Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-31

e. ! don't think I need trouble my
self about the old mans views on the
subject You see, its our affair. ed
mas and mine. and not his. though it's
hard 10 make him ~ X ia ttlsi light
Eana has very good n think
shR looks a. the matter very me8ch aS
/ ae-Dnly, Of course she can't help
feeling that he j. her Iather; whereas.
thank goodness he's not mine, I'm
very much obliged 10 you for your good
WISHES. I say over again"
IL VIII NE seen that RAn Whitley was
MOI g hover i0 sigh like a furnace
AS for writing a woeful ballad 10 his
mistress eyebr0@.- I don't fancy ne
could have accomplished such a feat II
his life had depended upon his doing
20. His pulse heat ever steadily and
panctualg. The thermometer OF hts
love stood az temperate with no
tendency toward q rise. Let Culad do
ali he could. il did not seem that hs
was able 10 accomplish any vital
changes In these respects Whitley, IL
was evident. persisted III contemplate
ing hove and marriage from the p-osaic
and practical poaDt OF New Notions
of poetry and sentiment OF flese, or.
indeed. any ether Subjects. Were not
ysassitle 10 him. His constitutional Sc
! reIity refused 10 be disturbed ~ al
There was nothing about him aenneiE-
"a careless desolatl0n." The marks
OF lDye." rs they are commonly nndef-
stsod. We're not dsscerEfhfs UPON hin
Many, perhaps, would have regarded
him sina}siy n a naan going 10 lie Iiit--
ried, and be inclined 70 think that Ire
was not 10 be regarded as a lover at
all He affected NO particular rapTurs-s
as to the proposed change in his life
Tt his friends ON the board of trade lie
said nothing as 10 the agiIaied state or
his breast or the excitement OF It's
feelings. He did not regard Miss Ia
trpie as an angel or a goddess Pas
sion did not pcrplex nor dlScoElp0lse has
vision. Miss Latrobe seemed SIMPLY
to him what she seemed 10 every one
else nice lookin?. sensible American
girl If he were TO be considered AZ a
lover al al. ii Vas IS q lover sssth a
large infusion of a man OF business
AT the same time 1t should be noted
that as a man Of business. Ben White
ly was a strictly hCT 0ratie and thor
ongbgoing gentleman.
often asked myself If marriage
would change himz Would his pracIi-
cality ultimately suceumbg Nould he
not. rather. like most other men, ind
at last an unexpected fire kindllng and
cracking Ia his breasts
I called upon him one evening. and
ia the course Of our CONVERSATION 4
asked him about Miss Latrobe.
The affair is or he said. graveiy,
! holding up q small sealed packet
-You don't mean 10 say soy
Yes: it's a bad job. and l am very
sorry about X: but il can't be helped
lis the old mans doing. / hope he's
satisfied now. He's the most unrea-
sonaasie and disagreeable old fellow |
ever had the misfortune 10 meet
but what did he dor
well we fell out about the settle
mants. i there was where u hitch
arose. I'm sure / did all 1 could %
please him. I told him TO settle what
money he proposed to settle upon MS
daughter-it wasn't so very muciA
after adjust as he pleased Or ne
might settle nothing 81 all upon her
Just rs he pleased. II was his daugh
ter I wanted, not his money. though
Of assigning 10 my wife my policy 81
insuranee-it Is fer a larger amount
than most men carTy-anc as TO tht
real estate. I put that along with II
the whole thing being assigned 10 trust
eqs for my wife's sole benefit Ia case o.
my death. But ii did not content bin
He had no confidence in fne. n gave
NE no credit for any affection. be IN
sisted that any MONEY | might IN tut
ure become Possessed OF 1 rrins
Into the settlement 4 fiatly reiuse<
this It WAS raost absurd. as q my
business to consider. IL might De yer,
desirable 3y and By 70 invest NOR
money u II Why Should l be hind
cred from investing my money u
any way I deemed bestf He wculdn'
i've Ia. ana / wouldn't. begged Ne
to marry me without the old mani
q i,sent. Poor girl. she was 70