Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-06-10

elsvating others, and-ycu cac iInlss the
sentence better than |, for yha hear more Of
that sort Of talk 1 am not laying anything
against all that In IL way, and at proper
times, 1t Is very well; but maintain, and al.
ways have done, that II Is tot the thing 4.
woman should live for. JuS fancy my deaf
Prendergast, what a wholt world fun Of
serious people would bel Serious people, and
nobody elsei Really, ! believe you serious
people would want q few Of US sinners back to
tickle you littlel But this Is not my business
We must take Sophia as she ia She has not
1rown up in the way expected, but she is
good girl, and aniable When sAaU get
back to my pointi Sophia, then, being so
full Of these notions of service and aspiration
and duty, and all the rest, In proposing to
her you must fiddle on that stzing-I mean,P
said Mrs Sober, withdrawing this rather
fiippant form of speech, ayou must let her
know that such is your view Of life also. 1t
is, Is it notF n
at IS" Prendergast answered divided
quite between sincerity and amusement at the
singular little idol that chattered away before
him.
sThen be careful you let Sophy know it.
And, Prendergast, be careful, too, that you
tell Sophy that you have work in life-I
suppose you have-and that she is the woman
that can help you to perform it Present
yourself before Sophia in that form, as a man
who has a work to do-such work as she
would approve of; such a'work DIS she would
do herself if she could. Tell her she can give
you strength, guidance and oil that sort OF
thing This is the way such girl must be
carried. We none of MS like to be thought
mere dolls, dressed for your drawing rooms,
| and, least of all, do girls like Sophia like it.
Tell her you will G, through the world lean
| ing on her, as they DO in. pictures, half sup
porting, half reclining. Tell her that you
will draw inspiration from her eyes and from
her character, and then Sophia is yours o.
wish / had been man, just to teach the
rest how to propose to us!"
"Well, Mrs Temple" Prendergast said, re-
pressing his smiles with no small difficulty,
4there is great deal in what you say. And
| can assure you that whatever woman pro-
| posed to, or thought should wish to propose
| to, should mediate something of the kind
sGf you really mean il" she said, ut win
come great deal better 1t always does"
aSurely you would not have me say what
| did not meanF
"Fudge, Prendergast, to put it in that way I
In love making we are not understood to
mean what we say. No I1ore than a monarch
on the stage is understood to mean what he
says when he promises til bestow kingdoms on
people, He has two rooms meanwhile, which
he means to keep to hiInself.) But in this
particular case, if you do mean it, why, of
course, you will say it with more emphasis.
All, dear me" she added, resolved to efrace
the impression of her fiippancy, II daresay
you are right, Prendergast, after ALL and we
wrong But the world is SO pleasant, one
can't help loving it."
| She sighed this out SO naturally that Prem
dergast reflected that there must be good in
this merry old pagan after all; and he pleased
himself with the thought that before she de-
parted from human life she might rise to a
higher mood and confess her follies. So our
little mother showed admirable tact, for she
gave the finishing touch to her pupil, and
when bidding him good-by, she asked:
snow, Prendergast, will you say exactly
what have told you?"
He answered:
II will, exactly"