The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-06-24

Columbus Circle and got into a han
som. He did not tell me where we
were going, but l had no idea it was to
! the Per where his boat was to sail.
We took downtown direction,
and ii little while he told the cab
man 10 stop at a 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 moi say whether I would go or not
II let him believe I 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 I and Mrs.
Young should both be making fun of
the same hat-she had told him he
must get a new one before he sailed.
The Cab Ride.
1.-THE eabnlan stopped at Knox's hat
store, under the Fifth Avenue hotel,
hat. Then he called the driver to take
/ US somewhere where We. could get a
drink have no idea Of the route the
eah' f followed NJ 81, bit ne went to a saloon
under the elevated road somewhere,
and got out
I'VE went into the side door, and In
to a room where chairs were piled on
the tables-it was 50 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 said | wished SO,
too.
1--WE had some drinks served, and
then Mr.. Young took out a postal card
and w1ote something on it. handing it
to me, saying: Take this-it is some
thing you might need. It was fancy
postal card, and on the front was writ
ten, Miss Patterson, care of Mrs.
Smith. st. Paul, sixty-drst street and
Columbus avenue.
eve left the saloon and got into q
cab and started down town again. |
sat % the left side and he on the right.
AS the cab started he said:
Mans Refusal.
I" Man, / would not have made you
get up SO early this morning, but did
not feel positive that you We're coming
over. I did not make Kim any an
gWer far a little while and he laughed.
And / asked him why hs should say
that. He says, Because I DO not feel
that you are coming over there, but ]
believe YOU are deceiving me- And he
says Are you going? says Well,
Caesar, there is no use to say that |
will SO. because I really, do not want
fo. I have made up my mind not to,
hut YOU go over there and get things
auietea down until the folks have for
gotten about things by that time and
+ viii see you at the Saratoga meet
ing.
ssHe looked at ne for little while
and die not say anything. And he
said Do. you mean that, Nan2' And he.
grabbed me by my hand nearest to him
aud pulled me toward him.
The Struggle.
SIZE hurt me so that ! tried to pull
away. ana cGu1uE Not Ss0e3 or ~ - oAn
him; and / put my other hand Up and
grabbed away from him IN that way,
and in some way or other { got away
from him. He said told him that he
hurt n1e-he said: # you don't come
over there, and 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 ali my money, now ! am
losing my girl; do you mean that2
ssAnd 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 Ill 50 doing T had to
pull away over, and then there vas a
fash and that was the end