The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16

kIlHl 10 is George Meredith. asked
Wv Mr.. Hennessy.
"Ye can search me-" said Mr..
Dooley.
What is tn charge again him?"
'Nawthin'," said Mr.. Hennessy; but
I see he's in favor iv short term mer-
redges."
What dye mean?" asked Mr.. Dool-
ey. "Reducin' tn term fT good be
hevyor?"
No. said Mr. Hennessy, He says
people ought TO get marrid FIR three or
four years at a time. Thin If they
don't like each other or if wan gets
tired they break up housekeepin.'
Well said Mr.. DoOley, 1T mightn't
he a bad thing. TIL throuble about
matrimony as I have obsarved it firm
me seat I'm tn gran stand is that afther
fifteen or twenty years, IL settles down
10 an endurance thTile. Women, as
Hogan says. are creatures iv such
boaucheoUs mien that to be loved they
have but to be seen, but, he says,
wasn't they're seen an made secure,
he says. we first embrace. thin pity,
thin endure, he says. Most iv tn OF
marrid men I know threat their wives
like a TOCkin' chair, q great comfort
whin they're tired. but apt to be i'm tn
way at other times. Now. il might be
different if tn ladies instead IN bein'
secured fr life WAS on'y held on a short
term lease Whin AVchybald, tn pride
IL South Wathcr sthreet, makes up his
mind that il wud be well f'r mis- credit
# he euthored tn holy bonds iv matri-
mony an selects tn target in his mad
affections. he thinks that all he has to
DO is 10 put a geeranyum in his button
hole an inthrajooce himself be his first
name TO be C2TTid to tn altar But tn
ladies Tsav-d 1facG Thorn are no nature
skilled in this same an befure Archy-
bald has been cOoTtin two weeks, he
begins to shift his ideas iv his own
worth. He finds that at best he has
or V an outside chance. He Wonders IT
ne is really worthy iv tn love ~ an in
nocent young girl iv thirty-twO. Has
he money enough TO support her as she
Ehud be supported He even has doubts
fr III first time in his life iv his own
ravishin beauty. He detects blemishes
that he niNer see befurc. He discovers
that what he used to consider merry
twinkle is a slight cast in tn right eye
an that IN film shows in his teeth.
lie consUlts a manicure furnishin
store. Thin whin he's thurly humble
he goes trembhn' to Belinda's house
raysulved that if tn fair wan rayfuses
him as she prob'bly viii an surely
ought to. he will walk off tn bridge an
end all.
It's at this time that tn short term
contract shud be sprung. l don't know
how men propose. I niver thried st but
wanst an tn hired girl said tn lady
was not at home. No wan will liver
tell We. Most marrid men give We tn
inpressyon that their wives stole thin
FIRM their agonized parents But an
nyhow. We'll suppose that Archybald.
layin' a silk handkerchief on tn carpet
an pullin up tn leg if his pantalOons
20 prevent baggin'. hurls himself impet-
choosely at tn feet iv his adOred wan
an cries: Belinda, / can On'y offer ye
tn love iv an honest South Wather
sthreet commission merchant and MINI
Der iv tn Brotherhood il holesale an
retail grOcers. VIII We take me f'r life|
Belinda bushes a rosy red an replies:
'Archybald, ye ask too much. | can
rot take We fr life, but I'll give We
five year lease an resarve tn right 10
rcncW at tn end iv that time. she says
VIII that do2' says she. I VIII thry
10 make we happy says he. An she
falls on his manly bosom an between
her sObs. cries: Thin let us repair at
Wanst TO tn Title Guarantee an Trust
Comply an be made man an Wife
she says.
Wei. afther Archybald is safely
marr;d. his good opinyon iv himsilf
rayturns. Belinda does her share TO
encourage him an befure long, he be-
gins to WOndher how as fine a fellow as
him come 10 throw himsilf away. Not
that she amt a good creature. dye
mind. an slavisnly devoted TO him. He
hasn't anything again her, still. think
~ what he might have done il he had
on'y known his thTue worth. Whin a
man gets good reputation he doesn't
have TO live up 30 it, SO bimeby Archy
bald, KNOWN firm what his wife says