The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-15
WERE GREAT SPOONS
Pretty SchpoIma'am and Her
PupiI-Lover in Court
JUNGLE EDWARD" PEEPED
But He Gets Only the Horse
Laugh for His Pains.

cused before School Commissioner Howell,
Of Good Ground. L. I, OF winning the
heart Of Joseph Squires. Ito his damage
and disgrace. The trial was resumed yes
terday before a full house Of farmers who
were all ready to repeat the strange things
they had heard tell Of"
squres. who is fifteen years old. It will
De remembered, tried TO kill himself twice
with tincture of laudanum because he
could not wed Miss Decker. She is ten
years his senior. He is a love-lorn looking
| youth with long curly hair. who would APP
pear well in a sailor boys dress trundling
hoop. He was in court, very much ad-
mired by small boys not yet old enough
/ 10 fall in love. but hardly popular with the
rest Of the people. who complain that the
| laudanum sold in the local drug store Is
much too weak.
! Miss Decker is making plucky fight for
i her reputation, which has been assailed by
| the gossips, without the remotest reason.
so far as is known. If she is dismissed
/ she VIII appeal the case on the ground
that it is quite legal for a school teacher
| to fall in love.
| h0SS tiOuI l.. cqulISSf Tie IdineT OF the
boy who loved, was in court to prevent
Joseph from making eyes at the teacher.
Miss Decker, with whom everyone SYM
I pathizes, was there in a pretty dress.
| When she looked at Joseph and smiled,
| he hung his head and blushed.
| The fact was elected from Principal
George E. Miller, of the public school, that
| he got his position by Mss Decker's in
| f1uence, and that later he secured a post
| for her. 1t was not quite clear what this
had TO do with the case, but all the gossips
looked-at each other and said: "Ah!'
! Old Edward y. Squres, Joseph's uncle,
with whom Miss Decker boarded and who
bored holes in the ceiling of the parlor to
| peek at them when Joe called. looked
! especially impressed. He is a man much
affected by straws, whichever way they
blow
Theodore Eldridge, a classmate Of Jo-
! seph's. testified that she carried notes be-
tween the two sweethearts One night
| after school she happened TO return and
! found Joseph running round the room with
Miss Decker on his shoulders, 'pick-a-
back fashion. The teacher was slapping
his face in an effort to make his desist,
but he wouldn't.
Otis Sinclair told now ne had peeked
through the gimlet holes made in the floor
| by Uncle Edward so that he might was
said-watch Miss Decker disrobe: eve
seen what we seen" was all that could
be got from this bashful witness, who was
very wierd and mysterious.
Rev. e. a Eagan, formerly pastor. Of the
Methodist church. testified that Mss
Decker and Joseph came to him on Deem
Der IS and asked him to marry them
The young man said the witness ex-
planned, L suppose you knew what were
here for? l remembered some talk We
had had about marriage certificate and
smiled. He seemed annoyed. and contin-
ued: I'm the chap who wants 10 get mar
red.' l told him I would have to think It
over, and asked him his age. He said he'd
be fifteen in January. He explained that
his parents did not consent to the match.
but he thought his mother did not mind
his keeping company with Miss Decker.
The young lady said, L love him. and
when you love you love and you can't get
away from it. Joe is a dear, sweet boy
I did not argue on the point. When you
love you love for l tried it once many
years ago and was badly beaten. The
teacher assured me that If they married
they would keep it secret for three or four
years. They did not mean TO live together
as husband and wife until then. She said
she wanted 70 be married right away to
get ahead Of her sister, who was going
to the altar in few days. She thought
1t would be great triumph for her TO
be wife first When they saw I could not
be persuaded. she told Joe they would bet
ter wait until spring. Joe did not say in
words that he loved the teacher, but he
showed it by his attitude"
Rev. Mr.. Eagen left the stand. and then
Miss Decker was called by Mr.. Grifing.
She stepped up promptly and answered the |
questions put 70 her clearly and without
hesitation. Her demeanor was confident.
The first questions Mr.. Grifing put were !
concerning her engagement as school MS /
tresss and her services in the village. she |
said that she was a graduate OF a normal /
school Of the state Of Pennsylvania and I
had taught school in New York state.
How long after you came here Was = 4
before young Squires began 70 pay atten- /
ton to you?" asked Mr.. Griflng
a very short time" was The answer
Gould you see before he made an open /
declaration that he was Interested
Easily. HIS demeau3r plainly showed 4
that"
How were you Affected"
Il vas very much amused AZ first"
when did ne frs. declare that &c loved
your"
~ can't say exactly: perhaps i wac two
or three weeks"
Did ne Eri,e you many no-es2"
yes. 4 grea. many, some forty o. fry .
in all I destroyed all but IRE four or five
7 gave you wien placed ny case II your
hands"
what d these notes contain
.'Oa, Decia-st tons q love. IN oae o. tEo
he manifested jealousy, ard tw!ce he
threatened 20 XII himself Ore day re
sad -hat he was afraid - vas gong 20
lose ne. and Ee wrote three letter."
soue q sae=e letters. Hiss Decker sad.
he conveyed 70 her b. putting t5em IN
o5oAs; others ~ sent D. other chiiarsr-
Did y1u regard hls attentions as fool
.sh a. frstz~ asked Nr. Gr1snE.
yes. W-h-,e szs interested. tod hin
-e vas 20 - t-i6 1lz you'd tFy 60
help hi a. he desired sl-H rs ,sssons-~
Did he ever eaL ~ y7-r apartments a:
night asked NJ. Pel,strezz.
Yes. Es came - consult re a5os. hls
lessons al FIRST After Es ae1asns engaged
ne came f3- otte- reasons
--Dls T0B evzr kiss am
yes. after - aecsrne euKszet
HAD - kissed yoz sez7-e hat
'.Tes
~D.a ne ever ks yos a; TIE sszso.