Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-29

sick headache. My Auttering heart
gave one huge bound and then seemed
to stand still. However, to disguise
my feelings said:
II am sorry; and you have to play at
the concert?"
NO." she replied. ''the concert has
been postponed"
Then may beg the pleasure Of
your company? did not ask you be-
fore because of the concert engage
ment."
Thanks. shall enjoy it immense
ly."
What a miserable failure that even
ing proved to be. do not even know
what the play was called. I was think
ing all the time ofmy poor sick darling,
and not of the acting or the woman
who sat by my side wearing the flower
spray that was meant for Annie.
The words were still unspoken when
my holidays arrived, and tearing my
self away from the two sisters, who
stood at the gate and waved their
handkerchiefs as long as remained in
sight, it was with no feelings of joyful
anticipation that I betook myself to
Hastings for rest and recreation.
Rest! Where could I find til Eot
on the parade or pier, amid hunareds
of couples promenading, as had pic
tured Annie and myself doing: not on
the beach, where the Ethiopian musi-
clans We're eternally playing "Annie
Laurie" Sweet Annie Rooney" and
Annie, Dear, I'm Called Away"
For a whole week wandered aim
lessly hither and thither. Then could
stand it no longer. So wrote long
letter commencing Darling" and
pouring out the impassioned, pent-up
love that comes but once in mans
lifetime. l besought and beseeched
her to take Pity upon me, or my life
less body should surge in the pillows
that beat relentlessly on the rocks O
Beachy Head.
When 1 had finished happened tc
catch sight of a photograph which
had purchased She previous day, repre-
senting one of the yachts preparing tc
start on her morning trip, with my own
figure in a prominent position in the
bows.
"Ah!" thought I, cpl send that tc
Julia"
If 1t were possible had now less
rest than before, night or day, while
waiting for the answer. Rising in the
morning with haggard looks and burn
ing brow, the other boarders would
remark that the sea air did not seem to
agree with me, while under the mask
of assumed indifference there ragged
within me the tiercest volcano that
ever burned in the heart of man.
At last the reply came, and bound
ing up to the privacy of my own room
with trembling fingers l tore open the
envelope which hid from me-life or
death?
Dearest, I am yours forever.
cannot say your proposal was unex-
pected, for have felt that you could
mean nothing less, ever since that
evening when you SO openly expressed
your preference by taking me to the
theater-"
What whew!! where!!! Hooked at
the signature-''Julia." Oh, heavens!
saw it all. had placed them in the
wrong envelopes, and sent the letter
to Julia and the photograph to Annie!
How l ragged and fumed and tore my
hair, until at last, in sheer exhaustion,
| sank into chair and endeavored to
finish reading the letter.
"Annie thanks you very much for
the photo, and she desires me to tell
you that yesterday MIR. Malcolm pro-
posed to her and was accepted. We
will have the two weddings on the
same day. Won't that be nice, dear?'
Nice? This was the last straw. Nice,
indeed, for me to be married to wom-
an did not care for, and at the same
time to see the. one I loved given to
another man. I cannot remember what
did for the next hour orr two beyond
cursing my foolishness, andsswearing
wouldn't marry Julia Then, sWhensI
became scalmer, saw an action tor
breach of promise looming. I thought
of all my hard-earned, savings of years
being swept away BY a sympathetic
jury to heal Ju1ia's broken heart.
There was no escape Tor me.
She had my letter which. simply
commenced: Darling" and as no name
was mentionedsin it from beginning to
end, was it possible that any body OF
intelligent men could be brought to
believe that intended it for Annie
when / addressed @the envelope to
Julia? No, no. must go through
with it, would marry Julia. Yes,
and | would teach her that man is
the lord Of creation, and that woman
is but a helpmate but not an equal, and
SO, in my married life, triumphantly
! assert those principles which had
held so long. trT.ss
Julia married me at the same time
and place as Annie became Mrs. NAL
colin. 1 now spend my evenings en-
deayoring to solve q difficult problem,
and that is why do they call woman
the weaker sex?-Yit-Bits ~ 81