The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-11-14
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| loved her and wished his consent to q
| speedy marriage. He raised no objec-
tions. On the contrary, he limited that
he would feel honored by having me
| for q son-in-law. Ny people were will
ing, and for a month I was in the
| seventh heaven of happiness. Then a
little circumstance changed the current
of two lives. Ny father was the in
ventor of that breakfast food known
as Barley Snaps. Her father was the
| inventor of that breakfast food known
as Barley Drops. Each claimed that he
had struck the biggest thing on earth.
Each brought forward testimonials.
slurred at the other, and the result was
bitter quarrel, and was warned that
Lulu could never, never marry the son
of liar. Ny father announced that no
son of his should ever marry the daugh-
ter Of fraud, and I fell from happi-
ness to black despair. It was the same
with Lulu. I was forbidden an inter-
view with her, but she answered a let
ter I bribed q servant to deliver. She
said she would be true to me to the
hour Of her DEATH
"sHumphv grunted the jealous mind
ed man as he swung around on me.
".Jim Williams, what are you grunt-
ing like hog for?' demanded the farm
er, as he rose up.
"sBecause he has no sentiment OBJ
served Miss Fanny.
eff he grunts again he can take him.
self off, added the wife. Stranger, go
ahead with your story. haven't been
SO excited since our wood shed took
fire.
"sTwo weeks passed. kind friends
two Of the longest weeks since time be
gan. Then received brief note from
Lulu, who had bribed tin peddler to
deliver it. She stated that she had told
her father that Barley Snaps We're far
superior to Barley Drops as breakfast
food and that she would marry me OF
die an old maid. Her fathers reply
was box on the ear. AS she wrote me
the note she was on the point Of leaving
the house. She was going she knew
not where, but somewhere. She bade
me to find her and make her my own
.ssAnd she didn't tell you where she
could be found:' asked Miss Fanny. *,
alas, no! 1 waited week foran-
other note, but none came. Then set
out in search for her.
".And you couldn't find her?
"sI have not found her to this day.
aeBut where could she have gone?
Where have you looked for her?
"sWhere have not looked for. the,
Lulu of my heart? answered, as /
wiped a tear from my eye. where she
went no man has ever been able to tel
me. have looked the world over dur.
ing these last ten years, but not a trace
Of her have found S,'.:..
She probably drowned herself in
the vinegar bar'l,' chuckled the jealous
hired man.
sgThe farmer jumped for him, but the
fellow leaped over the yeranda rail and
disappeared in the darkness. The
farmer returned to his chair and said:
BY gum, girls, but that's quite
story. I knew this feller was no COM
mon tramp when saw him coming up
the road
"It's story to sadden the heart
added the wife.
."sIt is, indeed announced the old
maid. 1t appeals to romance. pity and
. II 49,, ,,,o,,o I,oo,,+;f,,l tc II, tho
human breast. Lulu wanders DER the
face of the earth and hourly hopes to
meet You, and yet you never meet
/" That is the case, miss, but I know
that wherever she is she has not lost
faith in me. She knows am searching
for her. She knows that if heaven
spares me long enough shalt find her
and clasp her in my arms
.tJames lis there no way you can
help him:' asked the wife of her hus.
band
"sTd be burned glad to. stranger, but
I don't see how 1 can,' he replied to
me. 1'll keep watch of the road as
much as can, and If Lulu comes along
I'll tell her you were mere ana ASKING
for her, and am sure ma will give her
something to eat
"'And she will fnd sympathetic
friend in me- added the old maid.
II sighed, rose up and wandered
down to the gate There I met the
Jealous hired man. Without saying a
word he hauled off and made swipe
at me. blocked and swung my right
and knocked him into bed Of catnip.
Next morning when he got up with a
black eye he explained that he had
run against the cherry tree. I was an
honored guest over Sunday, and when
Monday came resumed my search for
the lost Lulu" N. QUAD.