The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
How I Got Mixed
In a Love Affair.

May heaven keep me- from getting
mixed in other peoples affairs. espe'
cially love affairs Ever since brought
Len Richmond down on visit and ID
Dncher. have regretted having done
so Len is IN exceSS,n1 fellow. rather
inclined TO look npon every incident OF
episode seriously and in matter OF
fact light I would MS soon think or
cracking 4 Joke 20 an owl. Myra Is 4
good girl. hut nature did not endow
her with average beauty indeed. she
is homely
| lost my parents early and was
brought up by my aunt. Eliza Dncher'
heins hehoIden to her and her family
for everything had til! came of age
Therefore whpr hronght Richmond
home and saw what We're Vt least 10
me nnm;stas>a bis. signs that Nyra had
fallen in love with bin ana that he
WIS ,nt likely 10 return her devotion
I felt ~ il | had committed a crime.
GHp. IupIc WIZ nt'tIIluS stsS0'h:i hSi
but her homelincss. for she was tine
character and had winning way with
her. len too. was not handsome tie
was Il lean red headed. freckled chap.
with Il long neck and s!oping shoulders.
But nobody looks for beauty in 4 man
He was conscien fious as 4 mule. One
day he came tn rue with long race
and said he wished to consult me about
very important matter. We were sit
tin. on the porch. the doors and Win
dows al open. and he spoke in low
tone. He told me that he had reason
ia suspect. what | considered q fore
gone conclusion that he had uninten-
tioually won Myra's heart and that he
could not possibly return that love for
the sole reason Of her LONELINESS.
What was | to do? The only course
for me was 70 convince him that his
reason was no reason at all Then if
his inclination moved him toward the
girl all would come ont right,
Len" said. Il have heard that the
best marriages follow from diversities
between The mau and the woman. A
quick tempered woman should have
long suffering husband. an impulsive
man Il woman of self control. Il home
~ Wife paused. Dare | utter the
thought had in mind? Then blurt-
ed. A good looking husband"
Len said nothing for several minutes.
Nor dl l. was waiting to Seq if he
would swallow the dose.
You mean" he said modestly. that
| shonld not marry beautiful wo-
man"
That's exactly what | mean
Then lie cut ME to the quick. II have
always felt perfect confidence" he
said. thar anything coming from you
is absolute truth No other being could
make me believe that | am anything
more As 10 looks than an average man, !"
] WINGED. but tie happiness OF two
people was AT stake
"Avera ge'" ! said. Average 10y no
meanS expresses it," I took conscious
comfort in the fact that his appearance
was far below the average
Len intimated t" NE that my cousins
homeIiness Shonl,l not stand in his way
If h. fell inclined - make her his
wife He cid not speak to her. how
ever. at the time. and | fancied he was
waiting far the spirit Ia move him He
came down ::.ain in Il month and made
his proposal He came 10 me immedi
ateIy after having done so and sur
prised N" by telling n,e that he had
been refused
And what do you suppose. he add
Ell. lis her rraSon:"
Il cant conceive" I replied
She says that have every require
mant 10 please her fancy save one l
begged her to tell me- what that one
deficiency is auI sht. at last said that
she had always fancied hcmely men
wouldn't do"
'Yon don't mean itr' | 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
| wanted to laugh. 1t didn't take me
Ion. to discover 4 reason for this sin
gnar apparent coincidence. While Len
and | had been talking on the porch
the mink had been listening at an up
per window
Richmond stood looking at me rue
fully. giving no evidence whatever that
he had even the faintest glimpse of the
truth
Len" | said, ''if | were you I'd 20
home and think no more about it. Aft
er all, it wO:;ld be rather hard for you
to pass your life with 4 homely WON
all. Besides. everybody nowadays says
that marriage is a failure 1t doubles
our sorrows and halves our joys"
I didn't succeed in getting any COM
fort into him. hut 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
' SnalG hn no al.