St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26

things, and If you will give me your adj
dress | will send him around.
Will you really?"
"Why. certainly" and as she handed
him her address, he went off down the
street.
1t was only 7:3O o'clock and the ''fas-
cinating brunette as she described
herSelf-No. 3-wOuld be at home at s
O'Clock. The elevator carried him TO
the top floor Of an apartment house on
Ihirty-fifth street, near Cottage Grove
avenue.
The fascinating brunette was evil
IDENTIFY waiting for him, for she opened
the door almost as soon as he knocked.
She was surely forty, muscular, angu-
lar and precise.
Young man, be seated" she said,
land be careful of the tides. They
were only washed today, and l don't
want them soiled. So you want to get
married, hey?"
''I-er-that is what I want to do-if /
can find suitable partner"
Veil. Pm good enough for you, and
too good, | dare say, if the truth were
known. When I've refused such men as
Henry BOpkinS and William Squirely,
VINO was mayor of Hoskock. | guess Pm
plenty good enough for you. Do you
drink?''
No
''Smoke or chew?''
mo, never do"
That's good. | never could like a
man that chewed or drank. Ny old
father never could tolerate it. What's
your businesS?n
"fm-er-brOkeT-r estate broker, :"
Nv hats your incOme?"
well, don't think it is any use of
going any further i'll this matter. You
are too Ola for"
you are talking to? Leave nv house
this minute, or I'll have the elevator
boy throw you down stairs. Why! l
never was so insulted in all my born
days. And i'll my own house, too!
why. the audacity of it. Get out this
inSJant.''
lie left.
Would he risk seeing the other wom-
an? He would. he decided. He was be-
coming used to it now, and was prepared
for almost anything. That he was a
dead failure. lie felt sure. Not a dead
failure in getting wife. but in getting
suitable one. But then. he could have
married two wOmen-Or committed sui
eide.
The fourth and last woman was an
actress. Good or bad.she failed to state.
We may infer, however. that she was
bad actress, as she had been out OF an
engagement for six months. A blonde.
she said she was, loving, tender and
willing TO be true-On certain con-
dtiOnS.
She lived in a boarding house not far
south, on Michigan avenue. and when
the man iii search of a wife beheld her
sitting in the parlOr he came to the con-
clusion that she had been preparing to
star" in the Hard Luck Company"
i like YOU exceedingly well, and 1
think You could be happy with me-" she
said after minutes conversation.
There Is one thing. In order to prove
to me that you really love me. you must
pay my board bill. 1t is only $40"
just then The landlady passed through
the room, and as she heard the words a
7X6 smile spread over her face. and the
sweet sounds of clinking steel were
heard, as the cook prepared to shave the
butter.
Il don't think l love you-enough to
pay your board bill-aU least-I don't
nOw-but l might"
well. hope you will. Call tomor-
row. viii yOu?'
He said he would, and went out into
the damp, dark night, sad. detected
man.
This is what he said to me the last
time | saw him:
Old man. if you know a pretty girl
VINO Is willing TO marry you. why marry
her right away. Ii you don't. you will
have to fail back on red-headed. freckle-
faced. pug-nOsed girls of no family
whatever, young widows and old
widows. and SecOnd-rate actresses with
large back board bills to pay. So long,
l am going down TO dine at the bach
elOr's club. My name was proposed a
week ago.