The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-01

you, with all your brilliant ideas,
tied down that way"
"6less you. Baby!" her mother
exclaimed. "AIy lost uncle turned
UP just about then, and found me
out. He was a terrible creature:
six feet tall. very. dry and brittle
and had a bad cough. and vile
temper. What was left Of his car
roty hair had turned a yellow gray.
| Hhe poor thing hadn't long to live.
81 '..Ile had worked too hard. and
lived too roughly. to know how to
lake care Of himself. He had plenty
Of money, l discovered, and while
he knew how to take care of ii, he
didn't know how to spend it. He
didn't want to leave il to any one.
especially to a girl. But I was all
he had-poOr SOUL" For a mo-
ment. Mary's mother caressed the
toe Of her slipper IN silence.
but Mother, please" urged
Mary. 'hOw can l wait until you
get to me:'
Her mother came back from
some long unlit cavern Of her mind.
''Of course" she admitted. "that
would naturally interest you most.
Though Uncle found me and told
me OF his money, he swore me 70
secrecy as far as Mrs. Thomas
boarding house was concerned. He
was like lot Of unmarried people.
tremendously keen about marrying
OF the rest Of the world. Mrs..
Thomas had had bad first and a
wretched second husband, and hat
ed men even worse than I did. She
assured Uncle that I was a good
girl and kept myself to myself and
was perfectly safe.
"Uncle went away without COM
uniting himself in any way. but two
days later letter came, saying I
was TO come to a certain address
to see him. went. It was a pri-
vate sanitarium, and Uncle was
very Ill indeed.
He had his lawyer with him.
and then and there 1 was ordered
to get married. Uncle wanted to
know that his money was going to
some properly married woman with
man to look after her. I think
some woman had treated him badly
when he was young and poor. He
i, wanted me to get married before
anyone knew l had any chance Of
getting money. He wanted me tied
up to hard-working lad who
would expect to work for me. and
would start honest, as he said, and
have a family at once, and as large
afamily as possible.
s II was shocked and angry. furi.
OlIsly angry. But oh, how wanted
that money! There 1t was, dangling
IN front Of me, a chance to learn
all the things l longed to know, Z
chance to travel, to have pretty
clothes. all the things I'd sworn to
have. My dearest day dreams could
be realities now. but would be lost
to me unless had man to hang
them on. ], who hated men. who
hadn't wanted. and never had had
Z young man."
ooh, Mother, what did you do?"
Il didn't know what to do. I
came home simply beside myself.
l couldn't confide In the cook, or
Mrs. Thomas. knew what would
happen. They would laugh at me
-aEd despise me. It's. odd, isn't
It? It's always the women 'whosve
made the worst matrimonial blum
4ers who laugh the. hardest
fssI found Mrs. Thomas IN fine
rage. ia forgotten to do the third
hoor before I went out. That was
the, floor young De Harms. Woods
and. Dabbss occupied I went up
there as quickly as l could get my
things on and began Shaping
things together. Young pabbs'
room left to the last. because
we'll, because he was Z decent
young fellow and wasn't so fault
dndinE as the others"
II thought you hated all men, Z"
coyanfnted Mary. l}yly.
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