Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-19

of May covered Madison with her green
mantle. Graduation day was drawing
near and examinations were the order
Of the day. One evening I picked up a
local paper and noticed a serious bank
failure in Eau Claire A list of the
shareholders was published, and chief
among them was the father of Miss
Penelope! I ran up stairs and showed
it to Smith.
Good graciousv' he exclaimed, "he
will be ruined, and what is to become
of he,:
I'VE discussed the probabilities for
I while, and then Smith seized his hat
and ran out. 1t was nearly one o'clock
in u,e morning when / ncard him
stealing quietly up stairs. 1t was most
unusual for him to be oct all night.
Where could he have been? Had he
seen Miss Penelope and condoled with
her on her misfortune? Had he still
some hopes in that direction?
will never know what took place
that evening, but I do know that next
morning Smith was in wonderful spir
its considering what had happ encd. TO
the surprise of everybody Miss Pc lelope
remained till the session closed. Were
matters not so bad for her father
after all? Or had some friend come
to the rescue and poured oil on the
troubled waters? Smith had wealthy
old uncle in Texas who had a great
liking for him-perhaps Smith had in
duced him to lend Il hand. Whether
he did or not will never be known
All that l know is that Smith graduated
with the highest honors, and was i'm
mediately offered lucrative govern
ment appointment-du to commence
the first of September. Miss Penelope
finished her term with Il wonderful
essay on "Idealism-the only Reality"
and went home to her parents. She
never came back, for before the first
of September, she was actually married
to Smith. l would not have believed
it, but | was Smiths best man, and saw
her given away. Perhaps some thought
gave myself away when after the
ceremony / stole kiss from the blush
ing bride.
How it all came about NJ one can
tell. | cannot understand it all. l al
ways thought l understood Smith-now
[ defy all the faculty of the univer-
sity to understand him. How he got
married to Miss Penelope is I'm inscrut
able mystery to me. The only theory
is that Love is not as blind as it has
been made out to be-that it can send
messages on visible wires-that it can
u al CO,
How are they getting along? First
rate. Smith bids fair to be the greatest
civil engineer the country ever pro-
duccd. They have been married now
for two years. Mrs. Smith is as pre-
possessing as ever. Her views have
undergone some change, for l heard her
say that an old maid was nothing
No home, she said, could be Il home,
which was not the abode of beauty,
love and art, and woman's chief mis-
sion is to cherish those household
graces.
[ suggested it was q pity she had
not kept up her studies until she grad
uated.
N.Y. ollC ttlloN IIct L IIstSeh
to be Il student that | might become
Il professor of domestic economy"
She has a most important duty rele-
gated to her by her devoted husband.
The family nomenclature is left entirely
to her. The result is they have Il
beautiful fair-haired girl called Beatrice,
and ii is quite within the bounds of
possibility that before the year is out
Il Dante Alghieri Smith will be creep
ing across the carpet. Good by, Smith
old fellow-good luck to you and yours
milwaukee, Record.