The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-20
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THE MONUMENT.
A Lazy, Handsome, Obs tinate Man
Marrics Confiding Girl of Sew
entcen. Query: What De-
comes OF the Girl2

81 | l / ltl Ill=ElIt.tIl 10
think may fairly claim to know
more of Monty's pecullaritles than
most people for have known him nj
my life
Therefore, when he told me one after
noon that he WINS going to be married
felt In position to pity the girl from
the bottom of my heart. Monty" by
the why, Is n contraction of "Monu
ment.' name ! specially invented. MS
summing up neatly both his physical
and mental ASPECT
lie IL tail and extremely handsome
after the style of the later md more
| degenerate Greek gods. bearing on
every feature and In every movement
the stamp of languor aud of laziness.
lie is Incidence persunfcd, and, In
deed. If you take that away, there re-.
mains little or nothing but Obstlnacy
with big o.. This combination,
blended together by thick solution of
SELF eomplaeencY, produces. metaphor
eaily speaking, ii stone wall
You ennnot argue with him; he will
neither be convinced himself nor nj
the trouble of convincing You You
cnnnot Interest him against his will,
and he seldom wishes to bc Interested
Finally You cannot even have the salls.
faction of guarrellng with him, for he
VIII not be reused. and looks on your
supreme efforts to anger him with the
easy tolerance of n Victorious Perseus
watching Modusa's snuky locks In
| Irvine themselves around his fingers
and strive 10 make him relax his hold
At one moment OF our lives he would
| hnve had me believe In his lordly way
| that he was not unwilling to link my
| destiny with his. But, strange to re-
| late. | remained unmovcd by the gold
en- prospect of his compnnIonship, pro
tracted Indefinitely perhaps cternally
and his tentative hints lnpscd easily
into oblivion. TO return to the after
noon In question. Being aware of his
artistic temperament, | naturally jump
ed to the conclusion that his choice
had fallen on "a daughter of the gods"
"Oh, no." he said In his slow way,
"a beautiful woman is delightful to
look at, but not to marry. She would
be impossible to manage"
"Then Is she youngf" | asked, though
my curiosity was somewhat damped.
Just H." he observed thoughtfully
and was surprised ut my exclamation,
"But, my dear Monty, you are old
enough to be-
Excuse me, Minnie, / would rather
she We're still younger. Marry n child,
and you may hope to educate her into
the wife you would cherish In your old
age"
oh" | gasped. "Then what Is she
likeY
Inclined to be friynlops, ,but l shall
soon remedy that. YfI,a poor girl is
only too glad to flnus3anatiswho is not
hunting her for her 'paltry fvo or six
hundred year"
That | could readily believe, and, In
justice to Monty, must say that mon
ey. as mere money, does not in the
least appeal to him. Rerheps that Is
BE-, because e, he has alwayssthdsenOush t"
But he was not goodle0yer. He was
even then far more intbsted In the
academy than In his flancee's charms
There were three or four portraits Of
lovely women that he spoke of In n
way that made me glad the originals
did not come within his sphere of ac-
quaintance-for the girls sake.
lie did not carry her photo In his
pocket. 1t took him several moments
Of hard thought to remember her ad-
dress, and-"When you are Intimate
enough to call her by her Christian
| name" he remarked, please call her
Euphemia and not Ellie"
"WhyW | asked. determined on nc
account to do so.
Because" he answered impressive
ly, "Efiie is too insignificant for mar.
ried woman, and have n strong objec.
ton to pet names"
when" / inquired sternly, when
did you ever In the whole course OF our
lives call me by my baptismal nameY
Monty smiled lndulgently.
THAT Is different. You are not going
to be my wife"
l confess I reveled In this consollne
/ thought, for nothing in the world could
| ever reconcile me to the peculiar atroc
! ity Of my name, and If It's full hldeous
ness We're to be the hourly accompani
ment OF my married life | should be
afraid OF the consequences 1t IL Je
NINA. Now, you may say, and with
| perfect truth, that "Mimmie" is moi
particularly melodious, but at least you
will admit that nothing could be worse
than Jemima and anything might be
better.
'By the way" said Monty after {
pause, II believe there WAS time
when / had n fancy for you, Minnie
and thought you might not make me
! bad wife"
There may have BEEN" l answered
calmly, "for I can distinctly remem
Der time when decided that certain
ly you would make me bad husband.
And Monty bestowed upon me one y
those all forgiylng, albeit sad, glance
that are so abominably irritating wheI
one Ii trying ones best to snub him.