Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-03-04
How l Got Mixed
In D Love Affair.
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trodueed him to my cousin. Myra
nucber have regretted having done
- len is an excellent fellow. rather
Inclined TO look upon every incident or
anisode seriously and In a matter Of
,act light would as soon think Of
cracking a joke to an owl. Myra is a
GOOD girl. but nature did not, endow
ber with average beauty. Indeed, she
Is homey.
lost my parents early and was
broucbt up by my aunt. Eliza Ducher.
hetng beholden to her and her family
for everything had till came Of age
therefore when | brought Richmond
home and saw what were at least to
me unmistakable signs that Myra had
foIlsn in love with him and that he
uas not likely to return her devotion
felt MS IL had committed n crime.
True there was nothing against her
I'M, her LONELINESS. for she was fine
character and had n winning way with
her Leu. too. was not handsome. He
was lean. red beaded, freckled chap.
with long neck and slipping shoulders
Rp, nobody looks for beauty In a man.
He Was conscientious as mule One
day he came to me with long face
and said he wished to consult me about
very important matter. We were sit.
ting on the porch. the doors and win
dows all open. and he spoke In a low
tone, He told me that he had reason
~ suspect, what | considered fore
game conclusion, that he had uninten,
tonally won Myra's heart and that he
could not possibly return that love for
the sole reason of her LONELINESS.
What was to dog The only course
for me was to convince him that his
reason was no reason at all Then II
his inclination moved him toward the
girl all would come out right.
Lien" said. Il have heard that the
best marriages follow from diversities
between the man and the woman A
quick tempered woman should have
long suffering husband. an impulsive
man woman Of self control, home
" wife paused. Dare ritter the
thought had in mind? Then burt
ed "A good locking husband"
Len said nothing for several minutes.
Nor did l. was waiting to see II he
would swallow the dose
"You mean," he said modestly, that
should not marry a beautiful wo-
man"
That's exactly what 4 mean
Then he cut me TO the quick. ~ have
always felt perfect confidence" he
said. that anything coming from you
Is absolute truth. No other being could
make me believe that ! am anything
more as to looks thahan average man"
WINGED, but the happiness of two
people was ut stake.
Average" | said Average by no
means expresses It," took conscious
81 comfort In the fact that his appearance
was far below the average.
Len intimated to me that my cousins
LONELINESS should not stand In his way
II be felt inclined to make her his
wife He did not speak to her, how
ever, at the time. and l fancied he was
waiting for the spirit to move him. He
came down again In month and made
his proposal. He came to me immedi-
atsly after having done SO and sur
prised me by telling me that he had
been refused.
And what do you suppose" he add.
ed, SIS her reasonI'
Il can't conceive" / replied.
"She says that have every require
ment to please her fancy save one.
begged her to tell me what that one
deficiency Is, and she at last said that
she had always fancled homely men.
wouldn't do"
You don't mean III" ! exclaimed.
aghast.
Yes, and she added: Now, there's
my cousin. For looks he'd suit me ex-
actly'"
The hot blood rushed into my cheeks,
then suddenly rushed out again. Then
l wanted to laugh. 1t didn't take me
long to discover a reason for this sin
gular apparent coincidence. While Len
and | had been talking on the porch
the mink had been listening at an up
per window.
0AAN StocA iOOhihS a. iiC luz
Iuily, giving no evidence whatever that
ne had even the faintest glimpse of the
truth.
Len" said. "if were you I'd go
nome and think no more about 1t. Aft
er all. 1t would be rather hard for you
10 pass your life with a homely wom-
an Besides. everybody nowadays says
mat marriage is failure. 1t doubles
our sorrows and halves our joys"
didn't succeed in getting any COM
Tort into him, but he went home all
the same, and / turned my attention to
Myra.
am one Of the fellows who marched
up San Juan hill In Cuba, but 1t was
nothing to going to my cousin to try to
Undo what had done. For every word
spoke she sent back an answer like
Mauser bullet. At last, losing my