Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-06-24
HIS BID FOR A WIFE.

Talk about anything you like, but for
goodness sake don't tell me you love me-"
she said. bolding up her tan 20 stihe yawn.
but l can't help loving you" said the
young man. sadly.
Then don't show it."
The soung man was silent. From the ad-
joining ballroom came the strains OF the
last thing in waltzes. il struck him that
after all the Green nungarians were decd
ediy overraoed.
Il didn't ask YOU 70 sit like mummy.
she remarked. at length. IF you have
nothing TO talk about you had better take
ne back 10 the ballroom"
Il beg your pardon, am SURF" he began, (
hut you nut me in trying position. My 1
miRd Is full Of one subject. and one sub]ecs /
only. and l am not allowed - talk about u
Then undoubtedly gathered her
skirts toScthe--''wo bad better 60 back 70 /
the ballroom. To be depressed Is almost |
worse than 70 be borod.
NO: please don't 60 he said; at least
not til have asked you one question.
WHAT" she sand. xawning this time with
out any attempt 40 concealment.
I want 70 know" he said, If there =
really nothing l can do that VIII make you
alter your feings toward me
Il am afraid uo.. she SID. smile curv-
inc her red lips You Sc you arc-well,
you-uothing could make You any different,
nothing. You are. | admit, oodloo0ng.
well-6ressed, sufficiently wealthy 20 be able
10 keep me IN the state 20 which l am &C.
customed but then SO sre plenty Of other
men. az Just as much in love with me as you
say YOU are. Why should l choose you IN
preference % the restt
He was silent, The hackneyed retort That
Re loved her better than these other men,
was. be well knew, out Of place on such an
occasion. Il would have only excited Der
ridicuie-
No" SIZE continued. tapping her fan
against her skirts. You see my argument IS
unanswerable. Only x u Is any satisfaction
20 YOU q applies equally 60 the others as -
Z Yourself. There is no reason why snou DIN ?
, marry any one 20 YOU On the other hand
there IS equally no mason why should. l D.
. der the circumstance I prefer 90 remain as /
% am"
, Blu: YOU VIII marry some dayf"
b "pcrlaps-it depends ! Go / shall
4 marry q man not in thc least like any q you
Anyone can be wcn dressed ana good
looking and sufficiently uch. Those thru,
D, tlirrs are essential. but thcy are not all
= The man 7 marry must he al that and some
U thiuz moro. I want a man who IS a man
p not a mere tail-r's dummy, or even reason
p inc machine We Awe m very arunca
= ace. when people pen Up their emotions an'
BE- have no higher crlving than 90 bc Away
e considered good form. The man wou.
m like 20 marry should be cast IN quite tli
+ fcrcnt mold lie must have done something
nj 90 testify his manhood. shown me something
. oF The strength that is 10 him. IT, an aE
RI when hero SIN is fast becoming extinct
should Ike 10 marry hero; like that maj
In TrL.a the papers are SO ful. q tl's uorr
ing. or that policeman who held two bur
d. glars 40 bay in some suburb or other tor bal
pa en- hour. II prlzc-lrltlrg had nos cceenel
'l ated into a mere method VI m1a,ire tIe mas
AZ irnum CT money with the minimum 90 exc
Of tion believe I Should have liked to marry
he p-l7c-frhter. whose stakes had been not
it bc.t or purse OF anything OF that SORT 81
OF . real. living woman.
81 And risked society declining the acquain
- ance Of you susband.
a. ~Ah. that Is the worst 90 IT, Nowadays
p secrns q man cannot 5e vlrle without teii
- a cd and q bully 40 she same tiIue. bru
IL strength always seems 10 lead 20 brute fore
- ST. there must be cases oi men who have .
one without the other who are strong Wat
out beng violent Al, i only ] cou.l On
ouei Way aren't men ike tlat now
81 1t IS surely more a question Of opportu
its than anything else. said The young ma
r,l,ilta-vc.y. Every man does not gel q
chance az risllrg has lle Cor tlc woman
loves Plenty 90 rs would take such a chan
IT. gladly il j, occurred
IN Il don't know" she said, rising.
~ "But am certain Of u, be replied, oh'
ins her his arm.
3. There is only one thing 90 do, he thougl
as be walked home two aoun .ater IN
81 blaze % early sunlight. "tle opportuu-
s" must be found"
j. Before his home was reached ne D.
.p- thought Of the way. He would force {
.ue opportunity that So many waited Tor, a
Dc ,rh.ch never came. Tie money that VOL
nd support a wife should WIZ her ss wei.
cot
lc- A week later people turning cut Of
mi park one sweitering afternoon were hoi
DOR ned 20 see a hanson cab, the horse az VII
had evidently bo,ted, dash furiously past
corner and on up Piccadl-y. Following
TX with their eyes up the hill they szw i, al
escaping by some extraordinary chance
? Vulnerable collisions. at length came Z
sudden and violent stop, While down
wind came round after round OF hea
=. cheering.
What actually happened. according 70
"a evidence Of bystancers was ihls. II be C
ore which contained a young lady % great :
ing sonal attractions, was heading straight
the Big lamppost II the middle Of the 70
collision with which would have meant 81
nc short Of annfhia-iOn. when a gentleman,
maculately dressed from top 70 toe, spr
FROM the path and threw himself bodily o
the horses bride. For some yards he
pS- dragged violently 6long, half OF the grou
half IN &c ~. bit stil retaining his grI