Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-08-28

question. I'm not strong mlndeo
enough to crank my own motorcar and
study woman suffrage. prefer to
suffer at the hands OF some cruel man
and trust to beguiliuS him into doing
just as say, | like men. can't help
1t, and want one for my own don't
count poor MIR, Carter.
Second. il not Alfred. who? Judge
Wade is so delightful that hutter ut
the thought, but his mother is Aunt
AdeineS own best trieud. and they
have ideas in common She Is 50 re
ligiouS that living With hsr would be
like having the sacrament for daily
have adventures. | never saw such
eyes. The girl he wanted 10 marry
died ot tuberculosis. and he wears
locket with her IN ii yet I'd like to
reward him for such faithfuness with
a nice husky wife to wear instead OF
the locket But. then, Altred's been
faithful too. look At Ruth Chester
and realize how faithful, and my heart
mets to him i'll my breast My hips
have almost all melted away. too. so
had better keep the heart cold enough
to handle II | want anything left ut ali
for him to come home to
In some ways Tom Pollard is the
most congeniai man | ever knew. You
have to say don't" to him all the
time. but what woman doesn't like a
little impertinence once in awhileg
flavor all Toms daredevil kisses with
ktnShip when feed them To my con.
science. and truly try to make him be
serious about the important things in
life, like going to church with his
mother and working Ill day even II he
Is rich | wish he wasn't SO near kin
to me- Now. there. / feel in Ruth
Chester's way again. One of the things
that keeps the devil So busy is taking
helpless widows to the heights OF
knowledge and showing them king
doms OF men that girls never dream
even exist. IL all women could have
been born with widow eyes things
would run much more smoothly along
the marriage and giving in marriage
line. And the poor men arc most OF
them rs ignorant as girls about what
to do.
l suppose | really would be doing a
righteous thing to marry Mr. Graves,
and | would adore all those children
to start with. but | know Billy would
not get on with them at all. | can't
even consider it on his account but III
lnt thn ninn al
few times more to see me. for he really
is interesting and we have suffered
things in common. Mrs Graves lacked
the kind of temperament poor Mr..
Carter did Id like to make it all up
to him. but If Billy wouldn't be happy
that settles it, and | don't know how
good his boys are. | couldn't have
Billy corrupted.
And so, as there is nobody else ex.
actly suitable in town. it all SINNERS
down to one or the other of these or
Alfred In my heart ! knew that
couldn't hesitate minute, and in the
flash of second | decided. OF course
l love Alfred and I'll take him gladly
and be the wife he has waited for sal
these SIX lonely years, I'll make ee-
erything up to him If have to diet
to keep thin for him the rest of my
life. | likely will have that very thing
to do. and ! get weak at the idea Be
fore burn this book I'll have to copy
1t all out and be chained to it for life
At the thought my heart dropped like
n sinker to my toes. but hauled it up
to its normal place with picturing to
myself how Alfred would look when
he saw me in that old blue muslin
done over into Rene wonder. How
ever, old heart would show strange
propensity for sinking down into my
slippers without any reason at all
Tears were even coming into my eyes
when Tom suddenly came over the
fence and picked me and the heart up
together and put us into an adventure
Of the first water