The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-29
He Changed
His Mind

Every once In while change
my mind about a few things" re-
marked the younglsh bachelor. Just
now I'm away out on limb, scarce
ly knowing which way to Jump In re-
gard to the matrimonial possibilities
OF this life.
\ you know, ever since I've been
old enough to think out my wants for
myself I've planned to wait until
could make satisfactory arrange
ments with some young creature with
fair assortment Of personal charms
and also few bales Of the negotiable
yellowbacks In her own right besides
sterling silver key ring containing
Keys to safety deposit boxes, summer
homes and all such things.
"Of course. never went into the
boss and told him | was going to quit
my Job pending final arrangements
for winning out home with eight
baths and hired help, No. I've kept
plugging along all the time, and 1t
heeled some day. even | should have
to work for 1t all But up to day be-
fore yesterday / was still counting on
facing world some day that would
say: Yes, he married her just for
her money"
1T wasn't that was so sordld "a
TO leave all such items as mutual
personal regard out of consideration.
| figured that with all the hard work
Ing fathers there are dying of and
leaving their money to daughters
who don't know how to invest it OF
look after 1t, there surely ought to
be one that would appreciate my true
worth and who also would have every
desirable personal quality that |
would find In one with no chattels or
prospects beyond $40 trousseau.
But I've changed my mind since
passed day last week with fellow
whom I've been envying for several
years because things seemed to break
so we'll for him. The last time saw
him before this visit he was about
to be married to the daughter OF his
employer. Her dad gave 'em bun
galow In this suburb for wedding
present. and she bought a red touring
car as long as a FIVE room fiat, cut OK
her own funds. Then an uncle OF
hers turned a summer camp Of his n
the st. Lawrence over to them TO use
when they wanted It. Since then I've
heard from my old friend Jim by sou.
venir postal, first from different pls.
ces in Europe, then from Palm Beach
or New. Brunswick, according to, the
season of the year.
THAT was pretty soft for old Jim.
1t seemed to me, especially on hot
days, when / would be sweltering
away at my office and the letter car
rier would bring me card that he'd
sent me from some big resort OF IN
the mountains or at the seashore.
felt that ! could enjoy that sybaritic
life Just as we'll as he could.
We'll, as started to tell you, I Wis
tied Jim day or 30 ago. He apollo
gized for meeting me with the limou-
sine on such warm day, but he said
the touring car was in the shop for
repairs after jaunt he'd made up to
some lake In Wisconsin.
II saw at once that Jim was
changed. Four or five years ago, be-
fore he was married, he was one Of
those positive. table pounding fellows
In his talk-had strong opinions
about everything. and didn't mind
telling them. Now he acted so sub
dued and had such hangdog look
that I wondered II high living had
knocked all the old-time ginger out
Of him.
After We got to his home and had
handed our hats to servant In the
front hall / began to discover what
was wrong. Jim's wife was de
mure little thing to look at, but sh0
had Jim jumping every minute OF the
time. Honestly. he didn't cut any
more OF a figure around that place
than a four ounce piece of ice In q
six-foot refrigerator.
Nice sort of girl, too, Jims wife
was, you understand. She fairly ont
did herself to show me a good time
First, she had Jim hustle upstairs ait
er some new records for the phono-
pranh Then she chided him for no
ing so dilatory about getting me a
fresh cigar. Oh. 1t was Jim this and
Jim that all the time. She did It in
pleasant sort of way. but Jim knew
what he had to do, all right. He
came about as near being the head
Of that house as a minority stockhold-
err does to getting on the executive
committee of q trust. Jim, Just help
ed around, that was all a5H
The next day he got to talking to
me confidently. He said he was SO
sick and tired of Europe and summer
resorts and winter resorts and SO
ciety and money and the people who
had 1t that he knew he would have
been happy If he could Just have mar.
ried some miller's daughter In a Iay
town and then could have got a jol,
as bookkeeper in feed store ana
lived quietly In drab cottage back
OF sawniill. tef
Il saw where Jim was right, too"