The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26

Meeting his name with that Of rich
and prominent widow on Chestnut
street" s,-11aEn Assf
Mr.. De Llsle was duly introduced to
the Widow Bidwell. She had no sooner
set eyes on him than her heart began
to palpitate. The poet had come. He
looked and dressed the part He also
acted it. Nothing was said of her
dressmalSing on the one hand nor of
his oat business on the other. They
talked Of sonnets and poems and idyls,
and the widow was not in the hotel
dining room to note the quantity Of
corned beef and cabbage he got away
with at dinner.
There was a fourth notice in tho
Clarion. The spurned editor hadn't
much to do with auction bills just
then and he had time to keep track
of affairs on Chestnut street. He had
been told that Mr.. Harold De Isle
was only travelling agent for gang
of eastern swindlers, but he wasn't
going to say so. On the contrary, what
he said was:
1.-The wealthy and distinguished Mr..
De I4isle is still with us, and if he haa
not won the heart of Il Reed City lady
then rumor has gone far astray. Tho
wedding will probably be a quiet aft
fair, and bride and groom may make a
honeymoon trip to Europe"
The Bohemian oats man who looked
like poet and tie widow dressmaker
who really wrote rhymes We're not ex-
actly frank With each other. He never
asked the name of her brother or what
disease he died Of He never asked if
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 he
honored with his deposits. They read
the Clarion and trusted in each other
There We're more farmers waiting to
buy Bohemian oats and find a crop of
weeds, but still Harold DE Lisle lin
gered. There We're dresses. that Gus.
toners We're waiting for, but still the
widows sewing machine was silent.
The languidness and lethargy of look
ing like poet and being Il poet beat
sliding down hill all hollow The fifth
puff in the Clarion was a send-off
'The event of the season occurred at
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 Lisle
prevailed upon the charming Widow
Bidwell to give him her hand and heart
and the Rev. Mr.. Peters made them
man and wife in Il very impressive Ger
emony. The happy couple left for Chi
cago Immediately after, but may re-
turn next week to prepare for the jaunt
abroad"
Ten days later the bride returned and
at once notified all old customers that
business was to be resumed at the old
stand.
Ten days later in Il distant state the
bridegroom was talking up Bohemian
oats. They had come to an 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 zoo
| copies would be. and as he found him
self setting it UP he founl himself say
| ing to himself:
| 'Oh. l don't know. l don't seem to
have so much ache under my vest as
did. l shouldn't wonder if recovered
from the blow in time