Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-08-17

"hiils at HIS pipe n prepared MIN
self for conversation.
1t was in vain that the other ma
shut his eyes, opened them with
stony glare, took out letters TO read
or affected to be absorbed In maxim.
calculations in his notebook. Teddy
was resolved to talk aud was soon il
the middle of a slowly delivered de
scription OF the perils of one of his las
yachting excursions, and of the heroi,
bravery he himself had displayed
therein.
Getting used to the deep, monotonou.
voice, his Gellow-traveler's thought,
went off on their usual journey, Hi,
eyes were fixed on the cushions facing
him; but his mind conjured up the
vision of a woman with soft brown
eyes full OF sadness, Il voice like the
sweetest notes OF a violin, aud Il touch
so charged with magnetism that his
very soul seemed to culver at the
memory OF it.
He was on his way to her; and once
IN her presence he would scatter her
objections, her protestations, to the
winds, by the force Of his passionate
pleadings. She was miserable, mis-
understood and neglected; eating her
heart out among dreay and unsympa-
thetic surroundings. For four years
she had been beating her wings against
the coolest aud dullest of cages; and
he was on his way now 10 set her free.
1t would be an injustice to her for him
to listen to observation-disclosures, and
eyes; marriage for the man Of in
t~cllcct, as well as for the man of
action, is most undoubtedly a distinct
failure"
50 Icrturcd the big, fair man, happy
in the sound of his W voice; and his
words struck upon his frllow-travel-
cr's ears with a curious significance.
And how about marriage for the
woman OF feeling, of passion, tied to a
clod who undertakes her value and
ovcrrates his own?' he snapped.
.'Teddyn put down his n;no and
turned his somewhat cxnrrslion,o.s
light blue ewes with mild surnrisn anon
the speaker.
"Nomon of feeling and passion, as
YOU call them, are bappiIv rare nroo,.
our marriagcable p%jrls'n no so,d
diaactically, "A womnn's can,bi,.
i,ies, either Of head or heart. aro mnrh
more limited than n mans Iior
sphere is the narrow content Of tbo
domestic hearth; and
domestic fddlcsticks," ~interrntod
the younr rma0. lyon talk as tborgh
women were all alike, Is ovorv nam
fond of drink and bad COMPANY? No,
Is every woman content with oorn..
tic drudoory? No. apoin, Thoro il
as much difference between thc,o a..
there is between MS"
.sTnddyn ra2cd NJ him with , bind ~
fatherly protest, and then he inonirod
if he were a married man
His communion cbanrod color, and
remarked haugh,iIv that he .,Dfl no,
see how that fact bore unon the ona..
ton"
"But it docs bear uDon tho o,,os-
ton" said Teddy, with tho same irri.
Eating ccniaIity. a am, | sbouId soy
a good deal older than Won, and Ilaye
been married several wears to = woman
Of quite the averare intelligence md
Of more than tho avcroqo looks and
od,c.tfon wo. ,.,n,. fouI - ,
,hc was devoted to me: but, being a
woman, she was inca, ablc Of updor.
standing a man. She di.1il,od mr.
friends; failed to appreciate NV liter
airy tastes and nv love Of travel. rray
pettily Jealous. and tea,rd mn with
inccssant question, Is 10 boq. 7 .r.r,
my time: and finally tool, r,.i, n.
silence. or treated me- TO .caoc.
lust when | roopircJ nv mind c,,or
'or the comno,ftion of n,,i,fc.t
speeches and pamyh,a.s. Nc jc,r.i,
| crew perfectly wro.chad a,d ,ba
md OF it was, about n wear AGO ! wen,
1T on a tour for porit'ca, rrrpo... +, ".
rolo,d. ,b,,., n;,r.,
I'D bachelor clum.. r7s.r1 f-.m or,
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