The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-21
LOVES A B C.


The speaker was one Of two gentlemen sit
ling ut an open window on tho second stor
OF the ocean Hotel" Long Branch. Bot
the young men were smoking.
Yes; lam going to Europe" was the re
ply. II will be frank with you, Charley, fo
we were at school together, were chums al
college, and have been close friends evel
L since. will say to you what could say tx
4 no one else; and feel must unburden my
7 self to somebody"
u IA woman, of course ?" said his friend, sen
tentiously, selecting fresh cigar.
Yes: q woman"
Miss Temple ?"
'Isabel Temple
dust as supposed. But look here, Hal, Is
{ she not a bit Of blue-stocking
Harry Darnley WINGED. He could not bear
that any one should speak disparagingly of
I the woman he loved, and Charley Rossiter
! used the phrase, he knew, disparagingly.
- do not think So" he answered. "She
ranks intellect above all else; is fond of the
{ mere boys; likes. In fact, to talk of things,
\ not persons; In other words, is no gossip. as
4 so many women are. If that is being blue
stocking, then she is one"
IcGisSly., heaqb Darwin Herbert Spen-
cor and Huxley. don't mean to be often
sive, but Isn't this your half-1edged female
( lecturer? Before long, mark me, she'll be
harranguiDg from platform, probably In
1ull boomers, with monkey-ja jacket and
Even Harry could hardly repress a smile.
4 But he replied. warmly:
s You do her great injustice. She Is thor
Ough woman at heart. with infinite capacities
sforsympathy, self sacrifice, tenderness, devo-
hoe xrnf IoI l.
deeper nature"
You mean that no man has ever yet won
her love- interrupted Charley.
Harry finished, without noticing the inter
Eruption. "As she is full of character she
feels the need Of doing something, and so
throws herself, heart and soul, into all the
movements"
q stOh, yes; goes to feminine conventicles, |
where they read poems and essays, admire
each other, and listen to transcendentaI fools |
Rlecturing Faith, Harry. thought you had |
more sense than to fall In love with O. girl of |
that kind Grant she is pretty, charming,
4 fascinating even. l am quite ready to admit
but for Heavens sake don't marry any woman
who thinks more Of herself than she ever will |
vi anybody else"
Harry took turn up and down the room
to calm his irritation, regretting that he had
You entirely mistake her, he said, at last
y You should see her in the privacy of her
home, as have; for first met her a year
3ago at her fathers country seat Her little
sisters fairly worship her; SO do all the poor
of the neighborhood. A woman more free
from affectation, or who is less self-conscious,
never lived"
And she will have none of your"
In every way ! have shown my love, but
she will not let me speak. She seems to wish
delicacy Of true woman"
well, old fellow, I'm sorry for YOU You're
not the sort Of man either that really first
rate women dislike. and that you overrate
she'd crawl on her hands and knees to beg you
not to go away, but to remain here and live
Tor her.
, Some day." said Harry, with sigh,
she'll find she has heart, and then you'll
see how you have maligned her. She's the
sort OF girl to die for the man she loves"
sStuff and nonsense! She'll die for nobody
unless when Older, she dyes for herself.
Pardon the pun, know it's intolerable, but
hair, instead Of coming out chestnut color,
will come out blue. Ha ha"
4 You may laugh at women who are intel
lectuaI, and sneer at them for blues" an
swered Harry, sternly; ''but for my part !
being tied for a whole lifetime to silly
woman. But with one as bright, as full Of
spirits. as cultivated as Miss Temple for a
Wife and companion. ones home would never
groW uuH.
"A perfect woman. nobly plann'd
4. To warn, to comfort and command,
And yet spirit STILL and bright
With something OF an angel light
.Heaven bless her! hope the man who
sfus her. when I'm far away and forgotten,
Vim be worthy Of so rich prize"
III wish him Joy Of his icicle: The cold
litter 81 steel; llbrains, no heart. She isn't
anable of learning the A B O Of love, and
$500. will hn FORGET her, Harry"
aWcll, we shall never agree on this subject,
What saw YOU to stroll on the parade?"
with al my he tas r9s app 9Ss last
,,,,e sA said Harry. In conclusion. ''There's
J TIE Be- picnic at Paradise Rocks. After that
well, Europe
~ there had been O listener to their CONVEX
TIL, alton. much less that the listener vas the
cry lady under discussion. But 60 s,,n y Was Is
he hotel, and, finding her out, had sat down
va Il