San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-13
A BLIND ORDER.

II was rather late in life before was mar
ried Just how old was leave the reader
twho is always taught to believe himself
very shrewd and discerning person. to i'm
agine and | have no doubt be will have
solved the problem to his own satisfaction
before my story is half completed.
had been quite successful in business, and
was familiar with the ways of men. | had
learned to match the tricks and evasions of
the business world with tricks and evasions
of my own; but Of women ! knew nothing,
never having had leisure TO cultivate their
society. use the word nothing in its literal
sense: knew absolutely nothing.
Ny entrance into society was something
after the manner of SANKEY'S journey across
the Dark Continent | began to explore
strange and fascinating world, in which
there were pitfalls against which my bust
ness facts and figures were Of no avail. |
found that women differed very widely from
men. Perhaps they were not more tricky
than men of business but their tricks were
leSs' transparent to me. lE'.rHd. many o.
them were quite OTaGCe. was often III the
dark rs to the purpose Of certain ladies that
| met; but, while myst!fied ard puzzled at
times, was also delighted There was no
DENYING the charm Of wOman's society |
felt that had wasted great many years.
do not intend to conceal my object i'll
entering the society OF ladies' wanted
wife. To be frank had a vague idea OF the
kind wanted In business. when a man or
ders bill of goods without first inqu!ring
the price ard particulars, lie gives what is
called blind order. When pigeon ho!ed
my papers and closed my office desk with a
bang, pocketed the key and sailed out to Sc
cure what l felt | needed-a good wife,
gave blind order. In effect | did a most
unbusiness-like thing | blush now to think
OF it; but when a man pauses in his eager
race after dollars to cultivate matrimony lie
is generally apt TO give blind order What
can he know Of the ways of woLlen' Abso-
iutely nothing. He learns rapidly, it is true,
but it requires long experience to meet them
on their own ground and beat them with
their own weapons
l shall be pleased if any profit or interest
attaches to the result of my blind order, and
wish to assure the reader that it was the
only one ever gave.
Among the young ladies' that l met was
Miss Blanche Rdgeway. How shall | de-
scribe herr Business nomenclature cannot
help NE, and l abominate romantic word
pictures. Miss Blanche was a very sweet
girl When seated near her was conscious
of feeling of-shall call it pleasure' The
net total of a prosperous years business has
often caused me happiness, but my feeling III
the presence Of Miss Blanche was not the
same. Her voice was quite passable, and
when listening to her it seemed as if Nigh;
have some romance in me after all; and
when in church she turned her bright eyes
on me-
FudgeI fddlesticks! I, plain man Of
business, writing such gushl Pray overlook
the boyish folly.
Miss Blanche had a sister, Miss Mary, a
palmer girl, but sensible and business like.
Ny reason inclined me to Miss Mary; my
heart (Which regret to say had not hardened
with my head said, marry Miss Blanche. l
faced the situation coolly. want a wife,
-~'dI, and. hsEasGs two, ladies' One is .,