The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-22
HIS BID FOR A WIFE.

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the ballroom 10 he gePissssu ~ aiiilo@'
worse than TO De oorra'
NO: please don't 60, he said AT least
not TIL have asked you Que question.
What she said yawnine ihis time win
out any attempt az eonceaimcnt.
y want 10 know, he SAID, ~ thsre 70
rally nothing ] can do that wlli make you
alter your feelings toward me
II arm afraid not, che said. smile eurv'
Ing her red lips. You scc you arr-weli,
YOU nothing could make you any different,
nothing You are, ! admit, goodFookns,
well dressed. sufficiently wealthy 10 be able
10 keep me in the state 20 which ! am &C,
cusiomcd. but then 20 are plenty OF other
men, al Just a. much IN love with me a. you
say you are, Why should ] eboo~e you IN
preference 10 the rcsif'
RE WIS silent. Iirr ii--iiu-y,-i r-ivri issr-i
he loved her better than thsss other men,
was. he well knew, ont Of place on such an
OCCASION. Il would have only excited her
rtd,ruls
on, - n. s,,,,ir,sd tanning her fan
,g,;pst her sLirts "you sec nv argument /,
1p,psvrrrablr Only II a isany ATTRACTION
., ,,r Il ,ppIirs c,,,ally 10 The others "a 10
ynrr,rii T,,@rr /, ps rr,,op !, a, I shouldn't
mar, sny .ns ~ van On the otl.r hand.
her, "a s,,,aily ma rsus,n ,yby should, I'm
dor Inc circumstauces / prefer TO remain a.
am"
"Byt v,u vgill marry anne days1
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NARY a man not in the least like any Of you.
Anyone can be well dressed and good.
looking and suficssntly rich Those thrre
things are essential. but thry arr not all.
The man marry must be- all that and some
thing NOR. / want man who isa nan:
no, a merr ,ailor's dummy, or even reason.
ing machine. We hvv 10 a very artificial
age. when people pen up their emotions and
have no higher craving than to be- always
considered good form, The man I would
like to marry should be cast In quite a diff
irrcnt mold lie must have done something
10 testify his manhood. shown me something
Of the strength that is IN him. In an age
-. g.at i,.ssF.un,fw1 sVItnpE 4
should like 70 marry hero. like that man
10 Indla the papers arc m fall Of this morn.
Ing, OF that policeman who held two bur
glars 81 bay ia some suburb or other for halt
an hour II prizr- fighting had not dcgcner'
atcd into a mere method Of making the max.
imum Of money with the minimum Of excr.
tiop / believe ! should have liked 30 marry
pine fighter. Whose stakes had been no; q
belt or a purse or anything of that sort, but
. real living woman.
And fisked society declining the arIuaint'
anre Of you sushahd'
"Ah, that is The worst Of H. Nowhdaysh
seems a man cannot be yirile without BEING
q cod and a bully at ,bc same time. Brute
strength always seems 20 lend to brute force.
Still there must bt eases Of meu who have tbs
Que without the other, who are strong with.
out being violent Al, II only ] could lind
onel Why aren't men like that now!
at IL surely m0rr q question Of opportun.
iiy than anything else said The young man,
mOiiahveIy. E'eT} man docs ho' set 'he
chance Of ris1ng ms iiie LOT zoe woman ne
loves. fienty OF Us wonia taAe sHeh eNah'S
gladly II it occurred.
y don't know she said, rising
but ] am certain OF Il, he replied oiief'
ing her his arm.
There 4 only one thing todo' hethonghi'
a. he walked home two hours later ~ a
blaze Of early sunlight The opportunity
must be found. =,
Before his home was reached nc had
thought Of the way. lie would 'orre ths
opportunity that 90 many waited ior' aha
which never came. ihs money lhei Wo"ia
support a wife should win her as wei
A week later people turning out OF the
park one swrltcnug afternoon were horn
he'd to see a hanson cab, the horse OF which
had evidently holtCd, dash tuTiously past the
corner and on up Piccadlliy. Following It
with their eyes up the bill they saN u, alter
escaping by some extraordinary chance tn.
Vulnerable collisions. at lensth came 10
sudden aud violent stop, while down tue
wins came roHha ai'er founa VI Nearly
cheering
What actually happened, according 10 the
evidence Of bys,andeu was this; The cab,
which contained young lady Of great per
sonal attractions, vas beading straight for
the big lamppost in the middle OF The road
collision with which would have meant httle
short OF 9hn!hha'ion, wheh gentleman, l.l',
inaeulstey aFcsSo ltuIh 'op 70 ~ spIs"s
from the pain ana thseN hlllsell u1u',y onlo
the horse : hr'Iie' foT sons ystus pc was
drnggeu violently a'ons' nan on we stouhu'
nan IN the ar bat sun retaining h's snP 90
the reins' despite : nasty que 10 'he arm
IRON the iniuiiaiea animal n moment
more ana N Ihe very h'es o. 'ltiisi saeets,
eroNned his enefts. &c hoise "ss pruuen'
% pantiHg Wi;hn a ioot OF TWO o. sne Pos''
while ehecr after eheer uroAe ou' i''''' '"e
s'p'ns crown
Another hero had been added TO me llsi ID
London; another man had grasped the op-
poriuntiy That comes 70 most men bur once
y, - - -. .t'--t.t., I--.i~.'
M brS~ery Il viii which tbey az, capable, and