Amador ledger., 1907-03-29
A Halter q Compatibility


invisible, are none the less forcible.
Just SO there are attractive and re-
pellent foares in people which are not
only invisible, but are only brought OUT
under certain conditions.
A man stepped into Il restaurant in
South Dakota ;nd, looking about for &
table, saw another man eating his sup
per whom lie approached.
Hello. Smith" lie said. What are
you Going here?"
"He!lo, RuMlet:" said the other "Sit
down"
RuAlet sat down, and the two COM
pared notes as to what had happened
since they had last met several years
before. Then Run!et said:
But sou haven't answered my ques-
ton"
"Wcll. since You are an old chum
and am pining for confidant, I'll
tell you. Five years ago l 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 it
We kept on quarreling. IN my treat
ment of her there was nothing
I had not used toward other women
without antagonizing them-and l was
obliged to conclude that she had bad
disposition. | think she came to the
same conclusion about NE, and after
many efforts on the part of both of us
to reform our dispositions we finally
agreed to separate. 1t was arranged
between us that l should come out
here and get divorce"
Runlet listened TO this with marked
attention. and it 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 Il woman
l wish to marry. | met her last sum-
mer on a train between Chicago and
San Francisco, and we fell in love with
each other on the journey. When l ad-
mitted my part of it she turned pale
and told me that those We're 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 l known whel we
parted that could get no rest without
her l would never have lost sight of
her."
81 hope" said Smith, that you will
find your love anl be happy with her
For me, am only anxious to be free
and when free shall remain So"
Neither converted the other to his
way of thinking. RunIet left the next
day, and Smith week later secured
his divorce He did not see his wife
again and in year lost track of her.
They had no children to continue be
tween them either Il pleasant or Nh
pleasant interest. They had come to
gether as two ships passing at sea and
after brief tarry together had passed
on with as little interest in each other
as when they had first met.
Five years after the meeting o!
Smith and RunIet in Il South Dakota
restaurant they met again. This time
it was in Il corridor of Il hotel. Runle
espied his friend and, advancing cheer
lily, put out his hand.
did you ever find your lost iove?'
asked the other after the first greet
ings.
Indeed did, or, rather, she found
me. Not long after | parted with you
received Il message from her. | Won
dered how she knew my name and ad-
dress and discovered later that she
had seen it on my trunk while we were
travelling together went to see her.
She withdrew her objections to our
union, and we were married"
"And happiness followed the honey
moon?"
Like a never setting tide. We are
happier every day"
ITO what Go you attribute such hap
piness"
Carlyle says that genius is uncon-
scious 1t is so with love. We don't
consider why we are happy together.
1 sometimes think we don't realize that
we are happy. But when we are part
ed we are miserable"
''The woman must be jewel"
"She is Come and see for yourself.
l shall expect you to dine with us this
evening"
Runlet gave his address, and his
friend promised to be on hand.
When Smith called, Runlet was at
the telephone and asked Mrs. Runlet
to go down and receive the guest, ex-
cusing him till he should have finished
at the phone. When he want down
Smith and Mrs. Runlet were sitting
talking in constrained manner nat
ural under the circumstances. Runlet,
to make them more easy, introduced
them, speaking words of praise for
both. They soon went in to dinner
where Runlet recounted at the table
the story of his and Smiths meeting
some five years before. Then he went
on to say:
"AIr Smith. my dear was not Sc
fortunate as l in his matrimonial af-
fairs. Pardon me, old man. know
my wife will sympathize with you.
know, my dear, Mr. Smith to be one
Of the best men in the world. Any
woman who couldn't make him happy
Is not good enough for him or for any
good man"
After dinner Smith pleaded an en-
gagement and hurried away. Runlet
joined his wife in her boudoir anG
found her on 4 sofa with a bottle Of
salts to her nose, which she was sniff
| inn