The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-01
CUPTD'S ODD FRANKS.
WHY SOME WOMEN FELL IN LOVE
WITH THEIR HUSBANDS.

Peculiar Reasons That at Times In
Huence the Fair Sex In Matters of
the Henrt-The Woman who Won
and welded n Woman Halter.
II 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 husbandr' In 10 cases out Of 20
woman would probably confess candid
ly that she did not know or else sh,
would declare conciusively 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
structfva
"Whatever made you marry the pris'
onerr' a London magistrate asked
woman whose face bore striking" evil
dence OF her husbands affection. BE
cause he punched all the other fellows
heads- she answered, "and nobody
eIse dared make hove 10 me-"
Another good lady confessed that she
fell In love with hex husband because
be was the only man who ever dared
to snub hes" WbAe otber men were
stumbling over each other 70 pay her
court and sttstton. he always treated
her with st,eoi,ste indifference and even
rudenees.
The eonpeQooDoe was that she de-
terminod 10 bring him 70 her feet and
his kneoa- She succeeded, but lost her
heart m ths attsmpt.
q fen W lore with my husband"
one lady receoay declared, because
he was tho oolg man about whom no
ono was s~~ heosd to say an unkind
wocd. Dw1 tts women. although he
paid them DO spsetaA attention, were
agreed tAas he wan h darling and, al
though hs was plain, almost to ugli-
ness, ara atd enough almost 10 be my
fathsC, so3sd tkm and detssmined to
marry him long bsfose ne had any
] such thousass Of mo-"
Not hong 100 a Yo4tsstxse lady OIL
wea@tb md bessl<y shocked hcr friends
by marrying poor cripple. 1t Sed
come 70 her eass that be had long lo<
ed her In sttsDos snd had counted each
day happy II he only caught a distant
| glIRpss < heA ehs discovered that
he was . ds~otsd son and b~othar aud
man Of um,suai s1fts ana eu1ture for
his hunft4s pepsepu, and. moved by
ono of taoss ssdden, peoSrous i'm
| pulses to vhtcA soms women are Ma
bic, she sought m snsufvtew with him,
told him that she had learned his Sc
sret and offered him her hand and Cor
tune, This may appear strange and
improbebSs hinR but thousands know
that II - tssally truo.
Another iady whose marriage result
ed from . similar impulse gives this
explanation of It Among the friends
q her family was an old bachelor with
reputation for ozustiness who had
known he~ from a child and had often
nurssd her In early days. To her he
had always bsen gentle and kind, and
she had loved him I'm a way" as long
o. she could nsnsmber.
One Day she said, "Why have you
never married, Mr.. -r
Marry. my dsarf Why, no enc
would ever marry grumpy old man
nloe mer
'Of course they wouldr' she answer
ed Indignantly. why, 1 would marry
you myeek-
Thank you. my dearr' came the I'M
expected answer. Then Wen consider
the matter ended
In spite of her surprise and misgiv-
ings the girl Loyalty kept her promise,
and she has never had reason to regret
her moments indiscretion"
A lady friend of the writer married
her husband for the very illogical rea.
son that he was an avowed woman
Halter. He made no secret Of his aver
sion to the fair sex and declared 1t so
constantly that as she says, II vowed
l would convert him and make him
change his mind, at least so far as one
of my sex was concerned" He was
not difficult to convert, for within IL
months he had forsworn his creed SO
far as to conduct one Of the hated
sex" to the altar, and now hs declares
that be ''iovss them 2ll"-Tit- Bits.