The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29

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doubt, cherishes Dorcas in his heart
Iyoung man. He is ambitious. Henry
on the other hand, is just plain
honest mechanic. It's his lovo fol
|eyes. If she marries Henry she will.
; do it with eyes open to the fact that
she is giving up comforts and luxur.
les that she might have by giving W
her fight.
And what of Henry, all this time (?
Well, Henry is plain, courageous
man. He has choked back his hurt
and grief and has sent word to Dor.
cas- that he never would come be-
tween husband and wife.
Odds Favor Henry.
But is DOrcas deceived? Not a bit
of it. "He says it," she said last
might, but that doesn't change the
truth with him, nor with me-
So you can see that the odds favor
Henry.
But to go away back in the story
Henry and Dorcas had been sweet
hearts for four years-and engaged.
Henry lived here then, but now he is
working for railroad in Kansas
City. Dorcas went to Lamont two
years ago to attend a convention of
her church. Rushfelt was a dele
gate, too. He saw Dorcas and i'm
mediately fell in love with her. Last
year Dorcas attended the convention
at Independence. Rushfelt saw her
again, and the second meeting was
all the worse for his piece Of mind.
He began coming to her and writing
to her. Finally, he said last night,
he got to coming almost every Sun
day. Then he laid most persistent
plans to capture her heart. He made
good impression on the family, and
soon had an active support for his
suit.
Last week was convention time
again. Dorcas went to Lamont as a
delegate from her Sunday school.
Rushfclt represented his church. The
members of the family to the num-
Der of about half dozen, gathered
around. 1t was Sunday night after
church, a country church this hap
pened to be, out from Pleasanton.
The group stood in the road, and ar
gued. Dorcas capitulatcd. The fam
lily was relieved. Rushfelt was hap
py.
Uncle Tied Knot.
The next morning Rushfelt and
Dorcas drove to Leon and got the IL
cense They attended a session Of
the convention at Lamont, and. then
drove to Elder David Keown's, her
uncle, two miles from Lamont, called
him from his field, and the cere-
mony was said with a few members
I.Of the family as witnesses
Then the young couple drove back
to Lamont, with Dorcas in deep
study. The bride and groom were
assigned to the home of Norman
Smith. Dorcas insisted on having a
separate room.
For two days she attended the ses-
sion of the convention, and then she
made her decision. She was COM
ing back to find Henry. 1t was de-
termined answer to the whole mat
ter. Rushfelt went to the train with
her, bought her ticket to St. Joe and
gave her Sc. Also he told her that
she would live to regret the day,
When he heard of the suit for the
annulment of the marriage, he came
to st. Joe, and employed two attor-
neys, C. C. Ferrel and Barney Riley,
he told her. Also he filed an answer
to her allegations that she had been
outwilled.
And then came the terrible assault
on her will yestcrady-an assault
that SO far has failed.
Who Is to Blame?
"Who is to blame?" she was ask
ed. The insinuation was that her
father and brother were opposed to
her. She exOnerated them both.
she offered to take the whole blame
herself, but she said that the real
truth was that she had broken down
under Rushfelt's unceasing, irresist-
ible, relentless insistence.
The Keowns are not rich folks.
The father, John r. Keown, is
hard working man of something over
so years of age. He and the young
est son are farming twelve miles
from Lamont. The mother and two
sisters are in St. Joe.
In regard to a rumor that he had
dreamed" that Miss Keown was his
future wife, or had had ''vision" to
that effect, Rushfelt last night said:
God Told Him.
"The spirit Of God directed mo to
choose this girl as my life compan-
ion. It was not vision. 1t was a
message, direct from God. 1t did not
come to me in my sleep. 1t came
when was as wide awake as ] am
now, as l talk to you. Not once, but
many times, I was made aware that
this little girl sitting there (point-
ing) had been selected for me by the
Almighty as my chosen wife. was
not alone in receiving this evidence
that she had been selected for me-
A sister member of our church also
received this divine manifestation.
II communicated to Miss Keown
the message given me by the spirit
of God. l had prepared a home for
my wife before went to the general
conference at Lamont. Everything
was ready, and after the ceremony l
told her that she could return with
me to that home, or visit relatives in
Iowa, as she seemed inclined to do,
or if she chose, return to st. Joe
first. l thought she might want to
do this in order to communicate to
the other man in the case, the fact
that she had married me-"