The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-25
!. WEDDING
PROSPECT
SCARED
HIN Of

Lena Packard OF Los Angeles on the
eve of their weddings, says he is the
original scared man" lN required
three months foe him to get over mis-
fright at the idea of being married.
rhe suit for $25,000 damages for
Dfeac.. of promise, brought by Miss
PACKARD, has been compromised by
the payment Of $3,50O and attorney
fees by Arnold Just wha. these fees
were 1as not been maize public, out
Arnoll's fright cost him several thous-
and dollars. In a letter to Miss Pack
aId he says
Il simply think the idea of marriage
scared me into commissions. | never
seemed to realize Mhat it all meant
before. and to have it suddenly
brought up to me drove me wild.
have often heard OF man getting
scared | guess the original scared
man was mel nave not got over it
yet. Now, what was | afraid of? That
is question have asked myself
about q thousand times and can't ans
wer."
His Intentions Good, He Said.
Arnold left Topeka for Los Angeles
to marry Miss Pcaaka-d He says
that his intentions were gooi and he
was fully determined to see the we'd
ding through. But the idea Of get
ling married frightened nim so that he
became desperate Here's what he
ays in his letter:
"Still know II had stayed another
hour In Los Angeles 1 would nave
lone something desperate. just had
10 get away
This letter Is about 1900 words
long, and Arnold says it took him a
week to make up his mind to write
the letter. When Arnold suddenly
disappeared from Los Angeles a year
ago he wrotei aet
Lena: For Gods sake think kind
~ of me for what am doing. It's
best for us both. / don task you to
forgive. You can't Only when the
pain has worn out, thank me for not
going on and making your life miser-
able"
81 have tried until I am completely
worn out Sick mentally and bodily.
God forgive me; ] am going out of
your life am not worthy of any
good womans love, Put me out Of
9Oui GAlnNCilNts
He Likes Women, But
Arnold says he would like to have
a desire % get married. iIere is what
le says:
"Why don't married life appeal to
ne? like 4he society women. A nice
itSle home all ones own; a nice easy
'hgir. slippers, papers and all OF that
Why don't g like it? | do in the alb
straet, bue IN reality ! seem to pre-
+ fer the club or store Vet, : am moi
" over have been what You aerm wild
| That sort Of thing never appealed tc
me. VIII always feel this way? Goo
I Sn0ws g hope not. J woNld give every
thing ! have If could get these feel
| 'ngs and ideas out of me and De like
NOSE amen are; ] want to get mar
.lel."
He says Ne doesn't understand MIN
self and ne also believes that If the
| Wedding had--keen postponed for 1
| while maybe his nerve would not hav,
eft him In such a plight He telli
| Miss Packard:
So don't you wonder ami speculate
IN a man. who don't know himself
| You ask me II I have forgotten No
/ don't think ] have forgotten a slngl,
hing that we nave said or dill Ant
! { We had only have left out this mar
/ 'iage idea for q while everything
| would be going smoothly now and
| would be writing you an entirely DIFF
arent kini OF a letter. the kind
| like 10 write. But it's done and now
/ we must 10 what we can to make
matters different from what they now
are"
IN letter to Arnolds mother Miss
Packard said:
The Girls Letter.
He wrote me some time ago taat
you, Mrs. Arnold. worried him nearly
sick because you didn't seem to wan
MIN to marry me; said you neye
/ spoke my name He sent mo two o
your letters from Minneapolis. In Aug
ust He said you made him very un
happy but ne thought It would al
come out right. ! couldn't imagine
why you should dislike me, as yo'
| treated me so nicely while I was there
and acted as though you We're glss
Edgar WAS going with me. You erS
a Christian woman. and / thought 4
| strange that you should make trouble
between Edgar and I. I'm not saying
YOU have done wrong. Mrs Arnold, fol
DO not know IT, am sick all over
don't see how have sat up lonl
enough To write YOU go much, but
felt | must EigaF Is trying to tel
the folks back there that he drank an'
We auarreled. but that Is untrue. w
never had disagreement Everything
went smoothly from the tirst ! don
see how he expects 10 smother thi
terrible trouble out don't see hoN
/ can ever trust another rnAn.
Tnere has lOng beeE a current IN
NOR that what actually gave AFnOl'
hts bad scare 'was Che actions of I
Young woman from ToDekA who va
In Los Angeles al Che dime ArEoi
denies this In his keeter aud Mis-
k Pacanra decent belsaven 4 50 that
IA considered a. be rnlg q biz % idl