The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

across tho seat opposite. took several
whiffs at his pipe and prepared him
self for conversation.
II was In vain that the other man
shut his eyes, opened them with a
stony glare, took out letters to read,
or affected TO be absorbed In making
calculations in his notebook. Teddy
was, resolved to talk and was soon In
the middle OF slowly delivered de-
scription Of the perils Of one of his last
yachting excursions, and OF the heroic
bravery he himself had displayed
therein.
Getting used TO the deep, monotonous
voice. his fellow travellers thoughts
went of on their usual journey. His
eyes were fixed on tho cushions facing
him; but his. mind conjnred up, the
vision Of a. woman with soft brown
eyes full OF sadness, voice like the
sweetest notes OF a violin, and a touch
so8charged with magnetism that his
very soul seemed to CULVER at the
| memory OF 1t.
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
ples.dings. She was miserable. mis-
understood and neglected.; eating her
heart out among drea-y and unsympa-
thctic surroundings. For four years
she had been beating her wings against
the coolest and dullest OF cages; and
be was on his way now TO set her free.
IT would be an injustice to her for him
to listen to her circumstances, and
Yes; marriage for the man Of in
tcllect. as well as for the man oil
action. is most undoubtedly distinct
failure"
| Sos!ectured the big. fair man. happy
| in the sound OF his own voice; and his
words struck upon his 'fellow-travel-
er's ears with curious significance.
"And how about marriage for the
woman OF feeling, OF passion, tied to a
clod who undertakes her. value and
overrates his ownp" he snapped.
I
turned his somewhat expressionless
| light blue eyes with mild surprise upon
the speaker.
Women OF feeling and passion, rs
you call them. arc happily rare among
our marriageable girls" he said,
didaeticaf1y. "A woman's capable
itios, either Of head or heart, are much
more limited than mans. Her
| sphere Is the narrow content of the
domestic hearth; and"
domestic fddlestieks, interrupted
the young man. you talk as though
women were all alike. Is every mar
foud of drink and bad company No
Is every woman content with dofnes.
tic drudgery? No, again! There il
as much difference betMeen- them as
there is between us.
TEDDY" gazed at him with Kind o
fatherly protest. and then he inquired
II he were married man.
His companion changed color, ant
remarked haughtily that he Ibid moi
see how that fact bore upon the ques.
| tion."
"But it does bear upon the qucs-
tion," saidSfeddy, with the same irri
tating geniality. II am. should say,
"a good deal older than you. and have
been married several years to a woman
OF quite the average intelligence, and
OF more than the average looks and
education. | was very fond OF her
she was devoted to me; but, being 9
woman, she was ineal able OF under
standing man. She disliked my
friends; failed to appreciate my liter
airy tastes and my love of travel; grew
j pettily jealous. md leased me=witf
/ ineessant questiens-as to how spenl
my time; and finally took refuge II
sullen silence, or treated me to scene:
just when required my mind cleal
for the composition OF political
ST reches and pamphlets. My dear sir
grew perfectly wretched; and thu
cid Of 1t was, about q year ago wen
off on tour for political purposes ii
Ireland; there picked up with som,
Eela bachelor ehums; passed from one
excursion to another, always intend
ing to travel home the next week; and
am now at length returning north
ward q new man. restored to my
4 pristine, eontented state of mind, am
all the more pleasantly anxious to Sc,
my wife that I have plainly showl
her l can get on excellently withou
her.
And may ask how your wife ha
Teen employing herself all the timer
Il have only had brief notes from
her. TEDDY" returned. .She knew
1t was discipline. But lately she ha
more than once begged mo to return
So am going back little earlier thar
had intended as a surprise for her.
- And yea thiak=she won't have ean
! soled HERSELF" sneered the younger
man. "Youc confidence in your own
powers Of retaining woman's atfec
ton must be considcrable!''
s.Teddy's" stolid face changed a
last, and it was with with the peculiar
GOODNESS which oa.y light eyes can as
sumeNthat he turned upon his compan
lou and remarked:
II have confidence in my wife
SIR"
The 9th err gave short laugh, which
he intended to be offensive, and which
succeeded in being so, and to his in
tense relief silence was at length estab
lished between them. Even the blu
slightly sensitive mindof Teddy" hat
at length received the impression tina
his travelling companion had no grea
liking for his society and meant. t.
make himself disagreeable, He die
not know Bella, and therefore coult
not estimate the impertinence and alb
surdity of his suggestion, that sh'
could by any possibility have ICON
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