The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-19

yard away, and released her. Who locked
you in there?" asked.
:" L did, SIR she replied. L locked my
self in, and pushed the key out under the
gone Oh with those beastly soldiers
hope / havn't inconvenienced you,
cir, she added, stepping out. 4 left the
Amenda's passion for soldiers was her
one tribute to sentiment. Toward all 9TH
ers OF the male sex she maintained an atti-
tude Of callous unsusceptibility and her
engagements with them (which were uu-
merousD were entered into or abandoned
on grounds 90 sordid a. to seriously shock
Ethslbertha.
When she came to rs she was engaged
to pork butcher-with . miikman in re-
serve. For Amenda's sake we dealt with
the man. but we never liked him. and we
liked his pork still less. When. therefore,
Amenda announced to us that her engage
ment with him was of" and intimated
that her feelings would in no way suffer
BY our going elsewhere for our bacon We
secretly rejoiced.
81 am confident you have done right.
Amenda," said Etheibertha. "You would
never have been happy with that man"
No, mum. l don't think ever should, !"
replied Amenda. II don't see how any
girl could - hadn't got the digestion of an
ostrich"
Etheibertha looked puzzled. "But
what has digestion got to do with il :" she
asked.
"A pretty good deal. num-" answered
marrying man Is can't make . sausage
fit 70 eat"
"But. surely" exclaimed Ethelbertha,
you don't mean to say you're breaking
of the match because you don't like his
sausagesv'
% W~u T..> xl..,-x.A ..
TO-" agreed Amenda, unconcernedly.
What an awful ideav' sighed poor
Ethelbertha, after a long pause. DO
you think you ever really loved him ?"
''Oh. yes" said Amenda, II loved him
right enough, but it's no good loving .
man who wants you to live on sausages
that keep you awake all night"
"But does he want you to live on sau-
cages 2" persisted Etheibertha.
''Oh. he doesn't say anything about il. 4"
explained Amenda. But you know what
1t 10, mum, when you marry . pork
butcher; you're expected to eat what's
left over. That's the mistake my poor
cousin Eliza made. She married a muffin
man. Of course, what he didn't sell they
had to finish up themselves. Why, one
winter. when he had . run of bad luck,
they lived for two months on nothing but
mullins. l never saw girl so changed in
all my life. One has to think Of these
things, you Know"
Later on she engaged herself to q So
licitor's messenger. She did this-as she
frankly avowed to Ethelbertha-to assist
her family, who were prosecuting some
petty Law case at that time. He was a
smart, steady man. = great favorite with
his employers. and, out of kindly feeling
towards HIM, they did the business for
Amenda's father, charging only 'out-of-
pockets"
Six months after the case was ended she
broke off the match. She said that, on re-
Election, she could not help seeing what an
advantage he would have over her-he
being in . solicitors Office, with the law at
his fingers ends-shouid she ever find il
necessary to summons HIM.
'But. my good girl" said Ethelbertha,
quite distressed, lone doesn't marry . man
with the idea of subsequently summoning
| him."
mo, mum" said Amenda, one always
hopes she will never need to. I'm sure
but it's just AZ we'll to be prepared. l knew
| girl, when was in service at Hastings
that loved . printer. and they were both
| going to commit suicide because her par.
| ents didn't want 'em to marry. and now
he costs her shillings month regular in
summonses. It's no good shutting ones
| eyes to things. num-"
| But the most shamefully mercenary en-.
| gagement that think Amenda ever en-.
| tered into was one with bus conductor
| We were living in the north Of London
then. and she had a young man. u cheese
| monger, who kept shop in Lupus street
Chelsea. He could not come up to heI
because of the shop, so once week she
| had TO go down to him. One did not ride
| ten miles for q penny in those days. and