The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-21
WHAT SAM THOUGHT
BY BILLY BACHELOR.

Billy" Sam Martin exclaimed, as he
handed me the evening paper, point-
ing to a paragraph under the head
ing, Social Gleanings," which read:
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Hamilton an
nounce the marriage Of their daugh-
ter, Ethel, and Oscar Newman. at
Grace church, Oakburn. Tuesday.
October 1.
what do you think OF It, Sam?F'
/ inquired as / tossed the paper back
TO him
TITS an outrage. blanked outrage!
What right has Os Newman to marry
anybody but Beatrice Price? Don't
all her friends, all his friends. know
he is wildly in love with her? Haven't
they known 1t for ever year? Hasn't
he followed Beatrice about like a
hungry dog chasing a bone ever since
he first met her? / repeat. what
right has he to marry Ethel Hamil-
ton? Why, she's a child, silly little
butterfly OF fashion. Os never can
love that type of woman, and you
know II, Bill"
Yes, know 1t. What do you sup
pose poor old Oscar did it for?"
Sam hitched his chair up closer to
mine. lighted his pipe and took few
slow inhalations before he replied by
shaking his head slowly and pro
nouncing the one word, "PIque"
TT looks like It, must admit" said
I. And yet gave Oscar credit for
too much common sense to ever let
him do fool trick like that"
Beatrice turned him down, and he
swore he would get even"
We'll, of all the! It's a mighty
queer thing, Sam, how men-and
women--try to prove how little they
really care for the person they once
professed to love so deeply by turn.
ing around and marrying some one
else. How the proving OF themselves
ickleminded should give them one
moments pleasure. or how. under
such circumstances. they can hope
for happiness passes my understand
ing.
1T Just goes to show, think, that
the love such people have is very
small. not the grand passion, the over.
powering devotion OF great soul, as
they like to imagine It Ia. Hurt vain
ily. smarting pride and the flendish
desire to hurt In return are more re-
sponsible for the marriage from pique
than any heart wounds either man or
woman may feel
THE man who has tried his best to
win the one woman in the world and
failed; the woman who has given her
best to man who proves himself
false. will not be in any hurry to bind
themselves by marriage VOWS to an
other person
Such fatal steps-and they nearly
always are fatal-show suffering self
conceit rather than broken heart
an error into which those who are
only half In love ever fall.
"The man squares up his shoulders
and says Well, maybe won't show
that girl thing or two!' The girl
tosses her pretty head, pins on a
saucy little bow Of ribbon or dons a
new frock and fares forth, vowing
that she'll Just show that man how
little she really cared.
This Ia far more dangerous for a
man. especially a man of Oscars tenn
permanent, than for a woman. The
woman may come to love her husband
II he Ia kind and good to her, but as
you know, Sam, no man ever gives
his heart to a woman after marriage" :"
You are right about that. old man!
II hurts, though, to think that Oscar
could display so much innate mean
ness. can't understand how any
honorable man could allow himself to
commit such a fraud 1t is fraud,
R lie cheat! Do you suppose even
silly little Ethel Hamilton would con.
sent to marry man who frankly adj
mitted he only asked her to be his
wife In order to get even with an.
other woman?
'Os has committed not only one of
the greatest pieces of folly in his life,
but has acted In a shameful manner
toward the girl who is now his wife.
BY George! l feel like"
But here laid a detainag g hand on
Sam's arm and told him It Jldn't mat
ter what he felt like doiny he must
not do anything "If Oscar has been
fool enough to marry out OF pique.
then his life viii be punishment
enough. without any one else butting
in and making things more miserable
for the girl"
You're right. old man! Well. so
long; it's about time to turn in, and
I'm tired"
Good night, Sam Don't worry
about other peoples troubles. We all
have enough OF our own"