The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

IF. W. Eldridge in New Y ork World ]
Juliette was losing avcirdupois over
the problem Of her hearts disposal
Il IS as old as the hills. this Gordian
I, knot bequeathed to wornankind. but she
, found IT NJ easier of solution than had
legauns Of her sisters gone before, Ju-
iiette was fiirt. From head to foot a
typical noyelist's gIrl, rich ard WELDING
q Cleopatrian witchery ali her own.
1t is not strange that every new anoou
found fresh male scalp dangling from
Julicttf,s trophy belt. FigErativelys
1er footsteps for iive years have been
over a path of bruised and bleeding
hearts. and she was revealing in paving
the road ahead when it was blocked
by the two following individuals:
Jack Dashing. Princeton, aged 2Si
black hair. ditto eyes, Eonsan fea-
lures, splendid disposition. aud
Frank Panlding. Pennsylvania aged
2S. golden hair blue eyes, good ma
stDred. clever, and
There they stood and pass them she
could not. For the first time Juliette
felt Ger own dainty scalp in danger.
They did not cry for largesse merely,
but sued for her hearts whole king
dom. With these two young men Jil-
liette intuitiveIy recognized that her
tate lay With the prejudice of aveL-
cram flir't against serious entangle-
rrents she fought off the love which
SIX had so Gong nasqueraded, and
which existing in truth threatened her
butterfly liberty, but she was hope
lessly involved. Then she gave up re-
sisting and tried to choose between
them.
First it was Jack, then her heart re-
bounded to Frank, took another leap
into Jacks domain, and retreated
again. For weeks it was yeritable
pendulum, swaying between the two.
Strange as il sounds, she was in fit
nlocd TO even abide by the fall cf a
penny In the selection of one Or the
other as husband. Cnee, indeed. she
tipped a coin high in the air, and as
she watched it fall back screamed
frantically, with a full determination
to accept the result as a decree of fate
t'heads for Frank, tails for Jacl1v'
When the penny rolled under a sofa
cefyirg all efforts at recovery, she re-
garded il as a. warning, not a decree,
and desisted.
Conscientious study of her serti-
nlents were equally barren of satisfac-
tory conclusions. She adored Pauld-
ingss violet blue eyes, but Dashing's
mop Of dark hair seemed to draw her
10 him by every individual strand
Franks good nature seemed insipid,
with Dashing's cameo-like features
Browning at mere mention of his rival
but then she detested scowls. Really,
it was all very distracting. If she
found some new virtue in one the
other was certain to destroy its good
influence by the presentation of a
counterpart, or some still superior
trait, and the balance of power was
thus equally preserved, leaving Juliette
in a misery of indecision.
And now, after many days. matters
tad reached a crisis. The hour had
come when she must decide between
them-take one or reject both, for both
had popped" Frank had been told
that llis case would be taken under
advisement. AS fate playfully destined
Jack made the plunge the following
afternoon, and his appeal was likewise
filed"
Juliette. as she tersely expressed ii
in defiance of all culture, was in a.
hole" and, having no one to advise
her hut an uncle who was so venerable
that he had forgotten what love
meant, she was left to scramble out
alone. Rejecting a proposal worried
her not at all. She had no conscience
mo firt can have-but it was her own
little heart that needed attention.
Either man would do, she smilingly
At4fIClGd, Dul SUPPOSE SIZE QlI6QQe0
both; an, the smile disappeared.
In the middle of one sIeepless night.
the darkness OF her situation was sud
denly Illuminated by the light of
great idea. 1t seems so alluring, as
she revolved its possibilities that she
feit like singing ,nosannahs. and that
1t smacked of seashore fiction and the
romance of knight errantry only de-
lighted her the more. Viewed in any
lfrhf f11ic
cast by merciful destiny.
At 3 the evening following her two
admirers were brought together for the
frst time in the great reception room
Of her Philadelphia home They knew
each other by individual regulations
as football players, but they had never.
met, either at the foot of Juliette's
inrone or on the athletic field, so it re-
CURED all that woman's diplomacy Ia
avert friction until she was ready ia
explain her summons and bring for
ward the idea. This latter she did in
her own startling, original way about
thirty minutes after their arrival She
tried 70 he brave about il, but the
error of her ways became so manifest
at the eleventh hour that it shocked
her. The fearful harvest of ind:e-
eliminate fiirtation-a. broken heart or
two--Seemed about to be reaped
Craven fear seized her, and she tre,71-
bied visibly when she arose during a
pause, and said:
BOYS, you wonder why ] have sum-
moned you here together, ! presume
and IL hesitate to say Both of Won
have paid me The highest compliment
man may tender woman-asked nv
hand in marriage (at this junctllre In
liette's said hand upset and demolished
vase of iRestimable value. as She
saw the look exchanged between her
aucitorsl, and l tell-tell you truly r
l.cannot Say-say-I cannot determine
Which Of yoa l love the more There
seems 10 me but one way in which I
can settle this dreadful problem / do
not want you to fight over it, nor in
any way become enemies on my ~
count. I am not worth ii. OWbicr
statement, although strictly true was
denied in chorus by the devotees 7
viii not attempt solution myself Of
Inc matter-let fate rule who shall he
me CHOSEN one. You are members of
rival football teams. You play a great
ana decisive game Thursday. If Penn
sylVanfa wins, Frank, l will accent
your kind offer-if Princeton is VIZ
for1ous, L shall marry Jack. At This
moment my sympathies are With
neither, and l can truthfully saw. may
the best man win L want Won to on
now, and rest assured that this is The
only way I see out of it. Try and for
give me, boys, P'-and then Juliette
burst into tears and fed, leaving the
bewildered suitors to dazedly grone
1helr way out of the room and house.
Juliette's panic disappeared with her
tears, and the next morning she was
hilarious 70 think how easily her dar-
ing Milan seemed likely IN xrorf- M.