Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-02

another of the ladies was s o1e ana then
TOAST. Each declined Only Matte nu,d
WIS equal to the occasion 6,,; 4niu
2rasp;ng the tiny white slipper Of TIi ;2z;s
' J'uei, sne hIed it to the brim With
She said i,1sn .H ana turning to Mary Triplet
Whitley make Triplet.' At anot dnu
unle. When | was dining with her fathar
sue was helng wooed by Nat Schoolcra e.
W. a Young lawyer named Camnhe1
~, $3.50 qui,e large party and some one
sussested that Miss Matte Give = toas sle
she :, held up her glass. in which alitta .ss,
llie Imprisoned laughter of the neasants
OF rance. and she said, Here's To tbo
woman WHO strains at a cnaf and Su.a1
lows q camel :" az
Nat schoolgirl: her going abroad and
her coming home. Mr.. Schoolcraft had
Wonderfully beautiful bachelor apart-
hlents oEe.' his stable. and Whila tba1
We're waiting for their house 10 ha fn,
lshcd' he and his wife occupied these
rooms. ne Child they had hoped for
yaHle, ana came unexpectedly. but. with
her baby on her arm and with dnath
s s;, her in the face. the beauty and
the W.T. asked her doctor. Who Is NV
"a pE IKE. since he was born in a stable ),
bea On respected neither beauty nor wit.
!, Al hlcnmond was at her funeral. ana
the grave Ill which this beautiful woman
was laid had been lined with the fiowars
she mad loved-the daisies. At her grave
'that Gay no hymn was heard, but four
men whose beautiful voices she had an
Ireciated stood there and sang Under
1 me oalsies.' Every year when l go
R Rqae; on a Memorial day. l walk over to
with bouquets of daisies Nothing else.
IL seems TO me tine, my dear, when city
can take prlde-no this was not lust a
city; 1t was the whole South, in one wom-
an because of her beauty and her wit.
! ne other two? They did as all good
nouthern girls do-they married, and
were good wives
Beautiful Mary Triplet. like her rival,
sleeps IN the grave in the beautiful Gods
acre close to the river. But who can
thlnk OF her and not remember the duel
mat was fought about her? She had
been engaged TO be married to a young
lawyer; the engagement was broken. but
one night at dance she was placed op-
poslte to him, and she either had TO dance
WITH MN. Or make /. scene Being a
Weil-bred woman, she did the former. A
Few days after. short poem appeared
IN enc OF the papers. 1t began in this
way:
When Mary's queenly form I press,
IN strauss latest waltz;
L would as well her lips caress,
Although these lips be false.
There were couple more verses in the
same offensive strain which I have for
gotten. The effusion was discussed at
the smart club with great ardor, and men
limited that the lover who had been re-
decal, who was present. and who be-
Ionged to one of the oldest families ii
Nlchmond said that any man who would
write such 4 thing and publish it was a
coward and scoundrel. In a few days,
what he had said reached the rejected
lover. He at once wrote him a note, in
which he told that he was the author of
the poem, but that he had not intended to
reflect in an unpleasant way on Miss
Triplet, and he demanded an apology.
No apology was sent. A few days later,
when the men met in the clubhouse. the
rejected lover brought up the question
again with this result-he was knocked
down and so badly hit that he was con-
fined to his room for several days. Com
mon rumor-for you may be sure that
there was much gossip-said that the
mother of the rejected one told him that
If he could find no one else to carry his
challenge to Mr.. Mordecai, that she
would. But there was no trouble about
messenger. The duel was arranged
At the first shot, both men missed, Each
was asked if he wished another shot.
Each said, Yes" AT 1ng second saot
both men fell, the rejected one with q
ball in his stomach. They were taken to
their homes. and a few days after the
duel Mary Triplet's defender died. There
was some sort of a trial, and the rejected
one was fined small sum of money and
allowed to go free. I think this is the
last case CT duel being fought for
beauty, but, as l tell you, my dear, we
have no beauties nowadays.
I'VE have beautiful women and fas-
cinatins women. but no women who are
sufficiently marvellous to stand out from
all others, and to be the toast of the
town, and the pride of the. country.
Other times: Other manners! Inc
l must rouse him up, SO | asked: What
you say is true. but just now we ordi-
nary women are greatly troubled about
good and bad luck. Now. colonel. tell
me all you know about the lucky
months?" And he said MY ole mann
January would be prudent housewife,
given to melancholy, but good-tempered
She who appeared in February would be
n humane and affectiOnate wife and
tender mother. She of March, frlv-
olous chatterbox, somewhat gwen 10
would be inconstant, not very Intelligent,
but likely to- be good-looking. She who
comes in May would be handsome, anna,
ble and certain to achieve happiness.
The lady of June would be lmpetuous,
frivolous, but likely to marry early: The
lady of July. only passably handsome
and with a decidedly sulky temper. She
of August, amiable, practical and certain
to marry rich. OF September, discreet,
affable and much liked. The lady Of
October-is that your nirthday?;-would
be pretty, coquettish; suffer much un-
happiness in her early youth, but pos,
sess much glory November's lady would
be liberal. kind but indi1 sa,s while lhe
the December days would a bring llss,4, iaa l!,
Thank you. colonel said I; Il was
born in September. 80,
Then. we both laughed. and | added,
..Well. | know some things: know
that if the palm of your hand itches,
You are going to get money If it is SIN IN
= stranger if it is in the. right. II
Tonr nose itcnes you. are going to meet
a fool. or kiss stranger. # you walk *
under a ladder. the gentleman IN Il,
oo,,,,,oooIy known as Sat3n. VIII