The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-23
How He Put Her
Under an Obligation.
toriginal.l

Silliy No. " ell luh ii HGiJ pIlu.
in 1t at first. but after awhile some
how 1t didn't seem that | was as cute
as thought was. and as the years
have gone by sometimes think tux
a lot o. Unnecessary trouble.
Sairy was popular with everybody.
The women liked her better n the
men. and that's sayln' good deal for
q gal. She had way o. humorin PEG
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 size didn seem to fancy
none ON 'em. and so I argyed that If
they wasn't fine enough for her what
was the use of n redheaded. freckled
Teller like me putin in claim. We
was all about alike 80 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 10 show Mt all. for l was the
homeliest young man in the town.
But | got Sdiry. all the same, and
Pm a-gOin' to tell you how did 1t.
wasn't noboGy's fool. you SEE. if was
homely The way did 1t wns by put
tin her under an obligation. One day
said TO her. Miss Baker'.-her name
was Baker before married ber-"Miss
Baker, why don't Y git marrlcl?"
"AIr. Tucker" she said. There hain't
no one for NE 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 'cm mere I'D look at me-"
Now. l kn"wed better than that
There was two on EN- dyin' for her.
But wasn't no sich fool as to tell her.
If | 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 1t would be
better for her to have some one to
lean Oh when her father passed out
Then she said maybe could find her
husband. This staggered me little.
considerin' | 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 gittln' on. and if / 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 1t do me to put her under that
kind of an obligation? 1t would be like
tryin' to lift myself mp in a basket.
Nevertheless Gid it. and I've always
considered it q case of real onselfish-
ness. found a wiGowcr 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
good stepmother she'd make. 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 basket O. chips,
seemin' to take to him from the start.
She cast grateful glance at me, and
l knowed she appreciated what I'd
done for her
l couldn't quite feel that l was act
in honest by her, for, as was sayin',
knOwed at least two fellers far bet.
ter matches than the widower that
wanted her, and I'd orter gone to one
on 'em and told him o the chance.
But somehow couldn't. I've never
been able to tell iist why put up the
widower instead. l iaave it to them
fellers in colleges who study psychol-
Ogy and that sort O. thing.
Well. the widOwer called regular
once month on Saira He was
watchin' her to see if shed make
good wife for himself and n good
mother TO his children Them widow.
ers. havin' had lot O. experience.
know jist what's required. From OBJ
servation and what people said he
soon learned that Sairy was one of
thousand and just the one he wanted.
One evening | went to see Sairy to
ind out how she was gittin' along with
the wldower. She told me she had
letter from him that day proposln'
mn % n In sol In IN IL, 70
1t must be IL sort o business affair.
Salry was the gratefuIest girl you
ever saw in your life. She TUX hold O.
my Dony hand with freckles spottin'
the back-hers was small and white
and soft-and looked up into my eyes
with sich an expression as never see
there before, and she said, said she:
This is tie beautifulest thing you've
done for me | ever heard of. You've
put me under an everlastin' obligation.
Here was | with no one to marry me.
and you come along and jist lifted me
out o. the slough o. despond. I'm so
grateful that want to do somethin
real nice to show you how grateful
nm. Now, want you to tell me some
thin you want me to do most of any
thing. Speak right out and don't be
afraid, no matter how unreasonable Il
seems"
There's nothin' you can do for me-"
l said kind o melanchoIy-like.
"Nothin' l can do for you? Isn't
there somethin' you want me to do for
your
Eyes. there's somethin' I'd like you
to DO for me heap, but that's out O.
the question"
Tell me what 1t Is" she said, still
holdin' on to my hand and givin' 1t a
soft squeeze.
We'll. I'd ruther have you marry me
than the wIdower.''