The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-18

summons. He led me into poorly
furnished sitting room and waited for
me TO declare the object OF my com
ing.
"a was an uncouth looking man,
with red hair and a freckled skin. but
there was nothing unpleasant about
bis expression unless 1t was his eye.
1t was not exactly nalcvolent; It rath-
er indicated a soul within harassed by
some ndversity.
"Wen." said when we We're seat
ed, II saw your sign, and as ! am
looking for a wife l thought would
come In and see what you have to Of
fer But FIRST tell me how you, man.
happen to be running a matrimonial
agency, business that seems to per
tain rather to womsnY
I'm here to make stories for other
people. not to tell mine"
What do you mean by making sto-
riesY"
Stories according to the novel writ
ers all begin with the meetin' Of
man and woman. Usually they mar
ry Mt the end OF the yarn, and the nov
ellst sinks out of the business"
'Sllnks out OF the busnessy
~ don't pretend to make happy mar
riages. simply introduce people and
let 'em figure 1t out for themselves"
But why do you use the word
stink in speaking of the novellst?"
why doesn't he stand up square
and say: I've told you about tHls
couple, what kind Of a time they've
had gittin' each other. all the fool
pranks they've played a-doin' Of it to
the day they was marrledl But v
mought as well understand that
don't mean to say they're goin' to keep
It ue. They may git on together, but
the chances are--for the fust two or
three years anyway-they won't. They
may fight right along, hangin' on for
the sake of their children, or they may
tlnd their way into the divorce courts.
Anyway, they got to glt over lot Of
troubles Ef the novelist would be
far about 1t and tell his readers jist
what TO expect IL the story run on, he
wouldn't sell SO many OF his novels,
but he'd have clean conscience. He
don't do no sich thing He don't even
take 'em through the honeymoon.
There's lots of couples goln' off to-
gether all alone by themselves, afeared
somebody u butt in, and before they've
got through the honeymoon wish some
body wouId butt in. Honeymoon Why
do they call Il honeymoon Because It
changes When It begins the moons
full and begins to wane right Off. 1T
isn't the hull moon they meali. cause
in two weeks the moons new ag'ih and
begins to wane. That's the time n
couple begins to git tired of each 9th
er's undivided company-that Is, II they
don't begin before"
"Oh, you're too sweeping In your
statements" interrupted. There are
lots Of happy marriages, lots where
the honeymoon never ends. But I'm
interested. Tell me your own story.
don't want wife. only came in
here from curiosity OF course I've no
right to take up your time without
profit to you. You must make your
fee all the same"
tossed O bill on to a table near by.
"Well, stranger, ef y put 1t that
away / don't mind tellin' you. / went
through the novel experience part, and
] confess 1t was very slick. The gal
and got the sulks at each other every
two or three days, sometimes several
times dav. But the maxim up was
wo'th 1t all. Then we said goodby to
the story business and sailed OF into
the honeymoon stage. Somehow when
we got miffed at each other the maxim
up wasn't so sorghum-like. Before we
got home we had real fight that we
didn't make up at all.
IT won't go over what follered. Chill
dren came to us and geeln' their
mother hghtin' me ali the time, they
TUX a hand and TUX to pitchin' stools
at me. stood It for n matter OF ten
years. when one day when they drlv'
me outen the house with gridirons ana
rollln' pins I didn't go back no more.
They say ef a man wants to get
on be oughter be I'm business he
knows somepin about What | don't
know about matrimony amt wo'th
KNOWN. But l don't seem to get on
very well at 1t. reckon I'm too hon
est. Ef want no honester than the
MONClltlc NoAA0 'uAHhC II ~ f"NAt
enough. but / amt no sich low down
cuss"
There are cases." remarked,
where one knows too mUch about his
business or. stated differently, he at
taches too much importance to his
own experience"
That may be 1t. stranger Anyway,
you seem to be different from the rest
who come mere. You know II all yonr-
self. You don't rely on me for any
thing except the introduction. Thats
what want. You've paid the Zee. You
mought as well get the worth OF your
money. Let me Introduce you to Q
young woman I've got on my list
good lookln, healthy blue eyes. They
say them Kind is tricky, hut you're NOT
afraid. she wants a husband. and she
wants oaa bad What dye sayf'
Tnis attempt 10 force me TO back my
splnlOns was too much for me. de
sliBeG
Bat an interest had been excited IN