Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-12-21
LOVE AND ACOUSTIC,
Property of the caDIto Doma O.,
\ Affair of the Heant IVY

w ~ @ "o''i w lilarriape L V'
and a reporter was about 10 m lge
to the list as zone more NC i" add
weary Of single life. rashIy iunnn,Ioflua
going in for married strife, "Ibp ", i
spoke: '"''hq
"Say, friend, ! wish voo wou,,
that out of the paper" "'"id la
The objector to newspapor
was a pleasant-spoken younn no, H
and he continued argumentat;SS Iel
NOW, I'm a newspaper man eE
and ! know how you're fynd %" Gays
sent here to get the news, and l@
want to get all OF it. But if vo mall;
that item out of the paper fE"u Il
four hours, I'll give you a st C' ,Se'
printing" '''' So
A mere two-line item agaio..
haps, a column; here was an =;
ment that no newspaper man od n,@
sist, and the reporter was n o4uO
against temptation. Still .on
Washington Post, he was Wise coy! os
to stipulate that the story sbo vJ
given at once.
"Well, you have our names ,n5
dence from the register" sou" Sa;j
young Benedict that was to b ~'0
we've had quite a little romnco
belongs to one Of the best famS;,
that country, where her father !.
a small magnate. ! went down
about three years ago and star'g
paper. / did pretty we'll and am
ably as well fixed financially as I
but, unfortunately, the old IMAM ,n
couldn't hitch. Before | knew w "p
charming daughter he had | tro
his political toes pretty SHARPLY ml
never forgave me. The old Iady i
didn't like me, partly because ~.
newcomer and not related to any of
local aristocracy, into which she vor
her daughter to marry.
"Still Bella liked me, and Won !,
when YOU have the girl and the don
your side a fellow can stand Good
of snubbing. All went alone ycv
for a while. | proposed and VA,
cepted, but when ! came to sneak
the old man about it he fired ma
bodily, or threatened to do so
his house again. Knowing the
man, and having due regard for
face, never did, but managed om
Bella on the sly, although the oIdG
watched her pretty closely.
FINALLY they decided to remove
from the contamination of my neig6r
hood, probably on the theory thatps
ration is Il cure for such cases. Acm
ingIy they came to washington h
month or so, possibly in hopes
some of these city sWclls might Gu,
out. But Bella managed to drop ns
note telling me about it, so follow
them. They've been here aboutawe
stopping with friends-l couldnti
out where until the other day. hunt
through all the hotels and haunted
streets in hopes of seeing them, va
finally ! remembered that strangeB
the city always 90 to the Capitol ADD
the first thing.
"Then / took up my station in
rotunda every day, staying all day Ion
The watchmen evidently consderela
a new crank in town, but find
they came the old man, the old lad
and Bella. ] pulled my hat down on |
my eyes and bid behind a newslat
until they had passed, and then Thea
them inquiring the way to the dom
When they got pretty well up the STAB
| followed, and at the top, You know
is pretty dark, so by keeping on thee
pOSite side | managed to escape the
couples eyes.
''They were busy studying out
'Apotheosis of Washington, while&
was leaning against the wall lOOkl
tired and homesick. | waited ann
for chance to speak to her, but tbed
man kept her at his elbow, and
about made up my mind that W
have to knock him down when an
struck me.
"You know how sound travekc
that arch, SO that people on opp
sides of the circle can talk to each oil
in whispers. ! had been there bel
and knew all about it, SO | stood
across from Bella and spoke her ml
She jumped as if she had been shot,
w HCiC dIC Notl, w ~ 'AN
claimed, recognizing my voice at Cd
She had been thinking of me, she
me atterward.
Hush ? said |. Pm Just oppS
you; talk to the wall and | can heal
you say
and maybe we didn't talk
seemed a bit uncanny to be talking
stone wall and having your bes
answer back. Something like the
story of Pyramus and Thisbe, oniN
talked through the wall. Wen, sue
me where she was stopping, ana gJ
would be useless for me to try 10 SCI;
nearer, as she was watched all tne
Just then the old man chlmed i ns
asked her to whom she was yam
She said only to herself. AS thel'
no one within fifty feet OF her liz y
to believe it.
"Well, that made me mad anu
gave me another idea !l".
looking up the District marrlaSTT a
and found that one could GET 4 ="
almost for the asking. There, W. VIZ
time to be lost. | asked beI4
would marry me at once, Wheu.vi
old folks were willing or not a'u ~
said she would if she could ge'
Then we cooked up Il scheme; n,
to get Il license and engage Il n,, III. n X
as | have just done. To-mo''o r .or
they are going to Il concern ~ and h
thing, and Bella is to get SIGN n Gj Il
home with her cousin about Y,,;l d
Only before going home she , VI"
into the house of minister, WIZ
will be married. Aha pli
Now YOU easily see that lI ,ssa
nn+inn &c +hn e. Ut tLnt | have law 4