Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

MANY men allege, Ike MI. AtJuOh4S'
/ that their "health is too poor, and an
other favorite excuse is that "business
/ will not hermit" Capt. William Atkins
told Mrs. Deliver when she asked him
why he had stopped calling on her and
"acted so aueerly"that his hOusekeeper,
/ a sister of MS former wife, was making
/ il too hot for him because OF his intend
ed marriage" Theodore Neppert in
| formed Miss Henhe that she was too
Young TO marry, and therefore he must
/ release her from his promise" but she
declined TO be released. Marion
Brtttles told Mary Emit, with tears
in his eyes. that his father had
selected another bride for him, woman
he did not love, but whom he must
marry or subject himself 10 grave pa
rental disDleasure. Sarah Wilson testi-
fed that when she asked e. L. Thomas
to keep his vows by going TO a minister
with her, he objected that he had no
gloves with him, and could not think OF
marrying without them. Z. 7. Weiss
broke his engagement with Emma Wal
lenbar. because ''he could not make
friends with her brother" Mr.. Fry al
legged as his excuse for not marrying
Mrs. Hibbard that lit would Kill his
daughter Clara, being unexpected, and
so kind of queer"
Frederick Sherwood sent Rachel Ere
denbergh box Of candy, in which was
a note to the effect thai he did not love
her enough to marry her. John Deve-
new, Of Kansas City, explained, when
brought to terms by Miss Moore, that
his mother, 8 Catholic, objected to his
marriage with q Protestant. Annie La
vines engagement with Louis Rhiner
was broken because she received love-
letters from q nautical admirer. Sam
mel Hanes learned TO his great sorrow,
shame and indignation, that ut the
time Miss Engeiby engaged herself TO
MIN she was already under an engage
ment OF marriage with another. de
felt this to be so great and unpardona-
BILE a deception on her part that he
could not thereafter think Of marrying
her. Abraham COllerd, when asked by
Mrs. Daniels TO remember his promise,
,sDut her of with a kiss and in q
eouple of of weeks more, darling.
TIGHT on MODERN COURTsHIP.
The testimony given in suits OF breach
~ nromise is prolific OF episodes and
Incidents that furnish the public with
an interesting insight into the manner
and methods OF modern courtship, and
ensble the world OF lovers 70 get an
idea Of how other lovers conduct their
wOoing,
One OF the model lovers developed by
the testimony was young Paul Ludiam,
Of Millville, n. J., who Tilted Miss Susan
SNYDER. BE drove up TO her residence
verv often in his dsShing turnout; they
had long rides and walks together; they
sar in the dimly lighted parior evening
after evening, and altogether their
courtship was as satisfactory ana ro-
mantle as could be desired.
The courtship Of Kate McEvoy and
T 4 Buttrick, of Lowell, was remark
shle for the fact that it extended over q
neriod OF thirty-ffve years and formed
=, avact parallel in real life of the plot
90 Miss Wilkius's cieyerest stories.
9Inav beqan to "keep company, as the
alsi5tifF termed it in her testimony,
s'Sen the defendant was young bank
olar[ the marriage being deferred
60 s-on, time to time because OF the OBJ
ta a of their relatives TO their differ
10 religious beliefs. In the course OF
10 the bank clerk became capital
- six years before the suit was
he gave a pledas OF MS aHec-