Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-13
DAILY. STORY.
A MATTER OF COMPATIBILITY.
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| invisible, are none the less forcible.
Just so there are attractive and re-
pellent forces in people which are not
only invisible, but are only brought out
under certain conditions.
A man stepped into restaurant in
South Dakota and, looking about for a
table, saw another man eating his sup
per whom he approached.
Hello, Smith, he said. what are
you doing here?'
''Hello, Runletr' said the other. "Sit
down"
Runlet sat down, and the two COM
pared notes as to what had happened
since they had last met several years
before. Then Runlet said:
But you haven't answered my Ques-
ton
We'll, since you are an old chum
and 1 am pining for a confidant, I'll
tell you. Five years ago 1 married a
girl who promised to make me the
best kind of wife. She had apparently
everything to render her lovable. We
married and on the honeymoon quar-
relied. That wasn't the worst Of 1t.
We kept on quarreling. In my treat
ment of her there was nothing
I had not used toward other women
without antagonizing them-and was
obliged to conclude that she had bad
disposition. l think she came to the
same conclusion about me, and after
many efforts on the part of both of us
to reform our dispositions we finally
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between us that 1 should come out
here and get divorce"
Runlet listened to this with marked
attention, and 1t appeared to have con-
siderable influence over him.
'They say" he replied after some
thought, ''that matrimony is something
half the world is trying to get into and
the other half is trying to get out OF.
For a year I've been hunting woman
/ wish to marry. / met her last sum-
mer on train between Chicago and
San Francisco, and we fell in love with
each other on the journey. When 1 adj
mitted my part of it she turned pale
and told me that those were the only
words of love that must ever be spoken
between us. She wouldn't tell me why
Or give me any information concern
ing herself. Had 1 known when we
parted that l could get no rest without
her | would never have lost sight of
her"
81 hope" said Smith, that you will
find your love and be happy with her.
For me, 1 am only anxious to be free.
and when free 1 shall remain So"
Neither converted the other to his
way of thinking. Runlet left the next
lay, and Smith week later secured
MS divorce. He did not see his wife |
again and in year lost track of her.
They had no children to continue be |
ween them either a pleasant or I'M
pleasant interest. They had come to- |
,ether as two ships passing at sea and
lfter brief tarry together had passed |
IN with as little interest in each other
Is when they had first met.
Five years after the meeting of
smith and Runlet in a South Dakota |
estaurant they met again. This time
t was in q corridor of a hotel. Runlet |
spied his friend and, advancing cheer
ly, put out his hand.
Ibid you ever find your lost love"
sked the other after the first greet
ngs.
Indeed L did, or, rather, she found
me- Not long after I parted with you
received a message from her. l won
erred how she knew my name and adj
ress and discovered later that she /
ad seen it on my trunk while we were
together. l went to see her.
The withdrew her objections to our +
Mon, and we were married"
And happiness followed the honey
1oon?"
Like a never setting tide. We are
appier every day"
ITO what do you attribute such hap
iness?''
Carlyle says that genius is uncon-
cious 1t is so with love. We don't
onsider why we are happy together.
sometimes think we don't realize that
-e are happy. But when we are part
i we are miserable"
1.-The woman must be jewel"
"She is. Come and see for yourself.
shall expect you to dine with us this
Runlet gave his address, and his
lend promised to be on hand.
When Smith called, Runlet was at
lie telephone and asked Mrs. Runlet
go down and receive the guest, ex-
Using him till he should have finished
the phone. When he want down
NTH and Mrs. Runlet were sitting
liking in constrained manner nat
al under the circumstances. Runlet.
make them more easy, introduced
em, speaking words of praise for
9TH. They soon went in to dinner,
here Runlet recounted at the table
e story of his and Smiths meeting
me five years before. Then he went
/ to say:
''Nr. Smith. my dear, was not so
rtunate as I in his matrimonial af-
IRIS. Pardon me, old man. 1 know
Y wife will sympathize with you. 1
low, my dear, MIR. Smith to be one