The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-11
FL0YglS THEORY.

uhllOu was eaBllg QAhtluBulhlbH uuW
that the rumble of tho osr had ceased.
TITS u favorite theory OF mine, tell
you, said he of the light hat, 'and I've
never knOwH-ft 10 fail; II you wish 20
retain your Influence over q woman
don't marry her.
Most people think otherwise" re-
piled the one In brown, petulantly.
''Do they? How many men OF your
acquaintance really influence their
wirpB-i mean outside the power OF
money and the fact that the woman is
dependent on the man for bread?"
Il always thought Lewis did"
YES, but he's naturally student
and knows more IN a minute than she
can ever learn, Besides, she's domestic
and wOrships him as II he were a demi-
god. Miss Lyons Is not that kind; she's
brilliant, ylvaclous, magnlaque. as that
French artist puts 1t"
The man In brown looked uneaslly
out at the vacant lots, made pretense
Of reading one OF the signs and sppar-
emily wished the car would proceed.
Look at Arson, continued the
other. "That woman was his slRve be-
fore he married her. Don't you Temem
Der how she deserted young Huyler In
the middle Of waltz Mt his orders?
Now look; she fiirts with Huyler before
Arson's very face and calls her husband
'poky.' Would you like that3''
The younger man blushed.
'If Thought" he began.
Eyes, II you thought you would have
that experience you'd sooner touch one
OF those live wires up there than marry
her. You never could bear It TO marry
a woman who did not remain after
marriage as she was before-your wor-
SHIPPER"
"But most men don't care for that
sort OF thing. and are willing to be
bound in sllken chains, as the flash
novellsts put It."
well, that's what It comes to, and
unless you take my advice you'll see"
Whizz, bur-r-ri The current was on,
and the car went rocking and whirrins
down the rails, the noise Of the wheels
drowning out the conversation.
OF the two passengers she was tall.
graceful, blond; he wore brown suit
and hat to match. The motOrInan re-
membered having seen him before
somewhere. The car waited for
freight train to move from across the
trolley-llne track.
ut is easy to say obey. but no wo.
I man will do 1t who respects herself"
| she was remarlSing.
''They tell It that she refused at first
but he insisted on u"
Before the church full Of people, too.
That's an example of mans conserva-
tism. It's a wonder We have advanced
| from the blue laws"
''If we hadn't there would be no ball
tomorrow night"
''But you are not goIng?"
IT told you, no. leave for a months
| trim west Tomorrow / wish YOU would
not go, either"
"But Mr.. Huyler will be there" arch
1.-THE more reason why you should not
''And Floyd Carson"
HE does not count with the women"
why, may ask?"
"He has q theory that women should
be obedient to the lords Of creation"
zone OF the kind that Insist on
obey'?"
at Judge so. No woman, he says, can
ever fascinate or control him."
you'd better not repeat that among
women. 1T WIZ plque their curiosity
and invite them to test their powers"
''I am sorry told you, then"
$50 you are really going west to.mor'
row." with a shrug OF uneasiness,
Would that train never pass?
yes" with look OF longing, and
/ we must say good-by here, for I've
work to do this evening. I've not seen
you as often lately as used to, but
Jerk, jerk, rattle! The train had
gone, the wheels clicked over the rail-
way and the motorman had his hands
| fuIi warning the many teams from his
course. The woman left the car at the
second crossing. The man watched her
until the last ribbon of her cloak had
Ruttered around the corner. Then he
sighed and opened an evening paper.
A broken rail. The passenger in
brown kept his seat. Another man in
light clothing entered; the motorman
was sure he had seen the same pair In
his car before. As he watched the
workmen repair the track he could not
help overhearing the talk.
"Hello, old fellow! Back, are you?'
yes Floyd; Just in this morning.
Had tiresome trip. How are all the
boys?"
"Flourishlng Or broke; mostly broke,
Huyler's gone to Washington. sup
pose you know
IT heard It to-day"
"And the French artist-he said he
had great offer from some Paris paper
to Illustrate for them, and he's gone.
Privately he's giving lessons to class
over in New Jersey or Maryland or
somewhere"
"But the girls?"
'sYou surely are not much interested
in them. Before you went away you
got to be very cynical"
II thought over your theory good
deal and came to believe that there was
something in It."
"My theory? What was that?"
why" surprised, that to control a
woman you should not marry her"
ooh, yes. Well?"
"There may be something in It, At
any rate, let that Irritation with Miss
Lyons drop a little and no one else
seemed to Interest mt"
"She's a nice girl"
Yes and was afraid she would feel
grieved at my dropping her So"
II think not I've seen a good deal
OF her one way and another, and have
mot noticed Il. To be candid, that the
ory OF mine wouldn't suit everybody"
1Do YOU think It suited me?"
well, you said you would not allow
any woman to control you"
"And you?"
az didn't say It,
II believe, FLOYD, you contemplate
"Maybe / do--ln fact, have about
concluded that I'd as soon be controlled
as have the responsibility on my own
shoulders"
sIz.Z-z-whir.r-rl The car was NOV
Ing again. How the brakes ratified!
1t was rainy night. Not passen-