Rock Island Argus., 1897-06-12
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A con6ding. love-sick young man..
bank account are lie factors in . lit
tie romance which L. being noieed
among the gossips. !
He was formerly employed in Rock
Island. He formed the acquaintance,
Of member of the gentlsr sex whose
home WAS on the other side of the
river. It was . case Of love with
him. and she evidently had him
thinking that she was in the same
boat. The courtship continued and
he finally concluded that he was too
remote from his sweetheart. So he
moved over to Davenport.
Some little legal trouble arose, and
to put his finances in . position
where they could not be tsmpered
with by anyone whom he might be
indebted to and to likewise prove his
faith and confidence in his sweet
heart. he turned his bank account
over to her. In his industrious aud
frugal way he had saved up $1,000.
with which to embark on the matri-
monial sea. All tho plans for the
marriage had been discussed and de-
cided on. He was the happiest man
in Hawkeyedom, and was not back.
ward about expressing the occasion
for his lightheartedness. His sweet
heart was happy, too.
Now she is gone. So has his bank
account. She is still happy. He
has not stopped to consider what his
feelings are yet. He has gone to
Chicago, whittier he has been in
formed his sweetheart and money
have flown.
The wife Of q Well-known railroad
man played a practical joke on her
husband. He went out for An even
ing spin on her wheel. He tsrried
At one of the prominent refreshment
establishments to moisten his whis-
tie.
His wife came along. She epied
the wheel resting against the curb
ing outside the saloon. She rode it
home.
OF course the bike was not there
when he came out. He Immediately
complained at police headquarters.
where description of the wheel
was recorded. The railroad man
hunted high and low, and had the
police doing likewise, but no trace Of
the wheel could be found. He re-
turned home tired out. He did not
have the courage to tell his wife that
he had lost her wheel. :"
The next day the papers 'heralded
the fact that the bicycle thief had
made way with Mrs. So-and-So's
bike. She read the announcement
and smiled. The railroad man came
home the next evening all prepared
to receive good raking over. He
asked her if she had heard about it.
She said che had. But my wheel
was not stolen" she said. Then she
told him how it all happened. He
admitted that it was . good ono on
him.
There is . great deal Of difference
between the fire alarm boxes and
Uncle Sans letter repositories which
are stationed about the city. Yet a
man who has lived in Rock Island
for the past 40 years tried to put q
letter in the alarm box at the corner
OF Seventeenth street and Second
avenue the other afternoon.
He fumbled all over the box, and
when he coald not find an openin z.
looked mad and said some words in
On undertone which would not look
very we'll in print. He did not yet
realize his mistake. Walking over
to the corner Of the walk. he sized
the box up up again. Then he went
and tried it over.
Still it would not work. He took
off his hat and scratched his pate.
After working about i've minutes
trying to deposit the letter, ii
dawned upon him that he had
stopped at the wrong place. Then
he started to the postofice with the
letter.
And the little delegation Of By
ISLANDERS who witnessed the perform.
ance gave him the horse laugh.
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A man whose tongue betrayed his
relation to the fatherlaud called at
the residence Of . Rock Island minis.
ter the other day and said that he
had decided to locate his family here.
He was . farmer, was comfort ably
situated financially and wanted to
settle in city where he could send
his children to school. He wanted
to buy house. He explained about
what he wanted. The minister took
him to . real estate man who sold
him . house and lot. The deal was
al closed up. The farmer said he
would 20 back home and would re-
turn with his family shortly.
But the real estate man explained
that it was customary to make pay
ment on purchase to bind the bar
gain. The man said he had NO money,
but would give check on the Cedar
Rapids National Bank. and one fol-
$500 was written and given to the
real estate man.
Then the farmer went to the min