Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-01
WINNING A WOMAN;S LOVE.
Algernon Perkenham Tried u New Recipe
without Marked Success.

with the enthuE'Rsm that he could
have " :shcd. AS matter of fact,
she had always seemed to become
intensely interested in horses or golf
or the latest novel whenever he had
Iesun to verge upon the subject of
love. This had disagreed with the
digestion, and consequently the spir-
its of Mr.. Perkenham He quit
hanging around the stage doors,
cared nothing for the stories that
were told at his club and aroused
the anxiety of his mother.
One day he got hold of book in
which he read that the surest way
to win a woman's love was to APP
pear Indifferent to her, to treat her
as if she were unworthy of being
taken seriously and to dispute every
thing that she said.
Algernon Perkenham' heart gave
mighty leap when he read this,
insomuch that his tonsils were al
most knocked from their founda-
TONS
I'll begin tonight" he said to
himself. "I'll make her think that
l look upon her as the dust beneath
my feet. III paralyze her!'
So that evening he called at the
dOrsay palace, for, as he told his
friends, he "had the ongtray there
the Perkenhams and the d'Orsays
being mutually interested in the
stockyards business.
Tho beautiful girl swept into the
drawing room after the young man
had waited half an hour and en-
claimed:
"Oh, good evening, Mr. Perken-
ham! I'm so glad to see you! It's
beautiful evening, isn't it,
He threw one leg over the other,
yawned az replied:
"Oh, f1nno! 1t amt so warm. "
"Warm:" she replied in some sur
prise mo, it isn't too warm It's
just nice,
Think sol Seems beastly to me. "
"Why," Miss d'Orsay said as she
sat down in a chair that was plenty
large enough for two, you seem to
have IL grudge against the world
this evening. | hope it is not be-
cause had to keep you waitings l
assure you couldn't help
son." lie interrupted, don't
worry about that! | haven't
kick comm against the world. Never
felt moro cheerful in my life Fact
is | feel SO good | can hardly Ike, !.
from whoopin right out AS for
your keepin me waitin, | didn t
mind Iva havin such Il good time
here all ly myself that if You hadn t
come down lor an hour don t s pose
ia have noticed it, y
She looked at him steadily for u
moment AMI then said;
"YOur sister Lillian was telling
me last week that you were not en
joying very good health | suppose
that is the reason we have not had
the privilege of seeing much Of you
lately
Some folks seem to be nightly
interested in the state of my
health he replied, maintaining his
devil may care expression with son. g
difficulty, for his impulse was 10
throw himself at the sweet maiden :
feet and tell her that he could II, |
live without her love. My heal. IL
has never been better'n it has bee il
lately,' he went on. THE reason
haven't called here very often Is
that I've had other engagements
broke several pressin ones just to
come around this evenin, for
s'posed you'd think it strange if
staid away any longer, and
wouldn't have you worry about nc
for anything. Say, that's a be"st1y
way you've got your hair done UP
Makes you look 40 years old Nov,
if you'd wear your hair back farthe,
on your head it wouldn' make yoUl
nose seem 20 turn up so much at The
end If -
But she had suddenly risen and
without saying anything, hurried
from the room.
A moment later the butler, wht
weighed Isl pounds and had biz
fists with long tufts of hair OF
them, appeared in the doorway ant
said
Miss 'Orsay says TO trun yous'
out and tell youse dat if yoU:e eve
come around here wild anudder jas
she'll have yuuso run iu!'
Three minutes must have elapsed
before Algernon Perkenham wa
able to gather himself up at the bot
tom of tho marble steps and linn
away. -Cleveland Leader.
81 wish" said Drunson to tn,
railway brakeman, as the live wiz
SDuttercd in front of them, -. tina