The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-10

Once there was a Happy Young
Pair. each Of whom got stuck on the
Photograph Of the other and thereupon
q Marriage was arranged by Mail.
Shortly after taking the Life Risk
they started in TO get acquainted. Up
20 the time that they moved into the
Lrcadian Flats and began to take Or
fers from the Janitor. he never had
seen little Sunshine except in her Eve
min Frock.
He had a sort OF sneaking Suspicion
that she arose every Morning already
attIred in 4 Paris Gown and all the
Diamonds.
And she supposed that he went to the
Office every Day in his regular John
Drew UegaIia with the Concertina
Hat.
After she began to see Hubby around
The Flat in his Other Clothes the HOr-
ribIe Truth dawned upon her that he
vas not UGH a Hot Swell as he mad
IoOfed 10 be in the BunkO Photograph.
Sometimes on Rainy Sundays he
would cut out the Morning Service n
decide not 10 Shave and then When
she got a good long Look at him, she
would begin to doubt her own JudS-
meut.
And so far as that is concerned, there
were Mornings. after they had been
cut Late TO Il Welsh Rabbit Party.
when she was fairly hard to look at.
Loves Young Dream was handle
~Eeyeral gOshawful Whacks about the
Time that they started in to get Il
Line on each other.
For instance the first Morning at
Breakfast ii came out that her Idea
Of a Dainty Snack with which TO usher
4, ~, no ~ R-Nc y / prfIlrn SANDY wien :,
Couple of Olives and a Child's Cup full
Of Cocoa while he wanted $50 worth OF
Ham and Eggs, a stack of Griddle
Cakes and a Tureen of Coffee
She was a case of AmbroSla and
Nectar and he was plain old Ham and
Spinach.
1t used to give her Mysteries to see
Him bark at an Ear of Green Corn. at
the same time making Il Sound like a
Dredge.
For Dinner she liked a little Con-
spmme en- Tasse and then a Nice Salad
while he insisted on n Steak the size
Of a Lap Robe and German Fried t.
come along.
They did not Mocha and Java at all
on their Reading Matter. She likeC
Henry James and Walter Pater and
ne preferred Horse Papers and the
Comic Supplement-. Sometimes WHEEL
Ghe would wander off into the Realms
OF POsey he would follow her as far
as he could and then sit down and
wait for her to get through rambling
and come back.
If they took in a Show she was al
ways plugging for Mrs. Fiske or Duse.
while he claimed that Rogers Broth
ers were better than Booth and Bar
rett q been in their Prime.
She could wnap over a Tneti Seren-
Sde and he would walk a Mile at any
time to see a good Buck Dance
When they got around to liking up
Invitation Lists there was more or less
Eeeing and Having.
All of his Friends belonged to the
High-Binder Division. Their only
Conception of a Happy Evening was
to put the Buck in the Center of the
Table. break a fresh Pack and so out
for Blood.
WHEY found her most delirious joy
IN putting passionate Shades on all the
lamps and sitting there in the Grim
son Glow to discuss Maeterllnck ana
Eaarten Martens and a few others
that were New Ones On the he-end OF
&le Sketch.
When they had an Evening At Home
up in the Flat, it was usually a tWo-
fng Affair. She would have the Cere-
bellums in the Front Room looking at
the New Books and eating Peppermint
WATERS while he and the other Com
anChes would be out in the Dinins
Room trying to make their House Rent
and tossing off hat which made Scot
land famous. Sometimes it would
axe half the Night to get the SmOke
out of the House.
Although she feared that she had
turned up the wrong Street willis
searching for her Affinity, the Partner
chip Arrangement had to stand.
They came to the Conclusion that
Earried Life is a Series of Compro-
misses. # he did we'll while sitting H.
Eith some of his Friends he wOulo
divide up with her and she would take
the Money and buy Art Pastels.
He would spot the Afternoons on
which the Ethical Researchers We're
due at his Premises and he would &c
to q Dutch Restaurant.
She permitted him to have a Room
End call Ii his Den. SO that he anC
ais Friends could do the Escape II
@se somebody in the Parlor startec
Il Reading.
ye put UP the Coin to enable her tc
attend State Conventions and WheI
she was elected Recording Secretary o
the Society for trying 10 find out VIVA
Browning was up to, he took her Pic
ture around to all the Newspapers anc
told every II that he had i little Wo-
man UP at the HOuS who was as keer
as a Hawk. rs Swift as an Eagle anC
Sharper thar Chained Lightning
He fumbled a great many of her In.
Fnoots but that did not prevent hin
from admiring her Delivery.
Finally they arranged their separate
schedules SC that they did not SCI
much of each other and they DeS2l
to get along all right. OCCASIONAL!
they had a slight Difference but the!
could always patch it up. For in
glance. She selected Aubrey De COur
eey as 4 Name for the First BOrl
while he held out for Bill, so they haC
70 compromise on Aubrey De COurcey
Aubrey Is now ten years Of Age
Mother is teaching him to Crochet anC
Father is showing him how to Draw
without tipping off his Hand, Will
ell the Friends are sitting around
waiting to see Aubrey's Finish.
MORAL: The Two of 4 Kind is no
always the Strongest Combination.
Maurice Grau Very Sick.
New York, February 5.-Mauric