The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-31
A WUMAN'S YES.
An Incident in the Love Affairs OF
Miss Iragg.


wonderfully clever young woman
This was meant in no qualified sense; il
carried with it no contingencies; tho
distinction was positive The fact OF
her cleverness stood prominently apart,
and was Il notable item in the general
assets of her social set. 1t became one
of the chief facts concerning her inter-
esting personality, and frequently over
Swallowed less striking ones when she
was being conversationally considered.
She was of the slender. willowy type;
tall as most men, and graceful after an
unconscious, unstudied fashion. Her
face had straight, angular lines, and
was not essentially pretty. When she
smiled 1T revealed many surprising
curves and subtle charms of expression.
Wondrous power lay in her brown
eyes, power under complete subiectlon
of her will. Her hair was of the
bright yellow tint of over-ripe wheat,
the tint that somehow suggests arti-
ficiality
Miss Bragg's love experiences had
been numerous; but she had managed
with her cleverness to give them va
riety Every man she had ever known
well had attempted TO make love to her
She thought it very amusing, and her
women friends agreed with her in this
view when she told them of her OK
periences, om.tting names. She was
not without consc fence in the matter.
however, and contented herself with
believing that all of her admirers would
get OYER their weakness without per-
manent hurt.
A brief note from one of these adj |
mirers received one morning just az She
was going out produced marked effect |
upon Miss Bragg. She gave up her in
tention to go out and sat down to read |
a second and third time the very brief I
and conventional epistlc. 1t was q
very concise note from Mr.. Philip New-
mann, asking her to walk with him in
the afternoon.
These walks, it must be explained.
formed one of Miss Bragg's character
istlc social institutions Besides being
clever she was peculiar She went
walking with young men much oftener
than she went driving or to the theater
with them. Mr.. Phil Newman had
been one of the first young men to en-
Joy the pleasure of these walks, and
the sight of HIM promenad;ng with Miss /.
Bragg had inspired countless other
young men to aspire to the same priv
lege- But for three years. although
she had walked often. Newman had
not been her companion She had seen
him occasionally at balls, parties, the
theater and elsewhere. but had had lit ,
lie communication with MIN. Tho day I
before receiving his note She had passed !
Inn on the street and he had bowed in )
! distantly polite manner
After reading tho note the third time I
md vainly trying to comprehend its /
meaning She took from the cabinet. in r
Which she kept all her letters, u letter y
q the same handwriting. and, putting
he two together, studied them. Though y
otally different in tone and apparent t,
meaning she believed them to be of h
raclically the same import. The first |,
vrittcn by Newman just after their n
ast walk together three years before, re
7as timid. half fearful proposal OF h;
larriage. 1t had tremulous note of N
ear in it-fear that she would refuse l.
he last-just four lines-askcd her to III
Tallh, nothing more Yet. Miss Briggs If
,gic gave the two the same meaning be
We'll" said Miss Bragg. as she sv
nisned her note of acceptance. ''the II;
nswer's the same to both letter, ~
yes. Before it was qualified, OBJ ia
:ure yes'-he didn't recognize in it, n,
sguisc. This time-I don't like ttis- bf
II make it plain for him" y,
She tore up what she had written, W
Id penned in scrawling. careless char bc
tiers: Louise Bragg. like that NJ
'tter," she said She read Newmann's nc
tie again, half smiling. 81 wonder il II,
IS last phase in the evolution OF Mr.. DC
ewmann's icriines is as compliment he
y to me as the first" she speculated gr
les man of moods, phases and Pc hi
DDS. It's hard TO make out the mean lsn
2 of this last. 1t sounds like last "a
peal. He is human paradox" an
Of all her love affairs, this was the Oh
'st interesting to Miss Bragg. This mi
Is due TO its novel history and TO Dir
Ter reasons Newman was q So wa
ty man of q not remarkable mental me
loer. lie measured Up TO the aver hol
o. MS set lie was rather tall and see
ndsome, with face typically south thu
L What particular quality of his cot
1t drew her toward him, Miss Bragg yot
self could not say--but she was con I
ous Of liking him. Their walks, as TIL
5 been said, were frequent, and their I,r;
KS, while confidential, had never Def
lched upon matrimonial topics. ing
lie reserved the mention of this sub fin;
for the letter that has been re- M
red to. Miss Bragg was bit dis Bra
'ointed at having SO important G new
'stion treated alter the manner of con
iness negotiation. 1t seemed lit sori
cowardly to write. Her reply was ject
worded. To few II
! in the world it would have meant in a
)" but to the generality of men mar
s"-a woman's yes hav