The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1893-12-02
CISSIE AND CARRY.

Seymour Gladbrook was young man
Of great promise lie had Just com
menced his third year at Oxford. and
every one expected him to take high
place among the cieverest men OF his
year when he went IN for his tripos
But young Ghdbrook was no book
worm and owed his superiority In knowl-
edge more 10 the brilliancy Of his intel
iect than TO studious application At
the age OF twenty-One he found himself
his own master. with an income suffi-
Gent TO keep bachelor In every luxury
THIS would have led many young men
into excuses. but Gladbrook was steady
IA rock and above all things prded
himself upon being adamant 10 the fair
sex-a fatal mistake IN most cases. and
suggestive OF the Scriptural warning.
Let him who thinketh he standeth be
ware lest he fall On the night Of the
university boat race IN the year 49,,
Gladbrook was sitting IN "A certain stall
AT the Namlare Music hall In the
next stall to him sat his greatest friend
Horace Morton. On the stage the Sis
ters Pool were delighting their many
admirers with their most fascinating
dance
by Jove, said young Morton, whose
head WAS slightly swimming, "by Jove
how those two poor girls whirll"
yes replied Gladbrook. they're
perfect whirlpools In fact they ought
TO be christened 'Scylla and Charybdis.
for they are whirlpools IN which many
craft has gone to destruction
Morton was not too drunk to remember
this and not so dishonorable ~ TO try and
palm It OH "a his own Joke Consequent
ly next day all Seymour Gladbrook's
friends were talking about his latest wit
ticism
Now Gladbrook was perhaps the only
man OF his set who was not more OF
less intimately acquainted with Cissie
and Carry Pool. so the whole story was
carried direct to them. together with the
name Of the originator
Henceforth Cissie and Carry were
known far and wide only as Scylla and
Chary bdis, and they pretended tc appre-
ciate the Jest. but IN their innermost
souls they especially the elderl cherished
a longing for revenge against their in
sidious defamer
Cissie (Scyila) expressed strong de-
sire TO meet the young wag who had
given her this Homeric nickname. and
IA her ightest wish was law TO her adj
mirers the meeting soon took place
After this Gladbrook seemed to find
these sisters everywhere he went II he
WAS on a race course they were sure to
be the guests OF friend of his II he
went out TO supper they were always
invited. until he quite unconsciously
drifted into the friondliest relations with
them
II was quite evident 10 every one but
Gladhrook that he was under very heavy
fire from the batteries of Scylla, fire
which no man had withstood for long
She WAS then IN the first flush Of youth
taultlessly beautiful In form and feature
charming in manner and such a master
OF the arts OF fascination that they ap-
peared 10 be part OF her nature Glad
brooks friends first chaifed and then
warned him lie laughed ut them and
called himself misogynist. AT first Il
seemed as II he would prove invulner-
able 10 the fusillade to which the lady
continually subjected him lie trusted
TO his armor Of indifference and was too
prond to retreat from danger His pride
led to his fall lie fell rs only brave
men do utterly and hopelessly defeated
The capitulation OF young Seymour
Gladbrook, which caused so much diver
SION aud amusement TO his friends was
ead TO behold The fact of his having
been indifferent 10 other women all his
life made him give himself heart aud
soul 10 this one Cissio Pool was lubi-
liant. She paraded her tame lover on
every possible occasion. m order that all
men and women might see how com
plete her victory had been lie lavished
presents and jewels npon her until she
sparkled from brow 20 waist with dia-
monds, and people wondered how much
longer young Gladbrook's money would
hold out But IN proportion as the
spirits OF the elder Miss Pool rose those
OF her sister seemed 10 give out She
became depressed and duh The few
admirers she had dropped Oh one by one
seeing that IL was as hopeless for them
- ~ nv WIZ wv NAA'NAA'NN ar " WIS
for her 10 expect one tender glance from
the man she worshiped. Seymour Glad
brook IN not the only man who has de
serted the substance 20 pursue the
shadow. and. blinded by the beauty OF
the form, has ignored the purity Of the
soul Carry's nature was as perfect as
her sisters figure. while IN Scyllas
character there was scarcely redeem
ing feature All men who make this
fatal error suffer for II either IN fortune
or SIT respect
The day Of reckoning came at last
The Jeunesse dOree of London was
thrown into the depths of despair by the
news that the diyinities az whose shrine-
Il had worshiped 40 long We're going 10
-sk fresh deyotees In America. and
would make a lengthy tour through the
states This blow fell like thunder
bolt ON young Gladbroc,k lie was dis
traeted. She WIS far iIway. and he had
not the means OF folio wing her Every