The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-24

it Beautiful piece OF Workmanship, all
silk, and it has pockets in it -
But the man?" asked the bridegroom.
20 yes. the man; well, We found some
of his pieces too. The beautiful thing
about committing suicide on this bridge
is that it is SO high that you are dead
before ever you get to tho bottom. You
might just as Well fall on rocks as on
haystack because you aren't particular
after you are dead.
II can generally tell when people who
come or the bridge are going to commit
suicide. They either come walking along
Ia Carrie Nation and let her go Gal
lager, or else they walk along slowly
and every now and then take long.
despairing look beneath. 1 believe some
of them don't like to jump
"Horriblei Have any young married
people ever jumped over here?" asked
the bride.
IT'S kind Of hard to remember them all.
Let me see. o, yes; about two months
ago there was wedding up on Summit
avenue. Top-notchers, you know Silks
and f1uffy-fluffies and diamonds and
broadcloth. everything, whew, / can't
tell it. Well, they got married to live
happily ever after but somehow or
other they didn't, because the man jump
ed sometime after. l never have any
memory for dates.
''rhey had the finest pair Of trotters I
Chose that caused the trouble) and they
We're decorated with silver buckles The
trap was some kind of q fancy high
wheeled concern and second to none in
the city. The couple were In the habit
of going out riding every day and the
girl was always particular about having
everything TO match. You and do not
understand how important such things
are to some girls. Those who are edu-
Gated to it stake their life on it, Well,
as l was saying, the day he jumped, the
two came riding up the further end Of
the bridge. The girl was geSticulating
wildly and she even shrieked in her an
ger. When they got nearer L heard what
she said.
this! How could you? They don't
match. They don't match, I tell you.
Look! Lock-
But while she was pointing to her
pulsive man jumped out of the rig and
before 1 could do anything he was over
OF course don't say it was the harness
that caused the suicide Maybe they
didn't get along well. But the harness
had something to do with it."
And the Woman?' from the bride
And the MANI" from the bridegroom.
1.-THE woman stopped UP short, asked If
he was dead, told me to telephone the
coroner, and said she would go right
home and put on tan shoes and then
come down town and make arrangements
for the funeral. ., she was hustler.
AS to the man. can't say any mora
for him than for the rest. or course We
couldn't put him together again, but we
buried part of him"
How many suicides have you seen,
anyway" was asked
''Oh most of them. There was a young
woman who jumped over because she
quarreled with her husband about what
to put into pink tea they We're going
to give"
THAT isn't why they are called pink
teas interrupted the bride.
he. IaJ
way. Perhaps they didn't know any
better. She jumped over in the middle
of the night and it scared me some.
Women, as a rule, don't take to the high
bridge. They can never fall gracefully
from such a height.
Then there was man who jumped
over because his watch wouldn't keep
time with the court house clock An
other took the leap because he was
crazy, another because he couldn't get a
raise in salary. | don't know why many
of them jumped
It was about an hour afterwards when
the happy philosopher hied himself into
the Merchants hotel. He was hailed by
Clarence Storms and asked where he had
been keeping himself.
Down on the high bridge stringing
suckers" was his cheerful response.