Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-11
THE SUPERIORITY OF MAN.
I.sr.,..a. I..,,.nasl. and Eternal
III GAIL HAMILTON.

II III OI II 0XC0s H0 Cnn AI0IH I0 AINs
nj, ,h,, N. vom.r..re..,;.,. 80,
nsns IN cnarac'eiizins a. heroic the Few
women who stood at the polls and dis.
tributsd votes on election day; but un.
al man ran hs aisno..s...a =, NJ. .rh
u'H-s-u .iN-~-ou"N.~D
nme anu I'LL 'onqu'rnns ssi-0ohnasse
let US not say self-concsit-or until
woman AN be endowed with Il, there
ran be only pl.v at ~sou.Iitv. Wom.p
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N 'AA ~ ~
OF puPiiags N Wnicn sns nov hvss AND
moves mo mas Ler oeing. 1 am on
sinced tnst mans superiority may Dc
.facea oack 70 nus seli-eonnosnos. ne
uoes because ne gives nimssn only 70
doing, sno u not Iouoisd oy sur.
mises mat ne may onend or annoy. IL
Is . trait py no means confined to the
forward, unthankfui y III unholy.
IL mower IN VIA, yieot Az over me very
men VINO osnuaiiLs iove AND respect.
nor IL IL necessarily or oolsc'
uonsoie. ltis quite q hksiy 70 DO en-
tsrtaining ~ admirable. u consists
with . perfect modesty. 1t dstracts
nothing from un~selishness. To 1t Is
Inconsistencies almost inevitable. All
you may Be sure OF Is that 1t 10 simply
there, underlying every thought and act
however involuntary; agroundword that
may always be assumed whether or mol
visible to the naked eye-but generally
visible!
Lock Of the ridiculous way In which
q man takes for granted that o woman
will be interested In his sayings and do.
ings. II his wife has q long story to
tell him she Is filled with misgtvings
lest II may tire him, she leaves out
many little picturesque touches that she
may not take up this time, and. even ON
the hand gallop. she has not arrived
within call OF her conclusion, when no
asks with confusing directness, "Well.
how did It turn out 2" But the man has
no misgivings that he will be hurried,
or that life has anything better to oder
than listening to him. He begins his
story at its earliest morning stages, and
lspes ~leisurely to its close ; or. u 1t Do
rapid, no gives IL rapid transit, out ne
never omits anything on his wife's &C.
count. He tells what he said and what
the other man said. and what the other
man might OF said, and what he wssid
have said had the other man said what
he might have said. And the worst Of
II is-ths fatal point is-that his CONN.,
dence Ia Justified. The woman is inter.
ested. The mans talk takes her out OF
her W into q higher lie. and she mot
only tolerates but enjoys 1t ; and what
arc you going to do about III
Two women are spending the days oil
this long storm together. and both are
young and M Is beautiful, and neither
Is devoursd by sslf.depreciation nor
dreams that the evenings are drsary.
They road Dsirdre and mark Its smooth
flow and the Homsric touches. They
read Hamerton and dare to laugh at his
padding and platitudss. They browse
with Caliban on his island and are al.
together tranquil and content, and sud.
denly the front door filings open 10 q
man. breezy and blowsy as the northeast
wind that bowls him In. Now, II Il
were q woman In the case. entering upon
the sanity solitude OF Two men, what
language would be humble enough to
express her fears that abe was interrupt.
ing them. and In some way dc trop and
unwslcoms? But this royal, rollicking.
self-confdent creature has hardly hlled
the little drawing room with the spray
vigorously and c~heerfully shaken from
the stormbs.sprsnt shag OF his Ulster
before no Is cordially congratulsling
1.-TWO forlorn women" on thsir luck In
having him come down on them ! And
he disports himself in lordly fashion
corresponding to his audacious words
walks over the course rs II he were mon
arch OF all he surveyed, not In
the least conscious oil doing any
tnins very houccaoie, ou' because
that Is his natural stride; orders up
an open hre AND Sesproad, himself be-
fore 1t comfortably. while q woman
would shivsr nerseii MO pneumonia DO
ore she wosid venture 70 nint ~ nrs
WIZ nave no uinher-he dinea AT 'niee
but wiii accompany the iaaies,and
dreamily smpues tne cranosriy ai.n'
drains the teapot. calls ior oreao ui tne
whole breadeoard Is passed over TO MIN
IN desperation no Pudding. NO. 1
THINK you. but ai'sr oil are hrouga IN
moment OF abstraction puts In ms tnum
and picks cut a plum. and-there 10 no
cold pudding answering 10 is call oil
next days lunch ; while tho two women
who reckonsd themselves hungry would