The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-21
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As 1t Happened



On the third day OF the honeymoon
he observed: Some said IL was GER
talnly Sarties. and some said IL was
Sir Herbert. but nobody said IL was
me. Yet | was chosen and they were
rejected. Why"
You don't want 10 know. and
don't want TO tell YOU
But do want 10 know. You didn't
care for me in the least. | have no
Illusions about myself. am not near
ly so good looking as Sarties. who
certainly proposed 10 you al the Gar
stin-Nenn's dance. Neither am | near
ly so wealthy as that amiable and
elderly knight. Sir Herbert, who un-
questionably spoke 10 your father on
the subject"
THAT was just the reason why
married YOU"
What, Because ! was palmer than
Sartles and poorer than Sir Her
hertz"
The same thing. but put rather
differently. You were much better
looking than Sir Herbert and much
richer than Sarties. You're quite
right about the Garstin-Nenn's dance.
Mr. Sarties did propose then. and
did not refuse him-not at the mo-
ment."
DO | not know II? Was not his
face TRANSPORTED
He was terrifically handsome" She
shrugged her shoulders. What idiots
girls are, I'm utterly tired OF that
Greek god business now. think a
man who is as handsome as all that
always looks a little vulgar or even
effeminate. which is worse Mr.. Sar-
ties looked both; but. being a girl,
was also an idiot. and / did not refuse
him. But | did not accept him either
! postponed spoke TO papa"
And your father said that Sarties
was a pauper?"
"A pauper and a buffoon and a
grinning ape and a liar You know.
dear papa never did like men who
played the violin. He had an inter-
view with papa. and papa was very
rude, and Mr.. Sarties Whole me a
perfectly horrible letter which was
meant to be sarcastic SO that finished
it,"
And them"
Then Sir Herbert came along. and
papa said that here was an honorable,
upright gentleman who could well af-
ford 10 maintain me in a proper posi-
ton in life. Papa said he did not
dream of coercing me in any way and
that | was 20 make an absolutely free
choice and he would not let me re-
fuse him finally. On the other hand.
! would not accept him. How could
1? Why, he was old-forty If he was
a day ooh. Edward. dearest. do let
us never not be young!) And then lie
was hideous."
And then ] came in. ! was the
compromise-not too ugly for YOU
and not too poor for your father.
And YOU did not care for me in the
least"
1T was only that ! did not know
you we'll enough then. And papa al
ways liked YOU.
True But | was not marrying
your father"
Girls are idiots oh. 10 think that
! might have insisted on marrying
that insufferable Mr. Sarties; Why
did you make me tell you? il makes
me feel so horrid. ! can't think how
even a girl could have been the IDIOT
| was. The only sensible thing that
| did was that did accept you. You
don't mind. do you? Not now?"
1T has always been my opinion"
said her husband. that the man who
wins race need not grumble very
much that he did not get a good
start"
And you have won--most COM
pletely." She paused and then said
pensively: DO you know, ] did not
think you were really very fond Of
me either-just at first. You asked
me just now why ! accepted YOU.
Now. tell me. why did you ask me to
marry you?"
He smiled. paced the room once or
twice and replied in her own words:
you don't want TO know, and
don't want to tell you"
Then you didn't--not just at first.
] was right. Then why on earth did
YOU ask me TO marry you? No. stop.
Don't tell me. You made me tell you,
but / don't want you TO tell me. A
woman's wiser than man there. and
vet some men say that women are
curious. As a rule. they don't want
10 know half the things that men in
sist on telling them. So YOU didn't
love me at first? ] understand. Of
course. ! can't help understanding
Was she as pretty as am-that
other girl who refused YOU just be-
fore you proposed to me? What an
idiot she must have been But. Of
course. girls always are idiots. I've
said that before. II doesn't matter
bit when you come 10 think 1t over
We got engaged without being a bit
in love with each other, but IL turned
out all right as it happened
Yes" he said. lit turned out very
particularly all right as it happened
One doesn't deserve ones luck he
added solemnly
She gave a sigh OF relief. I'm
rather glad il was the same for the
both of us" she said. because that
means IL wasn't different for either,
doesn't it,
He assented. There was nothing
else that he could have done
She leaned back in the easy chair
(saddlebag type. common 10 riverside
inns that play at being big hotels
and claspe1 her hands at the back
of her head. I'm so-happyi" she
murmured ecstatically. -Dlack and
White.
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