The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-21
A LOVERS PRECAUTION.

~-anslated from the French for the Gin
ctnnau Enquirer.
He was rock for obstinacv with his
absurd pretensions; he fretted me like
blister. He declared, he actually in
sisted. that he had always discovered.
and always would discover, all the arti-
fees Of his inamoratas; that all their
complexities were as an open book to him.
ana that never in his life had a woman
deceived him-not even his wife.
Agnes fooled Arnclphe," said he. ',snd
Rosine fooled Barthold. but that does not
urove Agnes shrewd or Rosine subtle.
SIMPLY that Arnolphe and Barthold were
both idiots. OF course, there are men
who are not fools and still have been be-
trayed for there are loves so furious AMI
wild as TO be blind TO preference.
"A woman is Ike the wind and kisses
many. but man OF sense always dis
covers these kisses If he wishes to- So
for INSTANCE. that 1 look out of the VIM
dow and that you take the chance to Kiss
NV loved one; when 1 turn about 1 can zee
that she has been kissed. Woman's cum
nug. in spite of tradition. is absolutely
destitute OF ln5eiiisenee; their demands
Instead of being, as they believe Ms
blind, deaf and stupid, we hear what
they do not speak, see what they fancy
they hate; briefly, divine their inmost ana
most secret intentions
The reason that so many men apDear
TO be deceived is not that women really
do deceive them, but that the men them
selves feign to be deceived. A lover he
comes a coward, for the falsest mistresses
are invariably the most charming; TO ac-
cuse them is to lose them.
1T is the prettest mouth always that
lies the most. But men all know how
they lie. and l, without counting MYSELF
as shrewd as Iago or as subtle as Figaro
7 Il fhraT
who can fool me has never been born
never been kissed, never yet freshene6
with veloutine the rose of her cheeks"
This was too much for me- and I hlurtad
out hastily, without thinking of conse-
quences;
And you say that still-you. who are
in love with Lucienne Thuriot?'
She has blue eyes. big baby blue eyes
full Of innocence, has she not?"
she has"
With red gold hair ripping in waves
Red gold hair in waves precisely"
Crowned with a picture hat with a.
bird of paradise nibbling at a bunch Of
cherries?"
"Nibbling at cherries, yes.''
And wears since Easter a tailor made
Marie Louise blue gown that molds her
figure so snug and close that it seems to
embrace herr"
Yes"
Well, 1 saw her this evening, your Lu-
Clenne IhuriOt, not two hours ago either
saw her / say, in coupe with the blinds
hat drawn, a young man beside her.
blonde handsome, holding her hands in
MS and fervently whispering in her ear -
l expected an outburst, a violent ex-
plosion; it came, but an explosion of
laughter only from this extraordinary
man.
"Impossibler' said he.
But | saw her, tell you. Devereaux!'
With her big. blue, innocent baby
NO"
With her red gold hair, all touseIed
No"
with her toque that gives to the bird
the cherries to eat"
NO"
With the snug, blue bodice close hug
gins her like a lover"
No no, no, | say"
And / say yes; nay more. I swear that
saw her DeVereauX. ana covered with
the divinest bushes she was madly kiss
ing the long, pale, gold curls of the man
she prefers to YOU"
NO, no. a million times moi You are
merely the victim Of chance resemblance
nut, granting that you are not mistaken
that you are right, the discovery. does not
aHect my theory in the slightest degree.
betrayed | may be, for betrayal is ALWAYS
possible but deceived. never! Five min