Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-09-07
4 Holiday TRaeEDY.

All my lie i neu De0n-WeIl, uOt
exactly o woman hater. but . firm
believer In the idea that man 10 the
lord OF creation, and that woman 10
not an absolute necessity. For
many years II was my proud boast
that was able to dispense with fem.
inine aid and yet live . very enjoy
able life, %, with clockwork reeu.
larity, ! went from my bachelor
lodgings to business each morning,
returning In the afternoon and spend.
Ing the evening st the club or some
place OF amusement. The idea Of
having . lady companion In my ram.
bles never entered my head.
True, my landlsdy, good old soul,
prepared my meals and cleaned my
rooms, but that was because I had
not time to do II myself, and . man
servant was beyond my means. But
In all else I dispensed with woman's
aid. Boot cleaning, sewing buttons
on, lighting the fire, etc., were al!
done with my own hsnds-nay, at .
pinch, I have even washed o pocket
handkerchief.
] desired to stand forth a. liv.
.ag example Of the original Adam
and . proof OF the superfiuity OF the
modern Eve. But my misguided
companions refused to profit by my
teachings or to follow my example.
One by ono they fell under female In.
auence, one by one they married,
and thon--I cut them dead. All, me
Those free Bohemian days were hap.
by ones, % year after year pursued
my adopted course In spite Of the
continual falling of OF my comrades.
Then came time when my circle OF
aoquG;ntances had decreased 30 con.
siderably that l began to feel lonely.
Bachelor ehums were more difficult
to find thar ever. To loneliness sue.
ceeded melancholy, and grow mis-.
cradle.
One friend, to when laid bare my
woos, said:
"You keep to yourself too much.
What you ought to do 10 to lodge
with some family where there are
two or three grown up daughters.
They would wake you up bit"
This, to me, the hitherto ideal id
vocate OF an Eveless Eden! Ard yet,
after the advice had been rendered
several times. began to think that
such Q change might be beneficial
Such o course need not involve the
rendering up OF my tenets; but, Cd
woman still formed part OF tho
world, she might ut least contribute
to my amusement. So, after very Sc.
rious consideration decided to seek
fresh apartments, with light society
thrown In.
Now my troubles commenced. !
could not make the direct inquiry.
"Havs you any grown up daughters?
So I generally Viewed the rooms, lis
tening to the landlady's verbiage,
the rent, and then casually asked,
"Have you any children" and the
reply would be, Eyes. four five.
or six" Gas the case might be)
1.-THE eldest 10 10 years old and the
youngest ? months. But they are ai
good US gold and never make bit o.
noise
The numberless journeys ! made
and the many desultory conversation
listened to were all to no purpose
No one appeared to possess grown ur
dsughters-the eldest was always 10
just when / was about to abandon
my search OF fortune-or was II
fate?-led me to Myrtle Villa, Para
disc Gardens, Upper Dulwich. Thu
door was opened By Q vision Of love
Illness. faultlessly dressed, and Will
bright blue eyes and golden HAIR
NEWLY married." thought /. "well
here ct least the eldest won't be 1Ov
She invited me In. and then dlsap
peared; middle aged lady spterln,
directly after, we proceeded to dis
cuss terms. Then came the newt
able inquiry % to children.
Il have two grown up daughters
the younger OF whom opened tn,
door for YOU"
At last! Need I say that, within
q week, was installed In Myrtl,
Villa? The landlady u widow wa
O genial, homely woman, and TIN
youngest daughter. Annie, aged rs
] have already described, but tn
other daughter. Julia. did not i'm
press me favorably. She was neithe
good looking nor pleasing, and, with
out being exactly bad tempered, 81
ways insisted on having her owl
way.
I now seemed to be In Q new world
My boots bore brilliant luster eacl
morning without my aid, and m.
slippers were laid ready for me In tn
evening, and % for lending me
needle and cotton-ths idea lit
would only leave them outside the
would only be too happy.
no longer needed to seek relsxa
tion at the club after ths labors Q
the day. Julia plsyed the piano vel
Cher only accomplishment). Will
Annie sang div!nely, and thus tn
evenings passed all too quickly. Nal
,acquaintances they did not seem +
possess-yet stay, there was one
Mr.. Malcolm, whose name frequent
ly heard mentioned, but as his call
were always made In the daytime,
never saw him. ] had rapidly passs
into that condition Ut mind whicl
raised . feeling Of jealousy on HE &C
count, % one day ] Questioned M
asndlsdy on r. subject.
'OA, he's g. ~ old isiend Of ousa