The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-16
THE RIVALS.
Or the Course Of Love In the State a
Y-oming.

Or the Course Of Love In the State Of
Y-omfng.
Y-oming was recently the scene Of q
tragic romance that should not pass in
to oblivion unrecorded.
Two lovers with single girl is the
story In brief. One Of the lovers was q
dry goods merchant. They were both
young and ambitious. The young wom-
ans father was a rich man, owning q
successful tannery and large tract Of
land ON which it was intended to dis
cover gold mine. He has turned the
tannery into whisky factory and he
owns the tannery still. He owns the
land still and his intentions of discover
ing gold mine are just as good as ever
But alas, where Ii his prospective som
in-law?
A soon ms one of the bright young
merchants discovered that the other
was his rival not only in marking down
pants but in love also, he redoubled
his efforts to win the heiress of the tan
ner. He met her one evening as she
was piIing tan-bark, and the sight Of
her red hair fred him with enthusiasm
my darling" he said, with tremolo
jerk on the mn in my, my darling,
why will you not say yes to-day9 Do
not wait any longer. make it rule
in business never to put off till to-mor-
row what I can Just as well do to-day.
Had not slwsys followed that rule
would not today be doing seven times
the business that my so-called rival is
doing. Why, l sold twelve pair of pants
last week and he sold only collar but
ton and pair of socks. I can prove it!
can prove it! o, Katrina, say you
Papa interrupted the argument and
once again the young merchant was
fred with enthusiasm.
f As the unfortunate young man
walked In a detected manner back to
his clothing store he felt=that@ he was
losing and that his, rival was ahead in
love even if he had sold only pair of
socks and collar button in week. in
spite of such sales if he got the red
headed'heiress he would be able to open
store that would be three times as
palatial and extensive as that Of his
rival. This train of thought led the
young merchant who had sold twelve
pair OF pants into more desperate
train of thought that rushed through
his brain as if it were a lightning ex-
press. As he reached his emporium
sFFhe Art Gallery Clothing Store, . he
noticed card that he had hung on one
of his wire figure signs which stood
headless in front of the Art Gallery. He
gazed fixedly for time at the quarter
I. - I,
pressed one hand to his brow and made
VOW with the other. He took the card
off the figure and carried it into the
Estore. ~
Night came on and as the fateful
midnight hour approached the twelve
participants merchant went out stealth
ily to place in the bushes near the
residence of the tanner heiress. After
waiting few moments he saw the door
of her mansion open and figure appear
in the light that streamed out the door
way.
1t was his r-button-and-pa parrot
socks rival. =
He kissed the heiressl
o Lord
He Rugged her till she said so loud
that Twelve-pair iE the bushes heard
her:
90 Mike! Vat you. do to me? OF you
sgweeze me like dot some more will
nefer lif to get married NIT you"
In the bushes Twelve-pair felt his
heart beating wildly. He felt his face
bleaching with revenge, he fe,t his back
hair getting singed with the fire of his
Pennsylvania Dutch passion, and he
clenched the Fsaw-toothed cheese knife
in his hands. His eyes looked as if he
was just on the outskirts of a new at
tack of the ''jim-jams, and his teeth
were dead set. As, his rival, with Kat
rina's kisses still warming his Irish lips,
came whistling by in the moonlight on
the suburban road he suddenly stopped
whistling.
He has never resumed it.
EARLY the newt morning the body of
| Collar button and pair of socks was
found on the read with cheese knife
hidden in the cold, cold breast except
the handle. On the handle was hung
the following card, formerly on wire
| figure in front Of the Art Gallery:
"DETH TO COMPETITIONS q.
Twelve-pairs has never come back and
Katrina is maiden heiress Of the tan
merry still. Sun