St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-15

SAVeO 0O ~ WILT
New . Rsoansae Girirs Lsvs's Yoano
Dreaa Cane to . Sudden End.
"The whole course of my life was
changed. and my loves young dream
DESTROYED in less than minute by
calf, and fortunate thing it was foR
me- said the wife of prominent citi-
zen Of Lycoming county, Pa, now visit
ing friends in this city. my father
was the leading business man in
bustling lumber village, and there were
three girls of M, sister older and one
younger than l. Father was kind and
indulgcnt, but very level headed, and
had been . widower for some years.
When was eighteen . good-lookinS
young chap from somewhere down the
Susquehanna came to clerk in fathers
store. was . romantic snip, and fell
in love with the Rood-looling clerk. or
thought / did. and he fell in love with
me. That young man, it seemed to me
then. was the bravest, most ambitious
youth that ever lived see now that
it was only cheek and brag. But he
was my ideal Of a lover. and i believed
it was impossible for mo TO live with
out him. f,<
Father wasn't long in, discovering
the very tender relations that had come
to exist between me and his self-asser-
tive young clerk, and he called me to
him one day and told me that he was
sorry to see that I was such . silly girl,
and that must get over il at once. and
then informed my brave and steadfast
idol that 1t the end of the month he
could 60 hack home. OF course my
its charm. felt I was the victim Of
stern and unsympethetic parents cruel
will and l wished that were dead.
Now, although this lover of mine
was clerking in my fathers store for
twenty dollars month and his board,
his father was q rich lumberman, and
he was the only son. When l was
at the height Of my misery over the pa
rental interference that had ruined the
course of my true love, as ! think was
in the habit Of calling IL, my idol and
met one evening, quite by chance, Of
course, at the house Of . neighbor of
ours, and what did my brave knight
propose but an elopement, and what
did my romantic soul do but prompt me
to agree TO the proposition on the spot.
There was . railroad station eight
miles distant The last train for any
where left that station ut seven o'clock
every evening. All we had to do was
to drive to the station, get the train,
go to the county seat only IN hours
ride, get married, and be happy ever
after We fixed on . certain night
this was along toward the middle of
December-and got everything ready
for the elopement. II was . good hour
sort of road we had to travel on, and SO
we were obliged TO take an early start.
The winter had been very mild There
was NO snow. Il was just beginning tn
get dark when l stole to where my
valiant lover was waiting for ine with
. horse and wagon. knew that tho
chances were all in favor of my level
headed father discovering the whole
plot before We could possibly reach the
station. and / was sure that he would
be on our track with . horse good
deal faster than the one we had to de-
pend on. But l had NO fear that he
would overhaul MS
before we had gone one-quarter of
the way night had set in for. good, but
there was . moon. and that helped us
along amazingly. We had got within
. mile of the station and had good
reason to believe we were safe, when
suddenly the horse stopped with snort
of terror, reared up. and tried to turn
| in the road. A cut from the whip
Strengthened him mp. but he kept on
snorting and showing evidences Of ter
ror. looked mp the road and discOv-
cred the cause of all this. An immense
bear stood on its launches ut one side
of the road growling and snarling and
showing disposition TO advance upon
us. When my brave lover Rw the saw
age beast he ruse mp in the wagon, gave
. yell. and gssped:
"1Oh! Jennie, let's go hack"
81 forgot all about the bear. Il gased
in amusement 1T my gallant knight.
He was rs pale as . sheet The lines
hung loose in his hands. seized them,
jerked them away from him, took the
whip, and, as ! held the horse from
turning round, ordered the cowardly
youth out of the wagon He crawled
out Of the back end Of the wagon, and
tore down the road rs fast IS his legs
could carry him. Then I whipped tho
horse with all my might, and he sprang
forward, and whizzed the wagon past
the growing bear 80 close that il al
most knocked the ugly beast over. I
drove on to the station, had the horse
put out, and went in the little hotel
there to wait for father. My loves
young dream was gone as II it had
never been. Ten minutes after I
reached the station the train came and
went. Ten minutes later father came
| tearing on horseback mp to the door. I
met him.
"Father,' said i. I've been saved by
| . ealf.' -r. go -
Then told him all about the I'D
venture on the road.
".Saved by calfr he exclaimed.
'You mean saved by . besr.'
".Not At all,' ! replied. If Jerry
hadn't been . calf, and the biggest
kind Of . calf, that bear wouldn't have
been any more than stump in my way.
was saved by . calf, 1 tell you. and
want TO 60 home!'
my gallant lover was never seen
around our neighborhood again. and,
somehow or other, father always
seemed TO think more Of me after that
than - ever had before-"-N. Y. SUN.
4 - nrsen. II
"Biu," said the Kansas editor to the
new reporter, write mp that suicide in
style. How win you open account Of
it?"