Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-12-29
MARRIEDONA BET.
Humphrey Steele ana Miss Carrie sayrcs
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Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Steele. OF
Canton. Ohio. recently put up at the
Great Northern, Chicago. They
arc a newly married couple. In fact,
they have been married since Grover
Clcvcland's election to the Apresi-
dency. Humble citizens though they
be, their future veal or woe was
made dependent upon the result of
the election of Nov. s, 1892. Mr..
Steele has for a long time been
desperately in love with Miss Carrie
Sayrcs. She says So and he doesn't
deny it. He is a democrat and she
was a republican. Said she:
I'VE were married Monday. Mr.
Steele had asked me to be his wife
three times. and three times
refused. { 1t was not because l dis
liked him, for don't, Go l, lIumph-
rev." Humphrey said something
that might have been anything, and
she went on: "But | had made up
my mind to live and die an old maid.
have Eeen school teacher for a
number of years, and / believed
was fitted for a different mission in
life than TO get married, but you
know the old saying; "Nlan proposes
and God diSposes' Here am mar
ried and have given up my school.
"Well, as was saying, ! refused
Mr.. Steele three times. The poor
man really got thin" lfNrs. Steele
didn't cxagerate here her acceptance
of Mr.. Steele has had a remarkable
effect. for lie weighs 200 pounds: "We
always" she continued, quarrel over
politics. He's free trader and I'm
a protectionist. am only woman,
but | have studied just about as
much as he has, and know Just as
much about it,"
"she don't know the first princi-
pie
"Now Mr.. Steele, we won't have
an argument here before a stranger"
They settled it. They didn't.
Taking up the broken thread
again. Mrs. Steele SAID: II was sure
Mr.. Harrison was going to be elected.
and Mr.. Steele was sure that Mr..
Cleveland would be. We each
became so positive during the last
week Of the campaign that we came
near never speaking to each other
again. He wouldn't stand that. SO
he suggested that he would have no
more discussions until after election.
He was real sweet that evening, and
proposed the fourth time. l felt
foolishly soft myself, ana so. not to
discourage him absolutely, pro-
posed that we make bet. If his
candidate. Mr.. Cleveland won, was
to marry him: if Mr.. Harrison, he
wasn't to even make love to me for
six months.
"iou see | was sure that Mr..
Harrison would win. My father and
my brother said so, and so did every
one else in our town. | thought |
would win. and would still have him
hoping for the future and 40 out
with and all that sort of thing. But
| lost. and don't you know | am not
one bit sorry yet. OF course. we
cart tell yet what may happen in
tic future. The day may come when
wc will both hate Mr.. Cleveland for
being elected.
DO you know" she concluded, IL
didn't want to get married. but
think lots of girls are not very smart.
Many Of them who will never be
married might have had chance.
if they had bet one way or the other"
Jay Gould, though lie was one of
the ri ;hcst men that ever lived, had
failed to learn one lesson. and that
was to let up and take things easier
after he became Il multi-millionairc.
Commodore Vanderbilt found his
Joy and relaxation in driving good
horses. SO lie lived TO Il good old age.
His son William and the Aston men
had also their favorite amuscments.
travelling extensively and leaving
much Of the business detail con-
nccted with the management of
their millions to their trusted
agents. "A millionaire must do this
if he would even leave his brain clear
and fresh to plan for the ,accumu-
lation Of more wealth. But Gould
never did SO. lie had no rclaxations.
no fads. lie was Il tirelcss, money
making machine, remorseless to him
self in the expenditure of his
energies. If he had lived till 1900 lie
would probably have gone on record
as. the wcaltlliest single Individual
history had known up to that time.
But he wore himself out in the prime
of his life
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