The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-05-24
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him, as the parting came, for his, Lack
Of kindness to an old comrade.
Not if the court knows herself. But
to Buffalo, which is pretty much the
same thing. Still, thank goodness, ]
don't need to stay there long. Ill be
in New York before I'm many days
older. yearn to plunge into the arena
once more. The still calm peaceful.
ness of this whole vacation has made
me long for excitement again, and I'm
glad the warrant has pushed me into
the turmoil" IS
'Well, Richard, I'm Sorry you have
to go under such conditions. I'm afraid
l have not been as companionable a
comrade as you should have had"
"Oh, you're all right, Kenny. The
trouble with you is that you have
drawn little circle around Toronto
university and said to yourself: This is
the world It isn't, you know. There
is something outside of'all that"
Every man, doubtless, has his little
circle. Yours is around the Argus
office"
eyes, but there are special wires
from that little circle to all the rest of
the world, and soon there will be an
Atlantic cable"
Il do not hold that my circle is as
large as yours; still, there is something
outside of New York even"
"You bet your life there is; and, now
that you are in a more sympathetic
frame of mind, it is that want to talk
with you about. Those two girls are
outside my little circle, and I want to
bring one of them within it. Now, Rem
mark, which of those girls would You
choose if you were me?"
The professor drew in his breath
shortly, and was silent for moment.
At last he said, speaking very slowly:
II am afraid, Mr.. Yates, that YOU do
not quite appreciate my point of view.
AS you may think I have acted in an
unfriend1y manner, will try for the
first and final time to explain it. l
hold that any man who marries a good
woman gets more than he deserves, no
matter how worthy he may be. have
profound respect for all women, and
l think that your light chatter about
choosing between two is an insult to
both of them. think either of them
is infinitely too good for you-or for me
either
ooh, you do, do you? Perhaps you
think that you would make much
better husband than [. If that is the
case, allow me to say you are entirely
wrong. If your wife was sensitive
you would kill her with your gloomy
fits. wouldn't go off in the woods
and sulk, anyhow"
"1f you are referring to me, will
further inform you that I had either
to go off in the woods or knock you
down. chose the lesser of two evils. >
''Think you could do it, I suppose?
Kenny, you're conceited. You're not
the first man who has made such a
mistake and found he was barking ur
the wrong tree when it was too late fol-
anything but bandages and arnica."
81 have tried to show you how I feel
regarding this matter. I might have
known I should not succeed. We will
end the discussion, if you please
"Oh, no. The discussion is Just be-
ginning. Now, Kenny, I'll tell you
what you need. You need good
sensible wife worse than any man ]
know. It is not yet too late to save
you, but it soon will be. You will be.
fore long grow crust on you like q
snail, or a lobster, or any other cold
blooded animal that gets shell on it.
self. Then nothing can be done fol-
you. Now let me save you, Kenny, be.
fore it is too late. Here is my PROPOSE
ton: You choose one of those girls
| and marry her. I'll take the other.
I'm not as unselfsh as I may seem in
this, for your choice will save me the
worry of making up my own mind. Ac-
cording to your talk, either of the girls
is too good for you, and for once 1 en-.
tirely agree with you. But let that
pass. Now, who is it to be?"
Good God, man, do think I am 90.
ing to bargain with you about my
future wife,"
"That's right, Kenny. like to hear
you swear. 1t shows you are not yet
the prig you would have folks believe.
There's still hope for you, professor
Now, I'll go further with you. AL
though I cannot make up my mind
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