The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
.who i. George Meredithy' asked MT.

.who is George Meredith" asked Mir.
 rye can search me-" said Mfr. Dooiey. "what Is tn charge ag'n him."
 "Nawthin'," said MT. Hennessy; put see he's in favor iv short term mar redges."
 ''what dye mean ?" asked MT. Dooley; "Reducin' tn term fir good behavyor.
 "No," said MT. Hennessy. He sass people ought to get marrid TT tnree or four years at a.time. Thin IT tnss my don't like each other or 1T wan tired, they break up housekeepln
 well" said MT. Dooley, 1t mientn be a bad thing. Tn throuoie aoou. mathrimony as I have obsarveo ..sar me seat in tn gran stand IS tnas ma scwn fifteen or twinety years, IL se,s '. to an endurance thriie. s.. s,,ch Hogan says, are creatures " s,s., heaucheous mien that to be loved Nney have but to be seen, but. ne .u,anst thev,re seen an made secure. ne cave i've first embrace. thin pity, tn,i, z a,y,,,re he saws. Most iv tn or marrio ,osn know threat their wives ike . rockin' chair, a great comIoIt w' they're tired, but apt to pc ih U Sss at other times. Now. it misnl o
 Srsnt if in ladies instead tv being SC. a,raS rr life was on'y held on a short tsr,, lease. whin Archyhald. tn prioe " south wather Sthreet, makes up b,s mind that 1t wud be, well ms credit if he enthered tn holy ponus V ,,sthr,mony an selects tn target " ms mad affections, he thinks that all ne has to do is to put geeranyum ns ne buttonhole an inthrajooce himsh, o his first name to be carrid 10 LII ada ha ,at,,rs skilled in this game an beture Ar.hvbald has been coortin' two weeks ha heoins to shift his idees W ms own worth. He finds that at pest ne nas ", a, outside chance. He wondners ss S. is really worthy iv tn love " an innocint young girl iv thirty-t"o. s ha money enough to support ne
 che shud be supported! ne h,s sns,hts f'r th' first time in his lire " ms oouo ravsbin' beauty. He detects S,sno,shes that he niver see pefure. ae Siscovers that what he, used 70 con. o;sher a merry twinkle Is slignt cast .h, ri1ht eve an that tn nihn sno"s . ' Ute teeth. He consults a manicure n,,. r . hair dhresser an buys tn enIire stock iv a gents furnishin store Inn 1vhin he's thurly humble, ne g
 thremblin' to Belinda's mouse raysoNe. that if tn fair wan rayfuses nim as she prob'bly will an surely ought to' he will walk off tn bridge an end all.
 It's at this time that tn short term conthract shud be sprung. oon know how men propose. niver thrieo if hut wanst an tn hired girl said tn lady was not at home. No man VIII iver tell ye. Most marrid men give ye tn impressyon that their wives stole thim firm their agonized parents. But, annyhow, we'll suppose that AT chybald. layin' a. silk handerchiel on LII carpet an puIlin' up tn leg iv his pam taloons to prevint baggin', hurls him silf impetchoosly at tn feet iv ms adored wan an cries: Belinda, l can on'y offer ye tn love iv an honest South wather sthrect commission mer- chant an IT imber iv tn Brotherhood iv Wholesale an Retail Grocers. Will ye take me fir life?' Belinda blushes rosy red an replies. 'Archybald, ye ask too much cannot take ye~f'r life but I'll give ye a five year lease an resarve tn right to renew at tn end iv that time she says. win that dor says she. T will thry to make ye hap py,' says he. An she falls on his man. iy bosom an between her ssobs. cries: Thin let us repair at wanst to tn Title Guarantee an Thrust Comp'ny an> be made man an wife she says.
 Well, afther Achybald Is safely mar rid his good opinyon iv himself ray turns. Belinda does her share to en- courage him an befure long, he begins 10 wondher how as tine fellow as him rome to throw himsilf away. Not that she ain't a good creature, dye mind, an slavishly devoted to him. He hasn't annything again her. still. think lv what he might have done if he had pny known his thrue worth. Whin man gets good reputation, he doesn't have to live up to 1t. So bimeby, Archy- bald, knowin' firm what his wife says that he is handsome enough without amy artificyal aid frgets tn nanny cure an tn hair dhresser. Sometimes he slaves an sometimes he doesn't. So far as he Is consarned, he thinks tn Iaundhry bill is too high. He adver tises tn fact that he wears a red flannel chest protictor. His principal