Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-26

Cant say THAT I want, ton
"Now Nj ~ Kent. IA husband with means
A kind. Intelligent MANI
~ dnn,t xant any man Itell Won Mrs
Carlisle. / wouldn't marry the best man liv-
ing II he wa. rich az Crtrsus. and would di.
II / Didn't have him. Now. II YOU have ex
hnl,.ts,I the marriage question. / should like
To try ON your dress"
There was something behind all this
kucw we'll Nv frten1's eyes, danced with
fun. npa NJ Mis- Kont fitted the waist she
threw me n letter from the bureau.
"Rend that she said. with a knowing
look 1T may an,ia you.p
"rtis h what tho letter said.
Nv pr.n Jennie shall he, delighted "a srrnd
Z. nont, alih you and your husband There
rust b., however one stipulation about my
visit 7Vn must say no nlorf about marriage
shail n'-rr 10" to"'sh again i~enty years ago To-
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10 ani ,,n,,rn, .r,.,,bod hav', re-, il. us.
1,.nce, that am forest 70 believe ths marriage
institution n mistake So for the lat time, let
assure You that wouldn't marry the best
woman mat ever u'eh' Y by =" DOING e'nld save
"'f me ''''i ''' '''''H' "~'' iN,H'N"
flch' iht hei N'id jennie ana theh
pointed 10 the chubby niue hsure whose
bark happened TO d. turned,
shook my mead ana hu'Shed-
Gu IL s'e, ''hh tue ineorrislbie'
S's whatf i''qu'fed MIS- hen'' quite I'M
aware "i our p"ht"hiiihe'
iha' pat''N "n''n "'' ''n'ihvany a''ra-
t"l VIII unite. vi course an aiNah ana an
aelH. Don You MINK inns siee'e hetie
700 h"g' 'i''s heh'f
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MOT always grow scientific waen talk
ing abont marriage. my dnnr"
'ButhrrH' was al the little woman said,
but the tone was much better natured than |
expected
The next week cousin Mark arrived. and |
liked hun at once. An unhappy marriage
would have been the last thing thought Of in
connection with that gentleman. He had ac-
r,'pted the situation like Il man, Jennie told
me, and for fifteen years carried a load OF
misery thut few could have endured Death
came to hini at last, and now the poor fellow
actually believed himself an alien from do
nestle happiness
Singular as il may appear. Cousin Mark
was the embodiment Of good health and good
nature. 80. perhaps. though he didn't look it,
and ~ rotunl and as fresh in his way MS the
little drpssiuaker was In hers As ,oukai at
him tloiie-l anybody to see one and not 10
reminded Of the other True, he had more
OF the tolish which comes from travel and
ADAPTATION to different classes and individ-
uals, but he was NOT a whit more Intelligent
by nature than the bright little woman
whom Jennie determined he should marry
Il was surprised you should think 1t nece,-
sary to caution mo about that Cousin Mark"
coocl the plottcr as she stood his by side.
looking out Of the window. "The idea Of
my being 10 rldiculousi' and in the same
breath. with a wink at ne. Come. let us 20
10 NV sittin, room. We are at work there.
but Il won't make any difference to YOU. will
,tf"
OF course Consin Mark answered .No.r
nronntlv. as INNOCENT As n dove about the
tran being laid for him
This Is INV cousin. Mr. Lansing. Miss
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and Miss Kent rose. drpppei her scissors.
blushed and sat down again Cousin Mark
nick,si up the refractory implene IL, and
then Mrs Jennie proceeded with rare eau
ton and tao. to her labor of love Cousin
Mark at her request read aloud nm article from
The Popular Science Monthly. drawing Miss
Kent into the discussion as deftly as was
oyer A. Drawn in.o the web of 4, spiler
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