St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-07-20

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nicer time than II our relations ha
been Ut the ordinary kind existing b<
tween young men and young women.
In any event. l felt perfectly q
home, and Miss Higgins was lookin
SO much better than / had ever see
ber-she was twenty-four. and when
woman is pretty at twenty-four she
pretty for keeps-that before reall
knew what was about l was maxim,
love to her. Not making 1t. either. ex
actly. for it had been made in my min
for weeks, but didn't quite know it un
til began to talk to her about il
Then it dawned on me all at once, an,
II it had not been for the superio
Judgment and tact Of Miss Higgins,
firmly believe l would have made a
, egregious ass Of myself.
But ! didn't. reserved that until
later period
The point had reached when l lef
her at her modest, unpretentious hom'
was firm resolve that on the next day
l would have business for Jeremy out
side OF the Office for an hour, and ther,
and then. on the spot where I had frs
met her, l would make a formal prop
osition-and get her, as a matter o
course. l was assured of that. becaus,
there was no other fellow in sight;
was rich and passably good-looking
not so old rs people might think was
and on general principles l was JUS
what a sensible young woman, ik.
Mice HiDnSns vx,oo xr,or%oA
When next morning came I was il
hilarious humor, going SD far as t.
slap Jeremy on the back. thus discon
certing him to such an extent that hs
stuck his red ink pen In the black and
almost said ''doggone It," his one
weakness of language.
''Old man." said to him, ''why dom,
you get married?'
why don't you. sir?" said he.
That's just what I'm going to do
jeremy" said /. "aud so quick that il
will make your head swim"
Il hope not, sir" said he.
Hope won't get narried?" said l.
with feeling that poor Jeremy had an
idea that it would be q desertion OF
y
''Oh, no, SIR" said he: II hope il
won't make my head swim. / used to
be troubled with vertigo, and
wouldn't like to have . return Of it,
SIR
Loud I laughed and slapped the good
Jeremy on the back again.
"Out Of regard for you and your
I'm h fp,lS 20,
I, II will 60 about it less rapidly than
as at first contemplated"
Have you anyone definitely in view.
sir?' said he rather slyly, l thought,
seeing that he knew l was slightly
variant in such matters.
Indeed have. Jeremy" said I, 'and
am sure you will be surprised. and at
the same time pleased. when tell you
who It is to whom | am about to trust
my whole future"
Il am sure 1 shall be pleased, sir"
said he. meekly.
ITO be frank with you, then. Jer-
emy," 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 I. And by the
way" added, ''she hasn't come down
yet, and 1t is half an hour after her
usual time. / hope she is not feeling
any bad results from the drive she took
yesterday afternoon. l wonder if she
is?''
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
who happens to be around at
the moment of doubt.
mo, SIR said he, nothing is the
matter with her. l saw her on my
way to the Office and she said she would
not be down until eleven o'clock this
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 = return of your verti-
20. Eh, old man,
"Yes. SIR" said he, and for the first
time l observed that he was growing
nervous. 'I-I-I wanted to say, SIR"
be stammered. as he lay down his pen
md faced me. that think you ought
% try to marry some one else"
'Oho.- 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 cid
man," said l. I'm going to marry
,er myself"
THAT is not the only reason why
annot marry her. sir" said he.
This was a poser, and i wondered
What strange freak had struck Jeremy.
The thought of losing me had unsettled
lis brain, possibly.
What other reason could there be?"
aid ], in doubt.
Because have already married
er. sir said he. I'VE have been |
married. three weeks, but we didn't
rant you to know it until we could get |
moved into our own little house. then |
re were going to give You a surprise |
upper, for you have been exceedingly |
ind to both of us. and we appreciate |
! more than we can say"
1t was the longest speo:h had ever |
card Jeremy make, and 1t wasn't the
leasantest. but what could I dof |
'othing, except to forgive them and
url my heart at some other object to |
mock it into forgetfulness Then
liss Higgins appeared promptly st
leven o'clock, and l had to forgive her
lso.
Nice fix for a man with a heaving
cart to be in. wasn't it?
And she hadn't come down at her
sual time SO that Jeremy would have
chance to tell me what had hap
ened.
Kind of her. wasn't il?
But got gloriously even BY dis
harRing her on the spot and adding
er salary to Jeremy's-the sly. old.
cheminE. scoundrel: - Detroit Free
'ress.
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