Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-15

| see tQat Dy looking AT MIN. He's not
responsible for his fathers foolhardy
venture, but it certainly leaves him
In bad fix as marrying man. He's
had bad luck. and he must put up with
the consequences. There are plenty of
girls who have no money or prospects
who would be glad to have him. but
| Mother" broke in Dolly as If she
had been listening to her own trou-
bled thoughts rather than her mothers
words, "he didn't act as If he wanted
| to see me alone. The other couples
who had engagements to talk during
that dance were sitting in windows
and out Of the way corners, but he
| kept me right where was and was as
carefully polite as II we had Just been
introduced. was sorry for him and
mad at the same time. could have
pulled his ears"
! Hes sensible, very sensible" said
Mrs. Barclay in tone of warm ad.
miration. "A man like that ought to
get along, and reckon he will do well
some day."
But, mother" said Dolly, her rich,
round voice rising like a wave and
breaking in her throat, "he may never
think about me any more"
~Well that really would be best,
dear, under the circumstances"
"Bestr' Dolly blurted out. "How
can you say that when-when"-
dolly. you are not really foolish
about him, are your Mrs. Barclays
face dropped into deeper seriousness.
Dolly looked away and was silent
for moment. Then she faltered: II
don't know, mother. I'm afraid ii l
keep on feeling like do now I'll never
get over it."
"Ah, but you'll not keep on feeling
like you do now" consoled the older
woman. '+Of course, right now, just
after seeing how hard he took it, you
will kind Of sympathize with him and
want to help him; but that will all
pass away. l remember when l was
about your age I had a falling out
with VIII Despree, a young man my
father didn't like because his GRANDPA
ther had been an overseer. And, do
you know, l thought l would actually
kill myself. refused to eat bite and
threatened to run away with Will. To
this day really don't know what l
would have done If your grandfather
hadn't scared him away with a shot
gun. VIII kept writing notes to me.
l was afraid to answer them, but my
father got hold of one and went after
him on a fast horse. Wills family
heard what was up, and they kept
him out In the swamp for a few days,
and then they sent MIN to Texas. The
whole Despree family took it up and
talked scand'lous about u.s.
"And you soon got over it, mother?'
asked Dolly almost in a tone of dis
may.
WELL" said Mrs Barclay reflective
ly, "Win acted the fool so terribly. He
wasn't out In Texas three months be-
fore he sent back marked paper with
an article In it about his engagement to
the daughter of a rich man who, We
found out afterward, used to keep
livery stable; then reckon hardly any
girl would keep caring for a boy when
his folks was telling such lies about
her family"
Dolly was staring studiously at the
| speaker.
Mother" she asked don't you De-
lieve in real lover
Mrs. Barclay laughed as II highly
| amused. Il believe in a different sort
to the puppy love I bad for that boy
Then after that there was another
young man that thought more OF, II
anything, than l did OF Will, but he
was as poor as Jobs turkey. and my
folks was all crazy for me and your pa,
who I'd never seen. to get married.
held out against the idea. just like you
are doing with Frank. reckon. but
when your pa come with his shiny
broadcloth coat and spotted silk vest
no, it was satin. think, with red spots
on it-and every girl in town was crazy
to catch him and there was no end Of
reports about the niggers he owned
! and his high connections-well. as l
! say. it wasn't week before was
| afraid he'd see Joe Tinsley and hear
about me and him. My father was III
for the match from the very jump. and
so was your pas folks. He put up at
our house with his niger servant and
didn't want to go about town much.
l reckon l was pleased to have him
pick me out, and so we soon fixed it
up. Lordy. he only had to mention Joe
Tinsley to me after we got married to
make me do anything he waited. To
this day he throws him up to me, for
Joe never did amount to anything. BE
tried to borrow money from your pa
after you was born. The neighbors had
| to feed his children
"But you loved father, didn't your
Dolly breathed,<. In some relief over
what she thought was. coming.
I "Well, l can't say did," said Mrs.
Barclay. I'VE had a terrible time get
ting used to one another's ways. You
see, he'd waited good while and was
some older than was. After awhile,
though, we settled down and now I'm
awful glad let my father manage for