River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

ordered two drinks of whisky and
drank BOTH Then we walked over to
Columbus Circle and got into han
som. He did not tell me where we
were going, but had no idea it was TO
the pier where his boat was to sail.
''We took a downtown direction,
and in a little while he told the cab
man TO stop at hat store. We talked
mostly about my going abroad, about
my getting the things, and the same
old strain he had been talking of. |
did not say whether I would go or not
Il let him believe l was going, for
awhile. We also joked about the hat
he had on. He said it was the funni-
est thing in the world that l and Mrs.
Young should both be making fun of
the same hat-she had told him he
must get new one before he sailed
The Cab Ride.
"The cabman stopped at Knox's hat
store, under the Fifth Avenue hotel.
and Mr.. Young went in and bought q
hat Then he called the driver to take
us somewhere where we could get a
drink. I have no idea of the route the
CAR followed, but we went to a saloon
under the elevated road somewhere,
and got out.
"We went into the side door, and in
to a room where chairs were piled on
the tables-it was SO early in the
morning. Mr.. Young took two chairs
off the first table we came to, and sat
down. He started out to give the or
der and the man came in and met him.
Then he sat down opposite to me, but
before that he stopped over and kissed
me.
"He said he wished I was going
away then, and l said l wished So,
too.
eve had some drinks served, and
then Mr.. Young took out postal card
and w1ote something on it, handing 1t
to me, saying: Take this-it is some
thing you might need 1t was fancy
postal card, and on the front was writ
ten, Miss Patterson, care of Mrs
Smith, st. Paul, Sixty-first street and
Columbus avenue
eve left the saloon and got into a
cab and started down town again. |
sat on the left side and he on the right.
AS the cab started he said:
Mans Refusal.
"'Nan, | would not have made you
get up so early this morning, but I did
not feel positive that you were coming
over l did not make him any an
swer far a little while and he laughed.
And | asked him why he should say
that. He says, Because / do not feel
that you are coming over there, but I
believe you are deceiving me-. And he
says Are you going?' l says Well.
Caesar, there is no use to say that /
will so, because l really do not want
to. I have made up my mind not to,
but you go over there and get things
Quoted down until the folks have for
gotten about things by that time and
/ will see you at the Saratoga meet
ing
sHe looked at me for little while
and did not say anything. And he
said DO you mean that, Nan?' And he
grabbed me by my hand nearest to him
and pulled me toward him.
The Struggle.
He hurt me so that tried 10 pull
away, and / could not get away from
him; and put my other hand up and
grabbed away from him in that way,
and in some way or other I got away
from him. He said told him that ne
hurt me-he said: IF you don't come
over there, and I have to wait until
the Saratoga meeting, / may see you
in three months, or may never see
you; my horses have gone back on me;
have lost all my money, now am
losing my girl; do you mean that?
"And he grabbed me with a great
deal of force, hurt me terribly-so
badly that it made the tears come TO
my eyes. tried to struggle away from
him again, and in so doing I had to
pull away over, and then there was
fash and that was the end.