Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-07-21

ance OF the Natural Gas" company. He
saw Mile Price do her most fascinating
kicks and was delighted. He secured an
introduction and was mashed fiat. She
played the thing we'll, and he married her.
Of course she had learned that he was the
only son and heir of c. H. Dow, president
of the very solid Commercial National bank
OF Denver, and waited patiently for the ira
ditional God bless you, my children" and
accompanying check. But that did not
happen to be Papa BOWS week for dis
pensing blessings and checks.
He swore by all the silver gods of Colo
RADIO and the gold calf of Wall street that
no skirt dancer,should enter the Dow fam.
lily. In fact, he used language about her
that in the effete east would be considered
actionable and cut off Clarence without
shilling. The boys credit was still so so,
and he and his bride took room at the
Windsor. One day the startled guests
heard a woman scream and mans loud
voice, punctuated with an occasional pistol
shot. They broke in and found Clarence
and his wife coming to an understanding.
His idea of a settlement was that he should
kill her and then himself. The latter part
of the programme was entirely acceptable
to lissom Mile, but she was strenuously
Directing to the opening numbers by dodg-
ing around the furniture and rafting her
husbands aim with screams and recrimina-
ton.
They had to leave the hotel, and Mile
had to 60 back to Natural Gas'' and high
kicking. Clarence followed her around for
awhile, playing the cornet whenever he
could get an engagement. Mile then
opened negotiations with Papa Dow, blunt
ly Offering to get divorce for cash con-
sideration. Papa's reply to her agent
would never do to publish in a family
paper. When Clarence heard of this, he
was cured, swore she was 80 years old any
how and he was drunk when he married
her, and enlisted as private soldier-that
is, after brief enjoyment of his old Den
yer life.
His father consented to the enlistment,
saying he had been soldier himself and
believed the discipline would cure CT arence
of the marrying habit. Mile got divorce
for her own sake, and Clarence was soon
put into the First United States infantry
band, located at Angel Island, Cal. He
was good soldier, and the officers testify
that his dance music was above the aver
age. But his father sent him plenty Of
money, he got two days leave of absence
every week, carried on lively in San Fran
cisco and was finally put into the ranks as
private. Still he had much leisure, and
his comrades say that every time he got
drunk in the city he married somebody.
All at once Miss Olgie Evans appealed to
the law to help her to recover certain dia-
monds and other valuables from Private
Dow, but as she admitted having given
them to him as her accepted lover the law
could do nothing for her.
On one occasion he tried to absent him.
self without leave in company with another
soldier, but they upset their little boat, and
he was rescued with difficulty only to take
a turn in the guardhouse and on the clean
up gang. Soon after he disappeared fol
good and all, and his superior officers were
| amazed to learn that he had married Miss
May o. Inflow, daughter of Sheriff Inflow of
Yuba county. He took out a regular Ii,
cense in, the city hall and was married
without leaving the building. Nobody
knows how the two met. What they do
know is that they at once left the city to be
seen there no more. Six weeks passed, and
the coast papers contained this dispatch
from the City of Mexico:
A young man of fine appearance, fashionac
bly, dressed, made his appearance here few
| Delmas. He said he was travelling CORE.
| spondent Of the Chicago Inter Ocean. He had
| with him a handsome woman whom no intro,
| duced as his wife. He spent money moro like
| bonanza king than newspaper man, how.
| ever, and somebody telegraphed the newspaper
about him and received an answer that The
Inter Ocean had no such correspondent on its
| staff. Suddenly he disappeared from Mexico
| and the statement was made by o man who
| claimed to know him that he was deserte1
from the United States army and his name
| was Dow.
When Papa Dow was interviewed on this
dispatch, he came as near a wink as dignity
allowed and declined with thanks to say
anything for publication. 1t is believed
however, that he is satisfied with this last
daughter-in-law and that the couple will
travel only till satisfactory substitute
can be provided for the late Private Dow Of
| the First infantry.