The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Meeting lis name with that Of a rich
and prominent widow on Chestnut
street"
Mr.. De Lisle was duly introduced t.
the Widow Bidwell. She haG no sooner
set eyes on him than her heart began
to pa,pitate The poet had come. He
looked and dressed the part. He also
acted it. Nothing was said Of he"
dressmaking on the one hand nor Of
his oat business Oh the other. They
talked Of sonnets and poems and idylS.
anu the widow vas not in the hotel
dining room to note the quantity CT
corned beef ana cabbage he got away
: with At dinner.
There was fourth notice in the
Clarion. The spucned editor hadn't
much to 90 with auction bills just
then, ard he had time to keep traci:
Of affairs on Chestnut street. He ha;
been tod that Nj. Harold De Lisie
, was only a travelling agent Cor gang
OF eastern swinGlers. but he wasn't
going to say so. ca the contrary. WAT
he said was
The wealthy cid distinguished Nj.
De Lisle is still with Is, and if lie las
! not won the heart Of Reed City lady'
! then rumor has gone far astrcy. TIC
Wedding will probably be quiet af-
! fair. and bride and groom may make
; honeymoon trip to Europe"
The Bohemian oats man who looked
| ike a poet and the widow d.essmakcr
WHO really wrote rhymes we're not ex-
! actly frank with each other. He neve"
asked the name OF her brother or what
! disease he died Of. He never asked #
| that fortune had come or when it might
be expected.
On her part, she didn't ask in What
part Of the keystone State his oil we'll
! was situated or what national bank be
honored with his deposits. They read
the Clarion and trusted in each other.
There were more farmers waiting t.
buy Bohemian oats and find crop Of
! weeds, but still Harold De Lisle lin
i gcred. There were dresses that Gus
! toners were Waiting for, but still the
widows sewing machine was silent
! The languidness and lethargy of look
! ing like a poet and being a poet beat
sliding down hill all hollow. The fifth
puff" in the Clarion was sead-of.
THE event of the season occurred al
the Methodist church two days since, .
it read. las we have all along pre-
dicted, we have lost our fairest flower
! In other words, Mr. Harold De LisIe
prevailed upon the charming Widow
| Bidwell to give him her hand and heart
and the Rev. Mr.. Peters made them
man and wife in a very impressive Ger
emony. The happy couple left for Chi
cago Immediately after, but may re
turn next week to prepare for the jaun1
abroad"
Ten days later the bride returned and
at once notified all old customers that
business was to be resumed at the ole
stand.
Ten days later in distant state the
bridegroom was taking up 6onenlaL
oats They had come to IN understand
ing about money matters. They had
understood that each had played The
confidence game On the other and that
they hadn't $500 between them.
Editor Flint of the Clarion and Fer
gus County Advertiser sat down and
wrote an auction bill for Farmer Jones
and told him what the price for 2O(
copies would be, and as he found him
self setting it up be found himself say
Ing to himself:
"Oh, l don't know. don't seem tt
have so much ache under my vest as
did. shouldn't wonder If recovered
from the blow in time"