The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-04
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when Y get forty or fifty years old
! and no homes: Its we'll enough
. : longs yer young. but you fOrgit
/ that your youth n good looks is given
. y for q purpose n that purpose is 10
Kit married.
But. Aunt Lavinia" said a pOuting
miss OF eighteen. we can't ask the
men 10 marry us. And sometimes a
fellow II hang about a girl for long
while, keeping other fellows away and
never ask her There's Ben Pitner
been devoted to Lucy Somers ever
since a year ago last January, and
they're not engaged yet"
"Pshaw. Lucy hasn't got any in
genuity. Do you suppose a young
mans going TO make up his mind TO
give up his independence aud assume
the cares o matrmony all by himself
He knows he's standin' over cold
water bath and has to be pushed in.
I'll tell YOU about a case ! knew OF
once There was q young man named
Jake-never mind his other name-who
was devotin' himself 10 girl called
Ruth. He asked her TO 60 TO all the
parties and shows and such things
with him and looked sour as vinegar;f
she went to any of EN- with al bsty
else. Sometimes he'd hint y bid
about matrimony bein' seriou hat
ter and shouldn't be entered wVhout
countin' the cost Then he'd say he
was awful feared he'd never have
wife n q home because they cost so
much money. The girl couldn't say
ANYTHING against this idea. so she Jist
agreed with him and told him that If
she married she supposed she'd have to
marry some one that was dom well.
: whether she liked him or not.
$50 il went on from month TO month
till Ruth got mighty tired OF IL. She
lust give Jake the cold shoulder Tor
awhile. Then one day she went into
q the store-Jake was clerking for the
{ proprietor-and asked for some White
silk. The proprietor waited on her
= and showed her lots o pieces. but they
:, weren't any of 'em good enough for her
till they came TO the finest piece in the
3 store. She told him to cut her sam
IS ple of ii and asked him how much he
ID calculated il would take to make bel
d dress.
IU with a train?' he asked
l. eyes. a long train-long as comets
" tall
,t Trimmed with orange blossomsE
~ Ives. | may as well own that il:
to be trimmed with orange blossoms
but | don't want you to say anythin:
about ii. Got any stuff for veil:
"He showed her some yelling. anI
T: she took sample of that. and thei
Du she went away.
)u "She hadn't any sooner got out o tn
to store than the proprietor called Jake
ID, who had been waitin' on custOme
c. AT the other end. where they sold tn
gu groceries. and congratulated him o
go being engaged. Jake said he WASH
on engag ed, and then his employer tol
ne him that he must a lost his cir
IN. cause she'd been in to buy weddu
IA dress. Jake he turned white as
he cloth and like to fell in fit.
I'D THAT night he went over to see Rut
go lust s soon as the store was shut NJ
gh She was expectin' him and was read
in. for him. She sent word 10y her motht
that she wasn't feelin' very well an
she'd like to be excused Jake. near
beside himself, sent begin MESA:
that she'd come down for one momer
Tile as he had something very particular
saw to her She knew well enoul
i what il was. but she wasn't in hur'
TO come down. so she sent word tn
she was very busy SEWN and couldr
m word scwin' Jake caught at {
est piano. He considered it his death wa
not rant. He sent up another MESA
hey that if she'd come down long enOui
w for him TO say half a dozen words
red so he'd so away and wouldn't er
d bother her any more.
e ssShe scattered a lot O threads oy
nhe her dress. put thimble on her fing
der and went down. lookin' for all
world 5 If she was workin' night
day on a trusseau. When Jake S;
J! her he almost cried.
Ruth he says. you've treated
ur- shamefuily. dishonesty. received
ice attentions all this dime and them
laws "a mercy says Ruth.
didn't think you meant anything
scot Not mean anything"
owe. ".No; thought we was just g
Ids: friends
and And you've gone and throwed
ATTY over for that miSable Teller that
re-. body in this town considers fit for
- a Ruth she didn't know who he '
The talkin' about. for there wasn't
tiles other Teller in the case except ia
b4st But she didn't calc'late to say ;
lnev more just then. so she just lool
sorry.
How could you do it, asked ia
- 81 didn't know yOu cared
Cared, or course ! cared.
- loved you all the time since we
AM met and have wanted you myself
!. : "'Marriage is expensive says r.
Marriage without love is expenS
but when two people love their w
her is wo'th q gold mine.
Why didn't you talk that wa