Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-26

"Rcbosa." says I. earnest. drawing
upon my display of knowledge con-
corning The feminine intuitions Of rea.
son, "ain't there Il young man in Pima
"a nice young man that you think q
heap of:''
Yep" said Rcbosa. nodding her
pansies. "Sure there is. What do you
think? Gracious!''
Docs lie like you?" asks. "How
does he stand in the matter:'
"Cra2y." says Rebosa. "Ala has to
wet down the front steps to keep him
from sitting there all the time. But
guess that'll be all over after tonight"
she winds up, with sigh.
"Rebosa," says I, you don't really
experience any Of this alteration called
love for old Mack, do you?"
Lord. no" says the girl, shaking
her head. II think he's as dry as a
lava bed. The idea'
"Who is this Young man that you
like, Rebosa?' inquiries.
Its Eddie Bayles." says She "He
clerks in Crosby's grocery. But he
don't make hut thirty-five a month.
Ella Noakes was wild about him
once.''
"Old Mack tells me-" says. that
he's going to marry you at 8 o'clock
this evening""
That's the time" says she. "lt's to
he ut our house."
"Rcbosa." says I, "listen to me. II
Eddie Rayles had thousand dollars
cash-a thousand dollars. mind you.
would buy him store of his own-if
you and Eddie had that much to eX-
cuse matrmony on. would YOU consent
to marry him this evening ut 5
o'clock:'
The girl looks at me minute. and
can see these inaudibe cogitations go
ing on inside of her. as women will.
"A thousand dollars:' says she. "Of |
course l would"
"Come on says I. "We'l so and
see Eddie"
We went up to Crosby's store and
called Eddie outside. lie looked to be
estimable and frcckled. and he had
chills and fever when l made my
proposition.
".At 5 O'clock" says he, "for thou
sand dollars? Please don't wake me
up! Well. you are the rich uncle re.
tired from the spice business in India.
I'll buy out old Crosby and run the
store myself"
We went inside and got old man
Crosby apart and explained it. wrote
my check for Il thousand dollars and
handed it to him. If Eddie and Re-
bosa married each other at S he was
to turn the money over to them.
And then gave 'em my blessing and
went to wander in the wildwood for a
season. sat on a log and made cogi.
tations on life and old age and the
zodiac and the ways of women and
all the disorder that goes with life
time. passed myself congratulations
that had probably saved my old
friend Mack from his attack Of Indian
summer. l knew when he got we'll of
it and shed his infatuation and his
patent leather shoes he would feel
grateful ''ro keep old Mack disin-
volved," thinks l. from relapses like
this is worth more than thousand
dollars" And most of all was glad
that Id made a study Of women and
wasn't to he deceived any by their
means of conceit and evolution.
1t must have been half past 5 when
I got back home. stepped in, and
there sat old Mack on the back of his
neck in his old clothes, with his blue
socks OH the window and the History
Of Civilization propped up on his
knees.
'This don't look like getting ready
for wedding at g. says, to seem in
nocent.
"Oh,' says Mack. reaching for his
tobacco, that was postponed back to
o'clock. They sent me note saying
the hour had been changed. It's all
over now. What made you stay away
SO long, Andy?'
"You heard abont the wedding" I
asks.
II operated it," says he. II told you
l was justice Of the peace. The preach
er is off east to visit his folks. and I'm
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