The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

OUT BY HAEDFULS."
all know that lost my wife three
years ago and after a year married
again and am now living with No. 2.
I reckon It's also purity we'll known
that No. 2 bosses the roost II It hain't.
then I'm ready to admit that she do.
She's n good woman as women go. but
I've got few words to say to such Of
you as have lost No. ! and are looking
around for the next.
"Why does feller marry the first
time? Because he Is In love. Because
It's natural. Because he wants home.
l hain't saying that lots of fellers don't
make idiots Of themselves the first time
trying, but I'm contendlng that they
don't begin with them that try 1t the
second time. When lost my first wife,
you all know that for the first two
weeks laid on the grass under the
apple trees and was inconsolable. Pud.
ding and milk was the only thing ]
could eat for days. I Jest felt that
there was nothing left In this world
for me and that should never care to
see another dog fight or to discuss poll.
tics or religion ag'in.
"While this feeling was on me Snm
Ainslees woodshed took fire and call
ed out everybody in town--everybOdy
but me. never left the house. !
didn't seem to care Il durn II all the
woodsheds In America took fire Dur
ing that time also Ebenezer Lane lost
his dog, and Moses Warner had ten
bushels Of oats stolen from his barn,
and didn't take the slightest inter-
est. II circus had come along at
that time shouldn't even have look
ed out Of the winder to see II there
were any two bumped camels follering
the band wagon te
There was folks In this village,
gentlemen, who said that I'd grleve
myself to death over my loss. and
there were others who said I'd be
snooping around after No. 2 within a
year. As for me. felt that l was
wasting away aud was powerfully sur
prlsed one day to find myself eating
heartily Of a boiled dinner. From that
time began to pick up. but for
months afterward 1 had no more
thoughts of marrying agln than Lem
uel Goodheart has of putting his foot
agln the hot stove 1t seemed to me
that the man who lost such an angel
OF wife as had deserved to be shot
for thinking OF marrying agin. s
"Jest when the idea hit me that I'd
better look around little for another
woman | can't say. | think It was
after I'D cooked my own meals, made
my own bed, sewed on my own but
tons and washed my own shirts for
seven or eight months. Then the feel
Ing stole over me that there was room
In the house for another. 1t sorter
skeered me mt first, but I'm saying
that it's a feeling you can get used
to In day or two. AS soon MS be-
gan to Wonder II l really ought to
marry agln found myself advancing
o dozen reasons why ! should.
Found the Widdsr Glenn.
"Well, It hain't no secret that I
looked around and found the widder
Glenn. She might have been looking
around al the same time. but I'm not
going to say that such Ii the case.
At drst 1t was a question with me
whether a wldower could love for
the second time. Within week after
l had hit the widder's trail that ques-
tIon was settled in the Affirmative.
found myself heap more In love than
on the first occasion. All'of you was
kind enough to soy that ] made a
dnrned fool Of myself. and. though
couldn't see It then. I'm admitting
most Of 1t now. r.
II haunted the wIdders house day
ana night. I hung around her gate Al
midnight. wrote poetry on to her. l
posted myself on sunrISss and sunsets
and moons and babblins brooks Tor