The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-13

practically engaged 70 two yossnx rr,sr a.
the same time. ana decided that the ssrr,--
lest ~ay out OF tae difficulty was 10
marry . third
The engagement was nor long IRE.
Psrscuinna In nora," and Amy did not
waat 10 lose Arthur. Size took advan,sx
or soEns Of his nonsense about how h..
wished he could b. married ,oruarro,w
and ssarned an early day 80 thar the whole
engagement din not last two months
There was grand wedding in Center
church. and Mr. Lunt had his annual
| xhop-Worr sale q monfh earlier than
usual. 80 as TO meet the extraordinary
expense. He confessed that he sper.
more than be could afford 10 prove 20 the
Quakers that Philadelphia was not the
/ only place In the world. Bat "a Mr. and
Mrs. Sands were the only Phsiadeipaians
who took the trouble 20 come, and as
both OF them wer. hcpeIessly convinced
OF the truth of the theory he wished TO
disprove. be felt that n large part of rs
outlay had bssn wasted. However, his
| daughter was married and that was one
: reason why ne had spent the money.
AS 70 the two young men TO whom A-ay
/ hsd previously pIlghfed herself. they took
different courses / need hardly mention
that they both seat her ruinoHsly nsagni-
iecuf presents: that form o. biting revenge
Is. believe. always Tesortesi to under the
y
false heart 10 be chilled to rsmorsa by
these nozthumouv offerings OF affection
they gsre egregiSusly deceived If she
ever thought Of Franklin NeEiroy while
using his beautiful silver breakfast SER
Vice. il was only to reflect that she had
got out OF q bad scrape extremely well.
And John johns great Dutch clock
could never tick any seif-condemnatlo
into the place where Amy's heart ought
20 have been. McElroy afterwards mar
ried hls typewriter. and never ate his
breakfast without inwardiy cussin1 his
folly when he saw his wife pouring out
his coffee from copper coffee pot.
Johns married AT elderly widow whose
charms were the more permanent as thcy
were chiefly pecuniary- TO return 10
Any's wedding. MoF.lroy Was present,
/ and even went 80 far as TO kiss the bride,
who ualveiy observed I'm a whisper that IL
wasn't the first time. Johns. wiser man
than bis colleague in misery. stayed away.
Il seems 10 be generally accepted
theory that a story In which the hero and
heroine die Immediately after their mar
riage is a tragedy. I feel that even the
reader. for whose mental powers. though
have recently taken occasion 10 slight
them. really have a high regard. Is 81
this opinion. Bu, did IL ever strike the
reader what sort OF a married life Her
mani and Dona Sol would have passed. or
how Romeo and Juliet would have Jared
at Breakfast that criterion OF couiusal
happiness, Does Rouao's behavior to-
ward RosaiIne very likely nicer girl
than JulieD augir well for his consistency
towards Mrs. Montague tborn Gapuep?
Can you imagine greater torments than
those which the romantic mountain ran
ger Hermann would have endured II con-
demned TO a lifelong sentence OF fine
clothes blank verse, and sauitleFs wife7
CD.
Just think how it might have ended Il II
had not ended as II did. Given two such
creatures as Romeo and Juliet. I think
Shakespeare dii remarkably we'll.
As fortune. good or bad. would have II,
Arthur Sands and his wife did not meet
with violent death shortly after their
marriage. When their wedding Journey
was over. they came hack to Hartford.
and took up their quarters tn the large
house In Prospect street which Arthur
had purchased some months before. Like
man who. merely because be felt like
jumping. has leaped an abyss wide
that he finds himself unable to recross -.
Arthur was now In an excellent position 10
contemplate the advantages OF the ground
he had just left
Fortunately. most people are more in
love after they are engaged than they
were before their engagement, and atili
more In love when they are married--at
least for a while. SO much SO that those
| OF their friends who are sensible avoid
/ them for a time. But as Arthur and
Amy had never strictly speaking baen in
love at all. their love could not grow any
| more than zero can grew no matter how
: many times you keep multiplying II. Ar
I thur kept multiplying his love for Amy
/ ny all sorts OF things. good resolutions,
I prayers thoughts about her beauty
kisses. everything you can think OF. and
Ea..x4 a.. l.
e&s non-~xistent. II was pity that IL
/ did not amount To something at first: even
! very small fraction would have been
sufficient. II is wonderful how large a
I little biz OF fraction will grow, II you
/ only multiply it enough.
As To Amy cannot exactly tell you
what she was thinking about. can tell
just what she did. and that will have TO
su:llce. You sac she was a very peculiar
{ person. and her motives and aims we're so
utterly astounding and SO involved that
+ even Il could unravel them. doubt II
the READER could comprehend them. Amy
had her wooden howl at last. hut the
trouble with wooden bowls IA that there
. ~. very few uScs - which they can he
+ pat. They have a dissSrceahie way. :oo
! ~ being split here ard there: and often
I Nou find the workmanship very rough and
incomplete. when you get the bowl INTO
yo8r possession and can examine II
closely. And when you are pretty well
( out az conoeit with IL. YOU catch sight or
I another wooden howl such lovely ore !;
+ and although II * on nm urper shelf. so
! that you cannot see u very woii. Vet you
are cNaalent that thts cne Is exquisite in
design and perfect In execution. then you
get chairs and boxes and step ladders ard
/ you climb AMI climb. and either you get
/ Il nr you scat; hut I'm either case the
, f,rst wooden bowl Is reieSated 10 its uses
! aS a howl and while Il sometimes proves
/ saFNic~ahie II newer calls forth any more
/ enthusiasm On yoor part. though some
times the ueighhoVs admire IT,
] Arthur SAnts waS an Intellectual man.
arsi was extremely fond ~ reading. Tie
possessed that aristecyefic literary tssTs
wnich leads some naen ga prefer honestly
the books which the ma icrtty o. mankind
+ has agreed 81 rrefeTrtnx lie VAS con-
T tsnuale reading The English classics. lie
)ket Mr.. Richard Harding Davis wei
enough. bat "a preEerTed Shakespeare.
Before bis marriage he sg,nt i2rge rart
ef his leisure tlMe In rea8irg; aud cue ~
gas things be MAS proud of IN Amy WAS
her fonaa-ss FOR bookS. Tie locked fer