The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-01-16

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And we, who from the earth were made,
Thrill with our mothers pain.
| In Durdnce.
No man will ever know the exact truth
of the story, though women may some
times whisper it to one another after a
dance, when they are putting up their hair
for the night, and comparing lists Of vic
Tins. a man, of course, can not assist at
these functions So the tale must be told
1 from the outside-in the dark-all wrong.
Never praise sister to sister in the
hope of your compliment reaching the
proper ears, and so preparing the way fol
you later on. Sisters are women first, and
sisters afterward, and you will find that
you do yourself harm.
Saumarez knew this when he made up
his mind to propose to the elder Miss Cop
leigh Saumarez was strange man, with
few merits, so far as men could see, though
he was popular with women, and carried
enough conceit to stock viceroy's council,
and leave a little over for the commander
in chief s staff Hewas a civilian. Very
many women took an interest in Saumarez,
perhaps because his manner to them was
offensive. If you hit pony over the nose
at the outset of your acquaintance he may
not love you, but he will take a deep in
terest in your movements ever afterward.
The elder Miss Copleigh was nice, plump,
winning, and pretty. The younger was not
pretty, and, from men disregarding the hint
set fosth above, her style was repellant and
unattractiye. Both girls had practically
the same figure, and there was strong
likeness between them in look and voice,
though no one could doubt for an instant
which was the nicer of the two.
Saumarez made up his mind, as soon as
they came into the station from Behar, to
marry the elder one. At least we all made
sure that he would, which comes to the
same thing. She was % and he was 33,
with pay and allowances of nearly 1,400
rupees q month So the match, as we ar
ranged it, was in every way good one.
Saumarez was his name, and summary his
nature, as a man once said. Having draft
ed his resolution. he formed a select COM
mittee of one to sit upon it, and resolved to
take his time. In our unpleasant slang, the
Copleigh girls "hunted in couples" That
is to say, you could do nothing with one
without the other. They were very loving
sisters: but their mutual affection was
sometimes inconvenient Saumarez held
the balance hair true between them, and
none but himself could have said to which
side his heart inclined, though every one
guessed. He rode with them good deal,
and danced with them, but he never sue
ceeded in detatching them from each other
for any length of time.
Women said that the two girls kept to-
gether through deep mistrust, each fearing
that the other would steal a march on her.
But that has nothing to do with man.
Saumarez was silent for good or bad, and
as business likely attentive as he could be,
having due regard to his work and his polo.
Beyond doubt both girls were fond Of him.
As the hot weather drew near and Sau-
marez made no sign women said that you
could see their trouble in the eyes of the
girls-that they were looking strained,
anxious, and irritable. Men are quite
blind in these matters, unless they have
more of the woman than the man in their
composition, in which case it does not mat
ter what they say or think. | maintain ii
was the hot April days that took the color
out of the Copleigh girls cheeks. They
should have been sent to the hills early
No one-man or woman-feels an angel
when the hot weather is approaching. The
Younger sister grew more cynical-not to
say acid-in her ways, and the winningness
of the elder wore thin. There was more
effort in it.
Now the station wherein all these things
happened was, though not little one, of
the line of rail and suffered through want
of attention. There were no gardens OF
bands or amusements worth speaking of
! and it was nearly days journey to come
into Lahore for dance. People were