Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10
a STOCK YARDS ROMANCE.
Triumph of Mind Over Matter and of
Mother Over Daughter.

Mother Over Daughter.
Mrs Lillian Spoettletz was happy.
Her heart throbbed in soft and tremu-
lpus unison with the budding incipient
life OF that bright May morning. As
she combed ont her long silken hair be-
fore the mirror it was hard to tell
through the glass which were the gold
en- tresse.s and which the glints OF sun
shine that mirrored themselves in the
bright beyond and glistened and spark
led in sympathy with the smiling. dim
pied face. In corner, darl5ened by
the shadow OF q high backed chair, sat
Miss Agnes Spoettletz. her daughter,
also in charming desha bile. Her dress
was slightly open at the neck. her
sleeves rolled up above the elbow. and
the suds from the washtub still linger-
ed lovingly upon her arm and evapo-
rated rapidly in shame because they
were not SO white as their resting
place Content. was no less marked
upon her face than upon that Of her
widowed mother.
Now the scene changed and opened
upon the cause OF all this content and
happiness. It was man. Here, too.
the bright sunshine poured in golden
floods through the window and upon a
faxen-haired youth, who was employed
at Armour's packing-house. He did his
work mechanically. while a far-away
look was upon his face. and he smiled
with loving and longing look as he
gently extricated the inwards of the
animals committed to his care.
These persons are the three princi-
pals IN a romance of the packing-houses
More than year ago this fiaxen-haired
youth was playing assiduous court TO
the fair Miss Agnes She received his
attentions during the ice-cream season
and,then he went to Omaha. He wrote to
Agnes, hut the ice-cream in Omaha was
TOO far away and she would not answer
his letters. Agnes mother was very
anxious TO have young Martin Guzzle-
witt as member of her family, and
she pleaded. but pleaded in vain, that
the girl should encourage his CORE
spondence; but the girl would not
Then a bright scheme entered the
head of the mother. Young Guzzlewitt
had never seen the penmanship OF his
fair inamorata. so the mother received
and answered all OF his letters, signing
the daughters name. The young man
was charmed with the literary qualities
of his girl and the evidence of intel
lect in her letters that he had never be-
fore seen in her Each loving letter he
received only plunged him deeper in his
infatuation for the fair and clever
writer. At last he wrote the pleasant
news that he was coming to the Chicago
house to work again The day. the
hour, the minute drew near. The
daughter was indifferent, but the moth
er sat with anxious and palpitating
heart. How would he receive the
news Of the deception? And what
could be done to make the daugh-
ter more demonstrative? The girl
soon assured him that she had not
written him a line He sought the
mother; explanations followed Her
intellect as displayed in her letters had
entranced him Intellect was what he
was looking for. SO he transferred
his love for the person Of the daughter
TO the intellect Of the mother. and she,
without changing her ironing gown.
threw herself bodily into the arms OF
him who loved her. not for physical
charms, but for spiritual and intel
lectual union. They We're married soon
after and thus ended the romance OF
the packing house. and the voices sang
and the sunshine shone and happiness
rested upon the heads Of three.-Chi-
cago Tribune.