Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-18
HOW HE GOT HER.

80 you ont marry me. Jennyf
1T wou't be madness. Tom; you
knew 1t We AID"
What 30 you mean by madnessT"
You know well enough what mean.
and you NOW that | AIN right"
Yes" meaningly. Il think ! do
know. You mean that am poor and
you are ditto. and poverty multiplied
by two is madness"
Jenny, a pretty little blond. with
bright golden curls and sweet blue eyes,
said nothing. but looked down and
wrote hieroglyphics on the ground with
the end of her parasol. while Tom. a
handsome. broad shouldered fellow.
with dark brown hair and mustache.
and large hazel eyes. lay half reclining
at her feet.
Isn't hat the sum and the answerT'
he asked.
Still Jenny said nothing, but contin
ued to write hieroglyphics. while a lit
tie flush rose on her cheeks and brow
Il see how it is, he said. While |
have been away you have been demon
allied"
What do you meanr' she asked.
sharply, giving him an indignant glance.
"Oh, nothing to make you very an
CRY, he replied 1T is just this: Some
of those sage female veterans. who have
gone through life satisfied TO exist with
out hat which, it appears to me. alone
makes life endurable, have talked you
into their way Of thinking. and now
forsooth. il il madness to marry the
man you love. For you do love me.
Jenny-you know you do"
The girl was silent yet a little while.
and then she said plaintively
Il did believe ! loved you once. Tom,
III acknowledge it. but | am older
now, and think maybe | was mis-.
taken"
"PshawT' said Tom; think maybe.
If you don't know it without any may
be about it, you were not mistaken
either when ] say you love me still
Yes, you love me still, and yet you are
going to marry that sneaking Ralph
Morley Don't deny it, for | know il;
though perhaps you don't quite know
it yourself yet Are you engaged to
himT"
That is an important question and
I shall not answer it,"
Then | will take it for granted that
you are"
You needn't do any such thing. for
] am not
We'll, you did answer my lmperti-
nent question. after all"
Il vas not going to let you think
what you pleased"
II am glad you answered it anyhow,
for now ! am going to tell you what
sort of a fellow he Is. and shan't feel as
If | am being rude, a | might other
wise have done. But, pshawi ] won't
plead my cause by abusing my rival
II / can't convince you of the divine
right of love above every other consid-
Grafton. I'll throw up the case. !
know you love me; know love
you
why, Jenny, ] could go o. all my
life loving you just as always loved
you, If you would let me; but l know
II you don't marry me you VIII marry
somebody else, and it viii be all up
with me then. Better Is adinner with
herbs where love is than a stalled OK
and hatred Herewith Do you know
what that meansf'
~of course I do; any child would
know"
You don't, though, for all you think
yourself so wise. 1t means Just this:
II Is better TO marry for love than for
money"
Come, Tom" said the girl, and
there was a catching of her breath
when she spoke, which told that tears
were not far of. ''come. I must go
home"
Tom noticed these symptoms, and,
wisely concluding to press his suit no
further Just then, walked along by her
side without saying another word