The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-08
among bis kindred and hers ere hs claim

among his kindred and hers ere no clsim-
ath his BRIDE.
rNow, In this you can aid me II you
will and do no Injury to any one. For
you are free to come or go as you listeth,
having no wife or sweetheart TO demand
tho why or the wherefore Of your actions,
you who loyath no ono, but rather judgeth
woman to No snare and q temptation,
which Judgment Ia Just In many cases,
osn, BY simply appearing In public places,
at the plays at tho games and various
pthor entertainments and tournaments
with my daughter, who Is young and as
good as she Is beautiful. and whom ! also
shall accompany, set In motion tho tongues
of the gossips and cause them to carry
tales and rumors thereof TO the ears Of him
who thoughtlessly tarrieth In distant
climes and who, the spirit Of jealousy hay
ing been aroused, will, through fear of
losing the idol of his heart, cut short his
vain wanderings and hasten hither to claim
his own and abide with his own. ss5
Therefore despise me not beyond meas
uro, pray you, but rather conspire with
me, but without my daughters knowi
edge, that these things may be brought to
pass for otherwise the Light OF her coun-
tenance will illumine my life no more at
all. t
"And now that / may not weary you
with much talking or consume your time
with Idle words, but rather that you may
fully consider the things have spoken, /
take myself hence
And inasmnoh as she was the truthful
and candid woman whom he had thought
did not exist and whose non est-edness he
had long regretted, the misogynist yielded
himself to her plans, for suspicion was
lulled within him.
Then, coming to see the girl, he was
we'll pleased with her, for she was well be-
haved and not overbold. Moreover, he
knew she had found favor in the eyes of
another, for he believed she was betrothed
and about to be wed, and the appreciation
OF one man goeth many leagues in form
ing the favorable opinion of his brother
concerning woman. 5EtN
For II ono man wants her go also doth
another. Whereas IL no man wants her,
even he who thinks he wants her wants
her not. IH
Then, after many days had gone by,
days Of great hope and rejoicing for the
widow-for all things were coming her
way-and days Of speculation among the
gossips as to what manner of witchoraft
was employed by the mite to ensnare tho
confirmed bachelor, the misogynist, who,
+ WltHRif was lDhu Vi puubuquolS6 htu
honor, having lived long In the land as
one whom the Lord loved and to whose
estate much of the yellow dross of COM
merce had attached itself, the truthful
and candid woman again spoke to him,
saying:
"Reioice with me and be glad, oh, good
and faithful friend, for our plans have
borne fruit, and our banners are crowned
with victory.
"Then rejoice, say, for tomorrow the
bridegroom cometh he and his attendants
full twoscore strong, that the occasion
may not lack eclat, and the festivities will
take In many days Through your gen.
erous aid and cooperation this happy day
hath been hastened, and now all that re-
maineth for you to do to fill the measure
of your graciousness Ia to give away the
bride, and, In sooth, soy to you 1t can be
done none too soon, that entanglements
may be avoided, for truly the girl holds
you very dear in her affections"
And the words of the widow smote the
man heart and soul, for 1t went grievous-
1y against the grain to be thus summarily
shunted off to give place to another, for
the command, "Thus far shalt thou go
and 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 siszled In Its fer
vency, declaring to all things both high and
low that when the morrow came with the
laggard bridegroom he'd find never
bride waiting to receive him, but instead
tho tidings of her marriage to him who
had been known to all as the confirmed
bachelor, for that very night would he
fee with the maiden to the inviting shores
of an adjacent land where all obstacles In
the way of sudden and unpremeditated
marriages are swept away that lovers may
be expeditiously launched headlong ON the
turbulent sea of matrimony.
Ha! A little plotting on his own hook
would he do and surprise them all.
And 1t was done even as he said.
But, alasl the surprise was in store for
himself alone.
Thus ia told and recorded tho story of
the marriage Of him whose title and
condition matrimony changed from that
of tho confirmed bachelor to the confirmed
| misogynist on account of the deceit prac-
tioed upon him.
For In those days, for the sake of food
| and raiment and a shelter for her head,
many things were done by woman and ac-
counted "womanly" which now she who
Is emancipated would look upon with hor-
ror and soorn to do, her bloomering, bicy-
cling and balloting craze notwithstand-
ing.-Chicago Tribune.