Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1885 — Marrying for Money. [ARTICLE]

Marrying for Money.

I had a conversation with a very clever and attractive New York lady, who, among other misfortunes, was afflicted with $2,000,000. She said Bhe would never marry, because she would not believe that any man wanted her for any other reason than her gold. “And what,” I asked, “do yon lose thereby ? If a gentleman takes you because you are so pretty, the small pox, a fall from a horse, any accident, may destroy your beauty, and where will his love be if it is for that reason only he took you ? If another one falls in love with you because you are so fresh, so young, so lively, time is safe to destroy that, and your hold on him is lost But if he takes you for your money, yon need only beware of dangerous speculations, and you will always keep the charm that brought him to your feet, and you have nothing to fear.” “That is one way of looking at it,” she said; and so completely did she embrace my opinion that barely a year after I received an invitation to her wedding with an English nobleman. —Temple Bar.