1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

CHAPTER II

" In heat of youtt, poor Jack engaged a wife A^liose tongue, te found, miglit prove a scourge for life ; Perplexed, te still ^jut off tKe evil day. Grew sick at length, and just expiring lay. To which sad crisis, having brought the matter To wed or die — he wisely chose the latter. Of all bachelors, the Impecunious bachelor is most deserving of sympa- In fact, he is the only one who a single life; the reason Is too obvious. But too often, alas! It is from neces- sity rather than choice that the im- pecunious fellow remains single. That Is the Irony of Fate. " To those who would wed, It shall be denied." thy. needs It. No one ever asks a mill- ionaire bachelor why he leads