The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1878-03-28
LOVES A b c.
"Goinp to Euro

"Going to Europe?''
The speaker was one of two gentle
men sitting at an open window on the
second story of the "Ocean Hotel, u
Long Branch. Both the young men
were smoking.
eyes; I am going to Europe" was the
reply. 81 will be frank with you, Char
ley, for we were at school together, We're
chums at college, and have been close
| friends ever since. I will say to YOU
what I could say to no one else; and ]
feel I must unburden myself to some
body"
GA woman, of course ?" said his
friend, sententiously, selecting fresh
cigar.
eyes; a woman"
Miss Temple?'
"Isabel Temple
"Just as supposed. But look here,
Hal, is she not bit of a blue-stock-
ng2"
Harry Darnley WINGED. He could not
| bear that any one should speak dispar-
agingly of the woman he loved, and
Charley Rossiter used the phrase, he
knew, disparagingly.
81 do not think So" he answered.
"She ranks intellect above all else; is
fond of the society of men of ability
rather than that of mere boys, likes, in
fact, to talk of things, not persons; in
other words, is no gossip, as SO many
women are. Ii that is being blue
stocking, then she is one."
"Precisely. Reads Darwin, Herbe rt
Spencer and Huxley. L don mru-s =
be Offensive, but isn't this your half
hedged female lecturerf Before long,
mark me, she'll be haranguing from a
platform, probably in full Bloomers,
with a monkey jacket and mans hat. +"
Even Harry could hardly repress a
smile. But he replied, warmly:
You do her great injustice. She is
| thorough woman at heart, with infinite
capacities for sympathy, self-sacrifce,
tenderness, devotion. Only nothing has
yet touched her deeper nature"
"You mean that no man has ever yet
won her love-, interrupted Charley.
Harry finished, without noticing the
interruption: CAS- she is full of char
| acter, she feels the need OF doing some
thine, and so throws herself heart and
soul into all the movements, from the
Radical Club down"
"Oh yes; goes to feminine conven-
ticles, where they read poems and essays,
| admire each other, and listen to trans
cendental fools lecturing. Faith, Harry,
I thought you had more sense than to
fall in love with a girl of chat kind.
Grant she is pretty, charming, fascinat-
ing, even. 1 am quite ready to admit
| the two last, and / know she is beauti-
full, but for heavens sake don't marry
| any woman who thinks more of herself
than she ever will of anybody else."
Harry took turn up and down the
room to calm his irritation, regretting
that he had made a confdant of this
cynical Charley.
"You entirely mistake her." he said,
at last. tYou should see her in the
! privacy of her home, as I have: for I
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 sef-con-
scious. never lived.
"And she will have none of you?"
"In every way have shown my love,
but she Will not let me speak. She
seems to wish to spare me refusal, and
in that reveals the delicacy of a 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
convinces me that you overrate this Miss
Temple. If she knew you as do, she'd
crawl on her hands and knees to beg you
not to go away, but to remain here, and
live for her.
"Some day." said Harry, with sigh,
"she1l find she has heart, and ther
you'll see how you have maligned her.
She's the sort of girl to die for the
man sine loves"
''Stuff and nonsense She'll die fol
nobody unless, when older, she dyes fol
herself Pardon the pun, know it's
intolerable, but it's good enough for her
I only hope her hair, instead of coming
out chestnut color, will come out blue
Ha! hap
"You may laugh at women who arr
intellectual, and sneer at them fol
blues" answered Harry, sterrly; "bu
for nv part / wouldn't marry one who
wasn't. Think of being tied for whole
lifetime to a silly woman. But with ONT
as bright, rs full of spirits, rs cultivated
as Miss Temple for wife and compan
ion. ones home would never grow dull.
"A perfect woman, nobly plaun'd
| To warn, to comfort aud command.
| And vet spirit still, and bright,
with something of an angel light
"Heaven bless her ] hope the man wht
wins her, when Tn far away and forgot
ten, will be worthy of SO rich prize"
"I wish him joy of his icicIe. Tn
cold glitter OF steel; all brains, no heart
She isn't espable of learning even thu
A B @ of love, and never will be. For
get hex, Harry"
"Well, we shall never agree on thi
subject, go let us drop it, and forget
ever spoke. What say you to a stroll ol
the Parade2"
'With all my heart, was the re
ponse.
sI shall see her to morrow for th