, 1879-06-08

,o11y ausrers the agent; 81 he wasn't at ali th
.rIe Of husband she wants. she wants quit
.nbtber sort at man." aud then be goes On to tel
We yfctim that the beautiful young millionaire
srqn.s TO marry just such man as tho victim il
wthe victim is dark he says that she dotes on darl
r+ople; II light that she rowe she nerer vii
,rarry any one bat Il blonde; II ht
t,roung, that her heart is set on esponsing eomt
ont OF about her own agc. as being more congenia
n hes and If be is old that her constant desire is
h.re husband older than herself, on whose jndg.
,uent she can depend, especially in matters con-
nrcted with the administration OF her estate. Then
the victim says that he has nothing to do for an
sour OF 50, and that perhaps be cannot do better
than call around and see tho, beautiful young
ridov, and the agent saTs his fee is $50. 'should
vou ms,1y her," he says imptessive1y, *sI shall,
of eoprse, look to your generosity for reward,
hut that 10 purely matter for your
dec;e!on. i treat all my customers alike; II
xon wanted 4 red-headcd woman 81 years
o1d out Of the Poor-Housc. my charge would be
nretise1y the same 1t is for introducing you to
th,s YOUNG lady in whom peerless beauty and
l,ree estate are 20 happily blended. The fee is
so0 IS hare ssid; should she not suit yonr taste
nr from auy other reason the match not be made
7 vii, re1urn you half OF that sum- Then he
,h.kes hands with the victim Who being furnish
ID with the 0e&uLHuI Nluo"s aQQTees AZ lash
ion.he hotel, calls on her Immediately. He finds
h-r 1ounn, lovely, aud attired richly, and after
h,1f m hours conversation with her takes his
1,.ye, she telling him that this is rerY serious
n,tter and that sho will take night to think It
o1.r. then she dismisses him with sweet smile
md dower from her bouquet Next morn
;np. st 10 o'clock or 40, the victim re-
e,1es letter on fashionable stationery from the
1dycly widow to say that at dinner 1t the hotel she
b,d met her first lore from whom she had parted
tvo yea,s aro, and whom she had rnon1ned ~ dead,
md hsd made the discovery that his heart was true
to be. and to her slone and that instead Of being
h1ltd By Indians he had made = fortune ut Lead-
rifle and that By The time the viclin has received
her letter the will he married to her new found
friend, '.But for this, " she says, ''probab}y I
would have accepted your pure aud unseldsh love,
for you are mr ideat Of perfect husband. But
ron can sec for yourself that conld not now marry
ron. OF It should that yon wou1d find no joy In
loyeless }ife.' Then the victim goes down to the
matrimonial .gency and gets back his $40,
anu when the mantger says, "Didn't you ike the |
3ady's strlcr' be either shakes bis hea1 sadly or
remarks that the manager is u gosh -dummed fraud
whom he vonld lick for i've cents. The hotel I
clerks can't quite understand why Mrs. ThzeestArs
should hare about eight male visitors day, all |
re,r nervous and in their best clothes, and why, |
after half an hours interview With her in tho |
paros, each caller should vanish, and never be seen
again; neither can they why the lady sends ont t
eight letters with two-cent stamps on them to be
nailed every night But the beautiful widow and /
tte manager Of the matrimonial agency, who is her
husband. know nit about it. and that one week
With another they ate taking in $500 week.