Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1889 — The Ruling Passion. [ARTICLE]

The Ruling Passion.

Wild-eyed lover—This is your last chance, Cold Beauty. Speak quickly. Do you see that can? It’s full of dynamite. Promise to marry me or I will touch it off. Bold Beauty—Will you promise to keep me in better style than that horrid Miss Pert is going to live in when she marries Mr. De Rich ? “Impossible.” “Touch it off.”— New York Weekly.