The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-03-26
A WOULD BE, FLIRT.

II woman really 16 IN love WIN
her husband, she cannot expect to have
very good time at a dance.
X. So spoke the dearest little woman in
all the world late one evening on re-
turning from pleasant entertainment
given by one of our neighbors, as she
sank wearily into one Of the big sofa
cushions that adorned the couch Of our
room.
knew by the curious way she had
acted during our short walk home that
something was troubling her pretty
head, so preserved discreet silence
She gave me quick glance to notice
the effect of her words, and seeing me
busily engaged in removing bunch of
white carnations from the lapel of my
dress coat she continued:
"She may enjoy herself after fashion,
but in order to thrill as she did as
girl it is necessary to be interested more
or less in somebody else"
Still kept silent, and gathering
courage from pure lack of opposition she
went on:
"H were only able to f1irt, could
get along famously. I have often seen
other women add this variety to their
lives, and as far as l could ever find
out no harm resulted.
"Pray do not abstain from any such
enjoyment on my account" interposed.
''Don t fiatter yourself, my DEAR" she
said. 81 have the inner consciousness
hot r AE:- fa,1 foi 1a1
utterly"
"Tried what?"
"Tried to flirt, you goose. Idetermin-
cd to try it Just as an experiment. I'll
tell you all about it if you won't inter
rupt me and will be real good to me for
the rest of my life.
eyes, tried desperately to imagine
myself an i'll treated woman; that
hated you terribly, and finally to make
Geoffrey Gordon never existed, but to
what an end Just as fancied was
succeeding. you would bob up serenely
into vision and there you would stay, no
matter how hard tried to forget you.
Of late. after the many social func-
tions we had attended, had noticed
disposition ON the part Of my wife to
answer only vaguely to my inquiries as
to whether she had enjoyed herself at
Mrs. So-and-so's musicale, or Miss
Somebody s reception, but I never sup
posed for moment there was anything
serious on her mind, as the above some-
what gloomy expression indicated. So
turned all attention to hear what might
be called a confession.
maybe you would not be averse to
being given an opportunity to use my
insurance money, or else a judge in the
divorce court might be prevailed upon
to render his decision
But here my remarks were cut short
by demonstration that would hardly
look we'll in words-in fact, should be
at loss how to express such mani
festation of feminine protestation.
When she had resumed state that
made intelligibility possible, she broke
forth:
.Now, Geoffrey, that is too unkind
for anything. When come to you to
tell you all, you stand there and make
fun of me. You had better be careful,
young man. 1t may be worse than you
suppose. You know what your favorite,
Congreve, says:
Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned.
Nor hell fury like woman scorned.
$50 keep real good till have finished
"You see, before I was married,
whenever I went to dance, there was
always some one-four or five in fact
xrkr I hi xu,h
could count to speak to me before the
evening was over and with whom I
could have pleasant chat and dance.
So, no matter how distasteful my pres
ent partner might be, my anticipations
were pleasant enough to make mp for
the present
"There were certain men who per-
haps were not actually in love with me
z (she said this with perfectly straight
face), but who invariably felt disposed
to drift in my direction, so that ! was
kept perpetually buoyed up while talk
ing with the stupid ones and absorbed
after they did speak to me by delightful
uncertainty rs to what the future might
bring forth. That, of course. was before
met you. dear.
when 60 to dances now, seem to
lose remembrance Of the fact that am
married, and with woman's vanity I
begin to be painfully aware that the
very men who would have stood on
( their heads had asked it in the past I
could not coupt on now to take the least
interest in me or 70 talk other than the
dreariest platitudes. They were painful
y polite. would advance toward me
with few cominonplnce remarks. and
4 when they favored me at german with
!. some glittering trinket, for which ]
I nsed to be crazy. felt as though it was
e N expression Of charity. portray ling
that. having made my choice. must
{. abide By it and not expect any vary great
e8eFtion on their part.
~ drifted from bad to worse till
Vpa6hed state Of desperation, and wheu
Il >1 ~ nrs. 6weetly gazing fondly into
pdstv Robinson's syeaths othss svsnise