The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-03
SWEET DREAM OF
 LOVE SHATTEREO
After Two Years of Ardent r,....,. by Letter. the crOOm.,s ''' B. Makes False Step and
 May Lose All.

Sometime Monday two v., men, one happy in the anticina,'on Z < an carry wedding to the one srl' 4 his heart the other carefully reh..,.' ing in his mind the duties of "s man" arrived in Mena.
 But alas and alack, the hapuyDl.D, have all gone wrong. The aro0m.,. be IS searching for funds to pay bin. self out of the tolls of the law fo,. drink too many, while the best man seems to have corralled the afect;.a. of the fair lady.
 This is the story as related bv e,. who has been taken into the n. fidence of the parties, in an efou {, untangle the tangles:
 James Farmer. mailing from Kanw.
 has been carrying on a corresnord. ence for two years with a fair ladv If Mena, which was started first il Winsboro, Texas. The affair had reached a point where it was planneI to have a wedding last night. thOueh they had never met. In orderto make all complete, Farmer brought along his best friend, who gives the name et Stick, to stick by him as best man.
 But here the rum demon stepped in and spoiled it all-at least for Farne- The two young men thought to ce!c. brate the happy event by taking drink. Evidently they liked the first and took several. After a time, and here's where the friends disagree Farmer claims he was relieved of his watch and $45 by Stick, and woke up this morning in the little concrete building on Pickering avenue.
 But Stick was fully alive to bis oppor- tunities. He found where the young bride-to-be resided, got a buggy and called on her. He informed her oithe sad state he had left her promised husband, and made such good head way that it is said a very pleasant evening was enjoyed by both h fact it is even alleged that Stick be- came stuck and that the lady may even conclude to stick by Stick.
 When Farmer, in police court thls morning was fined, for his eScapao7 , he showed that he was member oi several lodges, and was allowed to ua- dertake to find friends and raise the much needed funds to satisfy the oh- cers. Soon he ran into Frank Jones' the ever and always on the spot and told his tale of sorrow lie wan''d to talk to Miss never mind who lul' now-and Frank found where she Wa' and volunteered to act as medialO'' and was asked to see her and fequs'' an audience for her sweetheart 'Ia' was. But she was as adamant' sa' had never seen him and was gong 'o let it go at that. But she consen''' to hear his voice over the phone
 Frank went back to the l0ve-lOin youth and called the lady up over p'' E. H. Blacks phone-Frank and 'l'' doctor are unanimous in the senilme'. that they never before-no never ID a'' their lives ever heard such pleading as went over that wire. Frank saS' he had thought that an occaslOn 2. '. was somewh,t ofa success as aspls''' and could "stay" some at 'lAss, but he felt sohumiliated after nsai"s no Farmers plea that he'll never v again. ..u gbo
 Of course the Star could tell sn' the lady is but it won t-no' n.y. Tn the meantime. if you know ol a", 'a ,,o,,nd ,voman who has been cali'"' on a correspondence with with S0'nI ast her her shs las not seen, you mish' ' about ii.