The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-24
HIS WHISPERS A POWER.
THEF HELP HARRY PAYNE, fs, TO
MARRY MISS hLLIS, 3e.

MARRY MISS ALLIS, Sc.
Previously They Nae Torn UP y Town. nearly
Disrupted . College. ana been Pnbiished
Har and Near-The Recent Colonization OF
Their Romance Tn Nstritneay At Montreal
SouTHoLp. l. L.. Aug. 23.-In q letter received
here to-day the reason for tho existence Of Harry
Paync's whiskers, which nearly disrupted La
fayetto College last year. became known. Harry
needed the whiskers to DO married in. He has
been married for q week, and maybe he will
shave the whiskers of now, as no Is not legally
entitled to them, being throe years under 81.
His bride. formally Miss Annie A. Allis, q
school teacher in this village, where Harry's
parents live, IA fourteen years over age. The
senior Mr.. and Mrs. Payne were amazed and not
altogether delighted when they received the let
ter from Montreal, where the bride and BRIDE
groom are staying.
Harry's whiskers never got into tho public
prints untfl he went to college, but they achieved
local ~notoriety from the time when they FIRST ap-
pearod. This was when tho youth had achieved
tho tender nge of 10. At this time Miss Allis
was a teacher In tho Southold Academy and
Harry was her most assiduous IL not most
learned pupil. During lesson time no spent his
time enveloping her In o soulful gaze over the
top Of his book. After hours he would walk
home with her amid the Unsurpassed jeers Of
the other scholars, who thereby earned low
marks In department. Finally Harry's atton-
tions became SO marked that Miss Alis felt
called upon to demonstrate with him.
you arc 30 awfully young" she said. "that
II looks queer"
"All right" said the youth bravely. inspired
by that love which the poets tell us will sur.
mount any obstacles, "In grow whiskers.'
I'm afraid you can't, my hoy" said his
teacher. gazing sorrowfully upon the virgin soil
OF his face, whereon there was no sign Of vegeta-
ton barring a few struggling freckles.
Wait and see,' replied the fond lover.
For a month no applied himself faithfully to
the whisker question and various whisker To-
tions to himself. At the end Of that time a dull
browuish nimbus had appeared about his checks.
This was hailed with delight by the other schol-
ars. To express their appreciation of the new
| growth they escorted Harry to the schoolhouse
cellar, lathered him with q soapy mop, and
| scraped him with O section of rusty hoop. Natu-
rally his feelings were hurt, but his whiskers
remained intact, which was the main point.
| Bearing them as the insignia Of manhood, he
called at Miss Allis's boarding house with such
frequency that the landlady was fain to remove
the door bell, which maneuvre failed to thwart
him, as he thereafter announced his presence by
whistling in the yard.
In the course Of timo Miss Allis went to Har-
AlbpuAkk = ~ " tCnNAto hu Aook AoAA soabe q - ~
went to Lafayette College to learn. He took
with him his whiskers. which had grown until
they m O cross between a misplaced
aureole and O lockwood hedge. Among his col
lego mates they aroused astonishment first,
then disapproval. and finally recruitment. A
committee from his own class called upon him
to offer disinterested advice. Tho advice was
that he pour kerosene on the whiskers and mako
q bonfire Of them. Strange 10 say. Harry do
clined to adopt this measure. 1t might be pain
full. he said.
mot SO painful as the sight of the whiskers
viii cut them "a for you before the application
mo" replied the youth. II need those whis.
All right said the committeeman. You
sense Of the meeting that tho growth upon the
class. college. community. country, and
i hain. He' 5sss' .t saS ssGu's close ss F' upon ',R prompt rs:
cision. The youth was taken from his room,
ssGGT.f is,ht 70 q .0S Sa ,ssres shop 3, P %ss san. in so ,ae
Harry hHaqseaihfi II, old not seem to t mourn his loss. but
Fardins tho ringleaders and took steps to have
them arrested for assault. whereby he achieved
police polio was nessssary 10 conduct him TO and from
recitations. The matter was brought before the
thSa' Psyn nsa h iaS gone U%en to TIE Sarssr!s Of n his 'o own
free will and without being forced. which no did
not deny. None of the men was suspended.
although several received, i've demerit. marks
each; but Payne was forced by public sentiment
to leave college. This performance attracted
much attention In the newspapers
Harry. who meantime had been In constant
communication with his ~schoolmistress, returned
to this place. and soon afterward went to Mon
trcal. Here he encountered on the street q
specimen Of the deadly banana peel which SC
injured his feelings that no sued the city fol
damages and always commended that he got $500
Several months ago he returned here and Joined
the Presbyterian Church choir. While he
wasn't singing no spent his time in the choil
loft reading Tom Paine.s Age Of Reason
This came to the ears Of the elders who 70
monstrated with the young man. 1t was not
proper. they said, to read during service, but II
he must read they begged that he would choose
something more In accord, with the place
Rebellion surged IN the soul of Payne. He dc
clared that he would read what he pleased. Their
he was requested to leave the choir, and he left
It. 4 little later he left this village. going back
to Montreal, as his parents supposed. to com
plete his education. But first. Without letting
them know about y, be went to Herris6urG. Pa.
to Montreal together, and the bride will stay
there. 1t 10 understood. while tho bridegroom
finishes his studies. When last seen here. Harry
Paynos whiskcrs were of sturdy growth and In
creasing In volume daily.