St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-07-25

caom,re you deeply. mind you.
Sepsivattng ever lind you;
bot would not sit behind you
Asa play.
Harry B. Smith, in America
Halls ADVENTURES.
An interesting Story Of Love an,
Many Mistakes.
Hello. Jack. The very person abov
~ others | wished most to see"
What's mp now7'' asked Jack. /,
surprise.
Il have . great favor to ask Of you
swo favors. in fact One is great AIT
soe other Is greater"
10 ahead. old fellow, I'm all in tn,
dark. but II it is possible will gran
Snem- fou know that. though, dom
your"
am not certain. But let MS retirt
70 some place more private" and thu
two friends strolled leisurely int
the park. and. lighting their fragrant
Havana2 they seated themselves com
fortably on ono Of the many rustis
benches
I'm ready now, Hal; out with II. :
said Jack. rs he lazily puffcd out the
blue smoke.
may n well own mp that ! an
such . blockhead that I have to engage
sguardian for . week. and not caring
70 confess as much to anyone else
have decided to ask you il you art
willing 10 assume that terrible rcspon
sibility."
"A guardian. Hal? A guardian 70,
what?"
"Ah. thereby hangs = tale. which
viii soon relate. That is the greater
favor. and the great one is to be best
man for me in little affair that is to
come Of next Wednesday"
"A woman in the case. As usual, said
Jack. II thought as much at first: but
did not think that You were going so
deep . that"
~Yes. I'm In for Il, and al I'm
afraid Of is that I win commit some
egregious blunder before get through
- eA41 - 4 AA8sS o4sCe1 OO1AOOONANu A0CAs
lyon have confounded luck. when
even your name is Goodluck!"
IAN tho good luck ! have Is my
name. believe would not curse my
luck 20 often If il was not for the name.
But whats in . name?' There is John
Poor. II there is anything in . name
he ought to be submerged in poverty.
and he was for awhile. He had an in
valid wife and ten olive branches. rang
ing from q twi2 to q limb. when an
uncle he had never more than heard Of
died and left him a fortune. That was
luck. and still his name was Poor.
Row I. bearing the seemingly charmed
name OF Goodluck, had all my anccs-
toes turn up their toes and lc ave me
Coodluck plain, without cent in the
shape Of . legacy to back it."
'.Why. Hal. have You grown morbid
over destiny?"
mo. I don't groan over destiny; its
rood luck that I'm groaning over.
Things seem to be growing brighter
laaely. though. and II can get safely
over the next four days, I think l can
sail to port. but you'll have to be pilot
II ret there. This is not the first At
t,ck Of the tender passion have had
Won look surprised. but such Is the
fAcA Here's the story:
Five years ago met the girl who
Arss inspired in me the fever called
1--we. When think Of Il doubt II I'm
over Il: but I've passed the crisis; Il
dout matter. II was while l was 1t
Delden visiting my college friend,
George Walters. that I first met Mary
ashannon. We became friends, and our
friendship fast ripencd into love. There
= no use Of prolonging this part of the
sAnry. for after love of course comes
nar1iagc. But my marriage did not
como. Il was to occur. though, as we
had agreed, in December.
II came home deliriously happy, and
worked hard to get the nest ready.
Everything went well. and December
drew near. The ceremony was to take
nance at three p. m. on the 18th. As il
= one hundred miles from here, I in
seoded starting the day before. But
here the first of . series Of misfortuocs
- me. My tailor was to blame for
ehat one. did not get my outfit out
e his shop till ten a N. on the eve of
- isth. The difficulty looked small
60. . knew could take tho six q.
a train and reach Bcldcn in plenty of
a3ue for the event I made my way to
- depot that morning In . driving
roarm Of sleet; but didn't mind that
Who cares for . storm when he's In
lrve9 The next misfortune was due 70
ne one or something. no matter what
re real facts ! don't know, but | do
now that the train wes two hours
-. must have walked more than
~ tho distance to Belden in trampinr
a and down the platform waiting
- Il At last when ] w:s almost BE-
~ myself with impaticnce. it came
,naln9 along and we were soon fyirr
.Arou0h the country st good speed
Il knew that at such . rate I would |
.e.eh Belden long enough before three |
.sclock. was just beginning to con-
.,efulate myself on my good luck wonen |
~ whistle for down brakes sounded.
- our train began 70 slow mp. VIM |
-, were hastily thrown up. and soon
Ae capse OF our stop was explained.
- hsd run into o big freight wreck.
.Woea bed got reached the last star |