The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-09-25


comes one of my cloth"
Cant you give US the moral first.
then we won't have to be dreading it,
asked the Judge.
Yes. I'm willing to do that. The
moral is: Beware of selfishness, les,
you be hoist with your own lydditt
shell. 1t all happened up at my town
last fall. There's a widow living there
who has three daughters, very est
mable young ladies', but, alas. the two
older are exceedingly selfish. They
are both somewhat farther along in
life than the average unmarried won
an don't know how old they are
| hope I'm too much of gentleman 10
know anything about a lady's age
but just for the sake of the story We L
call one of them slightly over thirty
and the other slightly under. The
third daughter I'm willing to come out
boldly and call twenty-we're on safer
ground when we get down in that
neighborhood, you know. And, better
yet, this girl is one of the most I'M
selfish creatures in the world. She is,
in fact. a most charming girl in every
way, with a pretty face and a quiet
unassuming manner which never fails
to win with it's simple charm. If she
has any failing it is that of too grea
humility and an inclination to allow
herself to be imposed upon There IS.
| believe, a sort OF unwritten law
among women that daughters must
marry in rotation according to age.
Dorothy was very closely looked
after by her mother and older sis-
tiers. and little opportunity was ever
given her even remotely to contem-
plate the idea of marriage 1t was
not until last fall that anything in the
guise OF a man was allowed to ap.
proach within hailing distance Their
she was given the privilege of re
eeiving some circumspect calls form
neghboring young man named Harry
Lambert
You must not gather that the older
girls had no attention-far from i,
Mr. Edward EdgeWater has been regu-
larly paying court to Elizabeth, the
oldest, for a number of years. Mr
William Jackson has been doing tho
same by Ruth, the second daughter
so during the fall things ran on a.
| have indicated. each of the young
men finding happiness in the company
of the lady Of his choice every Sunday
evening. But with the approach OF
cold weather the prospect fer NgrO,
thy changed. The porch or the ldwE
were all very we'll under the soft ir-
fuence of the harvest moon-perhap
preferable to any other place but tAc
austere November moon is another
thing Right here I ought to mention
that the widow house, though CON
Portable, is far from large II accommO-
dated Elizabeth and Ruth very pleas.
antly for counting purposes but there
was really no place for another. So
there was nothing for Dorothy but to
throw herself on the generosity of the
others. and beg them TO share with
her. since Sunday evening was the
only time that Harry could convent
emily call She went to Elizabeth first
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piled in effect that She was in the
habit of entertaining Mr. Edgewater
in the parlor each Sunday evening and
that she had no intention Of giving it
up
Poor Dorothy wiped her eyes and
sought Ruth. This lady was dumf9Ycd.
ed The idea, She was accustomed
to see Mr.. Jackson in the dining room
each Sunday evening, and she though
she saw herself giving it up to a mink
who ought to be wearing her hair in
a long braid.
That evening Harry came. He had
feared the worst. and was provided
with his winter overcoat and a pair
of heavy goloshes, Dorothy put on
her winter cloak and took her muff
and together they spent an hour
tramping briskly Up and down the path
beside the house At the end of the
hour Harry said goodnight at the front
steps, passed out the gate, sneezed
furiously three times and hurried
home
The next afternoon Dorothy and
Harry called at my house. Harry ask
ed me to marry them then and there.
Dorothy told their story. So | mar
ried them"