The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-08-03

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scarcely been laid to rest before Isaac
was the recipient of a basketful Of Of
fers from young women who were
anxious to marry him. He read every
one Of them. thinking that he might
see something by which be might de-
tect genuine good sense. the faculty
he most desired In a wife. He did
find one that impressed him with its
guilelessness. A girl who gave her
name as Blanche Tyron and her age
as eighteen said that some OF her
friends were putting in applications
for his hand and she had concluded TO
do the same. not that she had any
hope of getting the situation. but her
mother. who was an invalid and whom
she supported. had urged her to do so.
She sent with her letter her photo
graph. There was such honest limo
cence in the face that Isaac was i'm
pressed.
Isaac did not reply to her letter, but
few weeks later he appeared at her
home as an agent for sewing ma
chine company and insisted on selling
her machine. The girl looked long
ingly at the machine, for she earned
her living by her needle and needed
new machine sadly. She regretted
that she could not afford to buy it and
was turning away when the agent
made her proposition so favorable
that she stopped to think. When a
woman hesitates with salesman at
the door she is lost. The agent. with
out waiting for her TO make up her
mind. removed the machine from the
wagon TO the house Then he filed 10
the necessary blanks. and before the
girl knew what she was about she had
signed them.
Isaac had made the installments to
be paid weekly on each Saturday
night. When the first payment came
due be appeared about o'clock IN the
evening. Blanche had the money
ready for him. but instead of going
away he fingered to talk with her. The
next Saturday evening when he came
for payment Of the note he stopped
longer. Indeed. his visits grew more
and more extended and the relations
between the two more tender Some
time before the last installments were
due Isaac one evening when he called
to collect tore up the notes and left her
the possessor Of the machine. Blanchels
gratitude kindled love. and not long
after this when Isaac proposed under
the name of Nathan Griggs she ac-
cepted him.
She had scarcely given her word
when the postman called and handed
her an answer to the offer Of marriage
she had made the multimIilionaIre sew
eraI months before. He informed her
that on receiving her letter and her
picture he had taken pains to learn
something about her. had seen her and
had been SO favorably impressed with
her that he had decided to give her
the situation Of wife to him,
Here was situation Of another kind.
Blanche had few days before accept
ed a sewing machine agent. and now
comes an offer of marriage from Q
muItimillionaire.
Blanche fortunately received the let
ter when her mother was upstairs and 1
knew nothing about it. Blanche took
1t up to her own room and hid 1t In her
bureau drawer. saying nothing about II
to her mother. whom she knew would
give her no peace till she had broken
with the sewing machine agent and
accepted the multimiiionaire- Isaac
called that evening. He expected to
find his betrothed IN at least state Of
and had but little doubt
that he would receive bis dismissal
He found Blanche in no different con-
dition than usual. except that the
greeting kiss she gave him was a tride
more affectionate.
Isaac passed the evening expecting
every moment that the letter would be
mentioned. but when be arose TO go
and nothing had been said about it he
began to wonder He had stood behind
a tree on the opposite side Of the
street and seen the postman hand
letter and knew that it was
his. for he had purposely put It In
pink envelope. He had come expecting
Blanche to tell him of her offer.
The next day Isaac received letter
from Blanche in answer to his pro-
posal. stating that since her letter to
him she had received similar offer
from one who loved her and whom she
loved and that it would not be honcra-
BILE nor ccnId she bear to dIsappoint
him. She must therefore beg him TO
excuse her.
Isaac on receipt OF this letter re-
marked to himself. "since she is 50
reticent over her affairs l win practice
some reticence myself" AS the we'd I
ling day approached be told her that
bis straltened circumstances would
require a very modest wedding. and
since be had no house Of his own to
AXE her to they must remain IN her
,wn home.
The marriage took place in her mod
sst abode. after which her husband
lrove her to a handsome residence
She did not know till then that instead
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