River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-10-12
ANOTHER FELLOWS GIRL
How Godfrey Halizett Was Cured
of His One Failing.

victiOn that he understood the inner
most Workings Of the mind Of girl
~ clever beggar once knew" he
explained one night 20 his old intimate
Paddon-''in fact. about the eleverest
beggar I ever did lSnow-oucc said TO
me: II yOu know one thing thoroughly
you hold the key 10 everything 1t
didn't strike me particularly at the
time. ] had no reason for testing it,
but it's awfully true. Jim. ] can see it
now.
Il was IN Jim Paddou's rooms in
Gray-s inn that tins sententious remark
was uttered. Jim PaddOn was at the
moment keenly Interested in wonder
ing whether the cork of soda water
bottle would come ont easily. like a
tooth with gas, or would require cx-
tracing with a wrench. The gas
gained the day.
Well. he said. content now to Cfally
with trivialitics. ''and what If it isl
''Well. III tell you. Sometimes this
knowledge il very useful 10 You. and
sometimes well. its gust amusing
don't think I'm particularly conccited.
hut ] hatter myself that I have always
lad iznsck of understanding girls II
isn't a thing man cares 10 talk about
much. In the first place ninety-nine
people ont Of "A } drcd would put
al one down as fool who said this
possibly. / am rather femininelv
minded. In any ease. ] often used 90
think ! could see things from their
point Of view better than most fellows
and argue their eases in their own way.
Now. since J have thoroughly under
stood one girl, know I can do this.
And what IS the consequence: Why,
they never astOnish me now"
Paddon took his pipe from his mouth
ana attempted 10 rcali7" IN old ambi-
tion, aud blow second smoke ring
through "a first.
IL experience - he said. when fail
ure tripped hmm mp remorselcssly, lis
that they vary too much. No two are
alike and they always get mixed up.
aud Ia try 10 pat them right IS the
worst of all Whether he was alluding
20 smoke rings or girls was not very
clear
Halkett looked at him pityingly
He might have had doubts about WON
en-. but he knew that he understood
men
Look here. old fellow" he said.
''you've either had one whisky too
many or too few"
Paddon adoptedathe only course open
To him.
Who's the poor girl You've expert
mented On2 DO know hero
That's rather a brutal way OF put
ting it. but ] suppose its Kate"
Then, said Paddon, isn't il almost
a pity that Won are not going TO marry
her instead Of me.
IIallSctt smiled. He was not mar
rying man.
When next the two friends met it
was n the home of Kate Temple, the
maiden who, after being analysed by
one man. had perversely fallen in love
with another. lIalkett, too philosoph-
zeal 10 be Jealous had on y found in
the circumstance of her prefer, nee for
his friend further proof Of the we'll
known law that ideals must be low
cred half-mast high when science passes
b.. In short. he liked her still. but his
attitude now might best be described as
one Of slightly coutcuptuousS sympathy.
The circumstances under which they
all met were now rather depressing
James Paddou had many weaknesses.
and one Of them had just attained an
alarming prominence. Sir McDermott
Ballarat, who doubled the parts of emil
ncnt specialist and family friend IN the
Temples tfpr Kate had one incum-
brlnce-she was garrisoned round
about by maiden aunt with fadsl. had
Just discovered that his dear young
friend Paddon pos ,.ssed only one lung
instead uf the norm u number, and that
that interesting re- ic must on no ac-
count hc allowed To winter in England
ID was now September. The young
man might take his lung TO Davos
Platz or To Colorado, bat he must bc of /
without delay.
HallSett. like most people, was at his
hest ia emergencies The one cheering
fact 10 the Temples ON this last de- !
pressing evening was hts quiet an
nouncement 10 Kate that If Jim liked l
ne would go With him and look after /
him lie had previously arranged it an I
with Paddon, who was pleased This /
almost reconciled Kate 10 her lovers /
going To the further country. Jim Pad !
don did not feel I'M. he said. whereas il |
he went To a place haunted by invalids |
he would grow worse ont of sympathy. |
The good-bys that night We're said I
In chapters. Gcoffrev ilallSett left first i
aud Hates ewes were eloquent when 4
She thanked him. She did not say
much. but he was satisfied. ID was at 4
that moment that the eminentIv femi- 1
nine Thought uccsrred 20 her. What \
pity Gcoffrcy should not marry some
nice girl," Then old Mrs Temple said
good-bv "a all and discrectly left the 1
lovers - settle the rest This look two
hours and three-qu during which I
time Geo frey leaned against a lamp
post smoking and thinking il rather a
pity that Hates eyes should he wasted I
on jun lie was aroused by Jim rush
ing down the steps. almost knock ing
him down aud swearing at him They
walked 20 London that night. by way
of getting up strength for the journey
The next day they started.
RusSin. who advocated once a period
of heightened probationary absence for
the young man IN love. probably fore
saw the advantage Of taking steps
which would cancel fifty per cent Of
first engagements Paddon was not 10
be relied upon with impunity. His
lung grew iuSty and strong in the
bracing air of the Rocky mountains.
but he fell in love with a settlers
daughter just before the time when he
should have returned to Kate. Halkett
h noticed this emotion in its in
cipient stages. but Paddon had not.
nor had II even tinged his letters 10
Kate when he contracted a prevalent
form Of fever and the SETTLE. : daughter
nursed him through Is. A. soon a. he
became couvalescent he bestowed on
her new Colorado edition of his old
love for Kate.
Now. Paddon's Illness had been Hal
keJt's opportunity. Whatever swerved
in him. il was never his LOYALTY To his
friends lie wrote To hate regularly,
reporting the invalid's health When
Jim regaiued cOnvale>cence IL was
promptly brought home 10 him that he
should resume management 81 his own
affairs. bus his new sentiment barred
the way To this Al this crisis il seemed
good In Jim Paddou. whose simple
brain was not capable of dealing with
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