Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-03-25
LPENA, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY Y, MARCH 25. 1874.

"Where do you get outT
inquired.
cat F." said he.
"But why do you go so far from
Marseilles for a holidayT en-
quired.
Monsieur" he answered, 81 am
going to get married"
"The deuce !" I exclaimed,
laughing; sand you call that TAX
ing a holidayi"
"Why," said he "that would de-
pend If I were going to marry an
ugly woman, now, ! should call
this tour by another name. But,
my friend, the lady I am engaged
to is an angel, sir; she might have
sat for one Of Mohsmmed's houri.
Her eyes"
Here he went off into long
account of his mistress perfec-
tions, decorating his fluent descrip-
ton with all manners Of shrugs,
grimaces, m gestic 'lations.
"You are very fortunate man,
sir" said I, "and I wish you JOY"
"Yes, and you may wish the lady
joy, too, and congratulate her as
well, for, give me leave to say, it is
not all woman who have the luck
to meet husband who unites to
the splenders of wealth the accom-
plishments Of genius and the
graces of courage"
smothered laugh.
$50 you have genius and cour-
age as well as money!
He nodded vehemently.
"Without boasting," said he,
81 think I may pride myself on
being possessed of all the qualifica,
tions that recommend a man to the
ladies'"
$50 long as they are sufficient to
recommend you to the lady of your
choice you should be satisfied"
"They should be sufficient"
he replied, "and in my own
mind I am persuaded that they are
sufficient; but, although the young
lady is as beautiful as an houri,
regret to say she is rather perverse
in her taste, SO that for long time
/ could hardly make any headway
in her affections. Indeed, she wa:
weak minded enough to avow 9
preference for q cousin of hers, q
young lientenant--a begger, sir,
and q mighty impudent dog to
boot. What she could see in him
! never could tell. I'll allow that
his nose is straight, his eyes good,
and his teeth white and regular,
but what is the use Of these things
in a man without money p
"To be sure," said /, drowsily,
for the day was warm, and the ten
dency to sleep was aggravated by
my droning companion.
"I'll be perfectly frank with you,"
he continued, ~ confess that /
don't think she would ever have
accepted me had it not been for
her father, who is poor man. and
is very eager to have me for SON.
in-law, thinking I shall pay off his
debts. / wish he may get it
Bah I've allowed him to think any
thing he likes, for his thinking
costs me nothing, and being anx-
ious to wed the girl, who, I declare
to you is beautiful" And here
he went off again into another long
description, which he literally gar
nished, as before, with shrugs and
grimaces.
"Then you don't care about her
love" !" said sleepily.
"Not a figp he answered, "not
fig! ! only want her. At my
time of life, sir, we know the hy-
pocricy of love, how easily 1t is
counterfeited. I have a ring at
home with a paste stone in it. !
declare to you it flashes like
diamond, and is thought as costly
as the best of the stones ! wear.
So with love. The counterfeit
passes for the real ninety-nine
times in the hundred and, though
I'll own / would rather have the
real, II I can't get it, / should be
Just as we'll satisfied with the
sham"
He then brancbed off into some
very cynical remarks on the nature
of love, which, however, ] am
ashamed to say / do not remember,
as l fell asleep very shortly after
he had commenced them.
Juas swakened nv the dilicence