The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-07-11
MATED FOR LIFE.
BY BILL ARP.

Married and gone. II is the
same old story. Lave aud court.
ship. Then comes thu engagement
ling aud a blessed interval Of iond
hopes aud happy dreams aud then
the day is hxed--the suspicious
day that is never to be forgotten-
a day that brings happiness or
misery and begins u new life. Then
comes the license, the i'erait OF the
law which says ytu may marry,
you may enter into bonds. Tue
State approves it aud the law al
lows 1t aud it will cost you only u
dollar aud "a quarter. Cheap, ain't
it, aud yet it may be very dear.
Then comes the minister, and the
happy pair stand up before him
and make some solemn vuws and
listen To a prayer aud q bene,lic.
tion, and they are one. IN II mo
ment the uusting mald lmS lost
her name aud her irre will and Is
tied fast to u man. Well, he is
tied fast, too, 80 lis all right all
round 1 reckon, but somehow
alway feel more concern about tue
woman than the man. She Is a
helpless sort Of creature aud takes
the most risks, for she risks her
all.
We gave him u cordial welcome
into the family, and We kissed her
lovingly and bade the goodbye,
and the children threw u shower OF
rice over them and an old shoe
after them, aud they were soon on
their way to the land OF flowers.
She was not our child but was
almost, for Mrs. Arp Was the only
mother she ever knew aud We love
her.
sat in my piazza ruminating
over the scene aud | wondered that
there were as many matiugs as
there seem to be. Partners for
life ought to be 90 genial and har-
monious in SO mauy things. When
men make u partnership in bust.
ness they can't get along well il
they arc unlike In disposition OF
in moral principle, or IN business
ways aud business habits. But
they can dissolve aud separate at
pleasure and try another man.
A man aud his wife ought to be
alike In most everything. 1t u
said that folks like their counter
parts, and so they do in some
respects. A man with blue eycs
goes mighty nigh distracted oveI
a woman with hazel eyes. | did
aud Pm distracted set whenever
look into them BIT In menta
qualities and tastes and habits ant
! principles and conventions and III,
like they ought to class together
Indeed 1t is better for them I,
have the same politics and til,
same religion. And 20 have oh
served that the happiest unions AZ
general thing are those where til,
ghcontractiug parties have know
each othertor u long time and hav,
assimilated from their yauth Il
though aud feeling. When a maj
goes of to some watering place an,
waltzes a few times with 4 charm
ing girl aud falls desperately Il
loye and marlies her of hand, 1t |
q long shoot and u narrow chanc
for happiness. Why, We may liv
| in the same town with people an,
not know rs much about them a
We ought to. l never made an.
mistake about my partner Tor th
dance of life, but 1t Mrs. Arp ha'
known | loyed Goldfish. and got u
| by day break every morning sh
never would have had me. II wa
mp and tuck to get her anyho,
aud that would have been th
feather to break the camels hacL
Well, pm mortal glad she didn'
know 1t, though | am free TO sa
that ii had known she slept unt
the second ringing Of the FIRST be
for breakfast aud wins ionl OF ra'