The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-10

i Dfnrchison was plain farmer,
'a' and good to look upon; but he
sOs 70 the age of 40 years without
hVeu ing which was shame, as any
mo- - several buxom lasses in the
one river district admitted readily
SINS tba subject was preached in con-
i'1 ,,r,,ore he is" said they. echoing the
nee of their elders, living alone
ss".0 ere farm all his own. a big bank
u uni a figure like that of the strong
w. at the circus, a face handsome as
NO. NO LAYERS at the theater, going to
waste Dear, dear!
What can the man mean?
Tho answers to this question were
..'o IN number. One, he was bashful-
hasbful that the mere thought of
ming to close quarters with a girl
s,ed him with horror; the other, he
.horished in secret an affection for the
soughter of a grain buyer in the town
- Riverton, at whose home he had
,,sited on a number of occasions when
,orn was coveted by the grain buyer
and the growers of the commodity
mere 10th to sell. The girl had been
rost gracious to James; indeed, she
had shown him marked attentions; and
,o impressed was he by her charms,
which really were many, that he
dreamed of her by night and thought
At her by day until he was quite una
Me to dream or think intelligently upon
any other subject.
He knew she was not for him, be-
cause, even had he possessed the cour-
age necessary to an avowal of his pas
SION, he could not have hoped to COM
pete with her other suitors, who were
men of polish and education. He was
aware that there were many of these
slitOrs. He was surprised that there
we're not more. He could not under
stand why the whole world of men,
who were not so unfortunate as to
have contracted alliances prior to see
Ing her, did not PROSTATE themselves
before her, as he would gladly have
done had he dared.
Every week he scanned the list of
marriage licenses published in the
Rlyerton News, his heart pounding like
runaway trip-hammer until the fact
was established that she was still I'M
taken Then he sighed from the very
bottom of his mighty lungs and won
dered how long his happiness would
last. Think of thatl The simple con-
scOusness that she was married to no
one else was happiness to him.
Now, there is a theory held by many
people of intelligence that matches are
made in heaven. 1t does not look al
together reasonable in the light of his
tory yet it must be admitted that the
holders of the theory have much
ground, in the way of isolated in
stances, to stand upon. Love making
is not always necessary; a meeting of
the souls upon the street or at a din
ner table is sometimes sufficient to
accomplish everything needful up to
The drawing of the contract.
As matter of fact, the grain buy
B daughter had fallen in love with
lanes Murchison the first time she saw
hn-he was so big and handsome and
rich and dependable and altogether
different from other men. But fortu-
naely James did not know this. Had
he known it the chances are that he
would have sold out and ran away as
last as he could to end his days in
misery and the great north woods.
where he owned a nice bit of land.
Such blessed thing is ignorance!
It was his custom during the game
season to carry with him, when he