The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-30
Married by Their Wives
From San Francisco Argonant

side her natural charms a woman has a
certain mesmeric will-force to bring to
bear on q man which is dangerousto his
welfare. There are critical moments in
. mans career when it will take all the
resolution he can master to refrain from
compromising himself for life.
i was much amused with the expert
ence Of q friend Of mine who a short
time ago received his first lesson in
what may be called bachelor prudence.
It seems that the affair commenced in
good nature, took on a little crescendo,
as the musicians would say, and finally
ended with an allegro marziale.
My friend is one of those good
natured men who look at everything
from q sentimental point of view.
Overlooking the excellence of his
motives, he is the most uncomfortable
being to get along with possible. In
his head are all the virtues Of the Pala-
din, chivalry of a Sidney, and the
heoric self-ahnegation of a Socrates; and
with every new book he reads he adds o
new ideal of conduct. 1t is not surpris-
~ ohneinieo PROMISES more
than ne can carry through.
he got lnto cub IN b most natur-
q way IN the world, and indeed the thing
D o happened to others than he. A
young man had been grossly impertinent
% girl friend, but in order to save
that girl friend q scandal the matter
been overlooked. The cub who did
the deed. however, is rich and marriage
able, n consequently still has a foot
ing IN society. A girl, a-stranger to my
TREND be 1T said, snnbs the cub. In
tense enthusiasm OF my friend. Noble
and discerning girl, etc.,
ETC.; Wilt be introduced at
once. (What a dangerous thing it is to
be at once! Mem.-Always
make 1t later If you CAM Ny friend is
introduced In due form. Intense en-
pressement on the part of my friend;
gracious reception on the part of the
glrl. One dance, and then another.
a german favor, WHICH is returned; an
inVltatlon to call, which is accepted with
aiacrlty: The call is made and proves
agreeable. Further invitation to call,
and then q promise to read from these
authors who combine beauty of thought
with weight OF meaning. Vows of pla-
tonic friendship, What q dangerous
thing VOWS OF platonic friendship are!
Mem.-Never make them.)
The drama moved on. One evening
my friend called with a particularly
~well-chosen assortment from Ruskin,
Emerson, and DeQuincey, as pieces de
resistance, and q little of Barry Corn
wall and Mrs. Bro wning's Portuguese
Sonnets as plats cucres. The fire was
burning brightly on the dogs. A few
flowers were arranged in q slender sill
yer vase, and an almost imperceptible
perfume pervaded the room. AS my
friend threw himself back in the long
e~asy-chair and experienced the exquisite
masculine thrill of pleasure in running
the lace tidy, he fell to thinking what an
agreeable duty was his to fill a fresh,
pure mind, with angel eyes and sylph-
X form, with fair thoughts taken from
the masters of prose and song. This
train of thought was peculiarly agree
able to him from the fact that it was
quite disinterested. "some day, Thought
my friend, some good fellow will be
teaching" These delightful magma
tions were brought to a close by the
appearance of the fair pupil herself.
After chatting pleasantly for q little
while, my friend asked whether he
should begin reading.
II should like it very much" she said,
quietly.
So he began. First with Emerson's
Napoleon; then with DeQuincey's
Joan of Arc;" then followed a sonnet
r two, and then q love song by Barry
cornwall. And as my friends voice rose
and fell and became strong with noble
scorn, awful with elevation, quiet with
reserved strength, and melting with the
accent of pathos and love, he could not
help thinking. "How much I am doing,
to be sure, for the other fellow. The
reading was concluded with the rapt
Dir Of one of whose thoughts were too
full for u%tterance. He closed the beauti-
fully bound vSlume of Ruskin's Queens
Gardens" and looked vaguely up from
the glowing logs to the mantel-piece
above.
How beautiful it is" finally said the
pupil.
eyes, it is very beautiful" replied the
master.
Ihe latter now rose to take his leave,
when the fair pupil herself rose, and, it
seemed to him, fairly planted herself
before the door. Without the slightest
note Of warming, she thus addressed
him:
II WISH" said she, with a sentiment
tally desperate air, "you-would-not
call any more"
NY friend felt a cold chill of horror
stealing over his members. His knees
trembled. The eyes of the young lady
were firmly fixed upon him. He was