The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-02-26
CUPID WINS OUT.
TWO MORE BACHELORS CONVERT
ED TO MATRIMONY.

'~cItStlHp 'nlnpS, Issu'u ironi 'ht
depths of a comfortable chair in Il
bachelor apartment house In
Washington Square recently.
'"Iet me start with an experience
last Sunday"
with n girl?" qucricd the scc
ond voice.
"No. With u baby. II begins
with the father, then the mother,
and gets down TO the kid"
Jimmy Reeves" the first voice
continued, "was Il man that ! az
tually loved. We went up the col
lcge hill together, entered the
same fraternity, roomcd together,
borrowed, spent, drank and ate
together. What he did ! 4 did: whom
he owed l owed; what he bought ]
used, and all the rest.
Then we came here and II was
the same thing over again nearly,
with the big trees In front, II foun
tain, lily pond and the grass to
look at through the old yellow silk
curtains. | was rs sure as am
sitting here now that Jim would
lever leave me
But one spring Jim got out OF
here. fell shamclcssly nj the feet
of n Sinking thing wearing little
shoes, u chit five feet two high.
that smiled and combcd her hair
of side and had n voice that made
you look mp. Jim never apollo
gizcd. never said h. was sorry. but
simply went away, leaving mo
with u pile of old junk we always
owned together.
IL stood 10y when n bald headed
preacher said things that smashed
,Iim's oath with me; that griprcd
ont by the roots the clcancst, clos
est friendship two men ever had.
ON the way To the honeymoon
steamer the old yellow curtains
waved rHdinntly, but Jim didn't
look up; he had eyes only for the
girl.
by and 10y they came back and
leased II Hat uptown. There
wasn't II pipe, n stein, n pouch OF
the old mixture around; not a
samovar, no settle. no corduroy
cushions. no big black tubl" for
YOUR feet. no instrument 10 bang
on, no drop lamp. no messed up
papers on the floor. No, Tom. II
was all blank different. Iim's
company-thc girls father ran II
-raiscd him a thousand. IL"
couldn't help that, for the boy
was all 10 the good IN the matter
of head.
II didn't think the girl would
cut in on rs u great deal after the
honeymoon was over, but she did.
Icallcd for awhile, had ripping lit.
tie salads ont of my wedding pres
rni; we'd try 10 sing old songs and
81 on, but il was no 20. And ]
rouldn't get Jim back to the
Square even once. II was always
the girl.
Last Sunday spent three hours
three hours, mind you-simply
irving To find the lad, where he'd
moved 10 out on the Sound. |
hadn't seen him for nearly two
years. When | did discover them,
they were so glad to see me ]
thought the girl was rid OF her
distrust of .Jim's bachelor friend.
She smiled, dimplcd mp, laughed,
and had n bit Of singing started
before ! was rid of my coat.
Glad To sec me? OF course. But
! think il was the baby. A six
lccnmonths'.old kid, walking and
falling, eating and splitting ut its
own blessed caprice. Good look
ing? Yes. Not very much hair
except around it's neck, but lots OF
teeth, they said, and a lot of more
things ! didn't get.
Il wanted him TO join the club
Just started; he wanted me TO soc
the kid lift a glass of milk, drink
half of II and set it safely down.
IaskedJ about the campaign he
wanted TO show me where the I'D
had bumped its forehead on u
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