The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-07-07
COL DOMAIN ON LOVE AND
MATRIMONY.

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OF June :. find this paragraphie star;ler.
'pnSensiaga whole earthquake in len
Ines:
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through l.. =. n i s'.gst t5fle To- McNeo. it,
fepoFa 81 tha, IL Is 10 he masried before long
a. = lang Next - sl9. The atug.lieT al tho
governor 1t one o; thu MeNiean state. and tho
oSnef - one 81 tie rzel4r>s aud NEST i.snious
al the ED spanish liver m3ae> IA Young glsl.
beau; IA accomplished. ana fich a. a queen
tie only daughter ana tie onlv child II onr
81 t. sleh - men il McNlca.--S icaklnr
Isrre ltnga4ces i eaiN. NH vaiec like !.
aisAtusal-. and .snesns dn.nelA =
-. AN 10 be manned. ala | . You are
gong to marry me OF. atc You: How
kind OF you 10 do for me what | never
could do for myself had begun to
think. perhaps II Was time. From my re-
served seat on top OF :, barbed-wire fence.
have been watching the procession a
good while. Day after day. and week
after week, until the weeks have length
ened into months. and the months into
wears. have looked on Al humanity
strange wedding march. Ii is the Old.
old story Leaf by leaf the roses fall.
Nelp by yelp young chcrubs bawl. One
by one ghosts Gloss the riVer two bv two
are padded DER. and the whtc-rohed
angel boatlncn bear them 10 the blsSful
shore. The trap springs aad another
victim IS caught. The ministerial lara,
Is thrown. and another hapless bampkIn
is whiting and dancing on the aiiv
nothingness OF honeymoonatic delights
and the honeymoon Is made of the green
est green cheese. One by one have seen
my boonest companions pass. ever pass
ing, Away to tina; dread bourne whence
no voy ,ser returns. save through Chi
cago divorce suit, or the expenses of a
hrst-olass funeral. AT present rates, the
leremiad OF the last dogfennel blossom of
summer will soon be mine: "All my
blooming associates are faded and gone
20 n appiness Of the connubialistic type,
a few years since, noble band OF hand
some and high. aspiring friends stood
around me-fresh. bright, verdan, young
plants. The matrimonial simeon has
swept over the plain, and where are they
now. Smiiten. blasted, cut down like
the grass Of the field. which to-day is and
tomorrow is made into hay to feed A
donkey or line goose-nesis. Faded,
"'NhNhSAs W. lNet-StiN kS.
Alas alas what has got into the youth
Of the land! Caagh, by g;sgle, see
how they wiggle. In vain have | ex-
pos,ulated and warned them. In vain do
! stand like he-Niobe and. with out
stretched arms. imploie them 10 halt and
consider their latter end. The ,inkle OF
piano or guitar, or the ripping ,ee-hee
OF maideniy merriment. comes floating
on the perfumed air. and the admonitory
roar OF a friendly Niagara would be un-
heard. Heedlessly, needlessly scorning
instruction. onward they are rushing.
surging and pushing down to destruction.
or TO matrimony which too often amounts
to about the same. The young, the
brave, the gay, the grave, the ugly. the
pretty, the silly, the witty, the brilliant.
the stupid, all yield to Cupid. all seem
resistlessly bound to travel the broad,
gudgeon-beaten path tina, leads to beatifc
moonshine, white kids and neckties,
orange blossoms, affairs and mumbling
parsons, to yine-elad cottages up four
pairs Of stairs, grocer's bills, wash days.
sad biscuits, slop coffee, seedy hats.
patched elbows, faded calicos, drudgery,
squalls and variega,cd unpleasantnesses.
Poor wretches. Infatuated double up
pers. Heaven help them. Everybody
says ought to have been one of them.
ought to have joined the missing-half
hunters, ought to have been a Benedict
or Maledict, long ago. And suppose
| ought-but | have not. You have
brought me nearer to it than | ever was
before.
Married. To be married. And with