Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-22

ware, clock for every room IN the
house. They start out ON theit honev-
moon, doing the chief cities at the
biggest hotels and the theaters III the
three dollar seats. They soon tire of
themselves and lay 1t to the trip. Ev-
cry day they rake away handful of
glamour from each other till, when
they reach home, they have come to
the conclusion that they are only hui
man, and not the highest order ut
that. For awhile they have siege Of
discomfort, wondering where it's all
gone. Finally the man is forced to
go about his work, and the woman
gets to making things to go on the
backs Of chairs and trying to spread
her trousseau over the next year, and
they begin to court resignation. Now,
II they had not had the glamour at
tack they would have got down to
business sooner, that's all, and they
would have set better, example to
other plungers. Now forN the second
Illustration: Poverty on one side,
Doodle ON the other: more, glamour
than in. other case becnnse ofithe gulf
between. They get married; they have
to- They've Inherited the stupid idea
that the Lord is ut the bottom of 1t
and that the glamour Is his smile.
Like the other couple, theirA eyes are
finally opened to the facts. and they
begin to secretly wonder whnf, It's all
about. The one with the spondnlics
wonders harder thnn the one who has
none. II the man has the money, he
will feel mood Mt first over doing so
xnuch for his affinity. Int IL no has nm
eye for earthly ynlues-and good bust
ness men haye-there viii be times
when he will envy Jones. whose wife
mad mn many rocks ma Jones. Love
and capital 20 together like rain and
sunshine; they are productive of some
thing. Then II the woman has the
money and the man hasn't there's
tragedy-.a slow cutting of throats.
She is irresdstibly drawn with the rest
of the world a.to the thought that she
has tied herself md her money to an
automaton, for zach men are invari-
ably lifeless. They seem to lose the
faculty Of earning tmeAey-in any other
way. And as for proper title for the
penniless young idiot that publicly ad-
vertises himself as worth enough, in
himself, for a girl to sacrifice her
money to live with fim-yell, the I'M
abridged does not furnish It Jack ASS
In billboard letters would come nearer
TO it than anything TINT occurs to me
now. I'm not afraid to say It, for
know you'd never canse any girl to
give up her fortune without knowing
at least whether you could replace II
or not
Alan arose and paced the room.
THAT" he said ms he stood between
the laceteMfains mt the window, against
which the ralni bent steanly-that IS
why l feel 20 blue. l don't believe
Colonel Barclay. would ever forgive
her, and I'd dieeasefore ID make her
lose thing.
You are right" aaturned Miller, re-
lighting his cigns-sat the lamp. and
mn nut 'whaa - Iroa.ns me ~ ,e .nas
Don't nlkow thsa to 90 .anv further
Let her alone from tonight on. and
you'll flnd, In a few months dlaat you
are resigned IN Il INST Ike the ,avpraee
widower who.wants ito get ,mar,ieA six
months after his 1oss. And when, .sfhe
is married and has q tbaby .she,n met
Won on tl,c stre..t and not .care ran
whether her hats on rirht eor not. She
will tell her h.,shand ssll .ohon+ q and