Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-08-29
THE WAY 1T HAPPENED.
Showing the Diffcrence Between the coml;
Pancr Nnrrntlya md the Reality.

Paper Narrative and the Reality.
Washington Star Tonight" said the
young hardware clerk to himself, and AN
expression of quiet determination mounted
his features, tonight am going TO see
Hattie's father and tell him that want
to marry his daughter
He was fully aware that lIattie's father
was 4 pretty grim sort of u man, pos
seSsed of very shrewr eye in looking
clear through young men
The Young hardware clerk had meyer
been able to ascertain whether he was
much OF y hit with the old gentleman on
not lie WAS likewise fully ougn'zalt OF
the TACT was this youa.f; hardware clerk
Who wanted Hattie. and wanted hey rad,
thaf $50 per week. his present income.
wasn't much OF weekly wa] wherewith
10 TAX" proper care oft girl whose father
was a master plumber IA good practice.
put ne saw other young married folks do
ing the so yer stunt. and he didn't see
why he and Hattie couldn't make it stick.
re mad asked Hattie what SHE thought
about H. and Hattie had replied by drop
ping Into his strong, manly but there arc.
some matters into which RAM. outsiders
have no right TO probe.
Yep" again unused the young hard
to brace the old boy for Hat, ana i'm 90
lhg 10 put on my good bunch rags ana
make the break for sure
And he did.
), " mus, be said that he approached the
mouse with more or less trenida,iol, and
mat when the hired girl told him that
Miss Hattie was dressing and would be
down In 4 minute. there was some hllslSi-
ness IN his tone as he told the hired ef,l
That for the present he desired 10 have .
lhiNate conversation with Mr.. Iuglc;tk
Inc young hardware clerk sat on tho
edge OF chair In the paror. tWdiiute
MS sl.5s lanama when he heard u hcgtli y
padded footstep in the hali, and there's
| no doubt i'm life that he felt lust :, trf.e
| queer when Hats father, In his ahitt
sleeves and slippers with a cigar III tire
| left hand corner of his grim face afd an
| evening paper In his hand, showed u in
| the hall.
| "Goodevening. Mr.. Plugieali.,' said the
| Young hardware clerk, in u perfectly nat
ural voice. for he had, ror all his trepi5a-
| t!on. quite succeeded In inastering his
| feelings IL may be that YOU slirmise
why IT is that J have asked for Il lIttic
private talk with YOU this evepine. /
| want to marry Hattie. Hat saws She 4
willing, and I've been fond of her eyer
| since she was II little Bit OF d thing ana
] guess She thinks she's be able 10 eel
along WITH IL, me all riGh.. and 50 I'm ask
Now, 1T is right at this point tina, the
present narrative necessarily differs from
| all narratives whatsoever of "a Similar
| character In the funny papers.
| The funny paper narrative would. by :,
| wanton and Impossible deviation from all
truth and nature. depict the young hard
/ ware clerk az executing u lIasty departure
from MIR. Plugleak's front door, with tho
aid of the right shoe IN MIR. PugleaIl' 5
No u boot, and on his hurried way down
the front steps the unfortunate young
/ hardware clerk would be exhibited as
stepping on a toy express wagon that hat
been accidentally left on the steps bs
Ijattie's little brother, thereby accelerat-
ng his exit and causing his coattails II
fly w around his head and hts collar /,
burst at the buttonholes, and all that sor
of thing.
However, this is an age of realism anc
of fact and not even for the purpose o
evoking the uncomfortable glee of Tia
reader of this narrative can the presen
writer swervc from his manifest duty o
but the truth
Consequently:
"Oh, that's it. oh. som said Mr. Plug
leak, with q half smile stealing over hi
naturally stern features, as he droppe
into a chair and took a long pull at hi
cigar. We'll, rye been kind O thinkin,
that you've been making w TO Hat. IT
all right, my boy, | suppose Hats
and don't see any reason why you t%
shouldn't get married. j want the gi,
to marry the man OF her own pick ]'N
had word or SO about you on the quie
with some folks that lSnow you. and the
tell me that you're a pretty steady lac
don't know anything about how your
fixed, but you're young and can't be max
irg great deal of money yet. but CUES
we can attend to that bit In the way Q
giving you and Hat little push alon
at the outset of your marriage and afte,
warn dS IHe OtcdSioll Jllsts.' ft5 lar II
that's concerned, ] married Hats mothe
when ] was making only sl2 a weak, bt
this Is different period. of course. an
young folks of this day have to have
lot Of things that we didn't know an,
thing about when l was young. All righ
boy. you go ahead and marry Hat If yo
want to and she wants to. and ] CUES
that's all firmly enough decided upon be
tween the pair Of you and II see tina
you won't go UP against 1t In case Z
sickness or embarrassment or anythin
ste that. Hats mother. by the waa
thinks you're u pretty nice boy. too. an