A Man Never Gets Over It
By Cornelia A. P. Comer
(From “The Wealth of Timmy Zimmerman,” in the “Atlantic Monthly.”)
“I mean to have a swell home, if I am a bachelor,” boasted Timmy. “I feel like I wanted it. It’s just another game, I guess. But I’ll play a lone hand—I don’t reckon a man can be ready for matrimony when it sends cold shivers down his spine just to think of it, do you?”
Kid lowered his voice.
“Timmy, listen a minute. I’ll tell you something—a man never gets over feelin’ that way about it. He just has to kind of chloroform them feelings and hurry along with it. Because there ain’t no doubt it’s the thing to do.”