The Republican., 1899-07-13
HE ESCAPED THE WIDOW.
The PaImist Read the Line Alright,
But He Was Deceived as to the
Nature of the Line.

A young man was very much in love,
as is the sometime habit of young men,
and the girl wouldn't tell him whether
she loved him or not. She skillfully
kept him between heaven and earth,
fogging him on to the exact point
where his patience was to give out and
he would certainly leave her in despair,
when she would show him for an in
slant a soft CLEAN in the depth of her
eyes and place her warm palm for the
feetest instant on the back of his hand,
and he was in full cry again. 1t was
when he had reached the limit of his
patience and was contemplating doing
something that would make her sorry
that he thought of consulting palm
ist. IF palmist can tell me whether
one will be rich and how long one will
live" thought he, ''he can surely tell
me if l stand any chance with that girl.
If l don't what's the use of wasting all
this time?" He was thrifty youth and
there are always plenty of girls.
The palmist gravely took his hand
and told him a lot of tiattering things,
but said nothing about the girl.
what l want to KNOW" said the
young man, sis whether I'm going to
marry or not"
81 was just coming to that" said the
palmist in his most dignified tones
Your marriage line is very dark and
rugged. You will marry dark-haired
woman, widow, with two children"
Not on your life!" shouted the
young man.
THAT is what the line says" replied
the palmist. There cen be no mistake
in the marriage line; it never fails
You've got to marry a dark-haired
woman, tell you"
The young man went away in despair
He wasn't in love with any dark-hairec
woman; he wanted a girl with light
hair and blue eyes that shone like elec
trio lights. That night he went to hel
and told her that he was going to marry
dark-haired widow.
Indeed you are not" said the girl
and her electric lights, that is to say
her eyes, fared up beautifully.
"Well, that is what the palmist says,
replied the young man.
you're not going to do what tina
palmist tells you after all you've tolt
me-" said the girl with concealed sol
that she had been saving for the occa
sion.
"Well, don't care what becomes o
me-" said the unhappy young man
you won't have me-"
You never asked me-" cried the girl
hiding her face behind bushes.
That's So" the young man said
'Will you?"
"Of course L will" said the girl
''Men are so stupid"
Before he embraced her he had tim
to wonder why a woman always think
a man stupid because he believes wha
she says. And so they were married.
Then they went back to the palmis
just to show him that there were som
things he knew nothing about.
See here" said the young man. ''
thought you said 1 was going to MARI.
a widow with black hair"
Let me look at your hand said tn
palmist. He examined it carefully
''Yes, sir, you are going to marry
black-haired widow"
That's where you are wrong" shout
ed the other. I've married a girl wit
blonde hair
That's not possible" returned tn
palmist. THE line says black-haire
widow as plain as day. You can't
anything else, 1 tell you. You hav
married a black-haired widow. Tn
line says so, Look for yourself. l.
show it to you in the book"
''Is that the line?" asked the youn
man. The palmist nodded. Then it
all right. We haven't made any mi.
take. That's a scar from a cut l &c
opening can of sardines."
That's different" said the palms
''If that's only a scar you're married t
the blonde girl. But you've had a ma
row escape from the black-haire
widow, my boy."-Kansas City Star.