The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-21

began Dear Sir and ended Yours
truly" 1t said that in the matter Of
our bargain marriage she had placed
herself in the hands Of others, since
she knew nothing of law OF the fulfill
ment of it, with a view to inheriting
an estate. She was now in possession
Of her property and was Of age. She
intended to manage the rest of the
matter connecting her with me her.
self. There was now nothing In the
way Of getting the divorce, and she
would be pleased to see me with re-
gard to the obtaining of a decree
Above all things, she desired to work
In harmony with me, since she had
been informed that the matter could
be thus far more satisfactorily han
died. From what little she had seen
Of me she felt assured that l was a
gentleman and would not stand In her
way in becoming free woman.
However we define love, its begin
ming is indefnable. man, fancy
free, may propose to a girl who is
fancy free on the ground that she is
not displeasing to him and their mar
rage viii be an advantage. If she is
accepted his feelings will go out to her
as naturally as the tendrils of a vine
and hers will advance to meet them
attribute to this fact my coming to
love the girl had married, and rea-
soned that If she had been at the time
Of our marriage and had remained
fancy free it was quite possible that
something more than an ordinary in
terest In me might have been growing
up in her. But | realized that our
parts were reversed. l must be court
ed; she must do the counting. Any
indication that l hoped to make our
marriage real one would be fatal to
hopes might have of doing so
! replied to her letter that she was
at liberty to take any steps her law
yers might advise to secure a decree.
All asked was that might be put to
as little inconvenience as possible, for
my time was taken up in preparing
for my examination for admission to
the bar. l did not refer to her sugges-
ton for a meeting.
She replied that, considering the
fact that she was under an obligation
to me for a favor, she desired an op-
portunity Of thanking me personally
therefor and on no account would she
take steps for the divorce without my
approval of the plan to be adopted. To
hit upon plan to which l would give
my willing assent would require an
interview.
So l called to see her One thing
noticed especially. She was dressed
in very becoming costume. Since
could not make myself look beautiful,
whatever | might wear, concluded to
put ON something besides clothes,
something that finds great favor with
women. l displayed all the Difference
! could assume.
She could not conceal from me the
fact that l stood in the position of
something more than a mere legal
dummy. Nevertheless she tried to.
She outlined several plans her lawyers
had sketched out for her by which the
divorce might be obtained, but l OBJ
jected to all Of them on the ground
that they might reflect upon her II
insisted upon assuming all the obloquy
myself But when it came to pointing
out exactly how l was to do this
failed. I knew enough law to suggest
the different methods that might be
used, but l had not been studying my
profession for the purpose of enabling
a woman to divorce me, especially one
from whom / had no desire to be di-
vorced. The consequence was that
after a conference lasting two hours /
left her without our having made any
Roadway.
/ had many conferences with my
wife on the subject of our divorce
without finding a satisfactory plan At
last one evening when we were de-
batting the matter at the door, just be-
fore my departure, in fit Of absent
mindedness ! kissed her. She must
have been equally absentminded. for
she received the kiss as a matter of
course, not stopping In what she was
saying.
Suddenly 1t occurred to both Of us
that we had given and received a
marital kiss.
That ended tine talk about divorce.
Since 1t was raining hard l concluded
not to go home till the rain let up q
bit. | never went home at all.