Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-02-05


He had taken off his shoes
and his coat, and his coarse woolen
socks and his hickory shirt showed
that he was not a man. of airs. He
was deep i'll his newspaper, of which
it was his habit to read every word,
Including ads, and he had filled his
old clay pipe for the third time when
a rap at the door caused him to shout
Come in"'
Good evening, Mr.. Boyne." said the
stalvart, wen-groomed young man who
came in.
She's out growlcd the old chap,
rcsrming his reading.
II know she is, sir That's why I
called
The old fellow put down his paper
and peered over his spectacles
1T least" resumed the young man,
ncryously, Il came TO talk to you about
her sir. We want to get married .
He sat down, looking flushed and ex-
cited. and the old man stared 1T him
Il minute before he began:
We'll, suppose you do? Have you
The means 10 keep her decent? How
much have you saved? Three hun
drcd: that'll buy the furniture. How
long did it take you to save that:''
"a little over 4 year. T.
n year. You must be all awful
spendthrift. How much do you get:"
Thirty y week since the besinnn.
Of this year. Ill get q raise
"What::' shrilled the father, putting
his hands Oh his knees and peering al
tic lover Thirty dollars Il week:
bachelor. Ill alone. and have only three
hundred left. How the mischief-dt
you drink E"
oh, no: it isn't that. sir: must live
pretty well. You see. wasn't figuring
Oh getting married till L met Marcy
and You see I've always been used te
having eyerythinS'
DO you own a place, a lousc OF
anythng:'
NO. sir
"lcu must be daft. then. Where
was YOU going TO live? At the Audi
lorln,n. mayhe:'
oh, We could get neat fiat for c
little money, ard----'
And pay rent? You're. a fool. m,
hoy. | won't give her to You till yo,
get house-I don't care il it's onl,
TWO rooms. 50 it's your .own-to keel
her in.
Mar@y's voice singing was heard thel
,roM the rear rooms. Boyne resumed
nis paper Zoe Stewart mutterin,
Nihhlnt. miser.'' and other endearin,
epililcts directed against his hoped TO
'a.Hef-ln-law. but wisely keeping yer,
uuef, waited for Marcy to come in
'Nat was his first but not final effor
~ get dads consent. He came again
on saturday evening. while The cir
WIS at market, and the crusty ol,
"aSlhan, with coarse frankness, sue
soS'ed that he had a tidy little place
III 'he west Side. three rooms and
sumner Kitchen. that lie would sell t
n'e"art If he really meant to MARI
'h2 sirl at all. The meanness of thj
pioher struck him like a blow, but h
,oio ned think about it, and he dit
ne 'alkcd it over with Marcy. n who'll.
soulcd wlnsome girl who had bee
u'lheu for school teacher by th
,sn'F Old man, who ''knew the yalu
of money
Let try it. joe" she laughed: cit
rusty old cottage. but we'll fix it III
"u wont t be hard on US for the Da-
~ents' and perhaps by the time it
pa'o Tor We can sell it and get a nice
home ''0'
- stewart, thoroughly despising ol
lyme bought the place OH time pa,
s,- ehiS and signed about sixty notes
n 20 each, listening with suppress
,s -%sFed to the miserly old man who ha
sl hus unloaded $500 worth Of fran
nF l"atF and cheap ground on his ow
nshIers husband. For the weddir
| "N pace within month When ii
,'se was painted and furnisht
n" s.' TIE Young couple was well j
Ttal!td 1'i The old man would, come arou,
Ioilis the day to sec Marcy, b
roe w; hatred of him rose to the t
l,,H,! When the first note fell due al
=, 'oShe in person came 70 the off
w. collect it. After that the YOU
," '' quiz speaking to his wife's faith
N NE NOuur wife hpran1f r.