Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-13


with a splash. Once again the lady
was older than |, and SO help me,
Bob, was never able to tell why |
did love her. Had the song, Il Don't
Know why [ Love her, but l Do"
been written then it would have been
favorite of mine. The last time
saw her, like Maud Muller, she was
raking hay-only she had machine
to which was nitched a plug of a
horse. After that we removed to
Wisconsin and here in this tropical
cline my propensities developed with
great rapidity. Experienced several
attacks on the road but they were not
serious, and / came off slightly
Scared. Not so after arriving here.
I had not been IN the state twelve
month before was in the throes once
more, unable to eat, drink, or sleep
nights, 1t took me four years to
work it out of my system, and well l
remember 1t, when the tendrils of af-
lection which fancied had bound her
heart to mine for all time to come,
were by her torn, leaving my frac-
tured, bleeding heart with scarcely
sufficient energy to force the blood
through my veins. had looked
down, down into the limpid depths of
her soulful eyes for the last time.
That went pretty hard with me. [
ate no supper that night and went
early to sleepless bed. My brother
the one referred to above-talked
to me and advised me to brace up.
t'Fall in love with someone else," said
he, and | did. In two months [ had
it worse than ever. That case has but
recently come to an end For three
years | received letter daily and
last week burned them all. Love let
tiers seem to burn like ordinary waste
paper-tbe sentiment has no apparent
effect on the calority OF the flame. 1t
took a goou sized heater four hours
to consume those letters. Fortunate
ly for me | had fallen in love with
someone else before this case was off,
so l watched the letters burn with
few twinges. The next evening |
called on my latest and very bestest
girl and told her about it. I said it
carefully and braced myself to catch
her when she should give expression
70 her long pent up feelings in one
Ugh Of relief and fall into my arms.
But she didn't. Instead she solemn
ly told me that she had cast her lot
with another. That is why am
looking for some one to love. | wrote
- my brother that | was all eff. |
meant with one girl and he thought I
meant another, but he was equal to
the occasion and wrote me some good
advice Here is an extract from his
letter:
"Dear Son: Your letter. makes me
wish I was with you to give you the
fatherly advice you need. You are
learning rapidly the lesson Ishave been
trying to teach you and you will find
in this case as in the other that you
will soon recover if you go at it right
Always keep this in mind, however, it
is not proper now to love anyone too
seriously until you are prepared to
support family. The best policy is
to love many but not much"
All candidates for the vacancy in
my affection apply to p. D. O."
this office.
Instead of the old familiar game of
tin-tin as played years ago, you hear
three raps, man enters with spark
ling eyes and excited mien and you
hear the words ''black-jacK."
If there is anyone in this neck-o'-
the-woods who owns lung tester he
desires tested by an expert apply to
T.. Burr. Care will be taken to
prevent accidents, but will not be re-
sponsible if any occur.
In the recent football game between
the Lancaster high school and Platte
vile Normal teams played here the
Lancaster small boy as usual exer-
cised the opportunity granted him on
such occasions of dispensing openly,
fearlessly and above board s stock
of sarcastic remarks to the opposing
team. Among the Normal play
was student" of husky build, who
in appearance could well pose as
dad to any of the high school Toys
composing the team. At critical
point in the scrimmage when every
thing was quiet, little Johnny Green
remarked from his position on the
side line, "Say, you Teller with the
big moustache and red cap, are you
goin' to spend all your life gettin
an education?n
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