Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-26

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 "And---I don't know how to put it quite--shc thinks that if he ever thought about it at all he might care for her, be- cause he doesn't care for anybody else and she's pretty - ] You said that before :"
 "Oh, dear, 1 dare say I didi And i most mon care for somebody, don't they 1 --some girl, mean?' 1 Most men, no doubt" conceded the philosopher ! Well, then, what ought she to do? It's not a real thing, you know, MT. birmingham. It's il--ia novel l was reading" She said this hastily and blushed as she spoke
 Dear me, aud it's quite an interest ing easel Yes, see. Tho question is, Will she act most wisely in accepting the offer of the man who loves her ex- ceodingly, but for whom she cntertains only a moderate affection "----
 "Yes, just a liking. He's just friend
 ''Exactly Or in marrying the other whom sho loves ex"--
 That's not it. How can she marry hin? He Lasn't---ho hasn't asked her. '
 True. 1 forgot. Let us assume, though, for tho moment that he has asked her. Shc would then have to con slder which marriage would probably be productive of the greater sum total of''----
 "Oa, but you needn t consider that
 .Eut it scems the best logical order. We can afterward mako allowance for the element of uncertainty caused by "-
 Oh, no. don | want it like that. l know perfectly well which Ghe'd do if hc-tho other man, you know-aslled her, "
 You arHrchcnd that''---
 Mover mind vbet I apprehend. TGllo 1t just e l told you !"
 Very good 4 has asked her hand, D ha3 not.
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 May tallo it that but for tho dis turbin8 inauonco of D Awoald bo sat iefacs ory--or--can
 'Ye.cs. l think co "
 She therefore enjoys certainty of considerable happiness if she marries Ag
 "Ye-os. Not perfect because of--B, you l-now.
 Quito ss quito so, but still fair amount of happiness. is it not Gol"
 T don t--well, perhaps. "
 "Ca tho ether hand, if E did ask her, vc are to pDetulai higher degree of happiEos5 fer her?
 Yes please Mr Jcrlingham--much hisaer
 Tor both of the n?'
 For hor--neycr mind him. !"
 "Yuy well That again sir1plihes the problem DEt his asking her is contingency onlyl"
 Yes, ihat's ell :"
 Thc philosopher spread ont his hands.
 My dear young lady, ho said, Lit becomes question of degree. How probable CT improbable is itt'
 T don't know, Not very probable uplcs"-
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 "Unloss he did happen to notice, you know
 "Ah, yes. we supposed that if lie thoaghtcf it howoald probably take tho desired step--at least that he might be led to do % Gould she no,--cr-indi- cato hcrpcefcrence?'
 'Sac ElSlt try--Ho, sho couldn't dc r.uch. Yoa see, hc--ho doesn't think about such things.
 ''l understand precisely, and it seems to me, Miss May, that in that very fact wo find our solution.
 'Do we?' she asked.
 "I think 70. lie has evidontly no nat u4al inclination toward hcr-parhaps not towarl marriage ct all, Any feeling aroused in him would be necessarily shallow, end ina measure artificial, and in all likelihood purely temporary. Moreover, if she took steps to arouse his attention, ono of two things would bo likely to happen. Arc you following re?''
 Yes, Mir. Jcruinsham.
 Either he would be repelled by her ovcrturcs, which you must admit is rot improbable, and then the position would be unpleasant and oven degrading for her, e., on tho other hald, he might, through misplaced feeling of gallan- try''--
 Through what?"
 Through q mistaken idea of polite ness or mistaken view ef what was kind allow himself 10 bc drawn into connection for winch hc had no genuine liking You agree with ne that one or the other of theso things would be like ly?"
 "Yos, suppose they would, unless he did corlc to care fer her. J
 'Ah, you return to that hypothesisl l think it's an extremely fanciful one. No, she needn't marry A, but she must let alone
 The philosopher closed his book, took off his glasses, wiped them, replaced them and leaned back against tho trunk Of the apple trco. The girl picked dan delion in pieces. After long pause she asl1cd
 "you think B's feelings wouldn't be at all likely toto changer
 'That depends on the sort of man he is 4-..y Il iic IS an able man, with intel lcctual interests winch cngross him, a man who has chosen his path in life, Q man to whom womcn's society is not Q necessity ty'
 He's just like that, " said tho girl. i And she bit tho head of daisy.
 ''Then, said tho philosopher, T sec not the least reason for supposing that his feelings will change. And would you advise her to marry tho Ctbcr-A?''