Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-11-20
LITTLE THINGS sALk CUPID.
True Stories That Show Love Does
Not Always Elmo a Way.

a tragedy in n Pennsylvania viii
lagc early last year was due entirely
to tobacco. Miss Mabel Duncan had
developed n taste for cigarettes,
which her tnacc, Herbert Keldar,
strongly disapproved of, She gave
her word to abandon the habit, and
after one or two rclapSes kept the
promise faithfully for many months.
On the morning of the wedding,
which was to take place in her
fathers house, one Of her bridesmaids
otCorNd the young lady a cigarette. and
dared her TO smoke It. She took u
few whtfrs and then quickly threw It
away
AS the clergyman commenced the
ceremony the bridegroom shifted sus-
piCtously, Then he lCant over,
You have teen smoking again" he
whispered,
Miss Duncan did not reply, with
out another word the young man
turned and walked out OF the house,
George Ricketts, spent his early
years In tho service of the Hudson
BAY company, lie married n Toronto
young lady, and took her with him to
Fort Golden, in the far northwest,
one winter day in 1883 Indians
ratdcd the place during his absence,
and he returned to find the girl he
had left So fun of life a few hours
before with an Indian tomahawk In
her brain Knowing the rcd mon
would como back he buried her body
and rode for his life. In the spring
he returned to visit the grave 70 his
amagomcnt ho found the body turned
to stone, II Is n most perfect and
beautiful specimen Of pctrihcation.
Ricketts, took 1t with him and re-
turned to his homo In Sunderland
There couple of years ago, he
fen In love second time An went
wcll until ono fatal day, whom he
asked the young lady and her mother
to tea, aud showed her the relic he
had been faithful to for fifteen years
and told her It's story, The girl
turned white and left shortly after
wards. Next day she wrote and de-
clarod that she could not marry
man who had such terrible memories
In his life.
An angry father and dye vat lie.
tween thom put sudden stop 20 the
courtship OF Wilfrod Gait, II was
the daughter of manufacturer that
this gentleman honorod with his at
tcntions, but the father had higher
matrimonial views for his daughter
and warned young Gait off his
! premises,
ono evening he caught the ardent
lsuitor pleading his cause through an
open window, He made u rush for
! him. Gait ran, and would have got
vat that yawned in his path, Into
this he plunged hoadlong, His
pursucr hshod him out and led him
back to tho house IN u half drowned
condition, AS he entered the young
! lady met him, and after n moments
struggle gave way to n Wild ht of
laughter. The mekcss swain was Il
! lovely blue from head to toot--faCo,
clothes, boots, and all, lie had to
! spend the next three weeks In
seclusion, cndeayoring, with the aid
of soap of various brands, TO restore
his natural complexion, hut his
dignity was beyond soap, lie never
called again.
1t Is great mistake to be too
| dignnod lno stiffness and solem-
nifty Of II young clork in bank were
J a standing temptation to his gay and
lnrky sweetheart to "tal,o n rise out
of him"
ono day the two made an oXpodi-
tion to wishing well winch lies not
far from their home, He stopped
stinly to MI the cup. As he did so
the girl yielded to nm almost IT.
resisuDle temptation, and gave him
"A tiny push. lie lost his balance and
toppled in 1t was only three feet
deep, and the only things hurt was
tho young mans hat and his pride.
He slowly picked himself NJ,
iammed his dripping straw upon his
head and, without n word or II
moment to listen to the girls
apologies, stalked away. Perhaps she
was well rid Of him,