He wanted me to marry him.

If--if the other, the one that went away, had written I never would have thought of such a thing, but he didn't write.

And, my pride bein' hurt, and all, I finally said yes to the second chap.

My folks did all they could to stop it; they told me he was dissipated, they said he had a bad name, they told me twa'n't a fit match.

And his people, havin' money, was just as set against his takin' a poor girl.