The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-21
BREAKING A MATCH.
Mr.. Parks Takes as His Guide q
Novel Of the Day.

Novel Of the Day.
One evening Mr.. Joel Parks, q wealthy
manufacturer in the thriving New England
village of Redfield, and DR.. Mills, leading
physician Of the same place, sat chatting in
the DOCTORS Office. A stranger noting the
age and rather prosaic appearance Of the
two men would hardly have guessed the
topic of conversation. They were discus
sing works of fiction.
g! must have been going on fifty years
old when read my first novel;" Mr. Parks
was saying. "You see man that starts on
journey, as did, barefooted, SO to speak.
has got to attend to business and nothing
else for good many years, II he expects to
get anywhere in particular at last He
doesn't have much time for light reading,
doctor. But in the last few years, I've read
good many, and enjoy them, especially
when they seem true to life, and think ]
can generally tell when they are like
Archbishop or Duke, but know as we'll
as l want to that he Just hits them of to q
T. And like Howells IL he does hold such
men asI be up to ridicule. And let me tell
Those writer's have to study human nature.
I've got many . hint shout managing men
from reading those books.''
"Yes," said the doctor, ''I've read them
all my life, and like them yetmlove pas
tinued, ''how two old gray heads like You
and me will follow the love story OF . silly
boy and girl who won't listen to their nat
ural guardians. and sympathiss with them
every time. We never have any feeling
own age who are being plotted against"
II don't know about that, was the reply
folks, and think that Il ! had been in their
place would have been moro successful In
heH1HS Ws, ny 5o.i Isy y:.id tn. other With laugh,
II guess that = one point on which you
never get much instruction from tb . story
teller. Papa and mama always have their
ideas Of their daughters future. The wrong
young man happens along and she develop;
she always comes out ahead. II You want
to carry your point with your offspring you
will have to learn how outside Of . story
20, as to that, perhaps the instruction
to do it. Idon't suppose that shall ever
want 70 interfere With my daughter about
husband or lover; hut, IL I s6onld, ] am
not sure but that could learn something
from the noyelists"
Ifthere were NO ooincidencss there would
be NO stories. It was coincidence that
later on that same evening, Mrs. Joel Parks
an amiable lady whQse mind was In her
husbands keeping, said to him: q
Tilton and Annie seemed q b tekinT Z
notion towards each othera" ] w
Joel was engaged With his newspaper at
the time, and he did not take his syes from
the list of newly-appointed postmastsrs
him an effort, for his wifs's question was a
shock indeed. Such an idea had never
occurred to him, and es be sat there physi-
cally At ease, be found his thoughts sadly
crowdinG each other ~ VAtN.,
But +. didn't liz: e. !; p'Mii Mison. H Il. didn't
know just why, and hs had never thought
Of before, but nov he was sure Of 20 much
Lee was nothing bat Redheh boy any
r:sS; Ps aPs I'm: .aS sns II s
and lister. Ard tSea iis dssSitsr zSsis
What q future was possible Tor that girl
Beautiful - any heroine Of fiction! No
his daughter should never b given to Lex
and 6psl.. a iinsts gussfipa was sise
discussed and settled In meptai council OF
war. II would perhaps BE- as well that Nrs
Parks should not for the preeent know hel
husbands feelings In the matter. 30 much
.ss hs looked ss
abssntly, and said; JnES afdg0
II was asking II you had noticed ana
thing In particular between Lee Tilton aud
mo, l tEinf net; what hsvs You NO
ticeda" .g-.,~t,a .'lA
"Why, do know; not muchof any thini
.:sas:. .sssiS sus & sss:s.r up sss
Andaws cRs teiss eaf epGsssr = s.t4;n. has Lex ;s
tsrssted ip each other.n .r
JoSl did hot eontanae the conversation
but soon bstook himself TO the room, hal
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