El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

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XTOU had better be prepared to be
shocked I would rather have
drifted on for a while, but since
you have asked me, I must tell you
Mr. Hurley has told me that he loved
me think love him I am not sure
out = know that he Is the finest kind
est and strongest man have ever met
He is the kind Of a man that you meet
once in q lifetime.
Is it part Of your creed, mother dear.
Ln6U Two persons who, being married.
find that they do not love each other.
should 90 on living together TO the end
OF umeZ Is 1t your idea that they
should thus make mOckery Of this
sacred state OF matrlmOny2 When the
man and the woman have ceased to
love, is It not sacrilsgiOus for them 10
0ntinue living together in wedlock?
Are my ideas of right inverted or are
yours, moIher dearZ confess I don't
know only know that love seems to
me TO be the secret Of the world and
OF happiness Without love. life is
ennply- cannot see how It aids the
church or the nation to have Mr.. Hur-
ley or Mrs. Hurley going through life
hUngering for love It is Inevitable that
mistakes should be made in marriage
and the greatest mistake of the law
makers IS IN permitting people to mar
~ each other without question and
then virtually forcing them to live to-
gether.
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wrong and upside down. By making
marriage so easy, we place a premium
on Ioonshness- By making divorce so
hard and so scandalOUs, we place a
premium upon imbecile children. We
don't build any old kind of a rickety
Drloge and then make it stand there
We take the precautions first and
then II we find that We have built the
wrong kind. Of a bridge we replace it
with another That is the V-av we
should do with marriage Make strict
laws 10 guard against hasty marriages.
ProVlde that the couple shall wait six
months or year after declaring their
intentions IN the marriage license bu-
reau- This viii give them a chance TO
repent OF understand each other bet
Ier, ana TO appreciate the response
bllldes they are accepting. How much
more sensible this would be than for
the state to encourage everybody to
get married and then stand back. like
MephlStOpheles. and LAUGHING in their
races, tel them they must stay mar
RED, even though hatred had taken the
place Of lOvei
1 am unregenerate- Joy is in my heart
IIlal am really IoFed at last as I have
always wanted to be loved. The kind
of love that Jim Burke used to snfn
out 10 me seems tawdry and faraway
1 cant believe that ever endured the
life that / lived in Holbrooke All this
is so different with all nv dreams come
true Oh mother darling. if it is q sin
10 be happy, to be exultantIv haDDv
lllen am a sinner indeed I felt star
tied and taken aback when Mr.. Hurley |
told me Of his love and / said I couId
give him no answer. He said he wanted |
me to take plenty of time to think if I
over Mrs. Hurley told him that she 1
wanted to rush through the divorce
and expected TO have a final decree in /
Z month
I have not said yes" or no" bUt 1
oh, mater dear, 7 know what nv an
sWer IS going to be II is here in nv
heart singing all dav and all niche r :
love him and viii marry him 7 20 /
my part in the play each night
in dream Everybody says 7 am a I
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