The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-22
MRS. LEONARD SMITH,
MISS SMITH.
DOLLARS VS.. ROMANCE.
How an Ex-State Senator Came Under Cupid's
Spell, hut the Cost Burst 1t.

A bachelor farmer politician, from
sonthern county. an ex-Stste Senator, and
a pretty young lady typist are the central
figures In bit of romance enacted within
the last week. that was most unfortunately
wrecked in it's budding lncipiency. Fol-
lowing a precedent. the former came to In
dianaDolis as q member of the Third
House," but he has now returned to his
home. with an everlasting belief that
women are not all that they seem. The
girl, however, will plod along in the old
way, OblivIous Of the fact that she might
have come in for q rich marital DOVER but
for an act OF her own. The man in ques-
ton is agricultural in his tastes. and. it Is
said, he can stand in the door of his FARM
house and gaze out over many broad acres
that have made him q wealthy man, as
we'll as a stingy one. His neighbors we'll
know that few men in that part OF the
State are so saving of their profits. Hence
he is rich. The ex-senator is bachelor of
some forty years, is fairly good looking.
but has been too absorbed In profit and
loss 10 give serious thought to marriage;
besides. the lew would divide his property
with wife. When he came to the city a
week or ten days ago, in his new and adj
venturous role of lobbyist to fight rail
road that had refused him o pass wien q
Senator. he had In ia carpet-sack among
the rec bandannas and hOme-spun socks,
bulky role of manuscript 1t was bill to
tighten the State control OF railroads. a
measure which he had determined should
be enacted, if IL did cost money to lobby.
On his arrival here the ex-law-ma found
thatit would be pretty good idea to get the
manuscript typewriter, aDd so he en-
ployed type-writer-a young lady-to
come to his rooms and do the work. A YER
bal contract for the work was soon drawn
mp. at 10 cents per hundred words. This
appeared reasonable enough to the unskili-
full lobbyist who had no idea of manuscript
space. He even thought he was driving
good bargain. Perhaps the fair face be-
fore him had peculiar influence that he
had never felt before. AS the work pro-
crossed his eyes would frequently rest upon
the trim and neatly. even elegantly. clad
young woman before him. 1t was
not long before he found be
was thinking that she was the
lie began TO feel perceptible tiutter about
the organ that had heretofore lain in.
vinclble to feminine charms. She WAS of
blonde complexion. with poutlng lips. eyes
blue, and all that sort of thing. As the
diminutive fingers of soft wilderness and
symmetry flew from key TO key. the de-
mure damsel saw she had made an impress
sion. and straightway the coquette In her
woman's nature appeared. Mischieyous
glanoes were modestly given, but there
was no cessation IN the work. She knew
her power. and was enjoying the gathering
of the spell about her dictator. That was
all. as far az she was concerned.
The afternoon wore away. but still tho
click of the machine continued. The
shades of night began to threaten.
The work Of dictation had become per-
fuDctory. Under the spell OF woman. in