The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-10-23
BAxTER'S MARRIAGE.

tsFNF" AhHt wv NhH hfthll touEtNl ON
the rocks ~ bachelurhood. And vet
he had married.
There was no linking OF his prospec.
tive marriage nbout the office but aft
er h had huppemed we recalled that ne
had appeared absentmInded and alsu
that his story. Fighting Against
Fate" running as serial In the Al.
paca Magazine For Young Girls. was
teeming with love. topic. by the way.
he had never before attempted.
Baxter had gone on u wedding tour
n "spoonln' junkei." the office boy call
ed IL aud every day we counted the
hours before be would return aud lri
us know all OF the particulars. Onr
OF the reporters had learned TINT his
wife was n young millIner who board
ed at the same place be did.
The two weeks finally ended. and
Baxter returned 10 the office and.
what is more brought his wife with
him. She was a quiet little woman
and during the half hour she was
about scarcely said word but "Yes"
or NO" aud she was not very pretty.
just passably good looking
One day. there being a lull In the
work. Baxter spoke up and told US
this:
"Of course you are all reading Fight.
ing Against Fate. now running as
serial Well. that was an entirely new
line for me. for II tells OF a gay young
man who was always making love 70
some girl AS you are aware. knew
nothing about such business-never
spoke a word OF affection TO girl In
all my life-but as that was the kind
OF story the magazine wanted and as
II had offered me good price. why.
such story II had 10 have. How well
/ succeeded In filling It's wants you
must Judge"
"It's beaut." said the office boy.
Thanks" said Baxter and went on
II studied the subject for several days
and finally decided that the only way
for me TO get the spirit OF my hero and
give him life was TO do as he did
When | made up my mind TO do that
just put on Il bold face and started
out. tackled the landlady first but
she did not take kindly TO my way.
and then ] tried a woman who lives
next door and with whom had slight
acquaintance
THAT woman was all right when IL
came down 60 Irritation, We were
getting along swimmlngly; had got SO
far along that one night actually
pressed her hand. Things were get
ting 10 be bit dangerous. and her
husband interfered | told him my
object. and he said some things about
literary men that my religion prevents
me from repeating.
ut was about this time that quiet.
modest little woman came TO board at
our house She worked In downtown
store, and as she seemed TO be all
alone In the world singled her out as
my victim. She had no husband or
brother 10 come between us. In fact.
she was just the woman ! had been
looking for AS soon as l saw her l
knew that could do the story / was
scheduled TO write justice. So began
with her the second night she was
there. and l was very well satisfied
with my first experience, for I went
back to my room and drafted the prin.
cipal features OF the story.
I'VE got along splendidly Inside of
a week was reading Maud to her,
and the second week we began on 'Lu-
cile' and had tackled about all the
poems OF that kind Why. that's what
l was doing so much OF the time In the
exchange room-cutting out sentimen-
tai poems Then we used to talk about
the moonlight and all that sort OF
thing. The more went on the more
interested ! became. We were together
all the time. When we didn't have any
thing to talk about we'd sit close to-
gether and hold each Others hand aud
silently look at the wall.
"Oh, II was awful!
"Of course there was some guylng
going on about US. but didn't care.
for ia leave her and go to my room
and grind out chapter OF my serial
story and suffer Just as much as my
nero ufu uuu kTOuu WIN utrpuh WV
the uncertainty OF my fate.
"Well. OF course, had 10 finish the
story some time II couldn't 20 on for
all time. you know. had killed the
girls father. brought her down TO sew
Ing in a family where the old woman
was jealous OF her husband. sent her
lover away because she was too proud
10 accept him now that she was poor
and thought that no simply piticd her
and had generally got the story mixed
up.
"Of course | married the two after
she had gone 10 him and nursed him
through siege Of sickness ana had
had some ola mining stock of her ~,
theirs make her rs rich as her lVver.
aud that ended the story BU )
c0uidn't keep away frum Tint livlr
milllner" 'rhc fact of the matter -
that Ind got so IN the habit OF chaslne
around With her that could not stop e.
Il would invariably look her up
. UnfiraH TINT