The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-02-06

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came upon q small house bearing .
sign, Matrimonial Agency" Curios-
NJ led ne to stop and Investigate. In.
stead Of being received by woman,
- I expected. = man answered my
summoos. He led me Into a poorly
furnished sitting room and waited for
me- to declare the object Of my com.
Ing.
He was an uncouth looking man.
with rcd hair and q freckled skin. but
there was nothing unpleasant about
~ expression unless 1t was his eye
II was not exactly malevolent; 1t rath-
er Indicated soal within harassed by
some adversely.
WELL" said when We were seat
-. II saw your sign. and ~ ! am
looking for n wife l thought would
come In and zee what you have to Of
fer. But hrsk tell me how you. man,
happen to Be running matrimonial
agency, 4 business that seems to per-
tain rather to woman
"Fm here to make stories for other
people, not TO tell mine"
what do you mean by making sto-
rSssY'
Stories according to the novel writ
ers all begin with the meetin' Of q
man and woman. Usually they mar
~ at the end Of the yarn. and the nov
elist slinks out Of the business"
"Bllnks out Of the businessY'
II don't pretend to make happy mar
riages. simply introduce people and
let 'em figure 1t out for themselves"
But why do you use the word
siink' In speaking Of the uovelist?"
"why doesn't he stand up square
and say: I've told you about this
couple, what kind Of q time they've
had gittin' each other. all the fool
pranks they've played a-doin' Of 1t to
the day they was married7 But y
mought A. well understand that l
don't mean to say they've soin' to keep
It up. They may git on together. but
tho chances are-fos thu fust two or
three yeaFs anyway-they won't. They
may Eight right along. hangin' ON for
the sake Of their children, or they may
End their way into the divorce courts.
Anyway. they got to git over lot Of
troubIes.' N the novelist would be
fa'r about Il and tell his readers jist
what to expect II the story run on, hs
wouldn't soil - many Of his novels.
bat he'd have q clean conscience. He
don't DO NJ sich thing. He don't even
take 'em through the honeymoos.
There's lots of couples goin' OF to-
gsthse al aloae BY theirselves, afeared
eo0sbody n butt In, and before they've
sst through the honeymoon wish some
- thsy cali II honeymoonf Because It
changes when It begins the moons
full and begins to wsne right OF. It
Isn't Tie hull niO6a they mean, cause
In two weeks IL moons new ag'in and
begins to waoe. That's the time q
couple begins to git tired Of each 9th.
sTs undivided company-that ID. II they
don't begin before"
''Oh, you're too sweeping In your
statements" interrupted. There are
lots Of happy marriages, lots where
the honeymoon never ends. But I'm
interested. Tell me your own story.
don't want wife. I only came IN
hero from curiosity. OF course I've no
right to take mp your time without
pront to you. You must make your
fee all the same"
tossed bill on to 4 table near by.
"well. stranger, ef y put 1t that
away don't mind tellin' you. l went
through the novel experience part, and
I confess 1t was very slick. The gal
and got the sulks at each other every
two or three days, sometimes several
times day. But the maxim up was
wo'th It all. Then we said goodby to
the story business and sailed of Into
the honeymoon stage. Somehow when
We rot milfed at each other the maxim
up wasn't 70 sorghum.like. Before We
got home we had a real night that We
didn't make up at all.
II won't gu'0ver what follered. Chill
dren came to ~ and, seem their
mother hghtin' mo all the time, they
tux q hand and TUX to pitchin' stools
at me. stood 1t for matter Of ten
years, when one day when they drfv'
mo outen the house with gridirons and
roliin' pins didn't 20 back no more.
They say q q man wants to get
w ue UOHRISk Nc ia O1DsASDo ~
knows 1pmepin about. What don't
know about matrimony amt wo'th
knowin'. hat don't seem to get ON
very well at 1t. reckon I'm too hon
ct. Ef I want NO honester than the
novelists I could make 1t 20 wen
enough, but ! amt NO SIGH low down
cuss.r
.sTh,.re nre capes." remarked,
where one knows too much about his
business or, stated differently, he at
taches too much importance to his
own expsfisnce."
THAT may be It, stranger. Anyway.
you sesm to be di@erent from the rest
who cone here. You know It all your
sslf. You don't rely on me for any
thing except the Introduction. That's
what want. You've paid the fee. Yoo
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