The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-03-14

the young man hy the mar TO save MIN
and had afterward wiped the wet from
those whiskers with his handkerchief and
stood aside that the breeze might blow
through them. We at once started for
Dalton, and two hours after reaching the
place learned that our young man was
farmers son and lived 10 miles away,
We got team to convey us to the farm,
but it was only to meet with disappoint-
ment.
The young man, who was an only son.
had gone up to the town of Norton, on
the northern border of Vermont, to set
about getting school to teach. His par
ents gave his age as % and assured us
that he could answer all questions salts
factorily; also that he had the reddest
kind of red hair, and whiskers which were
the envy of thousands. She feared, how.
ever, that he was engaged to a girl in the
neighborhood, and for that reason would
beunable to accept James heart and for
tune. We were getting desperate and
must take the chances, and as soon as we
returned to Dalton we took the train for
Norton. On arriving there we found our
redheaded man had failed to hit the
school and gone to Salem. We reached
Salem to find that he had departed for
Irasburg, and we reached Irasburg to
find that he had got district school
eight miles out in the country.
It was the hour of noon when we ran
our redheaded victim to earth. We saw
him at the schoolhouse door while we
were yet afar off, and at the right of his
flowing whiskers Mr.. Waldo almost shed
tears of joy. Before we reached him our
minds were made up that he must go
with us or yield up his life. We were
very kindly received, and he listened to
our explanations with interest. When
we had finished and shown him James
picture, thought he was out mutton,
but he was not. In the first place, he
did not want to leave his school, and in
the next he was engaged to girl near
his home, as his mother had feared.
We got over the first objection by
agreeing to furnish another teacher, and
Mr.. Waldo agreed to see the girl himself
and induce her to quitclaim on his atfec-
lions. School was dismissed for the aft
ernoon, and we labored with the young
man till almost night before we brought
him around to our way of thinking.
When Mr.. Waldo went to see the girl,
he found that he had struck it rich. A
sewing machine agent had come into the
neighborhood three weeks before and
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ready to give up her redhead and his
beautiful whiskers. Then we made
bee line for Ohio, and to our great JOY
Jane accepted the man, and he announc-
ed his own perfect satisfaction.
We were not through with our laborS,
however. The three marriages must
come off at once, and Mary's man had
dropped out of sight and failed to answer
her letters. went to Centralia to hunt
him up and found that he had fallen in
love with the cook at hotel and intend
ed to leave us in the lurch. | spent two
days arguing, coaxing and protesting,
but he was firm. It was not until |
threatened him with breach Of promise
suit and also proved that the cook wore
wig and had false teeth and a lop shout
der that he came to his senses.
Then Sarah had a quarrel with her
sufferer, and he tried to skip out and
had to be brought back at the muzzle Of
a revolver, and on two occasions our red
headed man sought to rise up and throw
off the yoke. Nevertheless and however,
on the eleventh day before the two years
expired the triple wedding came off in
good shape, the husbands faithfully COM
Piled with all the stipulations, and tt }
only reason I have not given you their
names is because all are still living and
enjoying large amount of this worlds
happiness.