Judge — October 22, 1898 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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As W 266 Wet WEDDED WITHOUT LOVE. T HERE was once a woman. I married her. Not for love, but for money. I was disap- ; pointed in the amount which came to me £ through the marriage, but no one ever knew ee of my disappointment. Carefully I veiled my Ane feelings and toiled on as though every expec- a tation had been met. aes Years passed, but the woman became oe but little more to me than other women. “Ua There was a certain restraint in all our con- ‘ean versation and bearing toward each other. ica We had trials, but they were never shared, aan Joys also there were for both, but our laughs were never simultaneous. Friends observed Co the distance between us, but made no com- me ment. We were both strangely constituted and had little in Keer common in taste, temperament, or religion. I am sure that I " never kissed her but once, and that on the bridal morn in the Sis presence of others and with perfect composure. ple « When children were born to her my heart beat not a whit think Taster. I do not remember to have once felt the thrill of father- hood. More years passed, tracing themselves in silver upon our temples. Then she died. My heart that day was as cold and tranquil as the snow which mantled the earth in stilly whiteness. GREEN-EYED ENVY. PINK-kyE PRENDERGAST —"* It's a wonder yer wouldn't git yer hair cut, instid of tyin’ it in knots like sum ole woman,” Conat-Torp CLements—"* Go on; wotter yer givin’ us? Ain't dat hair good any time fer a sittin’-down job in a hair restorer’s winder? Ain't de hard-up foot-ball player a ood snap ter work soon? Ain't it de easies’ matter ter untie dat knot an’ immegitly tara inter a sufferer from de Klondike ? Go on, yer duffer ; yer only jealous.” When it was all over the world held as much for me as before, and only occasionally do I now recall the flowers and bright faces which surrounded me on that June morning long ago, when I awaited her at the altar and married her—to another. Iamaclergyman. And a bachelor. HEN a man has accidentally made a very witty remark and has not fully comprehended it himself the absence of elation in his demeanor is immediately attributed to his sang froid and wit instead of his stupidity. | IA WILY WILLIE’S LIGHTNING CHANGE; OR. HOW HE ELUDED THE SLICK GUARDIAN OF THE PEACE, comicbooks.com