The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-03
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| Many are the curious questions pro-
pounded to the newspaper OF wide
CIRCULATION. Some people are unwilling
to etfJfst the maifs with their inquiries.
or are in such great haste to obtain an
| swers that they seek personal inter
views with the editor The Brooklyn
Eagle gives an account of the visit of a
ynung lady who had a remarkable COM
| plication of troubles. s..
ft*You won't give me away she ex-
claimedgs earnestly, as the Questions
/ Answered man handed her to n chair
and assumed his most sympathetic as
pect .+Ifraamma knew | came to you
3here would be no end of fussi But
what could Il do? [ want advice, and
knew YOU would give it to me-
Questions man. kindly. st
ri am in ever so much trouble, and
want to do what's right" she sighed
] wish 4 could see my way clear.
/ esSsunday School teaeherPn asked the
Questionsanan, cycling her keenly.
Yes shetreplied. II am Sunday
School teacher, and there are two young
men in love withme. One Is SO 1good
that he makes me cry TO look at him.
bat the other is worldly. He smokes
and plavs billiards, and all that sort of
Wiekedness, but he takes me out and
gives me oysters and cream, while the
other one, il home learning Bibleverses.
Every time | go with him | feel SO
wicked, and when the good one comes
around to GO over the lesson with me,
feel that am not worthy of him. Oh,
what shah do?" "
Don't the good one ever set up any
thingP'' asked the Questions man,
scratching his chin.
..Oh, no. He says the oyster houses
and cream saloons are snares and abom-
STATIONS. y - f
L Hes right about that mnrmured
the Questions man. e4t -f
And he says that | should not in
flame my soul with stews or cool it of
with ice cream. .,fr,. .-f
(which of them has the most money!
iqueried the Questions man. afE
- <'Oh, the good young man has the
most money! she answered. :, But he
never takes me to the theatre or the
circus OF. the opera. We go to church
together, and he talks SO beautifully of
the sweet by and by. You ought to hear
= :sN h does the other fellow talk
a..oh, he always talks about raaekets.
and wants to know where i would like
to go next, But | must give one of
then. up, and want you TO advise me
= Its a pretty plain case, think, !"
commenced the Questions man. You
should hang on to the bad man who sets
'em up" .4
Think SO, she exclaimed, blushipg
with delight do you really think /
would be happier with him?" d....
.'Stick to him until you marry the
good one. That's obviously your duty
as a Christian. A girl never gets SO
sick of anything as of pious lover who
never sets anything up. You cling to
the bad one who buys cream and oys-
tiers. and maybe you'll convert him. Ii
YOU don't you've got the other fast for
the marry when you get ready to settle
down. -
That's what ma said,' faltered the
beauty, modestly casting down her
eyes. And if you agree with her
| don'ts see what else there is for me to
do. - 1~
'.Strikes me that's curious advice"
remarked the law reporter, AS the girl
went out.
don't you bother, young man." OBJ
served the Questions man with severity.
That pretty little Sunday School teacher
isn't going to marry either of them.
She just wanted my advice to hold over
that pious chap. and you mark my
words. she II work both of those fellows
for All the candy. cream, oysters, mat
tinees-operas, and things of that kind
there are in the city of Brooklyn,
from now until tho time they all go out
Of COO CON 81 4.
= Sand do you .call that Christian ad-
vice? femanded the law reporter.
Don't mind, sonny. She'll GO around
and fe11 what nice lot of fellows,we are
here, and it viii Increase the influence
OF this paper among the churches more
than any reporting you can do from
now till that girl gets married, and don't
you forget ni''
:, And the Questions man went back to
his work, while the law reporter looked
at him with the awe that worldly wis
dom always inspires in the minds of the
innocent.