Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — But a Slender Thread. [ARTICLE]

But a Slender Thread.

Many a love affair which promised to go on smoothly to the end has been broken oil by a mere trifle, said Mrs. Botherwell. An unbecoming gown may wreck a girl’s hopes, a; hasty word or act ruin a man’s chances of success. You remember Fred Clark? He is a good fellow, though perhaps not the bravest in the world. Last summer I introduced him to one of my guests, and he took a great fancy to her. Of course I did everything in my power to throw them together, and among other things gave a buckboard party. They sat together on the backseat and were getting along finely. He had reached the point where he told her he could not live without her, when the road took an abrupt turn, and the whistle of an approaching train sounded. It seemed right upon us, though it really was on the other side of the hill. Well, he flew oiit ou one side of the wagon and she out on the other, and when we turned mound to look for then, they had disappeared. One of the boys jumped out and helped her back into the wagon, and some one rescued blip, but she was so indignant to thtpk that he had jumped without caring what became of her that she

hardly spoke to him again. So yon see that match was spoiled, Then there was Maud Atherton. A young man who had been devoted to her for some months invited her to join a yachting party. She determined not to run the risk of being seasick, so as a preventive measure, took any amount of smelling salts, lemons and other things with her, and to crown all, wore several mustard plasters. She was not seasick, but presently she began to suffer agonies from the plasters, and though she smiled ans tried to look natural she squirmed and twitched in a manner fearful to behold. Of course her companion noticed her apparent restlessness. He said nothing, but after that day she knew him no more. He afterwards declared that she was the most nervous girl he ever saw—just twitching all the time—and he had no intention of marrying a woman on the verge of nervous prostration. So you see what trifles will break young love’s slender thread.