The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-09-09
How I Got Mixed
In q Love Affair.
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May heaven keep me from sstsln8
mixed in other peoples affairs, espe.
eiaily love affairs. Ever since brought
Len Richmond down on visit ana n.
tTofuced him to my cousin, My1s
Ducher. / have regretted having dCna
so. Len is an excellent fellew, rntl1es
inclined to look upon every ineh1sntsss
episode seriously and tin matter u
fact light. | would as sooA think -
cracking joke to an owl. Myra -.
good girl. but nature did net e4sIsw
her with average beauty. Indeed, sid
ts homely
I lost my parents early and WAS
brought up by my aunt, Eliza Dr1ehaR
being beholden to her and her family
for everything had till came Of age.
Therefore when | brought Riehnaead
home and saw what were at least b
me unmistakable signs that Myra had
fallen IN love with him and that he
was not likely TO return her devotAo~
I felt as II ! had committed a crime
True. there was nothing against he.
but her LONELINESS, for she was hns
character and had winning way with
her. Len, too, was not handsome. Els
was lean, red headed, freckied char,
with long neck and sloping shoulders
But nobody looks For beauty in q nAnR.
He was conscientious as mule. DAa
day he came to me with long faea
and said he wished to consult me a bous
a fpnn Mt VIA yvm eit
ting on the porch, the doors and win.
dows all open. and be spoke in lew
tone. He told me that he had reason
to suspect. what considered fore
gone conclusion, that he had unfnten
tionally won Myra's heart and that he
could not possibly return that love fsf
the sole reason Of her LONELINESS
What was | to do? The only course
for me was to convince him that hha
reason was no reason at all. Then n
his inclination moved him toward the
girl all would come out right.
'4Len." I said, II have heard that the
best marriages follow from Universities
between the man and the woman. A
quick tempered woman should have a
long suffering husband, an impulsiye
man woman of self control, home
" wife / paused. Dare utter the
thought / had In mind? Then bluYt
ed "A good looking husband"
Len said nothing for several minutes.
Nor did I. | was waiting to see if he
would swallow the dose.
"You mean" he said modestly, ''thas
I should not marry a beautiful VIC
man.
THAT'S exactly what | mean"
Then he cut me to the quick. II hava
always felt perfect confidence he
said, "that anything coming from you
is absolute truth. No other being could
make me believe that I am anything
more as to looks than an average man
f, WINGED, but the happiness OF tive
! people was at stake.
"Average'' l said. Average by no
means expresses It," I took conseioNs
comfort in the fact that his appearance
was far below the average.
| Len intimated TO me that my cousin's
LONELINESS should not stand In his way
IL he felt inclined to make her hts
| wife He did not speak to her, how
ever, at the time, and 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
| ate1y 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 reason?"
~ can't conceive" replied.
"She says that I have every require.
ment to please her fancy save one. I
begged her to tell me what that enc
deficiency is, and she at last said that
she had always fancied homely men. |
wouldn't do"
"You don't mean tt!' I exclaimed,
aghast.
"Yes, and she added: Now, there's
my cousin For locks he'd suit me ex.
| actly.'"
/ The hot blood rushed into my cheeks
then suddenly rushed out again. Ther
wanted to laugh. It didn't take ne
long to discover q reason for this sin
gular apparent coincidence. While Lei
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 tha
he had even the faintest glimpse OF ii.
truth
Lem | said. "if / were you I'd g.
home and think no mere about it. Aft
er all, it would be rather hard for yo'
to pass your life with homely WoTa
an. Besides. every body nowadays say:
that marriage is a failure. 1t double.
our SORROWS and halves our joys
I didn't succeed in getting any com
fort into him, but he went home II
the same. and turned my attention t
Myra
am one Of the fellows who marchet
up San Juan hill in Cuba. but 1t wa.
nothing to going to my cousin to try II
undo what had done. For every wore
smoke Sha sent ta1rE an anSwar lii.