Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-03-01
COULD NOT RESIST.
The Foolish Ret of stingy Detroit Man
and How 1t Was Won.


and How 1t Was Won.
There is one man in Detroit who knows the
seductive force of fair woman's pleadirgs as
he never knew it before His friends know
it, too, and are not likely to let him forget it
soon. A well known skinflint wagered sup
per with some friends that he could visit a
charity fair, remain whole evening in the
hall and spend nothing but his time.
The evening came and the venerable vic
tim boldly entered into temptation with
jaunty air and beaming countenance. But
there was one weak spot in his armor Be
fore the charms of lovely womanhood his bet
ter nature blooms out as the flowers with the
coming of spring time 1t was on this frailty
that his friend of the afternoon had banked,
and toward it had directed the efforts of the
shrewd daughters Of Eve, who were in the
plot and bent on winning. They were on
their mettle, and calloused indeed must be
the heart of the man who could resist their
persuasive powers.
Every gun was trained on him right
enough, but woman is nothing if not strategic.
1t was not an onslaught, but an insidious and
deceptive advance. Much depended on the
first move, and it was made with fascinating
skill A most winsome matron an acquaint-
ance of the susceptible skinflint, met him with
fiutter and smile that set his heart thufnp-
ing like trip hammer She wassa vision OF
loveliness, a revelation of the charms and
graces that lure as they like. And how she
greeted him. 1t would arouse the gallantry
of the veriest cannibal however hungry. 1t
would warm the blood in mummy. Her
eyes, her parted lips, her flushed checks and
bewitching smile all bespoke welcome to one
who was received among tho favored. She
grasped his arm with both her dimpled hands,
swung half in front of him as she leaned for
ward to look into his softening face, and,
with the sheer force of her presence, led him
to his fate. Soon the blushing victim was
surrounded by bevy of laughing, chatting,
merry and lovely women. He felt himself
envied by every other man in the house, and
self imitation was the inevitable consequence.
This is Miss -, of Chicago, Mr.. -,"9
and he bowed to personification of ideal
beauty
'.Oh, Mr.. -, I've just been trying my
fortune at the flying jenny. It'sso fascinat-
ing and I've been SO lucky. Do come and
try it."
''Yes, yes, do come, Mr.. -. Why, it's
just too nice"
But, ladies'
mo, no, come along explain afterward.
Wen all try it."
Mr.. = hesitated, but when he saw the
black looks of the other, men cast upon him
he yielded without mental reservation and
joined the charge with a shout, a laugh and q
rheumatic skip. He was simply led as a lamb
to the slaughter. He tackled the flying
jenny and entered upon mad rush that took
in chances on the phaeton, the harness, the
yacht the gold watch, the guns, everything
as it presented itself to view. In the wild
whirl he ran short, but borrowed $40 of a
friend, and ION with the dance" He was the
king bee in the busy hive and having more
fun than everybody else combined.
Suddenly his friend of the afternoon APP
peared and innocently asked him out to the
prearranged supper.
Supper be blowedl" he had no appetite
for earthly food. He was in the seventh
heaven of delight, soaring through an elysium
of bliss unalloyed, and he'd stay there as long
as his pocketbook held out.
The end came at last, and then the chatting
of those who were into the scheme Never
was man more mercilessly guyed than the
usually close listed citizen. He finally sought
relief for himself and the rest of the fellows
in the flowing bowl. 1t flowed until the wee
hours, and shortly before the electric lights
made way for sunrise Mr.. - had drawn up
in front of his residence and with stentorian
voice was struggling to wrench harmony out
of 1.-The Girl I Left Behind Me."-Detroit
News.