The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-05
PERSISTENT LOVERS.
WOMEN WHO WE'RE MARRIED IN
SPITE OF THEMSELVES.


Cy"ic"i De"l"rHtio" That "Any Aiau
Can We'd ANY Woman"
"Any man can marry any woman"
NOitNirc once cynicnlly declared. "if hC
only pursurs her long enough" This.
vi any rate. was the experience Of Ju-
cob Halliday. Il wcll known chnru Ctoi'
IN tho north OF England couple Of
generations &Eo.
Never did II lover win a wifo under
such ltsrournging conditions ns Jacob,
for after his first proposal he was
somndly horsrwhprrd by tho young
Mdy's father aud ,lurkrd IN Il convcn.
tent pond.
| "lll ask her again next year." Jacob
| spluttrrrd rs hr emerged from his
bath, the fire of his passion not II whit
| qurnchrd by his cold douchr, "Rrgu.
lnrly once year, OH the anniversary
| of his first proposal nnd Immersion"
| Nicholson says In his biography Of Mr..
Halliday, Jacob attirrd hiiusrlf In his
finest rnimrnt and presented his pcti
tinn, always with the same negative re.
suit When he presented himself now
middle aged man. for the twenty
praranrr with u peal OF laughter. It's
no good, Jacob. see, She exclaimed.
4 may NJ we'll Iivc In now rs later, but
what faint hearted creature the I'M
Fortunate widow was compared with
your"
Sheridan took an equally bold course
when he sought tu win the faireSt Of
the beautiful daughters NJ linlry, tho
composer of Bath, who was strongly
opposed 10 the suit of the brilliant
young poet and dramatiSt His lady.
love, too. was hrsrt Ivy an army Of
suitors, many OF them far more rligt.
Nlc than the prnnilrSS law student The
circumstances called tor hold and de-
riStvc action. After threatcninS to de-
atroy himself II the lady refused his
advances and lighting Il couple of durlS
with one of his most Formidable rivals
Sheridan took the hnld step of running
away with Miss l.inlrN and conducting
her ~ y French nuunery. where she re-
mStned III t>,ntinrmrnt until SurruWh.
Ing to her lovers daring and persist.
rnr>, she consented tN marry him.
An amusing and characteristics story
is told " Lord BearonSueld in the
days when hr WAS wtsning Mrs Lewis
70 whom In later wears of marr;,~i life
lie WAS So tourhiuSly devoted.
One day Mrs, Lewis, who WAS then
living IN rrtirrMent AZ her seat in Ola.
luNrSHn<Nirr, SAW Sentlrman walking
!ri<u7SlN up the drive. Jane" she ex.
rlaim;>N Iu an old servant. Il really be-
NeNt that NNrvld man ni$raeN is t>,,n-
ing ny the Is.v,> lNn. pltsSe, run to the
Gt>,: ami -! I'm NOT 1T home" Jane
rpeu,<i the dow IL the uudeSirs>i caller
auG G..>t'v announced her rusSSsss.
Il kNuW." N.<rarN cnAlly answered.
"nu: taLc my Nas 10 i Nr~iy\>N,u and
pcrl4T, M"rNru. Will wait until
Mis-. l.rN ., : v,@,iy ~ vn-.e down.
stairs" wl.>h. q course. Mrs Lewis
felt rnr}l,, !ri Il Ga i few minutes
later.
oh, dear. What can 30 with such
an obstinate. th.rA skinned mani" the
widow A>k,>! desperately later in the
day when N.>rarN showed no sign Of
raising the siege. Marry him. sup
pose INA am. was James philoSophic
answer. and rs the world knows. the
persistent wootr had his way in the
end in this AS III most other things In
life.
A judge, not long decea Sed. used to
tell direrting story OF his wooing. In
those days he was struggling and oD-
scure lawyer without even the prospect
Of an income, and the woman on whom
he hud set his affections was the
daughter OF Il purse r.uud man with a
high sounding name Who was strongly
opposed to giving his daughter to a
"penniless lawyer"
do yol know. SIR" the father thup.
dered when he was asked for his
daughters hand-"do YOU know. sir.
that my daughters ancestors huye oll
been noblemen and that one Of them
was favorite minister OF Ouccn Elizo.
beth?' "Oh. yes know all that,u the
youny h,rrister n,,o,,,, on.,aa
hnt ii,