Yes,
perfect!
Barney's plans soared on. Some day, when it fitted in just right with
his plans, he was going to marry Maggie, It was only recently that he
had seen her full charms, and still more recently that he had
determined upon marriage. That decision had materially altered certain
details of the career Barney had blue-printed for himself. Barney had
long regarded marriage as an asset for himself; a valuable resource
which he must hold in reserve and not liquidate, or capitalize, until
his own market was at its peak. He knew that he was good-looking, an
excellent dancer, that he had the metropolitan finish. He had
calculated that sometime some rich girl, perhaps from the West, who
did not know the world too well, would fall under the spell of his
charms; and he would marry her promptly while she was still
infatuated, before she could learn too much about him. Such had been
Barney's idea of marriage for himself; which is very similar to ideas
held by thousands of gentlemen, young and otherwise, in this broad
land of ours, who consider themselves neither law-breakers nor
adventurers.
But that was all changed now. Now it was Maggie, though Maggie in
pursuit of their joint advantage might possibly first have to go
through the marriage ceremony with some other man.
Pages:
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155