The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-12-29

"Inls Is probably what you were
looking for, sir" | said.
! He took the volume from nv hand
with evident pleasure and just as evi.
dent surprise.
Ladies do not usually care for this
sort of literature" he said apologize.
ally. when he saw that had read bis
face.
Il replied:
Ladies have little incentive to care
for such things, because society
| promptly and most emphatically dis
courages all such indications of strong
mindedness. Of course it can make
nh difference to woman whether the
house shs lives in is built in Corinthian.
Doric or Gothic style, or has no style
at all. In her an affectstion of pretty,
childlike simplicity is considered very
interesting, and, if she can be interest
ing, why need she aspire to become in
telligent?"
81 think you are mistaken, Miss Ais
ton. i think the days when a woman
was admired for her ignorance may
safely be named in the past tense"
You are man of society, and ought
to know; but my small field of obser-
walton has shown me that some women,
at least, affect frivolity and simplicity
in the presence of company. from
which inferred that society admired
that kind of women"
Perhaps it does, after a fashion,"
he replied. with a smile. but depend
upon it, Miss Allston, the scepter of
belleship was never yet wrested from
an intelligent conyersationalist by an
ignorant woman. even though the
brilliant woman has a much palmer
face than the other. People love to be
entertained. and one who can offer wit
and wisdom without pedantry is sure
TO be admired. and, if she can add
genuine unselhshness to her list of &C
complishments. to be loved also"
Perhaps" said |. but have you
not forgotten to return to the drawing
room?"
Thank you for the reminder, Miss
Allston; may / venture 10 hope that
this will not be our last mceting?"
81 am, as told you, servant, and
prefer not to be patronized. We met
by accident. If we meet again shall
not recognize you"
He smiled good-humoredly. bowed.
said: I'VE shall see," and turned
away.
/ felt vexed with myself for having
conyersed so freely with q stranger
and made sundry good resolutions by
which my future department was to be
governed.
L do not understand what there was |
in the trifling event just narrated to
stir my nature TO its depths. but that |
night | did not close my eyes till three |
o'clock. 1 began to hate myself for |
having remained so long in a mental po- |
sition without a struggle to rise above it. |
A beautiful thought came tn me at last |
with the suddenneSs of insp ration. |
had In many instances proven myself |
TO be good nurse for the sick. | had |
more than once administered simple |
remedies with success in the absence of |
a physician. / had been fascinated by !
the study of anatomy and physiology; |
why not add TO these knowledge of |
therapeutics? Why not become a
physician, practicing among women |
and children? The thought was heal
ing oil to my troubled spirits, and /
was. soon asleep, happily ignorant of
the long struggle entailed upon me by |
my resolution, of the cost of medical |
courses and the difficulty of persuading |
patients that a woman can be lit to |
undertake a lease"
Itwas wonderful how often Mr. Glea-
son found it necessary after that to
come to the pump at the kitchen door
for q drink, and how he persisted in |
not noticing the glass | placed there
for his accommodation. but must al |
ways come into the kitchen, no matter |
how busy l was, and trouble me to get |
one for him. and pause awhile to talk. |
found out one thing. L could talk.
and no one had ever tired to draw me |
out before.
Twas not alarmed when found that |
/ watched eagerly for his coming. l |
told myself that no one whose friend
ship was worth caring for had ever
before treated me like 8 rational being |
and an equal, and that had this friend |
been a woman my love would have
been just the same.
We talked on every subject, from the |
love of legends to international polit- |
les, and / never dreamed that il was |
more than the pleasure of speaking on
subjects remote from buildings and pies
that made me care for the society of |
Mr.. Gleason.
i had a terrible awakening. One
day he was just leaving me when a
voice on the lawn was heard to call
out:
where's Mr.. Gleasonen
down in the kitchen, / suppose.
counting the cook" was the answer,
more suggestive than ladylike.
1t was not the heat of the stove that
made my face burn at that moment,
and the thought flashed into my mind
that / had an unquestionable right to
be courted; just as Mr.. Gleason re-
entered the room and said:
That coarse jest on the lawn has
made me resolve to ask you now what