The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-22

aud she say to him that I am her
mother, and he bow very low to me
aud say
Madame, I love your daughter,
and write and ask her when I may
come and tell her mother that I wish
to marry her, and she do not answer
me, AT all, at all, and he stride very
fierce about the room, aud Marie put
her head on my shoulder and say that
she love me, her mother, only. And
he ask very quick:
" why you say you love me?' and
Marie will not answer. She just put
her hands to her ears and will not
listen to him. think she must be
crazy, and / speak hard to her, but
she just run out of the room. Then
he go away and say he will come back
again that evening. Then I speak to
Marie, and she say there is another
man too, and she do not know which
she like better-that when one of them
is there that she like the other one
better-and it is making her pale and
thin. Then am very severe with
her md tell her it is very wrong; that
she cannot love either of them, or she
would know. But she say she think
she will marry one of them, and tell
her that Mr.. Lcfroy is coming tonight
and she must say either yes or no
to him, and she say that 1 will break
her heart.
"'Well, in the evening a strange
gentleman come, a very fair gentleman
with pretty curly hair, and he ask to
see my Marie. She look over the
stair and she say to me:
"'lt is the other one.
''Then l am nearly crazy, but Mario
say she will not go to see him till Mr..
Lefroy come. Perhaps L can tell,
she say, when 1 see them both to-
gether.'
'When Mr.. Lcfroy come, we go
down the stair and there they are,
both together, and they look hard at
each other. We talk little while,
and then say Gentlemen, what is it
that yoa wnnt?'
"And they both say quick, Marie =
And Marie she say:
But you cannot both have me.
Is it not SOP And the one that came
las (ay, very angry;
"You must decide now, which one
you will have
"rhen Marie look at him and frown
and say quick:
every we'll then; decide now that
will not have you
"Then Jean Lafroy he smile little,
and the other one walk out of the house
quick, his face like storm-cloud, and
then Marie sit down and cry. She
will not speak to Jean LEROY, al
though he coax her very hard. She
only say that she will stay with
me, her mother. Then Jean he bow
and say to me that he hope my health
will keep good, and Marie stop crying
and make HIM grimace, and he go
away, too. They both come back,
often. But she cannot tell which she
like best ever, and am very weary.
Almost would be glad that she leave
me and marry. SO one day she tell
me that next week she will marry, and |
there is no time to get her the clothes,
and she will not tell me which one. l |
like them both very well, and l feel |
bad, but she only say, you will see.
On Thursday she would marry, only
quiet-like-only those who marry her
and 1, her mothor, there-and we go |
to the church together. When we get |
to the church, look to see which gen.
tleman, but 1 see no one. Marie is
cool. She say: Let us wait. He
may be late, and she smile to herself.
/ think it is very strange; but at last
1 see Jean Lefroy come round the cor
ner and Marie run to meet him. When |
he come near, see that he look-oh,
He have his arm tied un
and his coat is torn and one of his
eyes has black mark and he is lame. A.,
He wear no hat and the collar |
and tie are gone. Oh, it is
dreadful. But say nothing. fear
Marie change her mind again. But it
is not so. They are married, and / |
make Jean tell me why he look SO
dreadful.
"'Well, he say, Marie tell each of |