Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-08-29
ASTRANGE:
MATCH
With a Singular
Result
BY JULIUS WILSON

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5 went abroad for awhile after gradual
ing, and l vent into the law. AS soor
as | was ready for business Johr
turned over to me the care Of bis es
tate.
John was in every sense a bachelor
he was devoted to bachelor life and
showed no disposition to become a hus
band.
"What-tie myself up TO a WON
am he would say. do you realize
what that means? SIavery-absolute
slavery. And. more. you are mixed up
with another family that you have nc
interest In whatever. The first time
you meet them-after your marriage
they call you by your first name, and
you are expected to do the same by
them, a familiarity that doesn't exist
between you and some of your life
long friends. How can a man endure
TO be Gagged with n woman and no
way OF getting away from her?
There's nine chances In ten against his
ever having any comfort after he's
been chained"
Then he quoted some doggerel on the
subject:
There's many a man when the key has
In the wedlock for which he has ardently
yearned
Would give all the wealth In his bank
and his pocket
And borrow besides. for a key to unlock
IT." y
Now, this aversion to matrimony on
Johns part was unfortunate. hap
pened to have a client, q young lady.
Margaret Storms. whose property was
very much tangled up with the estate
Of John Dexter, and I could see no
such advantageous way Of straighten-
ing 1t out except by their uniting their
interests In marriage. There was a
double ~ why this was extremely
difficult Miss Storms was or pretend
ed to be as adverse to marriage as
Dexter. But l have never had any
faith In this antagonism between the
sexes except In special cases and In this
case the two had-neyer seen each
other.
resolved TO beard the lion and
the lioness in their respective dens and
make one supreme effort to unite them
and their estates.
Woman, Notwithstanding Der bitter
ness when ~prejudiced, may be more
easily handled In a matrimonial mat
ter than man. She naturally seeks her
sphere-the home and children-earlier
than man. l therefore resolved to be
gin my attack on Miss Storms. I went
to e her and opened up the object
Of my visit by telling her OF the diff
culties In the way Of making her estate
pay the income 1t should because Of
the antagonistic interests In the prop
erty OF another person. Then I went
On to say that $4,000 a year income
might be ore desirable with a bus
band than nothing q year without one.
Not IN my case" was her quick re-
ply. Il am satisfied that couldn't
be tied up with any man for q month
without hating him"
This was not encouraging. but l pur.
oNCA tnC M 60n4Ent1 WnuG BUG, luOuHu
she said nothing, shifted the air like
q war horse hearing the boom Of dis
tant cannon When I came to a pause
she asked the name Of the man I pro
posed she should wed I told her, and
her ire burst forth.
"Oh, yes. know all about him.
Hes the man who hates women 70
and goes about spouting those satirical
lines he has either composed-though
I don't believe he's smart enougb-or
borrowed"
And she spouted tho r1mes John had
given me on the subject Of marriage.
~You 60 back she continued, "and
give him this answer to his borro~ ~
doggerel:
'-rhsrs's mAny : Girl when smbars. , On
the wnve
O. MES ocean with hin who = yoru
he's her slave
WIN and g her cost when 'o'p'as can
That the captains . brute and +, . vessers
q s1aver."
That's unfortunate. / said. Johns
very unwise to 10 getting Oh such
stun. But he dx.sn't mean It any
more than you nrs = your rimes. New.
erthe1ess ! exfcst | had better stick b
he law WITT trying to do outside
wUrk. BIZ vour estate eventually
passes irt hands Of this man Dex.
ter d. me me-"
ring him along. I'm not afraid
-n u be bites me ! can sick Z