The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-25
How He Put Her
Under an Obligation.
IorlginaI.l

OAuH never lCsl now BOL
Sairy? No? Well. TUX heap O. pride
in 1t at first, but after awhile some
how It didn't seem that 1 was as cute
as thought 1 was, and as the years
have gone by sometimes 1 think L tux
q lot o Unnecessary trouble.
Salry 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 runnln' up agin' their preju-
dices and all that sort o. thing. She
never looked sour. On the contrary.
her face wore a 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 1 argyed that II
they wasn't fine enough for her what
was the use of redheaded, freckled
Teller like me putin in q 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 lookln'
out for good looks. That bein' the case,
I hadn't no show at all, for was the
homeiiest young man In the town.
But got Sairy, all the same, and
I'm a-goin' to tell you how did it. !
wasn't nobody's fool, you sea, If was
homely. The way did it was by put
tin her under an obligation. One day
said to her, Miss Baker"-her nams
was Baker before 1 married ber-"AIiss
Baker why don't y git marrleJ?'
"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
"0h, 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 ench other. The men all go
of and marry girls from somewhere
else. None of 'em here I'D look at me-"
Now, 1 knewed better than that
There was two on 'em dyin' for her
But 1 wasn't no SIGH fool as to tell her.
If l did, where'd 1 come in? So
didn't say nothin' but that 1 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 l could find her
q husband. This staggered me a little
eonsiderin' wanted her myself. but l
said I'd try. Then she told me she'd
like me to attend to the matter at onct.
seeln' she was gittin' on, and if l sue
ceeded she'd consider me the dearest
friend she ever had in her life.
l 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 up in a basket.
Nevertheless did it, and I've always
considered it case of real onselfsh-
ness. 1 found widower about forty
five years old who wanted some one To
take care of his seven motherless chill
dren- l told him about Sairy-how
she'd like to get married and what a
good stepmother she'd make. After
awhile 1 succeeded in awakenin' an
interest in his breast. and it 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 e'ie appreciated what I'd
done for her.
1 couldn't quite feel that was act
in honest by her, for. rs 1 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 l couldn't. I've never
been able to tell fist why l put up the
widower instead. leave it to them
fellers in colleges who study psychol-
ogy and that sort o. thing.
Well. the widower called regular
once a month on Sairy. He was
watchin' her to see If she'd make
good wife for himself and a good
mother to his children. Them widow
ers, havtn' had a lot o. experience.
know jLss what's required. From OBJ
servatiou and what people said he
soon learned that Sairy was one of a
thousand and just the one he wanted.
One evening / went to see Sairy to
find out how she was Gsittir' along with
the wldower. She told me she had
letter from him that day proposin'
marriage. He said OWN to his family
1t must be a sort o. business affair
Sairy was the gratefulest girl you
ever saw in your life. She TUX hold O.
my bony 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 the beautifulest thing you've
done for me | ever heard of. You've
put me under an everlastin' obligation.
Here was with no one to marryme
and you come along and jist lifted me
out O. the slough O. despOnd. I'm so
grateful that l want to do somethin
real nice to show you how grateful
am. 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 1t
seems"
There's nothin' you can do for me-"
I said kind O. melancholy-like.
"Nothin' l can do for you? Isn't
there somethin' you want me to do for
your
Eyes. there's somethln' I'd like you
to do for me heap. but that's out o
the question"
Tell me what 1t IS" she said, still
holdln' on to my hand and givin' 1t a
soft squeeze
''Well, I'd ruther have you marry me
than the YidnMer.n