Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-21


by bad men. There is another and more
cheerful side to the question, however,
and ! have often been quietly amused
both in our " and other countries by
watching the elaborate defenses set up
by women whom nobody attacked, and
the flight Of her whom no man pursued.
Sometimes the man, perceiving the con-
sternation his idle compliments have
aroused. cannot resist the amusement of
frightening the effect. and throws SO
much feryor into his tones and So much
languishment into his glances that the
battered, fiuttered object of them all
feels herself IA perfect prodigy of virtue
and resolution that she still resists such
terrible attacks.
Sometimes. however-and this, per-
haps, more frequently than the iirst-the
poor man has no idea of a pursuit, either
real or pretended, and is only trying to
make himself agreeable according TO the
masculineiiea: for il 5 a Notifying truth
that most " Suea are ready 10 swallow
fattery in ne large and as unauthorized
a dose AS they can set il, and the aver
age woman iiads Iothiag incredible in
the idea thai she alone Of all the women
he has ever seen $ the one capable OF
controlling his W yward heart and guild
ing his erratic life into some calcium
lighted bower e rosy and heavenly de-
light.
Most womel over twenty-five will
recognize this little outline of a story TO
which they have often listened, and l
hope that most of them do not need my
assurance that in the vast majority Of
cases these line professions mean liter
ally nothing: but to the sweet, credulous
souls who do believe, or, who without
even the excuse Of these banal profess
sions. chose to regard every man who
speaks civilly to them as ar aspirant for
their favor-to the sisterhood of hares
who fly because they fancy the shadows
are pursuing them. to all these let me
say:
"Don't he afraid, my dear! He won't
bite!"
Did you ever watch a playful dog
chasing a cat? He doesn't want to catch
her. but he likes to see her run: while
she remains upon the ground scudding
from point to point, and turning to
shr'-k defiance at him, and glare at him
with great, green, frightened eyes, he
will set up his ears. erect his name, lash
his tail, prance. curvet, bark. growl,
show his teeth and simulate so far as his
size allows a very ferocious beast of
prey, thirsting for the blood of his
victim.
But let puss, instead of amusing and
leading him on by her flight and de-
fiance. quietly get out of his reach,
climb a fence. a tree, a window seat,
and she NAV sit there in perfect sereaity
rs long a. she likes. curling her pretty
paws under her breast, purring gently,
and dreaming of unlimited cream. while
Master Dog. finding no more excitement
in the CHASE. gives q few disappointed
little banks and trots off TO search for
more easily terrified pussies in pastures
new.
One trouble in this course no doubt Is
that many women prefer the mimic ter
rors and the constant retreat and adj
n of this sort Of show fight to the
calm security Of the window seat. with
the dog gone away: and certainly IN ut
terly secluded safety is apt to be a little
monotonous, TO such | would say: Don't
you believe 4 word he says. He don't
mean IL.
And especially I would say this to my
travelling sisters. Frenchmen, Spaniards
and Italians, with their various race
branches. are as a rule very agreeable
men To- encounter in society. but they
have literally no appreciation Of that I'M
compromising sincerity which is the
boast Of the Saxon race. With a man
of the Latin race a spade may lie called
almost anything but a spade, and he
takes it for granted that il he calls it a
moonbram you know perfectly well that
it isn't one, aud that 10 call it 50 is ''only
his fun"
With a man of this blood his first OBJ
legation toward women is 10 make him
self Agreeable, to put them into good
humor, and 10 say the sort If things
lDsN nh' 10 lfdTs III we" lpIA VIC
gentleman sends Or carries French can
dies to the iaiy he wishes to please: the
Frenchmln does the same thing. with a
difference. for the sweetmcats he offers
are verbal, ani rather understood than
seen, and he is rs much surprised at
being misunderstood as the first man
would be il the recipient Of the candies
should Indignantly declare that he had
offered to maintain her.
The Spaniard tells his guest that his
house, his horses, his hereditary jewels
are yours and yours alone, but the few
persons who have tried to take him at
his word have seen cause to deeply Ne
gret their credulity. The cavalier who
makes a morning call, or writes q note
Of inquiry after the ball, declares that
he kisses the feet" of the lady he ad-
dresses: but IL she held out a foot to &C
. espt the proffered salute, he would
rstrsat in alarm, thinking she had gone
nd or wished TO insult him. In the
ame spirit he tells nearly every young
end good looking woman he sees that
b could not sleep lest night for think
~ Of her, that II he had met her earlier