The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-04-27

A young man spent an evening
with his girl, and during the
evening, while the family was
present in the parlor, he was AS
demure and bland and childlike
as could be wished. The mother
came into the room after the
family had retired, to get hand
kerchief she had left, and the
young man was seated in a chair
in the middle of the room, while
the girl was seated on sofa, and
nothing that the mother could
see in the actions of either led
her to think they were more than
passing acquaintances. 1t seem
ed to her as though the young
people had met before, but there
was no evidence that they were
very well acquainted. All night,
after he had gone, the girl COM
planned of a pain in her side, and
in the morning a doctor was call
ed and found that two of her
ribs were broken. The young
lady's father having been away
on a trip. and having come home,
the matter had TO be explained
to him. He was ted that the
ribs just simply broke themselv-
es, and that neither the mother,
nor the girl, nor the young man
could account for it, and yet all
three of them blushed terribly.
The father patted the girl on the
head, told her she would be bet
ter when she got over it, and
then called the young man into
the library. The young man was
so weak he could hardly walk,
and when he sat down he took
out handkerchief and mopped
his brow and wished he was
lead. The father locked the
young man over AMI was sorry.
He fiji ally said
Young man, | guess / can
give you some points on hug
ging. You must first learn that
girl is not constructed on the
same principle as an iron fence
} or a truss bridge. A girl is a
| delicate piece of mechanism, like
a fine watch full of little springs,
wheels, jewels, etc. The break
.ng of one of these would cause
her keeping time and necessitate
ler being taken to |; jeweler for
repairs. In hugging girl you
q don't want to go at it as it you
: were raking and binding, or
catching sturgeon. / know
where the family sits up late
I with young couple and spoils
: several precious hours of hug
ging, that unless the young man
has a good head, when left alone
with the object of his affection
|, he is liable to overdo the matter
and try to make up for lost time
He seems to want to hug up
lot ahead, and grabs the girl as
though he wanted to break her
! in two. This is wrong. You
) should go at it calmly and delib-
! erately, even prayerfully, and be
|, as gentle as though she was ar
. ivory fan. The gentle pressure
: of the hand that a girl loves,
9 even the touch, is as dear to hel
! as though you run her through
rock crusher. You should moi
I grab her as you would a bag OF
oats, and leave marks on hel
that will last a lifetime. A low
ing woman should not be made
+ to feel that her life is in danger
;, unless she wears a corset made
y of boiler iron. | hope this viii
e be lesson to you. and hereafter
y if you cannot control your feel
= ings, | will provide woodeI
: Indian to practice on first, until
/. you have developed your muscle
and got tired, and then we cal
\ turn our daughter loose in room
= with you and not feel that it i:
- necessary to keep a surgeon
+ handy. In allowing you to keeI
a company with my daughter d.
la not mean to provide you with
h human gymnasium dressed in
v mother hubbard wrapper AM
% wearing bands. You can readil,
"A see that a girl would not last
i season through if she had t.
ls have ribs set once week. Pleas
70 think this thing over. and if tn
10 girl is well enough next Sunda,
et you may drop in and try som
q. more ribs. Now you go hom
~ and hug hat rack for an hou
10 or two and have it repaired j
,o the morning"
q. The young man went out int
tv the night air, took his hat off
~ cool his head and hired man {
4. kick him. Railway Guide.
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