Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-12-26

from going back and proposing TO
her!"
How lucky you did!" commented
the widow witheringly.
But l wouldn't have" explained
the bachelor ruefully. III the sorl had
restrained herself"
Nevertheless" repeated the widow.
1T was lucky-for the girl"
Which girl?" asked the bachelor.
The girl ! broke of with or the girl
that came afterward7"
81 suppose" unused the widow ig-
noring the levity and leaning over to
arrange a bunch Of violets at her belt,
that is why It IL so difficult Cor a
man to keep a promise Or a VOW
even a marriage VOW"
"Oh, / don't know" The bachelor
leaned back and regarded the Widows
coronet braid through the smoke OF
his cigar. 1T isn't the marriage vows
that are 80 cifdcult to keep. It's the
fool vows a man makes before mar
riage and the fool promises he makes
afterward that he stumbles oyer and
falls down on. The marriage vows
are 80 big and vague that you can get
all around them without actually
breaking them, but II they should in.
terpolate concrete questions into the
service such as. DO you, William,
promise not to growl at the coffee
"Or, DO you. Mary. promise never
TO put a daub Of powder on your nose
| again." broke in the widow.
Nor to look twice at your pretty
stenographer." continued the bache.
lor.
Nor to lie about your age, or your
foot or your waist measure"
Nor to tuggle with the truth when.
Eve you stay out after half-past ten"
"Nor TO listen to things that-that
anybody-except your husband may
say to you in the conseryatory-oh,
! see how II feols," finished the wild,
ow with a sympathetic little shudder.
And yet" reflected the bachelor,
"a woman is always eXacting VOWS
and promises from the man she loves,
always putting up bars-for him to
Jump over; when II she would only
leave him alone he would be perfectly
c~ontented to stay within bounds and
Craze In his own pasture. A mar
hates being pinned down; but a won
an doesn't want anything around thar
she can't pin down, from her belt ant
her theories TO her hat and her hus
band"
Well" protested the widow study
ing the toe OF her slipper, ut is a sat
isfaction to know you've got your hus
band fastened on straight by hii
promises and held in place by hi
W vows and that he loves yol
enough to"
Usually" interrupted the bachelor
"a man loves you IN inverse ratio Il
his protestations. The lover VIII,
promises all things without resery,
is too often like the fellow VIII,
doesn't question the hotel bill nor as
the price of the wine, because h
doesn't intend TO pay II anyway. Tn
fellow who is prodigal with his vow
and promises and poetry is general,
the one TO whom such things meaI
nothing and, being Of no value, ca
be flung about generously TO ever
girl he meets. The firm with the bl.
gest front office Is likely TO be tn
n with the smallest deposit in tn
safe. The man who swears of louC
est on New Years is usually the on
they have TO carry home the mornin
after. And the chap who promises
girl a life OF roses is the one who wi
let her pick all the thorns OF for he.
self"
Perhaps" sighed the widow, chew
ing the stem OF a violet thoughtful,
1.-THE best way TO cure a man OF
taste for anything, after all, Is TO Il
him have too much Of It instead {
making him swear OF. II you wal
him 70 hate the smell OF a pipe inst
on his smoking all the time. If 20
!, want hip to sign the temperate