Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-01
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Tales of The Town.

young and bashful-but he was in
love- Deeply, madly, absorbedly in
love. Thoughts of his inamorita
mingled with his daily work of
grinding coffee and tying up parcels
for he was clerk in grocery store.
At all. other times he was, as he
signed himself, ''his Angelina's own
est own" 1t was a horrible disap-
pointment that the merchants Of the
town decided to keep open evenings
on Christmas week and that his en-
ployer among the rest did so an
nounce-that horrid store where he
shaved SO hard" as Angelina said,
and that on Christmas evening, that
evening of all evenings when Ange-
lina's papa would be good natured
and darling Angelina in her sweet
est mood that he should be obliged
to stay and work. But SO it was,
and like every lover since the days
of Romeo he had to content himself
with thinking and feeling quite
tragic while he thought it, 1.-The
course of true love never did run
smooth" But at least, even if he
could not be at Angles side to
whisper sweet things in her ear, he
could send her something to show
that his thoughts were with her, as
ever So while he was out to sup
per he slipped into a dry goods store,
carefully selecting one where there
were not so many lady assistants to
stare him out of countenance and
exchange knowing looks, for he was
very, very bashful, and bought a
beautiful pair of pink silk gloves,
the long ones, you know, that reach
to the elbow. The assistant was
hurried, for just at the same time a
stout, good humored farmers wife
came in to buy a pair of stockings,
but finally the bashful youth OBJ
tanned his package and returned to
the store where on the quiet he in
dicted cute little note and dis
patched package and note to his
darling Angelina by a delivery boy
who was also working late and
glad to earn a dime. Angles rap
ture on receiving the note was ex-
pressed in Angles most fetching
manner. He had laid it on pretty
thick for he was very much in love,
as I have said. And she was, too,
and kind of expected honeyed words
Of love every time. He said in
choicest words how it grieved him to
pass an evening, and such an even
ing, away from her side, but she
knew he loved her, etc., ETC., ad
lib, and he sent her little gift for
her to remember him by. He
hoped they would fit, and that the
length would be right, and when
those COMPOUNDED other fellows
pressed them, he hoped-he did,
really-that she would think only of
her own ever devoted, adoring
adorer, x, and a lot more in that
strain. Now that was lovely and
Angelina pressed the letter to her
breast and kissed it, too, and then
with eager expectation opened the
package. Of course, she expected
gloves, and, my word, there was
ructions when out of that neatly
wrapped package there appeared
the hugest, commonest, altogether
most plebian pair of stockings it had
ever been her good or bad fortune
to behold. 'And cotton, too, the
wretch!'' exclaimed Angelina in
tragedy tones. And that is why
Angelina's engagement to that clerk
is thing of the past.
The stated meeting of the League
for the Emancipation Of Downtrod-
den Husbands was held last evening.
There were present, Josiah Meek,
who has the exceptional honor of
having occupied the presidents chair
for years; Abel L. Suffering, the
competent secretary; I. A. M. Will
lingtohide, treasurer, and during
the evening an average attendance
of Is members. At times there was
a larger number, but several had to
leave before the proceedings termin-
ated, their permits of absence from
home expiring at various times from
$50 on to $50. Others not being
able to arrive until the meeting had
been in session for some time, ex-
planned their hardness by briefly
setting forth that the duties OF dish
washing, cutting and carrying fuel
for the next days fires, putting the
children to bed and other household
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