The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-14
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"EXtrayaganceW
NO, Quite economical"
Fond Of admirationY
mo more than any woman"
Hot temperedF"
"On the contrary, she's very ami
able
Il give II up Tell me what ii Isl
Sles chock fun of petty snpersti-
tons. You know how long was try
Ing to get her. Well. the reason was
mat she was consulting fortune telers
TO IND out whether the match would
De lucky or an unlucky one. The
witch she had most confidence in told
her mat there was Il dark gentleman
wanting her Chats meI but il she
married him she'd be very unhappy. 1t
TOOK me a year to find out about this.
Dut when | did | fixed the witch with
i've dollar bill ana she told Molly
shed got the light and dark gentlemen
mixed. and Molly was to marry the
dark one. This settled it, and | sup
! posed the coast was clear when Molly
| informed me that my original proposal
had been made on Friday and must
do 1t over. | was to call and take her
by surprise just rs / had done on the
first occasion. | agreed, and do You
know | struck the thirteenth day of the
month. | had to wait few weeks in
order to surprise her again and this
time | didn't strike any bad luck. /
proposed for the third time.
''Stupi1 ncC that N,.1u T won't
ana bought an opal engagement ring.
When | offered it Molly almost faint
ed She said that even to offer an
opal would involve never ending
chain Of bad luck. The engagement
must be broken and we must begin |
all over. This made me tired. but I |
was very much in love and consented |
to what | couldn't help. 1t took us !
TWO months to get around to where |
could give her another ring | bought |
one with a Number of stones In the
setting, big one in the center, with |
two outer circles, the whole forming a
cluster. AS soon as she saw it she be- /
gan TO count the stones and in another /
moment turned pale and dropped the
ring.
What is the matter nowY gasped.
There are thirteen Jewels.
Il swore. Then ! told her that she
must either wear that ring or 20 with
out one. Her amiability conquered.
and | consented to begin over once
more. The next time got ahead Of
the fates by giving n solitaire dia-
mond That was four months after
she had accepted me.
Il was Invited to her house to a
dinner to celebrate our engagement.
Molly and | sat side by side. acct
upset the saltcellar between
US.
Throw it over your shoulder.
quick" she screamed. | grabbed the
heavy cut glass saltcellar and, throw {
ng it over my shoulder smashed /
mirror on the sideboard. /
"'The SALT The salt" she cried. t
Not the saltcellar' {
"'COnfound the saltr | blurted. v
''She grabbed fistful of the salt U
nd tried TO throw 1t over my shoulder: Il
'ut, being in hurry, she threw II into &
ny eyes. Great heavens, how il smart p
d. lost my temper aud said a lot r.
f things that shocked my prospective b
lother-inlaw, but tine father-in-law
Ioked ut me approvingly. ana | knew
e was on my side, though he didn't
are say so. b
Molly wet her napkin in finger Il
owl and wiped the salt out Of my II
yes. She was so lovely about il all Sc
lat | quieted down, and. though the n
,st of the dinner was not exhllarat. l'
e. there was at least no bad feeling. tr
"Of course l Insisted on replacing the
irror, aud. of course | was not per
lifted 10 do so. My own celebration
our engagement was 10 be a party Ut
the opera. paid S25 for a box and ~
Tited the whole of Molly's family w
ven persons. Everything looked ne
the weather was fine and Si'
e had every reason to believe we tel
ould have a good time But Just as
2 We're entering the opera house
oily and | both stubbel our toes on
half step between the entrance pas lin
ge aud the foyer. DO YOU know m;
at girl turned and led the whole sis
rty out on to the sidewalk. where ad
@ declared that nothing could in WI
&c her to go in again. for the opera
use would burn down If she did and
IRE would be a holocaust 50 we Y
went home. usi
I treated her 50 coldly after that DIV
It / supposed she would break the an,
2agement She bore 10 al beauti- cas-
ly. But I had had enough Of il and
iermined 10 GOT my freedom.
mt 10 seventh daughter Of a Soy n
n daughter ana paid her well . doc
g me an unlucky horoscope She ,bo
d that / was born on the unluckiest uat
+ Of the year at the dark " the
on. with all the unlucky stars In
armament in the ascendant This r.
ent to Molly. who in a fearful letter
Ike the engagement Thank heaven -,
a free man"
RUSSELL THORNE.
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