The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-02
WHY SHE wlLTEp.
A Susceptible Young Woman Tells How
She Came to Say Yes.

The EUeni1ag Sans Woman About
Town tells a story of the physical and
| psychical effects of a certain drawing
room upon certain young man and
young woman. and how it changed the
whole lives of both. This was a very
gorgeous drawing room, in which
! everything was decorated to within an
inch of the life of everybody who came
into it. As the young lady was very
pretty it is not to be wondered at that
she had scores of admirers.
| One day Miss Maggie-that was
what they called her-got letter from
young man saying that he wanted to
come the next night. and that he had
| something very important to say to
| her. and-Miss Maggie knew the rest.
| Well, it was no use, the young maiden
sighed to herself; but since It had GOT
to be done 1t might as well be done
decently and with proper addition to
details. So she began to Law her
gowns out and wonder which one she
! should wear. There was one she was
particularly inclined to. 1t had long
| trail and no sleeves and she was not
certain about the propriety of long,
tailed gowns to refuse gentlemen in
she thought something demure, with q
| maidenly and pitiful air about it, was
really what she should choose-but
this gown was particularly becoming.
and he had once told her that she
looked awfully stunning in that same
| low-necked gown, and, after all, there
was delicate sentiment in refusing q
| man in the gown he liked best. And
so she decided upon that.
Then she gave her attention to the
| drawing room. 1t was late in May.
and there were Holland coverings over
everything, chairs and sofas, and even
| the beautiful carpet had alinen shroud.
That would not compose at all with
long-tailed gown. The covers had all
| got to come off. To be sure, this was
distinctly hard on the young man
this making last splendid burst in
which to lacerate his feelings. But it
was her last chance to emphasize his
loss to him, and she knew it. So all
the covers were taken of, and the
parlor was as beautiful as an artists
palette; and the young man came full
of eager hope and happiness. Miss
Maggie came in moment later, with
her long-tailed gown and her firm ptr-
pose of laceration.
The next day her engagement was
announced. And this IS the story Of
what happened in between" as she
said when she told it to her most inti-
mate friend the next day: '.Of course.
I meant to refuse him. You don't
suppose got myself all up that way
for nothing. did you? And, I did re-
| fuse him. Twice. And the last time
he really began to see that meant it.
And he was utterly crushed perfectly
heart-broken. And. do you know. IS
he sat there in that beautiful drawing
room, with all the gay things mocking
at his misery. and me sitting there
with my prettiest dress on refusing
hirl, it just all conspired to make me
so horribly sorry for him that I hadn't
the heart to refuse him again. If that
room had had the linen covers on and
had looked little dreary and SO more
comforting and in keeping with him
his grief would not have touched ma
so. But. as it was. he did look so alb
jectly wretched, in contrast with the
fine things, that it made me lose my
head, and said. Yes after all.n