Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-04-30
How He Put Her
Under an Obligation.

IN IL at urSI, DuL HIteE dWHuc 5VA1C |
how it didn't seem that was as cute
as thought was. and as the years
have gone by sometimes | think TUX
u lot o. Unnecessary trouble.
Sairy was popular with everybody.
The women liked her better n the
men, and that's sayin' good deal for
a gal. She had a way o. humorin' .peo-
pie, never runnin' up agin' their preJu-
dices and all that sort o. thing. She
never looked sour. On the contrary, |
her face wore perpetual smile. They
said she was cute.
There was young men that was fine
lookin' who was ambitious to git Sairy, |
but somehow she didn't seem to fancy
none on 'em, and SO l argyed that II
they wasn't fine enough for her what !
was the use of redheaded, freckled
Teller like me putin In claim. We
was all about alike so far as worldly
goods was concerned. none of us havin'
anything to speak Of. In fact, we
was all at an age when we was lookin'
out for good looks. That bein' the case,
hadn't no show at all, for / was the
homeliest young man in the town.
But I got Sairy, all the same, and
I'm a-goin' to tell you how did It. |
wasn't nobody's fool, you see, IL was
homely. The way did 1t was by put
tim her under an obligation. One day
said to her, miss Baker"-her name
was Baker before married her-"Miss
Baker. why. don't y git marriedr
"Mr. Tucker" she said. there hain't
no one for me to marry"
whats the matter with these Eel
lers that's goin' with your asked.
"Oh, none o. these young men I'D
marry me- she said. We've growed
up together. People that grow up to-
gether don't do much marryin'. They're
! too used to each other. The men all go
Off and marry girls from somewhere
else. None OF 'em here nd look at me. :"
Now, I knowed better than that
| There was two on 'em dyin' for her.
But wasn't no SIGH fool as to tell her.
II did, where'd / come In? So l
didn't say nothin' but that thought
she'd ought to git married; that she'd
be happier married, and it would be
better for her to have some one to
lean on when her father passed out
Then she said maybe could find her
husband. This staggered me little.
considerin' I wanted her myself, but |
said I'd try. Then she told me she'd
like me to attend to the matter at onct.
SEEM she was gittin' on, and II sue
ceeded she'd consider me the dearest
friend she ever had In her life.
/ saw the advantage o. putin her
Under an obligation. But what good
would It do me to put her under that
kind OF an obligation? 1t would be like
tryin' to lift myself up In a basket.
Nevertheless I did II. and I've always
considered 1t case of real onselflsh-
ness I found a widower about forty
five years old who wanted some one to
take care of his seven motherless chill
dren. / told him about Sairy how
she'd like to get married and what a
Egood stepmother she'd makes After
awhile / succeeded In awakenin' an
interest In his breast and 1t ended in
my taking him to see Sairy. She was
as polite to him as a basket O. chips
seemin to take to him from the start
She cast a grateful glance at me, and
knowed she appreciated what I'6
done for her.
l couldn't quite feel that was act
In honest by her, for. as was sayin'
knowed at least two fellers far bet
9 ter matches than the widower tina
\. wanted her. and I'd orter gone to ont
j on 'em and told him O. the chance
: But somehow couldn't. Eve neyel
been able to tell jist why l put up thu
widower instead / leave 1t to then
: fellers In colleges who study psychol
ogy and that sort o. thing.
Well. the widower called regula
once month on Sairy. He wa
watchin' her to see If she'd make
good wife for himself and goo,
!, mother to his children. Them widow
!. ers, havin' had a lot o. experience
: know fist what's required. From OF
: servation and what people said b
: soon learned that Sairy was one Of
thousand and just the one he wanted.
. One evening went to see Sairy t
: flnd out how she was gittin' along wit
the widower. She told me she had
: letter from him that day proposi1
y marriage. He said OWN to his famil
e 1t must be sort o. business anal
9 Sairy was the gratefulest girl 20
lie ever saw in your life. She TUX hold ,
n my bony hand with freckles spottil
e the back-hers was small and whit
z and soft-and looked up into my eye
rs with SIGH an expression as | never sc
&c there before, and she said. said she:
'This Is the beautifulest thing you'y
> done for me ever heard of. You'y
put me under an everlastin' obligation
Here was with no one to marry m
and you come along and jist lifted n
- out o. the slough o. despond. I'm |
grateful that want to do somethi
real nice to show you how grateful
am. Now, want you to tell me som
thin you want me to do most OF an
thing. Speak right out and don't
~ afraid, no matter how unreasonable
! | mAar,nm