The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

becoming a country doctors wife with
considerable hesitation .'Too slow they
term it: and declare that to live in the
country and drive in a soverness cart Is
synonymous with being buried. Many
girls marry just as servant girls change
their places-in order ito better them
Se1YeS5-and alas, that parents encourages
this latter-day craze for the artilciality
and glitter of town life that so often fas-
cinates and spoils a. bride ere the honey
moon be over The majority Of girls to-
day are not content to marry the hard
working professional man whose lot is
cast in the country, but prefer to marry
man in town, so that they. may partake
of the measures Of theaters. variety and
OTHERWISE, suppers at restaurants; and the
thousand and one attractions provided for
the 4reyeller in London. They have OBJ
tanned their knowledge of life from the
society papers, and they see no reason
why they should not taste of those pleas
ures enjoyed by their weather. sisters,
whose goings and comings are so care
fully chronicled. The majority OF girls
have desire to shine beyond their spherAs
and the attempt, alas, is accountable for
very many Of the unhappy marriages.
This may sound prosy, know. but the
reader will forgive when he reflects upon
the cases in point which arise to his
rnemory-cases of personal friends, per-
haps even of relations, to whom marriage
was failure owing to the uncontro1lablS
| desire on the part Of the woman to assume
"a position to which neither birth nor
wealth entitled her.
To the general rule, however, my love
was an. exception. TIMES without num-
Der had she declared her anxiety to settle
| in the country; for being country born and
bred she was an excellent horsewoman,
and in every essential a thorough English
girl Of the grass country, fond of run
| with either foxSor otter hounds; therefore.
! in suburban life at Kew she had bean
Eentirely out of her element.
1 In that letter wrote, composing IL
I slowly and carefully--fOr like most medical
men am bad hand at literary cpmposi-
4 toni sought her forgiveness, and asked
/ for an. immediate interview. The wisdom
of being so precipitous never occurred to
lover my pipe IresolVed to forget once and
i for all that letter had discovered among
/ the dead mans effects, and determined
4 that while I sought reconciliation with
Ethelwynn would keep an open and
watchful eye upon Mary and her fellow
/ conSpirator. *
The suggestion that Ethelwynn, believ-
ling herself forsaken, had accepted the
4 declarations OF she considered more
y worthy than myself dashed me to a frenzy
4 OF madness. He should never have her,
Z whoever he might be. She had been mine.
I and should remain 80, come what might.
III added a postscript, asking her to wire
line permission to travel down to Here
d ford to see her; then sealing up the letter
: lI went out along the Marylebone road and
posted 1t in the pillar box, which knew
Z was cleared at five o'clock in the morning.
s 1t. was then about o'clock. calm but
J rather overcast The Marylebone Road
4 had at last become hushed In science
! Wagons and cabs had both ceased and
81 save for solitary policeman here and
there the long thoroughfare so full Of
81 traffic by daysswas utterly deserted re,
j traced my steps slowly toward the corner
, of Harley street, and was about to open
4 the door of the house wherein had dig
II gings' whensI heard a light hurried foot
{ step behind me, and turning confronted