OCR Text |
Show SHE WAS FAIR AND FALSE. An Cast Cottonwood Yontn Nearly Driven by Love to Suicide. During the past week the upper ten-dom ten-dom of East Cottonwood society were thrown into a state of uproar by the announcement an-nouncement that one of its gilded youths had attempted to shuffle off this mortal coil by a method a little different from the one usually adopted by lovers who wish to solve the great problem and leave the trials and woes of this life behind. The story, as related to a Democrat reporter yesterday by a gentleman whose veracity vera-city is unquestioned, is as follows : About three months ago, during the heated spell George became acquainted witli ' the reigning belle at - East Cottonwood at , one of the meetings of the Young People's Mutual Destruction Societv. and the intimanv thus formed ripened the tender spark of love. George thought himself solid, hied himself to Salt' Lake City, purchased a $1.25 engagement ring, and hurried back to his loved one. Upon his arrival ' a friend took him off to one side and informed him of the girls perfidy; in effect, that during his absence he had been supplanted, sup-planted, and that he had better trade the ring off for a yellow dog and kill the dog. This was too much for his ardent nibs, and he straightway resolved to quit this mundane sphere. . Being somewhat of a mechanical turn of mind, he rigged up a contrivance to a bed-post, consisting of springs, strings and pistols, sat himself down in a chair and calmly awaited the fatal moments mo-ments but "man proposes, God .disposes." .dis-poses." The arrangement miscarried,-and instead of being shot in the head, as intended, the bullet grazed his side, inflicting a slight flesh wound. 'This was enough for him. It . then dawned on his feeble - intellect that life was worth living, and beyond a slight light limp when he walks, he is none the worse off for his abortive attempt at-tempt on his life. |