Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-09-12
CUPID'S ODD FRANKS.
WHY SOME WOMEN FELL IN LOVE
WITH THEIR HUSBANDS.

WITH IHtIR HOSBANOS.
Peculiar Reasons That at Times In
nuence the Fair Sex In Matters of
the H~art-The Woman Who Won
and Nedded Woman Halter.
If there is one question more than
another to which it is difficult to get or
give a satisfactory answer it IS surely
this: "Why did you fall in love with
your husband" In 10 cases out of 20
woman would probably confess candid
ly that she did not know or else she
would declare concluSively that she
did because she did and that ought to
end the matter.
In the rare cases where the lady con-
deScends to declare her reason the an
swers are both interesting and in
struCtiye.
Whatever made you marry the pris-
Oner" a London magistrate asked a
woman whose face bore striking" evil
dence Of her husbands affection. BE
cause he punched all the other fellows
heads" she answered, "and nobody
Another good lady confessed that she
fell in love with her husband because
he was the only man who ever dared
to snub her" While other men were
stumbling over each other to pay her
court and attention, he always treated
her with absolute Indifference and even
rudeness
The cnnS.,v,,,, ,,-,z +Io+ ebo 10
termined to bring him to her feet and
his knees. She succeeded, but lost her
heart in the attempt
Il fell In love with my husband"
one lady recently declared, because
he was the only man about whom no
one was ever heard to say an unkind
word. Even the women, although he
paid them no special attention, were
agreed that he was "a darling; and, al
though he was plain, almost to ugli-
ness, and old enough almost to be my
father, l loved him and determined to
marry him long before he had any
such thought of me"
Not long ago a Yorkshire lady Of
wealth and beauty shocked her friends
by marrying a poor cripple. 1t had /
come to her ears that he had long Iov- |
ed her In silence and had counted each |
day happy If he only caught a distant |
glimpse of her She discovered that |
he was q devoted son and brother and I
| man Of unusual gifts and culture for
lis humble position, and, moved by
me Of those sudden, generous i'm
bulses to which some women are liza
lie, she sought an interview with him,
old him that she had learned his Sc
ret and offered him her hand and for
une. This may appear a strange and
Improbable thing, but thousands know
nat 1t is literally true.
Another lady whose marriage result
from a similar impulse gives this
Eplanation of 1t. Among the friends ,
her family was an old bachelor with
reputation for crustiness who had
lOwn her from a child and had often
lrsed her in early days. To her he
I'd always been gentle and kind, and
re had loved him "in a way as long
she could remember.
One day she said, "Why have you
yer married, Mr.. -"
Marry. my dear? Why. no one
ould ever marry a grumpy old man
e meW
OF course they wouldw she answer
Indignantly. why, l would marry
u myselfw
Thank you, my dearw came the un-
pected answer "Then Wen consider
matter ended"
spite of her surprise and misgiv-
IS the girl Loyalty kept her promise,
! she has never had reason to regret
moments indiscretion."
lady friend Of the writer married
husband for the very illogical rea-
that he was an avowed woman
er. He made no secret of his aver
4 TO the fair sex and declared ii so
stantly that, as she says, II vowed
would convert him and make him
nge his mind, at least so far as one
my sex was concerned" He was
difficult to convert, for within IL
lths he had forsworn his creed SO
as to conduct one of the hated
to the altar, and now he declares
he '1oves them all."-Tit-Bits.