The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-07-12
A Curious Complication.


"You won't give me away she ex-
claimed earnestly, as the Question An.
swered man handed her to a chair and
assumed his most sympathetic aspect.
eff mamma knew I came to you there
would be no end Of fussl But what
could do? l want advice, and 1 knew
you would give it to me-"
"What is it all about?' inquired the
Question man. kindly.
81 am in ever so much trouble, and I
want to do what's right" she sighed. 81
wish could see my way clear"
Sunday school teacher?" asked the
Questions man, cycling her keenly.
EYES," she replied. II am Sunday
school teacher, and there are two young
men in love with me. One is so good
that he makes me Cry to look at him, but
the other is worldly. He smokes and
plays billiards and all that sort of wick
edness, but he takes me out and gives
me oysters and cream while the other
one is home learning Bible verses.
Every time I go with him I feel so
wicked, and when the good one comes
around to go over the lesson with me, l
feel that am not worthy of him. Oh,
what shall do?"
Don't the good one ever set up any
thing ?" asked the Questions man, scratch
ing his chin.
"Oh, no He says that oyster houses
and ice-cream saloons are snares and
denominations"
"He's right about that !" murmured
the Questions man.
And he says that should not infame
my soul with stews or cool it Oft with
ice cream"
(which of them has the most money!"
queried the Questions man.
ooh, the good young man has the
most money!" she replied. But he
never takes me to the theatre or the
opera. We go to church together and
he talks So beautifully of the sweet by
and by You ought to hear him"
"What does the other fellow talk
about?'
sob, he always talks about rackets,
and wants to know where l would like
to go next. But must give one of them
up, and want you to ADVISE me which I
shall keep"
Its a pretty plain case, 1 think y
commenced the Questions man. you
should hang on to the bad man who sets
'em up"
think so?" she exclaimed, blushing
with delight. do you really think L
would be happier with him."
Stick to him until you marry the
good one. That's obviously your duty
as Christian. A girl never gets so sick
of anything as of a pious lover who never
cato onofbinn Won olinU m tho ho1
one who buys cream and oysters and
you'v got. the other fast for the marry
when you get settled down."
That's what ma said," faltered the
beauty, modestly casting down her eyes.
"And il you agree with her don't see
what else there is for me to do"
"Strikes me that's curious advice" re.
marked 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'll work both of those fell
lows for all the candy, cream, oysters,
matinees, operas and things of that kind
there are in the city of Brooklyn from
now to the time they all go out of sea-
son."
and do you call that Christian ad-
vice." demanded the law reporter.
Don't mind, sonny. She'll go around
and tell what @ nice lot of fellows we are
here and it will 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 yen for
get?'
And then the Questions man went
back to his work, while the Jaw reporter
looked at him with the awe that worldly
wisdom always inspires in the minds of
the innocent. Brooklyn Eagle.