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

Nan, will tell you what it was | had
to say to you this afternoon. I must
go away; I have been trying to plan
and see how I could get out of it, but
there is absolutely no way; the only
thing for you to do is to come on after
me; we are going on slow steamer,
and you must leave on fast one, be-
cause I planned and planned and
planned; besides, told the folks l
would go on fishing trip and leave
my wife with Harry Thatcher's wife.
He is my chum in England. And on
this supposed fishing trip will meet
you, and we can be together for three
or four weeks. Now, will you do
that?'
81 said supposed l would. I did
not give him any definite answer, but
l did not want to go. Well, we talked
about what we would do when we got
over there, and one thing and another
and finally returned to the saloon
Young had arranged to meet Luce
here and go home with him, SO that
his wife would not suspect that he had
met Nan.
Young Drinks Heavily.
s'While we sat there guess Mr.
Young had Is or 20 drinks of straight
whisky. I drank very little. He
talked about the way he had been
spending money, and when he had the
money out of his pocket to pay for
some of the drinks he counted off five
$40 bills and he said: Here, put that
with the rest of your money; put all
that money somewhere so that Luce
will know nothing about it. Don't for
goodness sake make any break and
say you are coming over there. Be
cause if Mrs. Young ever saw you
again there would be trouble
s'He would not let me put the money
in my purse for fear that Luce would
see it. He made me take all my money
and put it in my stocking. Then | told
him was hungry, and he suggested
going over to Luce's table and having
something to eat. He was beginning
to show the effects of his drinking.
So the three of us had something to
eat and Mr. Young and 1 drank some
ore-half-and-half it was. There was
no quarreling there, however-the only
thing he showed any anger about was
when he thought did not want to go
over to Europe very much.
when we left the hotel Mr.. Young
was very much in liquor. Mr.. Luce
went to get a cab. Mr.. Young said:
ssNow. you get in and drive up to One
| Hundred and Fortieth street with us
and then drive down to the hotel /
said Why / cannot do it. 1t is so
late now Mrs. Smith will be worrying
about me. l must get home. It is
getting light. 1t is daybreak.' So that
made him very angry because I would
not drive up to the house with him. I
said I wanted to drive down. You
can either drive down with me and
then e. back or else l want to go
home alone
Kissed Her Goodnight.
when Mr.. Luce got the cab Mr..
Young took me by the arm and walked
me over to it and I stopped. did not
want to get in and I said SO. He did
not like it. He said, Call another
cab Another cab came and he put me
on the STEP When he was drunk he
had a great habE of putting his hand
up and pushing my face. He was only
playing. He wasn't rough at all. He
was not angry. He did it that night.
It did not hurt me. Then got as far
as the step of the cab and he pulled
me over and kissed me. The cab door
was closed and was driven away.
"I &c not think l cried on my way
home that night, but l may have,
though cannot think of any reason
except that l was very tired and
sleepy. l did not expect to see Mr..
Young the next day, or on this side of
the water for a long time. There was
no arrangement for me to meet him
next morning-the dav of his death.