Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1883 — More Dignified. [ARTICLE]
More Dignified.
“Well, and how about your mar riage?” “I have broken it off.” “You haven’t, have you?” “Yes. My intended father-in-law wanted references.” “And you were offended?” “Not at’all; only as I knew he would broken off the engagement afterward, I preferred to have the start of him, and broke it off myself. It is more dignified, you know. ” — New York World.
