The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-28

she must say either yes or no TO him. and
she say that | viii break herfheart.
well, In the evening a strange gen
tleman 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;
1T is the other one.
.sThen / am nearly crazy. but Marie
say she will not go TO see him till Mr..
LEROY come. Perhaps | can tell, she
q y when | see them both together
when Mr.. LEROY come, w go down
the stair and there they are, both to-
gether, and they look hard at each 9th
er. We talk a little while. and then ]
say, Gentlemen. what is 1t that You
wantr
"And they both say quick. .Marier
And Marie she say:
"sBut you cannot both have me. Is
IL not SOP And the n that came last
say, very angry:
"sYou must decide now which one
you viii haver
sseThen5 Marie look It him and frown
and say quick:
EVERY well, then; ! decide now that
I will not have YOU
tsThen Jean Lefroy he smile . little
and the other d walk outsof the house
quick, his face Kko storm cloud, and
thensMa sit down ana cry. She vii
not speak TO Jean Lefroy, although b
coax herrvery hard. She only say cha,
she win stay with me, her mother. Then
Jean he bow and say 10 me that he hop'
my health will keep good. and Mari
stop crying and make himsa grimace
and he go away too. They both com,
back often. But she cannot tell whicl
she like best ever, and / am very weary
Almost | would be glad that she leav
me and marry. So one day she tell m
that next week she will marry, and ther
is no time to get her the clothes, and sh
win not tell me which one. I like then
both very well, and ! feel bad, but sh
only say, sYou will see.'
lon Thursday she would marry, onl,
quietlike-only those who marry her AM
|, her mother, there-and we go to tn
church together. When we get to tn
church, I look to see which gentleman
but I see no one. Marie ia cool. Sh
say: Let us wait. He may be late. an
she smile to herself. / think it is yer
strange, but at last ! see Jean Lefro
come round the corner and Marie run I
meet him. When he come near, | sc
that he look-oh, horrible! He have b
arm tied up, and his coat is torn, an
one of his eyes has a black mark, and b
is lame. He wear no hat, and the cola
and tie are gone. Oh, it is dreadful
But I say nothing. fear Marie chang
her mind again. But 1t is not SO. The
are married, and I make Jean tell m
why he look so dreadful.
WELL he say, Marie tell each I
us, separately, that she will marry I
today, and when / see him I smile, NJ
knowing that he has her promise, to-
and when he see me he hold the hea
high, not knowing that / shall MARI
her. So all the week we nearly have OF
fight, but / never touch him till-wel
| last night Marie write MS both and SO
that she viii marry the one that will g
: to the church first. We both get Il
: note at the same time, and / see that
is getting ready early, and I hurry to
When he leave his house, / leave mil
t also, and all the way we try to Ike,
t each other back. 1t is very hard wor
! and two hours after we leave the hom
we have not get farther than the fir
corner.
Soon We start to run, but we cam
+ get past each other, and then me cat
a hold of me, and then weight some MOI
But soon I tear his coat bad, and he ca
s not wear it, and then his vest, but N
dame will pardon me that / cannot Il
8 her all that happen. At all event, ,
have to go home to get the clothes, al
I get here fSst.'ps Madame paused, Al
9 knew her story was done.
al And were they happy together, n
a dameS' I asked. SIT Is hard to imagi
g Marie settling down quietly"
Il Madame sighed.
al 1T is q long STORY" she said.-Mad
a Robertson In Romance.
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