Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-06-02

Marriage to date does not appeal to
me strongly. | hope to trot quite
number Of speedy miles alone before /
have TO slow down under a double
hitch. Naturally. considering the fact
that am your SON and in view Of your.
business. ! have not escaped a few at
tacks of ..calf love-" l suppose it Is as
inevitable as the measles.
The worst case ever had was when
In my first year at Cambridge made
desperate love to the accompanist who
banged the piano for the glee club re-
hearsals. She was widow with a
small child. who always accompanied
her. and her desolateness appeared to
touch hidden. sympathetic chord In
my nature. Whatever the cause. was
dippy for fair. i fairly bombarded her
with music. and the kid must have
thought me an edition de luxe of Santa
Claus. It's only fair to say that she
seemed to try to avoid me. but l was
not to be turned aside insisted on
seeing her to her door after rehearsals
and then stood under her window for
hours. like a cross between nitching
post and a jackass She was courte-
Gus. almost maternal. In her attitude
toward me. The boys said she was
thirty-five. but scorned them What
was age TO love. which is eternity?
Sometimes she smiled at me. and
bounded up into the seventh heaven.
aithoughll often wondered If she was
only too well bred not TO laugh out
right (Her father and husband had
both been connected with Harvard.D
She was pretty have no doubt of
that even now. but her hair was dam
Ing red. | called 1t Titan then. hut
love Is color blind with all the rest
The fatal day" came in about six
weeks. proposed in the front hall
Of her boarding house, and she took
me into. the parlor and closed the door.
! That would have been the overture to
q breach of promise suit or a Dakota
divorce. purchased by my loving papa
Ii she had been some women. but she
wasn't. She thanked me for the hon
orI have since realized that she was
not afraid of white leland then she
began to try to argue me out of 1t.
She referred to the disparity In our
ages. TO her widowhOod and my youth,
to the difference in our stations, etc.
OF course | poohpoohed 1t and VOW
ed everlasting devotion. ! dimly rec
Object that made some mention Of the
Charles river. After | had delivered
passionate grafton that would have
given long time discount to Demos
themes and Romeo rolled into one. she
looked at ME searchingly a moment
and then rose and said:
"Yery well. will marry you--on one
condition"
What were conditions to me? I-you
know, just the usual. wanted to
name the day then and there. and the
next day at that. but she insisted upon
the,cOndition.
II will go to my room," she said.
"and put the condition in writing that
there may never be any doubt in the
future"
When she returned she placed In my
hand sealed envelope and exacted a
pledge that would not open IL until
reached my room.
IF. when you know the condition. :"
she said at parting. you are still de-
termined on marriage, you will find me
I'm till noon tomorrow"
ran all the way to the dormitory.
and when reached my rooms ] was so
nervous that 1t took me Eve minutes to
unlock the door and FIVE more to light
match. Then sat down Mt my study
table for the first time In some weeks
tore open The envelope, spread out the
single sheet OF paper it Contained and
read:
.sThe condition upon which ! will en-
terrain an offer of marriage from yon
IL this am unfortunately unduly SEN
sitiye about the color of my hair. VIII
you dye yours the same red to keep me
In c0untenance2"
4 scarcely imagine she waited till
noon the next day--that IL, II she had
anything TO do. she probably explained
to the kid that Santa Claus had died
suddenly. | didn't recover my self re-
speet nor my common sense for week.
When did. sent her a box OF flowers
and inciosed note In which said that
ever afterward should regard red hair
as the accompaniment Of strong COM
mon sense.