Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-07
HIS SAD PREOlCkNENT.
Was To he Married That Night, and Had
But 80 Cents.

The impecunious young man laid down
his pen and groaned, says the Chicago
News.
The girl who manipulated the tyre
writer ceased to click-clack her machine,
and tossed her wited bangs az if scent
ing danger from afar. Whats the mat
ter?" she asked anXiously.
oh nothing much" he answered,
broadening his face out into sardOnic
grin. I'm going 90 get married to-
night, that's all
or The typewriter girl bottled up her
surprise after the emission OF that ore
eTervescent exclamation. and quietly
thought il over minute. "BGt |
shouldn't think you would look SO blue
about it," snl added, after making sure
she thoroughly cOmprcheatea the import
OF the communication. This ought o. b.
the happ.est day Of your life. You
ought
"Humph, that's al you know about
IT," IA, Interrupted. cont mp'uously. !
guess you have never been married, have
yOu|
she said she never had Visions OF her
best young man lifted through her i'm
ag.nation. and she WAS tempted TO tell
him that she hoped to be- some day. but
she though, better Of it. and the impe-
c1nious young man proceeded:
I've got g. talk &c over with some
boGy or IN naturally explode with the
lerinsntations of my own emotions. See
here. This WILL explain II al, and then
YOU won't wonder that / am IL inmate
for lunat.c asylum.
lie handed her a sheet Of paper, on
which was Wi.Ierne-s ot figures running
mo and down and crossways and diasO-
nallv from the centre. where was dollar
ma~< of mssuihce.t proportions. The
..iri looked al IL, ana then she commenced
To get muddie9, TOO.
~ DOME see any sense In it," she re-
markell. looking 20 him for an eXplana-
ton.
"0s course. YOU don't" he snecrod.
Il might have known you wouldn't see
that S292 That's my salary-a paiuy ~
and DE indicated with his thumo d-mlnu-
tive number ia the upper leithani corner
"and a fair prospect of - per cent. r.
dnction n these bard times continue.
These axe my expenses" and a sweep Oh
the hand took the rest OF the bowIlderins
computation.
But II doesn't cost much TO get mar
rled." the girl argued. becoming enthIsi-
aetic on the subject fraught with such
vital interest to her and her YOUNG man.
- marriage license only costs Slie. and
any minister viii oiiiciate for $.
And one can live comfortably, ara
luyur.ously on marriage Licenses and
preachersr he shouted. III those were
the only considerations | wouldn't De IN
such a stew. But they ara only drop
ln the bucket. / love the sirl, and /
have always thought til yesterday that
| Couldn't live without her. but now I'll
be blessed If can see how I'm ever 10
live with her. Not but that / love her
inst as dearly az | did; it's the financial
side. Of the question that is curdllng The
gray part of my brain and reducing me
10 a total vreck.
Il got the license and my new suit and
everything yesterday, and guess how
much money i had left? Just &c cents.
We've got to go right To housekeeping.
TOO. for she Is as poor as a church mouse
herself, ami has been living in fourth
class boarding house ill she's almost
dead. III you can teli me where i can
scrape UP money enough 10 set us going
I'll be e;ernally grateful to you. Good
Lord, Just think Of It. Here IL Is 1
o'clock. and I'm to be married at $50.
and only 36 cents IN my pocket. And
then you wonder why I groanr
But the girl had ceased 10 marvel.
She began 10 write out specifications
again, and even the rattle OF the machine
was tempered down 10 a reflective, SYM
pathetic click.