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Show Unhappy Love Affairs. A clergyman discussing unhappj love affairs said: "Many a love tragedy is caused by a husband's promise to a dying wife that ho will not marry again. Ho thinks whon ho makes this promise that It will bo easy to keep. Whether It is easy or hard to keep it is a prom-iso prom-iso rarely, if ever, broken. "Timo and again widowers havo sought mo out for advlco on this subject. sub-ject. Thoy aro in love, but thoy promised prom-ised their dead wives not to marry again. Shall they break or keep this promise? I can only advlso them to do as their conscience dictates. "At tho samt Umo I think it is selfish sel-fish for dying wives to extract such promises from their broken-hearted husbands. Such promises, by tho way, aro rarely extracted by dying husbands hus-bands from broken-hearted wives. But then when tho dead husband's will is read It is usually found that If the widow marries again tho money is all taken from her. So it comes to the same thing In tho end, doesn't It?" |