The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-05-24
NELL'S. LETTER.
She Talks Sound Doctrine to q
Handsome Young Nan.

| NEAh NADGE: 1 was talking to ,
handsome gentleman q few days az,
in sort OF a halt confidential fashion
which begets confessions and a cues
ton came up which l have beior,
heard discussed and which have had
in my mind several times before t.
speak Of. Said this gentleman, re-
ierring to an Incident 10 bis expert
ence, "the best way in the worll t.
make woman believe in you, is ;o
confess that you have been a sad dog
aud hen throw yourself on her elem
ency, with penitent prumise to Iurr
over a new leaf and never be guilty
OF being untrue to her. above ali wo :
men. Ha! h. y he laughed, 1T
works like charm and instead OF
! taking fellow around the rack as ne
deserves 10 he taken, nine times in ten
she will not only coudone the cf.nse
but actually give excuses for it"
YES, l answered land what OF
the tenth woman
"Oh veil of Course" answered nv
gay lark, you will now and then tome
across a woman who looks at sin as
Elm and her SOUL rises up in protest
and she is apt to cut a fe low without
mere ado" IS, then you do admit
that bling a FAD dog means that you
have Confessed to pure hearted girl
that you are guilty Of sin, eh ?"
"Well as to that, Of course l sup
pose Nell, some people might call it
sin. but then that depends exactly
what spectscles you are looking
through"
Yes, we'll what spectacles would
you look through, suppose the case
we're to be reversed aud the woman
whose lsve you desired would confess
to ycu that che had erred sing lie
timer
"Oh, pshaw, Nell; WHAT'S the use to
ak such questions you know very
well The case is different"
"No, ! answered, | deny it; / deny
that God made an excuse for you and
the woman f; l deny that
natures laws sre to be abused deny
that men are hunored for their sins
and women dshonored; above all.
deny that women love men for
their sins rather than their virtues. 1t
is q mOnslrOus untruth, and don't for
one instant allow your judgment to
lead you ito an error concerning sad
dog confessions. They will come back
at you; they will catch YOU when you
east expect il, and they will trip you,
mark my words. 1t is only a very
young and very silly woman who will
admire q man because he is sad dog :
,uly a fool who will care to hear it
rom his lips. Oh, my friend, dou',
or one instant deceive yourself; the |
woman whose love is worth having
mind. l say, worth having does not
Wish to think you are anything but
,ood; why, l know OF woman, u
mart woman, to-, with great, loving,
LIBERAL b, art, who adored, nay worship
,ed a certain man in this city; who
in him and did not see bis
title faults Of temper, but who dis
covered through = confession Of his
hat he had wronged a woman
Who trusted him, and while
he said but little. yet that seed
ook deadly hold in her heart. her re-
pect was shaken and little by little
he great love she felt for him died.
lied forever, for you know there is
for mans soul, there is
lone for love-and it was due to that
confession. Oh, yes, / know it is the
ustom of a hurried world to believe
nd assert that q woman will wallow
n The dirt with and for the man she
owes, but it is not true whea wo-
nan properly respects herself. when
he remembers that she was. created
or honest self respecting purposes in
ife. she does not wallow, she Guild
lot do it if she we're to try. No. no,
onf.ss your good deeds to the woman
whose love you seek, she VIII know
hat you are human and she will ex-
'ect to do her best to make you better
nan, nut don't confess your sins to
anybody but God: He may forgive
on, 1 hope He will, but don't let the
roman you love be debased by con-
essions of your nastiness. Don't
make her the receptacle of that which
a shame to your manhood and dis
race to your belief Of right" Well
had the floor, Madge, and
,ade my handsome lad think a bit
nyway and when you can make a
Ian think, he makes business Of it
18th some prospect Of being ashamed
f himself at any rate and that is
omething gained.
wonder if it will do any good for