The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-01

WOMEN WHO WERE AARMGo ~
SplTE or TrshselvE&

OOo0 AoyUb0C0sos sass1e$Y9
Wssla seem 40 Justify velsaass's
Cysscal Des ;arass~s That sAsy nss
Ca Ned Asy W soss.s
ANY man can marry any woman"
voltaire once eynleally dsclared. If -
only puryues her long enough" ThiA
n any rate. was the experience Of ia
cob Halliday. q well known charactes
In the north Of England . couple Of
generations ago.
Never did q lover win . wife under
such discouraging conditions IS Jacob,
for after his Arst proposal he was
soundly horsewhipped by the young
lady's father and ducked In . conveu.
lent pond
I'm ask her again next year. Jacob
spluttered ~ he emerged from his
bath. the are Of his passion not whit
quepched by his cold douche. -Resu-
larry once . year. ON the anniversary
Of his f,rst proposal and immersion"
Nicholson says In his biography Of Mr..
Halliday. Jacob attired himself In his
finest raiment and presented his peti-
ton, always with the same negative re-
suit. When he presented himself. now
a middle aged man. for the twenty
fourth time. the lady greeted his sp-
pearsnce with q peal of laughter. Its
no good. Jacob. l see.' she exclaimed.
4 may as well give in now ~ later. but
what a faint hearted creature the i'm
Fortunate widow was compared with
your"
Sheridan took an equally bold course
when he sought ~ win the fairest Of
the beautiful daughters u Linley. the
composer Of Bath. who was strongly
opposed to the suit of the brilliant
young poet and dramatist- His lady
love. too. was beset by IN army Of
suitors. many OF them far more eligi-
BILE than the penniless law student The
circumstances called for bold and de-
sisive action. After threatening TO de-
stroy himself II the lady refused HE
advances and fighting q couple Of duels
with one Of his most formidable rivals
Sheridan took the bold step Of running
away with Miss Linley and conducting
her 10 q French nunnery. where she ~
manned In confinement until. succumb-
ing to her lovers daring and persist
snce. she consented to marry him
An amusing and Characteristic story
10 told Of Lord Beaconsaeld In the
days when he was wooing Mrs. Lewia
to whom In later years Of married life
he was 30 touchingiy devoted.
One day Mrs. Lewis. who was then
living In retirement at her seat in Gls-
morga nshire. saw q gentleman walking
up the drive. Jane" she e.
claimed to an old servant. Il really BE-
lieve that horrid man Disraeli IL CON-
Ing up the drive. Do please. run to the
door and say I'm not at home" Jane
opened the door to the undesired caller
and gravely announced her message.
Il know" Disraeli coolly answered
but take my bag 20 . bedroom and
prepare luncheon ] will wait until
Mrs Lewis is ready to come down
stairs." which. Of course. Mrs. Lewis
felt compelled to do q few minutes
later.
"Oh. dear. what can do with such
an obstinate. thick skinned manf" the
widow asked desperately later In the
day when Disraeli showed no sign Of
raising the siege. Marry him. ] sup
pose. maam." was James philosophic
answer. and. 40 the world knows. the
persistent wooer had his way In the
end In this az In most other things In
life.
A Judge. not long deceased. used to
tell diverting story Of his wooing. In
those days he was q struggling and OBJ
scure lawyer without even the prospect
Of an income. and the woman on whom
he had set his affections was the
daughter Of . purse proud man with .
high sounding name who was strongly
opposed to giving bis daughter to .
''penniless lawyer"
DO yol know, SIR the father thun-
dered when he was asked for his
daughters hand-"do you know. sir.
that my daughters ancestors have au
been noblemen and that one Of them
was . fsvorits minister Of Queen Eliza
BETH" "Oh. yes. I know all that" the
young barrister placidly answered.
land do you know that Queen Eliza
beth once slapped your ancestors face.
and unless you are more civil will do
the same for your" II 10 scarcely sur.
prising that % bold and daring q lover
had his way in the end. even In the
face of such . barrier Of ghostly noble
ancestors.
The late Prince Bismarck, Il II said.
won his wife In much the same way.
Although he had not known the lady Of
his love more than q few days and her
parents were not even aware Of his e.
istence. he presented himself one day BE-
fore them and boldly asked permission
to marry their daughter. In vain the
father fumed and clustered and threat
ened to have the young man forcibly
elected from the house for his imperti.
| nence. Il am sorry TO annoy you. DIR. .
the young soldier said. but I must ~
spectfully decline to leave the house
until have your consent" Nor did be.
although the consent was given In thess
ungracious words: well I suppose you
must have your way. but cannot com.
plIment my DAUGHTER ON her choice az Z