The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30

and paced the roonl. He was nervou,
person, and once, as he crossed the til
ing in front of the fireplace, he kicked
footstool viciously. =. =.
For the first time the man in the
chair assumed an air of interest. He
smiled family and motioned to the
empty seat beside him. He offered hi.
friend a cigar and contemplatively
watched him light it.
Now, Joseph" he said, II must serf.
ousiy request you to be calm. 1 need
not impress upon you the Importance
OF Keeping this confidence strictly te
yourself. AS you say, you were my best
man and as such you have some right
TO an explanation. am, as you know
popular man. We will not discuss
why this is so. The all-important fact
is that | am peculiarly and, as some.
tlmes think, unfortunately popular,
but amor was-also poor. NV ONLY
expectations are-or were in a fairly
weil-to-do aunt. AS is customary in
such cases, these expectations were post
mortem, however. Concisely, then,
found myself getting into debt. NV
place in society called for constant
trainings on my limited bank account
until was entirely without bank ac.
count. was in debt at my club. in debt
TO my tailor, and in debt to my halter
! grew morose thinking about it. Final.
~ l went to my aunt. She is a dear.
kindly old creature, with revolutionary
curis. When / had explained the stu.
alton she informed me that never. 40
long as l was single man, could | ex.
pect assistance from her. On your
marriage she observed, Il expect to do
something to give you a start, but so
long as you are single you cannot look
10 me. Single men are necessarily wild.
particularly young single men. Find
good girl and marry her. That was
the ultimatum- and have prejudice
against matrimony. No man should
marry before he is 40, and have Is
years to wait.
One afternoon / attended an affair
ut Mrs. Moth-MiIIer's. There. for the
hrst time, l met Fifiora. She was from
the south, and we Immediately got on
common ground. We exchanged con-
ndences, and eventually 1 told her of
ny piight-somehow it didn't seem an
liberty, for Fifiora is a
cry sensible and sympathetic person.
me result was that we discovered orr
asses to be almost parallel. She. too.
lad post norton and marital expecta-
ions. Twill not tell you, further, what |
We talked about, nor discuss the details
II our arrangement. When our en-
was announced, the surprise
vas general. We were showered with
On our marriage. So
iety turned out as it had never turned
nut. AS for wedding gifts, no couple
lad ever been more favored. Over
hese, we instituted system of book
'eePing. The partnership agreement
lad previously been such that we were
0 share equally. To Fifiora went half
+ the check for $4,000 from my aunt.
'wo checks for $4,000 each from her rel
tives went into the profit account.
mailer checks, drafts and orders made
he cash ledger show $4,000 to our
redit. The silverware added i'm
nensely to the profit, and, of course,
poons Predominated. How comes it
hat the friends of young married
ouple always become convinced and
earfui that the spoons will run out.
consistently. of course, we could not
ispose of all this wealth of silver and
hina, so we divided it equally and
flora went to the seashore. Then
anne the divorce-and then, freedom"
The other man got up. His stride
as expressive and his voice Hinged
18th sarcasm.
And may ask" he said, what your
aunt says of this?"
MY aunt" was the reply, '.has prob
ply changed her will" = National
Isgazine.