The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-30
among his kindred and hers ere he claim.

aniong HiS klDurc0 ana hers GRE he claim
| eth his bride.
Now, In this you can MD mo IL YOU
will and do no injury TO any ono. For
you arc FREQ to como or 20 as YOU listcth.
having 10 wife or sweetheart to demand
tho why or the wherefore of your actions.
yol who iOvcth no ono, but rather judUcth
woman TO he II snare and u temptation,
which Judgment is just in many cases,
| can, by simplS appearing in public places.
mt tho plays, nj tho games and various
othor entertainments and tournaments
with my daughter, who is young and rs
good rs shc is beautiful, and whom also
shall accompany. set in motion the tongues
OF the gossipS ana cause them to carry
tales and rumors thereof To tho ears of linn
who thoughtlossly tarrieth in distant
chimes and who, the spirit of jealousy hay
ing boon aroused, will, through fear of
losing tho idol of his heart cut short his
vain wHndcrings and hasten hither to claim
his own and abide with his own
Therefore dcspise mo not beyond meas
ure, pray you, but rather conspiro with
me, but without my daughters knowl-
edge, that these things may be brought to
pass for otherwise tho light of her coun-
tenance will illumino my life no more TT
all.
land now that I may not weary yor
with much talking or consume your time
with idle words, but rather that YOU NAV
fully consider the things have spoken, I
take myself hence
And inaSmuch rs she was tho truthful
ana candid woman whom he had thought
ala not oXist and whose non cst-ctlncss ho
had long regretted, the misogynist Welded
himself to her plans, for suspicion WAS
lullcd within him.
Then, coming to see tho girl no was
well pleased with her, for sho was we'll be.
haved and not OVERLOAD. Moreover, ho
know she had found favor in the eyes of
another, for he believed she was bc,rothcd
and about To be we'd, and tho appreciation
OF one man gocth many leagues In form
ing the favorable opinion of his brother
concerning woman.
tor II one man wants her so also doth
another. Whereas if no man wants her
even he who thinks he wants her wants
her not.
Then, after many days had gone by.
days of great hope and rejoicing for the
widow-for AL things were corning her
way-and days of speculation among the
gosSips as TO what manner of witchcraft
was employed by tho mite TO ensnarc the
confirmed bachelor, the misogynist. who.
withal, was man of consequence and
honor, having lived long in the land rs
one whom the Lord loved and to whose
estate much of the yellow tlross of COM
ncrce had attached itself, the truthful
and candid woman again spoke to him.
saying:
Rejoice with me and be glad, oh, good
ana faithful friend, for or plans have
borne fruit, and our banners, arc crowned
with victory.
Then rejoice, I shy, for tomorrow the
bridegroom come:h, he and his attendants
full twoscorc strong, that the occasion
may not lack cclat. and the festivities will
take III many days. Through your gen
crous aid and cooperation this happy day
hath been FASTENED, and now all thai, re-
maincth for YOU to do To fill the measure
of your graciouSncss is to give away the
pride, and, in suuth, l say TO YOU il can be
done none too soon, that acknowledgements
may be avoided, for truly the girl holds
you Very dear i'll her affections
And the words of the widow smoto tho
man heart and soul, for it went gricvous-
ly against the grain TO be thus summariiy
shuntad off 10 give place To another, for
the command, THUS far shalt thou 90
ana no further, was not given to man,
and farther he would go, Jared he better
or worse.
Therefore, though he uttered no word
he swore an oath that sizzlcd in its fer
vcncy, declaring to all things both high and
low that when the morrow came with the
laggard bridegroom he'd find never n
bride waiting to receive him, but instead
the tidings OF her marriage to him who
had been known To all as the confirmed
bachelor, for that very night would he
flee with the maiden to the inviting shores
of an adjacent land where all obstacles in
the way of sudden and unprecedented
marriages are swept away that lovers may
he cXpcditiously launched hcadlong on the
turbulent sea of matrimony.
Ha! y little plotting on his own hook
would he do and surprise them ALL
And il was done even as he said.
But. alas! the surprise was in store for
himself alone.
Thus is told and recorded the story of
the marriage Of him whose title and
condition matrimony changed from that
OF the confirmed bachelor TO tho confirmed
misogynist on account of the deceit pruc-
ticod upon him.
For III those days, for the sake of food
ana raimcnt and II shelter for her head
many things were done ny woman and ac-
counted 'womanly' which now she who
is cmancipatcd would look upon with hor-
ror and scorn TO do, her bloomcring, bicy-
cling and balloting craze notwithstand-
ing.-Chcago Tribune
Dingbats.