is 1t? Tell nc quick said.
+" 'PaPs, she gasped, and went of into
another 1t Of laughter.
ssFYou- fatherY' I sassAl =ssoz7TTttsaa,
Jane yoa'ro making eraei fun Of me-
and L turned my hacR On her IN han
81 asa NOT, Indeed, dear Billy, she
s==s.s..s==as mean JsE 8 bat SAY, foa
know papa's oft oreFcoat TIA. be
viii tnsis; on wearing nina months In
the year IN spite of all that every body
ssan say. tfell, III hide a little note %
yoa every day in the lining Of sho.coat-
tail, and when he hangs IL up behiHd
y the eouutinF-roou d3or It viii be easy
Eor you b get il out and bisia your an
sVger in=1he sane plsce. oh, my, won't
itlhe funny 10 think Of papa wAo has
sothis heart on keeping rs apart, him
sclfearrying our love letters hack and
forth from one 20 the other eYerr day,
aad sheNhprst into anothsr- merry F..sai
of laughter. in which !5iBcl heArtily ,
this tiuiIe
"wcll, We adopted tho plan and Il
worked 70, a charm. TAe' old boy rsas
our faitafal postz4aa for years, and
e.tcn used " trcmble as thought o.
the possible AeascFucHees IL be sho9la
ever discover one OF MT barnias love
rlissives in tho talls-c Of iss rgsi ola
coat. But nc never did. AMI In .dH,
course Of timg worked my wayi % 10 ]
place in his bnsin&ss where be could nS
longer Ignore me ofNrny claims lie va.
rather asssEs4sArsss, ,on& day, though, when
fori#Ali asked for hks daughters hand
and assured hlm that sAe was willing g
ho was. He consented, but Il ssas- -no
until | was bis junior MARINER and b
was tlandsiuE MS first grandson en hii
kaec thar =e dared - tell Lim hDw rs
years me i1At played tl.s s,.sgs y !. 's;sfi =
r.seszgaggF Wnea be ,so4Eht az sa-4 act
iag t..c sgQcn All e;lre.ai gafe at