The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-05-12

she must say either yes or no to nm, ana
she say that viii break her heart
..Well, in tho evening strange gcn-
tleman come-a very fair gentleman.
with pretty curly hair-and he ask to
| see nv Marie. She lcok over the stair,
and she say to nas
"'It is the othe. ~':''.
"Then nm nearly crazy, Dut Marie
say she will not 90 10 see him TIL MIR.
LEROY come. Perhaps | can tell she
saw. when sec them both together
when Mr.. LEROY come, we 80 down
the stair and there they are, both to-
gether. and they look hard at each 9th
er. We talk q little while, and then !
say, Gentlemen, what is it that you
want?
"And they both say quick, 'Marier
And Marie she say:
"But you cannot both have Inc. Is
| it not soi And the one that came last
say, very angry:
"'You must decide now which one
you will hayer
"Then Marie look at him and frown
and say quick;
every we'll ,fthen; l decide now that
will not have you
"Then jean LEROY he smile little,
and the other one walk ont of the house
quick, his face like storm cloud, and
then Marie sit down and cry. She will
not speak to Jean LEROY, although 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. | like them
both very we'll, and / feel bad, but she
only say, You will see.'
ION Thursday she would marry, only
quietlike-only those who marry her and
|, her mother, there-and wo go to the
church together. When we get to the
church, l look to see which gentleman,
but l 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 l see Jean Lefroy
come round the corner and Marie run to
meet him. When he come near, | see
that he look-oh, horriblel. He have his
arm tied up, and his coat is torn, and
one of his eyes has black mark, and he
is lame. 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 i make Jean tell me
why he look SO dreadful~
I" Well he say, Marie tell each of
us, separately, that she viii marry us
today, and when sec him l smile, not
knowing that he has her promise, too,
and when he see me he hold the head
high, not knowing that | shall marry
her. So all the week we nearly have our
fight, but never touch him till-well,
last night. Marie write us both and say
that she will marry the one that will get
to the church first. We both get the
note at the same time, and l see that he
is getting ready early, and hurry too
When he leave his house, leave mime
also, and all the way we try to keep
each other back 1t is very hard work,
and two hours after we leave the homes
we have not get farther than the first
corner.
"'Soon we start to run, but we cannot
get past each other, and then he catch
hold of me, and then we fight some more. \
But soon tear his coat bad, and he can
not wear it, and then his vest, but ma
dame will pardon me that cannot tell
her all that happen AT all event, we
have to go home to get the clothes, and
| get here first" Madame paused, and
| knew her story was done.
"And were they happy together, ma !
dameY asked. at is hard to imagine
Marie settling down quietly.s
Madame sighed.
"It is fsug story" she said.--Madge
Robertson in Romance.