River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-06-06
ing with me. I. wssa delightful after.

ing ana on such an everyday, practical
basis. think we both had a very much
nicer time than IL our relations rad
been of the ordinary kind existing ne
tween young men and young women.
In any event, ! felt perfectly at
home, and Miss Higgins was looking
so much better than | had ever seen
ber-she was twenty-four, and when a
woman is pr .tty at twenty-four she is
pretty for keeps-that before 1 really
knew what I was about I was making
love to her. Not making IL, either, ex.
actly. for il had been made in my mind
for weeks, but didn't quite know it I'M
til / began 10 talk 20 her about il.
Then il dawned on me all at once, and
If IT had not been for the superior
Judgment and tact of Miss Higgins, I
firmly believe l would have made an
egregious ass of myself.
But didn't reserved that until a
later period.
The point had reached when / left
her at her modest, unpretentious home
was a firm resolve that on the next day
would have business for Jeremy out
side Of the Office for an hour, aud there
and then, on the spot where had first
met her, would make a formal prop
osition-and get her, as a matter of
course. / was assured Of that, because
there was no other fellow in sight; /
was rich and passably good-looking,
not so old as people might think was,
and on general principles / was just
what a sensible young woman, like
Miss Higgins was, wanted
When next morning came / was in
hilarious humOr. going SO far as TO
slap Jeremy on the back. thus discon-
certing him 20 such an extent that he
stuck his red ink pen in the black and
almost said ''dogg nne it," his one
weakness of language.
''Old man." said TO hi.n, "why don't
you get married?'
why don't You, STRIP said he.
That's just what I'm going to do,
Jeremy" said /. ''and so quick that IL
will make your head swim"
Il hope not, sir" said he.
Hope | won't get married?" said I,
with feeling that poor Jeremy had an
idea that it would be desertion of
him for me to marry.
'Oh. no, SIR" said he; II hope ii
won't make my head swim 1 used to
be troubled with vertigo, and !
wouldn't like to have a return of it,
sir"
Loud laughed and slapped the good
Jeremy on the back again.
Out of regard for you and your
fofthF,,l Sarvsoac % mo Iarar,v caid
/. II viii go about it less rapidly than
as at first contemplated"
''IIave you anyone definitely in view,
sir?" said he rather slyly, l thought,
seeing that he knew ! was slightly
variant in such matters.
Indeed have. Jeremy" said l, land
! am sure you will be surprised, and at
the same time pleased, when tell you
who il is to whom am about to trust
my whole future"
Il am sure | shall be pleased, sir"
said he. meekly.
To be frank with you, then, Jer-
envy" | said, more seriously, II am go
ing to marry Miss Higgins"
Jeremy looked at me as the cherubs
look up in that great picture of Rapha-
els.
The typewriter?" said he.
The same" said l. AND by the
way" | added, ''she hasn't come down
yet, and il is half an hour after her
usual time. l hope she is not feeling
any bad results from the drive she took
yesterday afternoon. l wonder if she
isl"
of course, Jeremy didn't know any
thing about the matter, and couldn't
have answered the question if he had
wanted to: but when in doubt we are
always disposed to ask questions of
anybody who happens to be around at
the moment of doubt.
mo, sir" said he, nothing Is the
matter with her. saw her on my
way to the office and she said she would
not be down until eleven o'clock this
morning"
That's all right" said I, much re-
lieved. 1t will also be better for you.
as there will not be that haste which
might give you a return of your verti-
go. Eli. old MANI"
Yes. sir" said ne, and for the first
time observed that he was growing
nervous. I'LL wanted to say, sir, -
he stammered, as he lay down his pen
and faced me. that / think you ought
to try to marry some one else"
Ohio" | laughed, perhaps you
would like to marry her yOurself?"
mo. sir" said he, II can't marry
her
''Of course you can't, you dear on.
man." said l. I'm going to marry
her myself"
That is not the only reason why
cannot marry her, sir said he.
This was a poser, aud / wondered
what strange freak had struck Jeremy.
The thought of losing me had unsettled
his brain, possibly.
What other reason could there be?''
said /. in doubt.
because 1 have already married
her, sir" said he. I'VE have been
married three weeks, but we didn't
want you to know it until we could get
moved into our own little house, then
we were going TO give you a surprise
supper, for you have been exceedingly
kind to both of us. and we appreciate
it more than we can say"
II was the longest speech had ever
heard Jeremy make, and il wasn't the
pleasantest. but what could ! do?
Nothing. except to forgive them and
hurl my heart at some other object 10
knock il into forgetfulness. Then
Miss Higgins appeared promptly at
eleven o'clock, and had TO forgive her
also
Nice fix for a man with a heaving
heart to be in, wasn't II?
And she hadn't come down at her
usual time so that Jeremy would have
chance to tell me what mad hap
pened.
Kind of her. wasn't il?
But got gloriously even by dis
charging her on the spot and adding
her salary to Jeremy's-the sly, old.
scheming scoundrel! - Detroit Free
Press.
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