The diamond drill., 1919-06-07


= good time ! had steady work
and good salary. and was spending
most OF It as 1t came In. Some OF
my friends were getting married and
seemed to be happy but FOR . good
while marriage was no temptation to
me, although sometimes would have
pang OF hunger for home OF my
own. but when thought over all the
girls i knew felt sure that there
was rot one OF them whom / would
choose for a wife. There were many
whose society ! enjoyed for few
hours ct time, but when l thought
OF what marriage means-that a fell
low chooses Just one girl. out OF mil
lions OF girls, to go with him, not for
a few hours OF social pleasure, oc-
casionally when he is In the mood.
but for every hour OF every day OF
every week OF every month OF every
year through youth and middle life
and old age until the very last breath
has died within him-when l thought
OF that, 1t used to give me delirium
tremens, and I felt sure that I could
never love any girl enough 10 tempt
me to take such chances,
i must have had fine deposit OF
lvanity about me, because In those
days II never occurred to me that any
wise girl In looking me over, might
hesitate a long while before she
would be willing to accept an inyi-
sation to travel that long and risky
road with me.
But when I met Lorna, l knew then
that / had found the girl OF girls Tor
me. I didn't believe that l could live
without her. knew that had TO
win her, but there was a buch OF
other fellows who had the same con-
viction. I was no longer worried as
60 whether l could love her enough
20 walk "the long, long trail with
her. My great anxiety was to con-
vince neT lndL nuS uaiSN $50 "
ahat trail with me
I didn't let any grass grow on the
pathway TO Lorna's house. The
grass never had a chance. kept
the roots tramped out. Lorna must
have had good time, II she liked
that sort OF thing. because 1t seemed
10 me that every fellow in town was
wearing the same kind OF path thai
vas. But Lorna has been KIND
and has always maintained though
with a demure and deyllish twinkle
III her eye-that there was only on'
OF the many for her. But never
gfeel quite comfortable when she has
that devilish twinkle in her eyes. !
may mean so little or II may meaI
so much.
must have had some ability to'
-and a great imagination, and som'
skill as a liar, because the things
told that girl | was going 70 do To-
her, covered the whole catalog Q
human achievements and a lot 2
things that were not listed, ! prom
ised her everything under heaven
girls heart could wish for and wen
way beyond her fondest hopes an
brightest visions.
| suppose man is never such
monstrous liar at any other time Q
his life as when he is making love I
a woman.
You see in my case II was justin
ed had to have her. was Graz
about her. Lorna was a life an
death quest with me and she nearl
proved the death OF me before ! wo
her, but from that day she has bee
an Angel OF Delight in my life
Well we were married and went o.
for almost a month We came bac
a few days before my vacation OK
plred so that we might find a hous
and fit 1t up for home That wa
the first serious business Of our mar
ried life. The honeymoon doesn
fcount; It Is Just a cooling and billin
excursion. We hadn't thought muc
about house We supposed {
course that we could find what W
wanted without much trouble. w
had something to learn about house
hunting. We were staying at LoI
mas home and the first morning afte
our return we put on simple stree
clothes and started In quest OF
house. ] was little nervous. TIL
honeymoon had cost me a good deG
more than / had estimated, and m
bank account was low, but we starte
out cheerfully and walked and inquii
ed until noon. During the first hou
. 1t was lark. After that It wa