Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1889 — SHE TOLD HER LOVE AT LAST. [ARTICLE]

SHE TOLD HER LOVE AT LAST.

How a Missouri Girl Played Fast .<• and Loose'with Two Lovers. Nettie White,of Sturgeon, Mo., is eighteen years old and very pretty. Among her suitors were Lee 1 A." Winn and Charles Winn. “Although bearing tbe same name, the young men were not relatives. The pair had been paying particular attention to Miss White for several months, and the gossips were much excited over the final result. About a week ago it was rumored that young lady had promised to marry Lee Winn; and had even gone so far as to select bridesmaids. When Charley Winn heard it he met his friend Lee,for they were good friends, and bet tSJ he would get the girl. The wager set the whole town talking, and the friends of each man made side bets. Everybody backed his favorite. Excitement ran so high that the young men, were requited to demand prompt action on the part of the girl. One or the other of the men was at the house all the time, and it is even said the parents were divided on the queston of beaux. A correspodent thus relates the following events: “The girl was harassed and annoyed for three days. She could not decide. This only increased the excitement. On Wednesday eveing, after in vain trying to get a*ddcision,the two young men, in the presence of mutual friends, stood in the oarlor and asked the girl to make her choice. She hesitated. It was agreed that the young men should start for home, and the one called back should be her husband. They started, and Miss White called “Lee”. He turned with a glad smile. Immediately she cried “Charley,” and he, too, came back. The crowd insisted that she must choose. “Miss White finally suggested that they write their names on a slip of paper, and she would mark a cross opposite her choice/ She put the cross opposite to’Charley’s name. As Lee turned to leave she marked a cross opposite his • U| 4 name, too. 4 i “Then another scheme was tried that proved successful. Both men were to leaVt^(and the one called back first was to be her husband, no matter whether the the other was called or not. Both started, the girl flashed, called“ Lee,” and Charley kept on. The pair immediately took the train for Columbia and were married by Professor Oldham of Christian College. Half of the town is happy and the other half is broke. Ten girls, it is said, will propose to poor Charley.”