Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-14

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By OLIVE EDNA MAY

Harry snid Bess.ssIve he~en@th1nks
Ing what mn awful thing Il Is fora gtil
To trust her whole future ~
not knowing whether he's going q
make a good husband Or i horridSone
rye q good mind To- bresasszzourenggag
mentn S
strange, Isn't tn was Shrinking
the same thing about d MINIS tying
himself UP for life to woman Ma
uncle say y man runs an awful risk
when he slarries
Flow should he know He's never
been mnrried.,
1--WE no CUB that your aunt INC
is an elderly maiden. put all this dis-
trust into your head. I've often heard
her say she wouldn't marry the best
man In the world ss sS
Aunt Martha has d err cIesf idea
of mems faults
$50 has my Uncle Jim Of wofnenss
shortcomings. But, ns | said q mo-
ment ago, I've been thinking myself
that It's like tnking d cold plunge ~
be married. IL you think y6u don't
care to risk 1t perhaps we'd better
break 1t Of. Z zss
She pouted at this III bent her eyes
down on d locket she was toying With.
auncle Jim says he continued,
sthat marriage is all very well so long
as tho spooning lasts, bur lust az soon
as a couple come Town to q real
thing the girl discovers that she hasn'k
got exactly what she wanted or tns
fellow finds he's made a bull. ora both
do, and the fracas begins. Now, sup
pose we stop spooning andstreat each
other In that friendly way married
people do, We'd find out the cause ~
future dissatisfaction ind could make
I'D d minds with elaboration Whetht
er we'd better risk It or moi.
aThat's d good idea When shall we
begin-nowa
.sNo; the next time we meet
He didn't care To- begin now because
it was only ID O'Clock al hight "
he u quite sure he would wish ~
spoon till /. Sc they sat locked AZ
each others arms till when ft
made prenarations for parting, Wassss
required half an hour more, aud final
" succeeded In dragging themselves
away from each other ut B. they
u IL WegGG TO HCEiASl uSlI4 ~
monial treatment at their next meet
ing, and lii order to be well prepared
he was not to call again for three
days. When the time vas up he had
neryed himself TO act man vito
had been married ten years. He save
her d perfunctory kiss and, throwing
hinself into an easy chair. asked Is
j ANYTHING new had turned up@since he
saw her last. she gave him i scnyn7
frl glance. made no reply end tar
4 ing a seat In another part Of the room,
q took up d book she lad been reading.
y He yaasned and. taking q cigarette
n 4 from d box. lit It. ieaTed back and
q smoked, There was q lorg silence
Ii was only G few minutes but 4
II h seemed long.
Been to your aunt's teddy Is
n i asked. Sa sg5s.
No. Is your uncle wellgs
Very
Another silence. during which BIC
Il took up a magazine from a tahle, turn
Il cd over the leaves and. threw IT down
II Then lie glanced In her direction and
u saw that the book she was reading. or
b \ rather, pretending to read, was upside
n AEdown, pictures and all.
III Been d big storm lately "a,
n mot that ! know OF. why do you
assg,
.0h, l see a picture OF a capsize6
ship in the book you're reading
This called her attention to the i'd
verified position OF the volume, and she
reversed it. There was no sound ex
II ~ jsaotr$ fla t,,rnfx,x - %W{4,% ~ - ~ x-l.s.t
occurred SO rapidly that she must have
been capable of reading a page every
A ten seconds, Finally he said with .
yawn.
Y i shall have to go to bed early To-
night, I've been up till late for several
nights.
Il I'm sorry you must go early
y He took out his watch. ID was &
quarter to 8. II think III 60 now,
B he said. aI'll drop into the club for i
few minutes before | go to my room
Good night"
4 Since he had not risen this was some.
what unexpected. he arose with a
scoWl q his brow and. without sag
ing a word OF adieu, strobe to the clos.
ct in the hall mi was hunting for his
u1a dAc Wncu ne ueHFQ u SOD Ill
rectiy behind him. She was there,
holding her handkerchief to her eyes.
He clasped her In his arms. and her
head fell on his shoulder. There was
an Impressive silence for some mo-
ments, which he broke.
Il don't believe this test plan is at
all necessary"
"I-don't-thfnk so.'.
I'm sure there are no disagrecable
features about you that would cause
me to wish myself unmarried.oo
sYou won't treat me badly, viii you,
Harry. dear?s
NO
The promise was sealed with a kiss.
Must you GO so early?,
by no means. Now that we have
proved that we love each other there's
no possibility Of our being DISSATISFIED
with each other after marriage
He was not SO sleepy as he had sup
posed. At any rate. 1t was half past 8
In the morning when he took his de-
parture.
He has now been married ten years.
and7h e wonders what they said to each
other between s p. 81. and 8 a. M. DIR
ing their sittings when ther1rrre an