
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, October 10, 1994                   TAG: 9410140037
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Life was so much simpler on the prairie. A melancholy Melissa Gilbert has called off her marriage to actor Bruce Boxleitner for the second time.

But she'll have at least one memento.

``Last time, I returned the ring. This time, I'm keeping it. It's mine.'' the star of the old NBC series ``Little House on the Prairie'' told TV Guide in its Oct. 9 issue.

Although she says she knew she and the co-star of ``Scarecrow and Mrs. King'' were fundamentally different, it's been tough without him.

``My friends say, `You'll find someone else. You're wonderful, you're smart, you're funny.' And I say, `Yeah? Then why am I alone again?'''

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