The Red Cloud chief., 1888-10-05
A SUMMER BOARDER.

a OUMMEH DUAILDEK.
Why sophronis Concluded sho
Didn't Want to Marry.
'ln Japan every man Is compellcd to
marry ~ soon ~ his circumstances aro
such ~ 70 support n wife"
Mlas S0phr0nia ShurtlcY laid down
the paper from which she hMl rcad
tho sentence sabovc quoted. and In.
Obliged, Y. the following comment:
91Av very excellent lNw II u. too.
I'm -, tho Japanese src ~ good
deal moro enlightened than people
give them credit for. In that respect
IL would be y good idea II Christian
governments would pattern after them.
! only wish ! had beon born In Japan.
/ think It's a shame and = sin that a
good looking girl Of twenty.nine-
ahem! ! mean thirty.nine --should DO
living In single blessedncss. without IL
husband or any prospect Of one."
Sophr0nia Shurtlef. "A tho reader
has learned from her s~oliloquy. was a
maiden lady In comfortable cirrum.
stances, and lived In u little cottage Just
out Of tho village Of Cherryvillc. A. To
her age, second thoughts might be
most polite. but wer not most cor.
rect. Though shc made II n practice
70 call herself twenty.ninc., the town
clSyk knew b, biz books that she VIM
MtAih AShiA tof forty. Hho wss
n{iaiarfG Not lhtt. howSver. Twenty.
I've additional pounds would have
helped her figure amazingly. and IN TO
her face, II Il had boon q little less sui
low. the nose . tribe shorter. the eyes
less inclined 10 squirt, and the cheeks
. little fuller. tho improvement would
have been 10 great that her most init.
mate friends would not have known
her.
Still SOphrOnia considered herself n
"good.lo0king girl" It's q mercy
homely people nre 10 unconscious Of
the fact, I never knew a person who
did not consider himself at lenst passa-
BILE, and the a}gliest man u wSs over my
lot 70 0s ucqilslntSd With WAS pcrpctu.
ally looking In the loOking-glass. Poor
man. perhaps no was trying to get ~.
customed 70 his peculiar style Of bsauty.
There was one thing lin which
SophrOnia agreed with her noiyhbors.
and that WIS that II she ever expected to
bo married Il must be soon. She therc.
fore determlnsd' On 4 hold stroke for n
husband. She bed somewhere heard
that Il tn emountain will not come to Ma.
h0met. ArGtDmqt must go to tho noun
tain. whict4 being Interpreted and mp.
piled TO her own case. clearly meant
ths, tsinCe the beaux made no advances
she must save then the trouble.
C~herryvilie was not far iron, the
city. and being o pretty village was
considerably visited In tho summer
months by those who wished TO rural.
is6. Now. taking this fact into con.
alteration, Il all Mt oncs occurred to
4iss Sophronia that she might let her
frout, room 70 . young gentleman dur.
Ing tho summer. and--and don't you
eco. dear rcadcre OF course they
would b brought considerably to.
gether dnriss ,tAst time. aud perhaps
by her pSbsonsl ehsRmN end tho Init.
matien thin she bad ko6S monsy In the
bank, sho might induce him u propose
for her virgin hand.
Accordingly the hopeful spinster had
the paint duly cleaned. MI 4 looked N
neat!!as wax. the furniture polished, and
actually went 10 tho expense OF new
curtains for her front room. trusting
that Il might prove . profitable invest.
ment All preparations Of this nature
bttug concluded, she put u placard In
tho window ~intimating that this room
~ to let for the sumper. and that
single gsntlseAsn were pkierred.
HopaaseS" p phc remarked to the
Way VonS vhd HAbpsAed 70 look
in<SeN amsd day tAS notsce was put up,
'.you see. Mrs. Jones. men ARE good
deal less trouble than women. Women
are poking round Ill day, aud Watching
you al the time. but men are Oh most
Of the time"
Il wss scout . week after the plaosrd
~ M W Mat > young man walked
luD ~ Nn6eR GFevsl walk. and liftina
Mis- 66phtonla's 'knocker gave two
distinct knocks. Her heart Autterina
with pleasure. for she had observed
TIE stranger through the blinds and
suspected bis object, Miss Sophronis
hastsnsd out Of ~ room. and with
bashful timidity opened the door.
Il was . youag man-younger even
than the spinstsr was accustomed Il
rate Asr own agA that confronted
Sophronis., He was very gsnteel IN
appearance end department, and Y,
Mr. 0ophrpaia remarked. ''hxd NJ
yllN6tGSof whlslIpf1s tstfs
'1bs6t yeus pardon" be said. polite
y. ''ser this intrusion. but Ne motto,
y yeur window attssatsd ~ Yoi
1--we ~ ~ ~ tAs seoue"