The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-16
HIS SAD PREDICAMENT.
WINS Ia he Married That Night. md
Had hut 30 Cents.

The impccnnious young man laid down
ms pen ana groaned, says the Chicago
Tho girl who manipula ted the tvpe-
writer ceased TO click -clack her mach me.
and tossed her wiltcd bangs as II scent
teri she asked anxiously.
| "Oh. nothing much" he answered
| broadening his face out into "A sardonic
grin. Tn going to get married tonight,
"Oh," Tho TYPEWRITER girl bottled nm
her surprise after the emission Of that
one efforvcscent exclamation and uulet
| ~ thpuEhi ; over minute "But I
shouldn't think you, would look SO blue
| about IT. she added. after making sure
she thoroughly comprchended the import
| or the communication. This ought t.
be the happicst day of your life. You
"Humph. that's all You know about
| IT," he interrupted c6ntcmptuousiy. II
guess yom have never been married
| have you?'
She said She never had. Visions of her
best Young man fitted through her i'm
agination, ana she was tempted to tell
him that she hoped to be some day. but
she thought better OF it, and the impcCu-
NOUS young man proceeded:
i've got to talk 1t over with some
body or IN naturally explode with the
here. This will explain it all, and then
you won't wonder that / am a fit inmate
for "A lunatic asylum"
He handed her, sheet of paper. on
which was wilderness of figures run
ming up and down and crossways and d.
agonally from the centre. where was a
,d,ollar,mark Of magnificent, proportions.
me girl looked at u; and then she com
menced to get muddled. too
don't see any sence In It," she re-
marked. looking to him for an explana-
ton.
"Of course. you don't" he sncered.
II might have known you wouldn't See
that $2O? That's my salary--a paltry $50"
and he indicated with his thumb a
diminutlve number In the upper left
% per cent. reduction If these hard times
continue. These are my expenses. and
a sweep OF the hand took the rest of the
bewildering computation.
But It doesn't cost much to get mar
ried." the girl argued. becoming en-
thusiastic on. the subject fraught with
young. man. "a marriage license only
for s..
And one can live comfortably. and
rreachers!' he shouted. 'If those were
the only considerations / wouldn't be in
such stew. But they are only drop
in the bucket; l love the girl: and I
have always thought till yesterday that
couldn't live without her, but now I'll
be blessed II | can see how I'm ever to
live with her. Not but that | love her
lust as dearly as | did; it's the financial
side of the question that is curding the
gray part of my brain and reducing me
to n total wreck.
II got the license and my new suit and
everything yesterday. and guess how
much money | had left? Just 36 cents. |
We've got to go right to housekeeping. |
too. for she is as poor as church |
mouse herself, and has been living in a |
fourth-class boarding house till she's
almost dead. If you can tell me where / |
can scrape UP money enough to get us
going I'll be eternallv grateful to you |
Good Lord! lust think OF 1t. Here II Is |
4 o'clock. and I'm to be married at $50 |
and only &c cents in my pocket. And |
then you wonder why ! groan,"
But the girl had ceased to marvel
She began to write out specifications
again. and even the rattle of the ma
chine was tempered down to a reflective,
click.