Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20

A RshttArRsinx sfegy 81 > Ma, wk
Paid His Mmss4axe Zee IN rass.
A clergyman was telling mnecdo.n. -
incidents In his early life as a paste,
Ons Of them was about = marriage c~ra.
nony which he once performed. A
young man Of the country districts cama
20 the pastor one day.
II want TO get married, I" he said, saad
1 guess I've got about a. good a woman
as there ia around this part Of the state
Can you marry nsy'
The Clergyman thought that he conla
and 80 the young man went away and
soon returned with hts bride. They
both took the affair very coolly, ana
when the ceremony was over the bride.
groom took the clergyman aside.
III don't want TO drive any bargain a,
a time like this" he said, "but OF course
amt sure this marriage business is 20
ing to prove all that expect Of 1t. How
would half cash now, one-fourfh In one
month and the rest in two months, after
have had fair chance TO see IL got a
good bargain, suit you?
swell, . said the pastor, IF that seems
fair to you. am willing. You seem 10
be prosperous young man. Wen say
ten dollars now, Ave dollars In one
month and Eve dollars in two months
THAT'S a co." answered the happy
bridegroom. and he handed over ten dol
lars.
At the end OF month he returned
with FIVE dollars more.
II amt sure" he said, little doubt.
fully, ''about it yet, but I'm willing to
give you the benefit OF the doubt and to
make the second payment. "You See"
he added, '.while have my own doul.s
about the blessings of married life,
don't know as it's going TO make much
difference. amt just so sure ms was
that could get out of this thing now il
wanted to. She's got an opinion Of
her own" he said, with faint grin;
land II she says we have got to keen ON
being married guess it'll have to go at
that"
"You aren't thinking OF getting di.
vorce. are your" asked the clergyman.
"Oh. no: at least not just yet
''Of what faults In your wife do you
complain
| ION, nofhing IN particular.
"why are you dissatisfied, them
II amt just dissatisfied. | say
haven't made up my mind yet"
why shouldn't You know one way or
the other?"
well, to tell you the honest truth,
| don't believe it would do any good.
I'm afraid whatever she decides will
| .attla ~ Tba.. ha mani ..a I.Not-....-
rather puzzled over the problem.
AT the end Of the second month there
came knock at the door, and the pas.
tor himself answered IT, The bride was
standing there, and about five feet be.
hind her was the doubling husband
my husband owes you five dollars,
doesn't heg" she asked sharply.
"Well," answered the pastor, with q
smile, II am not sure about that point"
Eyes. he does" she said firmly. "He
owes yon five dollars. Henry, wasn't
your bargain that five dollars should be
paid at the end Of the secopd month IL
the marriage was satisfactory
YES" said the husband weakly.
"And it's satisfactory, amt itY'
Henry looked at the pastor.
"It's satisfactory. amt it," she re-
peated.
"Y-e-e-s," said the husband, looking
down at his boots.
81 thought So" cried the wife tri-
umphantly. Now pay him that FIVE
dollars"
The husband handed bill to the cler-
gyman, and said to him in low voice:
Il amt quite sure yet, one way or the
other, but she's got me and guess she
means to hang on to me. So I'll just
have to worry along till she dies or get
a chance to run away."-New York Trb-
une