Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-06-13

extra2 As Chad understood Il, In Mex
leo you didn't even have 20 allege thu
mental cruelty stuff. Down there yoi
could get 1t for hangnails or on &C
count Of the color of the party Of thi
second parts hair, or what would you
i In rebuttal, though, he was told tina
Il Mexican divorce was q dubious AMI
uncertain thing-like Mexican peacl
between uprisings. Besides, once In
while some fliss-cattish old Judge ovel
on the United States side Of the linf
had been known to get snooty about
one Of these Mexican divorces and It's
provisions. Shed heard OF such up
settings Of the applicant. She was TAX
ing no chances. Mexico was out-abso-
1utely.
No, what she craved was q good fool
proof New York decree. with the reg
ular trimmings. It might take longer
to get It than IL would take In one Of
these quick-order countries where they
kept the iron hot and slapped EN- out
like batter cakes. but when you got II
you had something, especially If you
lived in New York and held your citi-
zenship here and had your principal
property and financial interests, actual
and potential, all here. Then, anyhow,
she might open an interior decorating
shop or she might buy herself one OF
those adorable little new houses over on
Sutton place-she wasn't sure which,
yet-but in either event, her interest
for the time being would be near the
home nest. So that would be about all
for that.
''But. Sis, listen to me Just min
ute, please" he protested. You know
and know there's Just one statutory
ground in this state for divorce. Now,
while I may have failed to come short
In several thousand particulars, at least
there's one thing, believe 1t or not, that
I haven't done while we were acting
out this double sketch of ours-I haven't
messed about with any other woman.
The way I feel, right this minute, I'm
not liable to mess about, either. so
what It'll mean is deliberate collision
with a bunch Of shyster lawyers. And
1t means evading the spirit If not the
letter Of the law by a cold FLOODED
crooked plan. And dirty mess In court
and my name dragged through the mud.
And so on and SO forth. III admit this
matrimonial business of ours never got
TO be q real going concern until It start
I'd going to smash. Soncede that to
be my fault. Concede that as meal
ticket and an occasional dinner COM
panion and playmate I've been, from
your viewpoint, an impossible PROPOSE
ion. But for the sake OF the old days
before you made the fatal mistake OF
,aking me on, for the sake OF those
lays when you appeared to be genuinely
'ond of me and was fighting Ike q
iger to get you hitched up to me be-
ore anybody else COPIED you off-yes,
T YOU want to be sentimental over IL,
or my sake, Sis, why insist on hanging
his sort Of transaction around my neck
Y1en there are so many easier, cleaner
Ways to tackle the same job?"
And the upshot Of all that vain pother ,
his was that on q certain March day
lie went into town from down on Long [
sland-she was living in the apartment I
7htle he was winter camping at 8 place I
hey had in the country-and through
called upon junior mem /
er of q typicaIly small and typically I
Exclusive New York law firm composed /
I only seven or eight officially des- s
mated partners-tnis would not Of
purse, include senior clerks, special 2
and affiliated consultants I
and was by that expert skillfully adj J
Ised as to the jumps which he, as q Il
entleman and a husband, would be
alled upon to hurdle. .
Perfectly simple-and simply per- &
ct" said the junior member, with a i
iendly snile-genial soul that he was Il
and then recapitulated.
Beautiful that's the way 1t works :
1t, Mr.. Remington, If you only follow 4
structiOns. At 3 o'clock tomorrow aft a
noon you meet this girl I've been tell II
& you about in that cigar store on 4,
e corner Just below the hotel From : =
o description I gave you, you can't n
ISIS her. Anyhow, she'll have hand -
something like that. You can take q
r to this hotel and you register as
an and wife. Go up to your room and n,
hen you get there take off your coat hS
ID vest. Maybe you'd better take off n,
ur collar and tie, too. She puts on
me kind of negligee rig. You two sit
wn together and make yourselves sr
about the weather. -