The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-07-07

Marriage TO date does not appeal to
me strongly | hope 10 trot quite n
number OF speedy miles alone before
have to slow down under 4 double
hitch. Naturally, considering the fact
that ] am your son aud in view of your
business, | have not escaped few at
tacks of "calf love" suppose 1t is as
Inevitable as the measles.
The worst case | ever had was when
In my first year at Cambridge ! made
desperate love to the accompanied who
banged the piano for the glee club re
hearsals She was widow with
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 | fairly bombardod 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 10 avoid me. but was
not to he turned aside I insisted OH
seeing her tn her door after rehearsnls
and then stood under her window for
hours, like cross between n hitching
post and jackass. She was courte.
Gus, almost maternal. In her attitude
toward me. The boys said she was
thirty-dve. but | sCorned them. What
was age TO love, which is eternity?
Sometimes she smiled Mt me. and I
bounded up into the seventh heaven.
although | often wondered if she was
only too well bred not to laugh out.
right. (Her father and husband had
both been connected with Harvard
She was pretty. | have no doubt of
that even now, but her hair was fam.
ing red. called IL Titan then. but
love Is color blind with all the rest
The fatal day" came In about six
weeks. I 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 Ia
breach of promise suit or Dakota
divorce purchased by my loving papa
If she had been some women, but she
wasn't. She thanked me for the hon
or-I have since realized that she was
not afraid Of q white leland then she
began TO try to argue me out of II
She referred to the disparity in oul
ages. to her wdowhood and my youth
to the difference In our stations, etc
OF course I poohpoohsd II and vow
ed everlasting devotion. l dimly rec
ollect that made some mention of the
Charles river. After I had delivered
a passionate grafton that would havs
given a long time discount to Demos
themes and Romeo rolled into one, she
looked at me searchingy moment
and then rose and said:
every well. will marry you-on one
condition"
What were conditions to me? I--you
know, just the usual. wanted tc
name the day then and there and th'
next day at that, but she insisted upor
the condition.
81 will go to my ROOM" she said
land put the condition in writing that
there may never be any doubt in the
futr""."
Wien she returned she placed in my
hai sealed envelope and cXnctcd Q
pie, q that | would not open it unit
l reached my room.
"If, when you know the condition.
she said at parting. you are still de
termined on marriage, you will find me
in till noon tomorrow"
| ran all the way to the dormitory
and when reached my rooms ! was Sc
nervous that it took me five minutes tC
unlock the door and five more to ligh
match. Then sat down ut my study
TABLETOP the first time in some week;
tore open the envelope, spread out the
single sheet of paper 1t contained and
read:
"The condition upon which will en-
terrain an offer of marriage from yor
ia this am unfortunately unduly sen
sitive about the color of my hair. viii
you dye yours the same red TO keep mt
in countenance"
scarcely imagine she waited til
noon the next day-that Is, II she had
anything to do She probably explained
to the kid that Santa Claus had died
suddenly. didn't recover my self re
spect nor my common sense for week
When did, | sent her box of flower:
and inclosed note in which said thai
ever afterward | should regard red hail
as the accompaniment of strong com
mon sense.
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