The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-09-07

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hali ihas ~ had beun Aeaualhssa luhe
sncapA and hAa beeh evlna together
lcnx prcnwh thai ~ sbeueht ! couid
Anuwtf him Then without ANS lonser
hthilalscn. and finally sold him that
would b. hls Wits
ibid soa have any conversation with
him Oh the neat aay on this suhiscl
Yes. slt, when We we're driving IN
the Afternoon, lie proposed thai We
ciopc ana NO 10 nsniscn and be- mar
tied al my grandmother's ! told him
that would not DO that, that MIA
would object 10 that. And he also told
mo that our home would be conducted
differently from his own home, that
he had never heard his mother pray,
and that our home would be conducted
differently and be conducted by pray
or.
You may state what he did, after
you told him that you would be his
wife, II anything.
lie kissed me a great many times.
Now what, II anything, did he do in
that way the next day when you were
out together7
He put his arms around me and
kissed me. He visited me as usual
after this. We moved In November.
The young man doesn't deny Il; In
deed, he admitted that what might DO
called an engagement between them
existed until she dismissed him in De-
cember, 1901. He declares that he was
not engaged TO her after the dismiss
sal, that the dismissal was not with.
drawn and the engagement renewed.
But listen to the girls testimony,
which the jury believed to the extent
of 81 500 damages for her lacerated
heart when q year later the young
man led the girls cousin and intimate
friend to the altar:
Letter Made Him Miserable.
When did you next have converse.
ton with him about your affairs after
that? (his visits TO her at the tele.
phone Office in washington In 1909
II was in September, 1903. It occur
red at my fathers house on the Nc.
Clellan farm west Of town. He came
there about 4 o'clock along towards
evening. had conversation with him
that night he stayed all night, had
Eprivate conversation with him that
night. He said that ] didn't know
how miserable he had been since re-
ceiving that. letter. told him that
he had not been any more miserable
that ]. He said he had gone with dif.
ferent girls thinking perhaps he might
find some one that would make his
homo and his mothers and Fred's
more pleasant. But he said that he
could find no one that no loved in the
way that he loved me. And asked
him II he and Eva Booth were going
to DO married. He said no, that he
had never told her that he loved her.
He said that I knew as much about
when they would be married as he did.
He asked me what I thought of him.
Then he answered the question him.
self.
He said: II know what you think OF
me, you thought was a liar and a
hypocrite and / was" but, he said,
you know VIC would have been mar.
rled years ago II II had not been for
mother and Fred" And ] asked him
how much longer this was going to
continue and he said not very long,
that there was dark cloud hanging
over us now, but wo would be able
soon TO SEQ the silver lining that every
cloud has. He said 10 would not BIO
long until we could DO married and
we would be able TO see the silver lin
ing that every cloud has. We stayed
up that night talking until II or 1880
o'clock. The next morning no went
away in time TO catch the o'clock
train. got his breakfast for him. No
one else was up at tho place. I ate
breakfast with him. No one else was
present.
He said that VIC had one Of our
good old times and I said yes, I was
glad. He said we had clear under
standing and ! said yes, was glad
that everything was Strengthened up
and there would BIO no more misun.
derstandings between US. And he
said yes, he was glad, too, and he kiss
ed me goodbye at the door.
1 Then he straIghtway went and mar.