Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-06
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FDSlrduAroo
u.tcb was one of those hand
I,iraIrous, rollicking, harmless
u rbom everybody likes-espe-
!" women. He had been best
,oro fashionable weddings than
lO ~ town. But 80 years old,
already godfather to a score
ubie children of "chums" and
. lo,o who had once laughed
,iod in his unselfish compan-
Harry knew how to make
.,ont going too far. His jokes
,isearried. He was everybody's
and everybody was his. He
= "knocker" among men,
had the confidence of all the
!, voung matr0ns and bellies OF
His wit was proverbial, and
- nractical or conversational,
. envy of the men and the de-
tbe women. He seemed to be
sIv impartial in mis- gallantry.
moor, plain or pulchritudinous.
Eoman seemed to be a queen in
and as esquire to any or all
be was a unanimous "hit."
oh they never said so, there
any elderly men of his &C
NEE who thought, however, that
Tonld never amount to much. "
too yaciIlating, too reckless,
ry to cut any ice" Women
narriageabIe daughters never
i'm seriously, because they said
d nothing" And he was poor.
Esbp in a bank suffiCed to en-
m to twinkle merrily at recep-
md even shine at the head of
ns He danced like a faun,
like MOmus, sang and played
tOubadour. A vote of the wo-
hO knew him would have estab-
bis prominent popularity, but
Of them could think of him as
gble parti." The dullest man
class never thought of him as
BE rival in love. In a word, he
delightful trifer, a butterfly of
Ia a blue-eyed, yellow-curled
laughing, failure. Of course,
BIT seem to care a rap-such
Eyer dO-and so it was all right.
AZ bis good fortune never to
into contrast with other men
fghen Hatch, mis- cousin, came
pom college, a swarthy, eye
serious, Saturnine, young man,
his own right, ambitious n.y.
eaL with a patrOnizing, super
Ilde toward women and a toll
epTecating air with men. Here,
was parsonage whom all wo-
aN regard as all men consider.
ley did so, all except Harry, TO
De appeared casually as a mere
l. the general scheme of en-
Ae' Harry put up jokes on
ruSaed at him, made all the nice
s4aallted with him, and in time
l aeVote his luminously morbid
'-a ample means to the wooing
VII! Carr, the fairest, most ami
-@, loyal and enthusiastic of
many girl friends" AS a
" course, when the engagement
loaAced Harry was mentioned
--s man. Stephen had no par
.SleotIon, but Dorothy would
mo other.
y some time afterward. just
y :, cousin was in the absorbing
VI " daanuptiaI business, that
p ID met Dorothy quite by
ace u 'n0 AiOe''
Vi" y. man wanted to see," she
lou must take me tc
nary, Stephen will be down
~, oV,o2k boat to take me tc
' ~, and I want to have a tete
b 1 !Ou' anyhow 1t may be
. '4 !. YOU know, Harry!"
A gsy got into a snug little
81. Tue cafe and chatted and
\. VI Inc conversation turned
|Ssome preliminaries Of
,,., --a !, Dorothy said she thought
|. r,, 'Dlhs about it all was get
,,, ,sose and seeing ones name
n ,, WI. And she said that Ste
s,,. S,I1ed to death about the Ii
ss- 1t was undignifed ant
II ' Nv, to go into a public place
d, - Il name and hers and pas.
h common document such
, ,y,Ansters, and others nigh,
h n, ,+.'sy dollar. But Harr,
sa5 ~ ,. said he would regard i
3 p, privilege to ue able to as !
ma, license to marry am
,aos ,I out that if her CDoro
Ii NV vas to appear in the docu
b. ,, Side with his he woul,
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