The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-16

WHO is George Meredith?" asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
Eye can search me-" said Mr.. Dooley.
eWhat is tn charge again him?"
"Nawthin," said Mr.. Hennessy; but
see he's in favor Nv short term mar
redges."
What dye mean?" asked Mr..
DooIey. "Reducin' tn term FIR good
behavyor?"
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."
WE'LL" said Mr.. Dooley, sit mightn't
be a bad thing. TIL throuble about
nathrimony as 1 have observed it
firm me seat in tn gran stand is that
afther fifteen or twinty years, it set
ties down to an endurance thrile.
Women as Hogan says, are crea-
lures iv such beaucheous mien that to
be loved they have but to be seen,
but he says, 'wanSt they're seen an
made secure he says, we first en-
brace, thin pity, thin endure, he says.
Most iv tn oil marrid men | know
threat their wives like a rocl6in' chair,
a great comfort whin they're tired,
but apt to be in tn way at other times
Now, it might be different if tn ladies,
instead iv bein' secured FIR life, was
ony held on a short term lease. Whin
Archybald, tn pride iv South Wather
sthreet. makes up his mind that it
wud be well FIR his credit if he en-
thered TIL holy bonds iv mathrimony
an selects tn target iv his mad af-
fections, he thinks that all he has to
do is to put a gerranyum in his but
tonhole an inthrajooce himsilf be his
first name to be carrid to TIL altar.
But tn ladies, Gawd bless thin, are
be nature skilled In this game an be-
fure Archybald has been coortin' two
weeks he begins to shift his ideeS iv
his own worth. He finds that at best
he has on'y an outside chance. He
Wonders if he is really worthy iv tn
love iv an innocint young girl iv thir-
ty-tWo. Has he money enough to sup
port her as she shud be supported?
He even has doubts FIR TIL first time
in his life iv his own ravishin' beauty.
He detects blenliSheS that he niVer see
befure. He discovers that what he
used to considher a merry twinkle is
a slight cast NTH right eye, an that
tn film shows in his teeth. He con-
suits a manicure an hair dhresser
an buys tn entire stock iv a gents
firnishin' store. Thin whin he's thurly
humble, he goes thremblin' to Belin-
da's house raysolved that If TIL fair
wan rayfuses him, as she prob'bly will
an surely ought to, he will walk off
tn bridge an end all.
It's at this time that TIL short term
contract shud be sprung. l don't
know how men propose. / niver thried
it but wanst an tn hired girl said
s9AIM I!9Q1 1Bql uoGSS9Idu! IN 9H 9A!S
UsW p!IFBm lsoTV 9G lien I9A! IIIM
tn lady was not at home. No wan
stole thin firm their agonized par
ants. But, anyhow, Well suppose
that Archybald, layin' silk handker-
chief on tn carpet an pullin' up tn
leg iv his pantaloons to prevint bag
gin, hurls himsilf impetchoosly at tn
feet iv his adored wan an cries:
Belinda, I can on'y offer ye tn love "
an honest South Wather sthreet COM
mission merchant an mimber Nv tn
Brotherhood Nv Wholesale an Retail
Grocers. VIII we take me fr life?
Belinda bushes a rosy red an re-
plies: 'Archybald, we ask too much
l cannot take We FIR life, but I'll give
ye a five year lease an resarve TIL
right to renew at tn end " that time
she says. viii that do?' says she.
I will thry to 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 Guar
antee an Thrust Compny an be made
man an Wife she says.
Wei, afther Archybald is safely
married, his good opinyon iv himself
rayturns. Belinda does her share to
encourage him an befure long, he be-
gins to wondher how as fine fellow
as him come to throw himsilf away.