The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-26


kind"
"Bus should always know that your
real name was jacob said Millicsnt,
laughing II should not mind your name,
but there are some thing that would grow
worse and worse"
my age, suppose
"Yes. for one thing. Ten years is too
much difference"
ABut you will grow older"
There will stin be ten years between
u.s.
The general opinion is that woman
grows oI Ter fasterthan man. You would
catch up to me-"
"Ah, that is ike m)st general opin-
ions. wrong. have made ny own OBJ
servations on that subject To the close
obzerve- middle ags women are younger
even 10 appearance than men of their
age.
where did you learn so much about
men
@Have not been in all our large cities
and in most Of those in Europe? Can
one not receive impressions Of strangers
as they pass. and accumulated impressions
form opinions? Mems eyes grow dull,
and the lines of the mouth hard, and
their faces heavy and meagre while
women's faces are still fnli of benevo-
Ienee though their figures have lost their
grace and their eomplexions their deli
cacy. Still, those women are young"
youth isthen 4 condition of the mind,
wise Sibyl?7
Certainly, it IS the capacity of reeeiv-
ing new impressions, meeting ones fei-
low-beings with sympathy, and under
taking new enterprises
aSome people must then be born with
more capacity for youth than others
"To be sure"
"AnG I, who have by sex and nature
less youth than you, and yet have wasted
ten years more of it, must sooner become
ike those horrid middle aged people
Il am not speaking of you
"You are not speaking Of me? How
inconsequent, sat dow here to listen
to you talk about me. Let Us begin over
again. You have said that you do not
{ like ny name and that am toe old"
/ ''oh. jacob"
AYES. lam too old, and am to grow
older. You have defined youth-what
is age %
~Ohl it is the enemy of the human
race. Let u never grow old, Jacob"
~Ah, no, Millicens, let US never grow
old, so only that We may stay young to-
gether,7 he sid, flushing and edging a
little nearer 10 her, while he locked up
in her face with halfhuInorous smile.
But she drew away farther from him.
"Well.7 he continued despondently,
@and what is my next fault? Come say
it,"
"You do not believe in friendship be-
tween men and wome,- Ny own belief
is that no woman can expect to be rea-
sonably happy unless her husband can
have friendship for her"
You seem to have thought good deal
about marriage-eyen if you a-eso syerse
to it,"
Millicent, with heightened color, made
a movement to rise. jacob stretched up
both hands and, taking hers, pulled her
back gently to her sea.
~You are so rude, she continued "that
is another fault should want my bus
band to be polite to me. 1t would make
me happier than almost any thing.
and should want 10 have the liber-
! ty of quarre!ing with my wife whenever
] chose, and making it up again but !
suppose that you wolld ike suaYe idiot
/ like that Hastings"
There again, said Millicent, in an in
jured tone, "how ridiculous you are /.
You are so jealous, and about nothing
What could be more innocent, when a
party of people are out on blossom
gathering, than that two Of them should
run down hill together, and Jet from the
time you made about tits too absuru -
"But you took his hand and ran laugh
ing"
AS children might. You and he had
raced together, and you had beaten him
easily. You had picked my blossoms for
me, and had walked with you. he was
my guest. and / surely owed him some
poliieness.
TO give him your hand, suppose,
and caper and laugh with him
The recollection quite overcome Jacob
with anger. he rose and walked few
PAGES across the lawn and then returned.
"WeIl am named jacob. l am old.
am rude. and am jealous. On yes,
and forgot, don't believe in Pl4tonic
friendships. Five faults; think that
there are seven deadly sins. Not that
have the least idea what they are. Ikrow
that seven always seemed small allow
ance 10 me. | surely have more than
five. More than five would 20 to the
makeup OF any respectable man. Waat ,
you can name no more? could accuse
myself or more than that. Don't you
know another?'
~Yes," said Niilcent, gravely, while
she put some of the sweeibrier roses in
her breast.
Il am impatient to hear. sit here
only for that purpose The sixth fault
Gomez
That you don't care for wOnen's So
ciety."
Jacob rose and folded his arms, facing
TIE girl, and looked long at her Then
he threw back his head and laughed
heartily Upon my word that is q
fault. Have not liked your society -
"Yes, but that of no other woman"
"weli, upon my word Talk Of jealousy.
never saw its opposition 50 set forth.
Do you wish me-should you wish,
ought to say. your husband to be fond OF
other women's societyg1
Il don't ike mans man. said Mill
cent evasively,
Il am more edited said Jacob. seat
ing himself again, "this evening than
ever 'sas in my life, Why do you moi
like mans man ?"
because said the girl, becoming a
little nettled at her companions search