The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-04-25
FALSE DAWN.

NO man Will Ever KNOW Un0 6XuCt
truth of this story, though women may
whisper 1t to one another after a dance
when they are putting up their hair for
the night and comparing lists OF vic
Tins. A man of course cannot assist at
these functions. So the tale must be
told from the outside. in the dark-all
wrong.
Never praise a sister to a sister in the
hope Of your compliments reaching the
proper ears and so preparing the way
for you later on. Sisters are women
first. and sisters afterward and you will
find that you do yourself harm. Sau-
marez knew this when he made up his
mind to propose to the elder Miss Cop
leigh. Saumarez was a strange man.
with few merits so far as men could see,
though he was popular with women and
carried enough conceit to stock a vice.
roy s council and leave a little over for
the commander in chiefs staff. He was
"a civilian. Very many women took an
interest in Saumarez, perhaps because
his manner to them was offensive. II
you hit a pony over the nose ut the out
set Of your acquaintance. he may not
love you, but he will take q deep inter-
est in your movements aver afterward.
The elder Miss Copleigh was nice.
plump, winning and pretty. The young
or was no SO pretty, and from men dis
regarding the hint set forth above her
style was repellent and unattractive.
Both girls had practically the same fig
ure, and there was n strong likeness be-
tween them in look and voice. though
no one could doubt for IN instant which
was tho nicer Of the two.
Saumarez made up his mind as soon
as they came into the station from Be-
har to marry the elder NJ AZ least we
all made sure that he would, which
comes to the same thing. She was two
and twenty, and he was 33, with pay
and allowances Of nearly 1,400 rupees a
month. So the match. as we arranged
it. was in every way a good one. Sau-
marez was his name, and summary was
his nature, as a man once said. Having
drafted his resolution, he formed a Sc
lect committee Of one to sit upon it and
E6SOlNtu W tuhb nlb tlluO, HI OuE uh-
pleasant slang the Copleigh girls hunt
cd in couples"-that is to say, you
could do nothing with one without the
other. They were very loving sisters.
but their mutual affection was some
times inconyenient. Saumarez held the
balance hair true between them, and
uone but himself conld have said to
which side his heart inclined. though
every one guessed. He rode with them
a good deal and danced with them. but
he never succeeded in detaohing them
from each other for any length Of time.
Women said that the two girls kept
together through deep mistrust, each
fearing that the other would steal q
march on her. But that has nothing to
do with q man. Saumarez was silent
for good or bad and as businesslikely at
tentive as he could be, having due re-
gard to his work and his polo. Beyond
doubt betir girls were fond of him.
As the hot weather drew nearer and
Saumarez made no sign women said
that you could see their trouble in tho
eyes Of the girls that they were looking
strained. anxious and irritable, Men are
quite blind in these matters unless they
have more of the woman than the man
in their composition, in which case it
does not matter what they say or think.
/ maintain il was the hot April days
that took the color out of the Copleigh
girls cheeks. They should have been
sent to the hills early. No one. man or
woman. feels an angel when the hot
weather is approaching. The younger
sister grew more cynical-not to say
acid-in her ways, and the Willingness
of the elder wore thin. There was more
effort in it.
Now. the station wherein all these
things happened was. Though not o little
one. OFF the line of rail and suffered
through want Of attention. There were
no gardens or bands or amusements
worth speaking Of, and it was nearly q
days journey to como into Lahore for q
dance. People were grateful for small
things TO interest them.
About tho beginning Of May and Just
before The final cSoGca az llli geors.