The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-13
THE DRUNBIER'S WIFE.
He Won Her Incidentally While
Gainin g Experience.

i am a young rE.sn in years but
I've had :ood deal OF experience
from my you IN up and If keep on IN
be kind of Meth-seluh ut seventy,
he said, thou .yhtfulIy-
We were Tiittine- at the theater wait
ing ser the first act and my compan-
ION was "a cBmmercial traveller wnom
l hae met at the hotel He was a
geniEl. jo.i = fellow a good taltser and
we'll read; We had come to eainy
each other : company, and were at
the sheatc together very naturally
.ndeed.
'Iiave you had amy romantic expe-
rien-es?'' i asked, hoping 10 3sear
something novel.
''Al ell, yes good many" he re-
turned, reflectireIy; .'but my FIRST
business Fenture Va "a as romantic as
any thing that ever happened 10 me-.
got-my wife on account of it"'
II should like tohear about it. IL YOU
care 10 disclose spct personal affair =
/ rcmarke I.
Yes, would siust As lief tell
il - not while We are wait
ing l always Csgl il our Shake
spcarean Marriage its queer story.
too,- He paused for "a moment as il TO
selori n convenient Way To commence.
then continued:
''N hen my class graduated from, the
High schoOl-let's see-that was IN
tive all wanted 10 do something
out Of the ordinary and decided that
we would give a play OF some sort a.
commencement.
I'VE appointed a committee to look
up the matter, and they reported in
favor ,Gf "A comedy, with "A recommen-
datioB that As You Like II be Sc
lected; 80 As lou Like It II was
you We read it, of course2'
assured him that it was my IA
vorite comedy.
Well he resumed. ''some of us
fellows drew lots for roles and
Orlando came 10 me; that suited me
first rate. for L liked sentiment and
love scenes. and wrestling and 50
forth There was a girl in the class
named Lilley Heynum-Jovei but she
was as pretty as Picturei-and they
chose her for Rosalind; the other
parts were distributed at random
We rebearsed a good deal and
when finally graduation day came We
were in good form and played well for
amateurs, and the whole town harmed
out 10 see Va
''Now, the beginning of tho end Is
this: LiIley Heynum fell in love svith
me. and she did all her tender psrts
with Orlando IN good. solid earnest 80
that any one coyJid .notice il. bu i
didn't. | was in love with Alice Cas-
sci, and shouldn' have paid any atteu-
1ion 10 LiIley il 1 had known she loved
ms but l had no idea of such thing.
When "A fellow is ia love with one girl
he. don't feel like flirting with any one
thai comes alOng-did you ever notice
shat
presumed it was So
When ! got my diploma was al
mOst TOO important 10 live; if you ever
grasusted you know how that is, and
when my father offered me "A clerlship
in his store | wouldn't take it. 1 told
him that i had gotten some education
and wanted To use IL an6 what was
more, I wanted 10 see the world 0've
seen enough of il sincei) SO when /
saw an advertisement for insurance so
licitOrs 10 do work down in Connecti-
cut Il lived in Massachusetts Il
jumped at the chance and applied for
place.
The fellow who caIlod hiuGself
general agent FOR some big life in
surance company was slick scoundrel,
but 1 was guileiess and thought he
was as honest as the angels. He tod
has Z
week salary and expenses, and that
there was nothing much TO do but cam
vass town, report applicants FOR pol
icies to him Che did the undsrwriting).
and draw my pay.
That looked like n wonderful
chance 10 get something for sothing,
aud L told him 10 give me a town and
Id start the next day. When ] told
my father, he objected and said ]
shouldn't go. so /. like fool boy. ran
away; but forgot 10 say that before
/ left Pittsville-that was my home-I
called on Alice Cassel and clinched
matters there, got engaged in regular
style. By Jovel and when / got rich
we were going to marry and live on
our income
''Diford, that was my agents name,
gave me letters of Introduction to a
fellow named larson, who had been in
the business, he told me; and to big
preacher. When 1 got TO Penfeld
couldn't find the preacher. but larson
was there and he was very friendly;
he did every thing for mo and when
got homesick he tended 10 mo like
BROTHER tell you he was kindi
"WeIl, as luck would have 1t, 1 got
acquainted with another preacher
named Graynor. and he asked me to
come and board at his house, which
did. ] went to work, and the first