The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-14

| "a 81, - per had just arrived
1 with its columns TEEN
NJ ing with brilliant of
~ fers of lonesome wild
| WS7-. Mw ows and incoming
- =. a,g~" swans with golden
hearts and holes in their stockings
needing rnending. Shy young beauties
were there, too, longing for the har-
Dor of a manly heart who. would for
ward the money for expenses. But
| the one that got all the girls in Drake
up in the air with a temperature or Io4,
was the, simple announcement Of a
modest young man who described him
self as, aged "a, wavy black hair and
blue eyes, steady and industrious, with
| mo, bad habits, wants a wife. Write
to box 81, Drake, N. D.
Calico rustled from door to door,
and even the laboring men who came
up to work on the new railroad grade
Igot anxious, as questions were hurled
at all comers. .
who, is hep
Curly hair! Now who has curly
hair?' ~
s"Ask the postmaster. Amt he
mean not to tell" etc, etc.
Every male in town was UP for in
spection-and liked it. In fact they
rather encouraged it by dropping dark
hints. One bright fellow had all the
attention for few minutes, he having
conceived the idea Of going up to the
postoffice and asking for mail in box
L o., He was surrounded Immediately
by more girls than he had ever expect!
edcto see. together in this part of the
naked, prairie: A fellow who was en-
gagged to one of the. girls gave the
snap away, and spoiled the scheme
There was only one way, and that
was to write to box 64.
Now it is feminine. nature to love
mystery. To seem one thing and be
another To cling to what they have
and more too. To put the best foot
forward If they have to borrow, the
loot l know a very happily married
woman in Fargo who brought her hus-
band up. to the, scratch when he seemed
tardy about stating his proposal, by
showing him too nicely whit
ten proposals Of marriage and
asking him to- write a, reply
for< her as she was sure she
could not write one clever enough not
TO offend him and they were such fine
fellows: He wrote the, reply quick. He
stated in it that she was already engag-
ed, and let them down as easy as he
could. >, This was years ago, hut both
of them smile contentedly, to this day
When they, tell the, story, because, they.
do IN not know Just how much, cleverness
nor how much, guile there was on eth
er side, / know a girl in Moorhead
right now who has three offers of mar
rage Sheynor all her friends cannot
DECIDE which one she should tie to.
She wants all three. She will marry
none. The Joy. of stringing the whole
bunch along is too great, to be given
ilP,r lBesideS she, expects more, propos-
ais along about blossoning time. They
.haye rlsYer failed her. M Il .5 sNi' 7. ..i,..
But to return to Drake. One Of the
girls came to me and asked me il
Wead not write a reply to this aiver-
tisement, No one would know my writ
ing She did not, write English any
way as well as she did in German,
<M dink it iss, my Teller what makes
deb advertisement. He has, de, .plack
hair NIT a seurls on id, und de, ,plue
eye but he don't got de nerye,:to 8 make
de eng cement. s3i' ..5@2'
:, ~ right, Lena" | said, '"I'll fix
him Sol wrote: <.ss .,..,.-
Box 64: %s.@ st.El45.' =. Y. s{@:
esDear Sir: After reading your de
scription Of yourself, / have conclude !
you are the boy for me. I also live in
Drake. I will confess / have a sweet |
heart now whom Ilove better than any
body ever saw, but, he either doesn't
loveS me for, keeps or he hasn't anyI
sand, for he has never said a word |
about getting married. SO I ann going
to Atear his image from my heart, and |
replace il with another. Il Ii you are
not a firt and are sincere meet me
at fte school house tonight at q q, ,cfock. |
Wear "a red ribbon on your coat. IL
viii Weat a white one on my breast.
Yours Yrs ! truly fflls.,
No, q, and Sad Heart got to-I
gether. No, 64 nearly tainted when
hesssaW the white flag on HIS old girl. |
She really did faint was inn the |
schoolhouse and saw the whole busi-i
ness. He hastened to lift her up, but
she revived the moment he touched |
her and said:
Don't come by me nit your hands.
Why Lena
& Don't you call Why Lena by me. |
1 see dot advertisements in der ba-
pers, NJ.
What advertisement? n
sYa, what advertisement. You
know what you want NIT wife but of |
der bapers 81
We'll, Lena. found her
Vel, go to her, tnd don't fool nit |
me.
I. But, b y, Lena, i IS you I found. &
Yes. you. 3
Yes. ,as 81 N
!. NOh. Charlie. y
These are kisses} +
y *Ie* II s4
{ This Is where climbed osat through
window, and escaped With sweat
p9sllirir,g down my back Well, gooi-|
BATES, RFTIRENfFNT