The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08
A LAZY MANS LOVE-MAKiNG.
BY ERNEST M'GAFFEY.

'He is too awfully lazy for any use. II
I ever so far forget myself as TO marry
l shall insist that the unfortunate on
whom l 5estOw my hand and what is left
1 of my heart shall be man Of energy"
! Miss Rutherford's exclamation was
/ brought out because one of her persistent
adOrers had followed her 10 the little ho-
/ tel in the north where she had gone with
4 an aunt to take a rest from the arduOus
; EFFORT OF continuously smiling her way
/ through a six weeks society campaign.
six weeks on the smiling line" said
the disdainful beauty, and then talk to
NE about the horrors of the iring-line
in wartime. IL seems 10 me that the ef-
tort to De merry and hilarious at social
gatherings during one year III big city
wastes enough energy 10 run all the ma
ch.nery inside Of its limits. And what
that long, angular DR.. HaZleWoOd wanted
10 come up into these hills Tor is q mys-
terry TO me"
Now, Marcia" said her aunt, who act
ed as the target for her nieces artillery
practice, you know perfectly well why
he came. He always fishes here In the
summer and he had already made his
preparations TO come before ever you
wrote 20 the hotel people"
Then / suppose il is TO be understood
that l came up here so as to have an op-
p0rtUnity 10 meet this WaItonian Escu-
lapias. is il Aunt Jane?"
If the cap fits you, my dear, put it on
straight" replied her aunt comp. .acentIy.
AT any rate, he viii be a valuable ac-
QUESTION 20 my comfort with his Iuxu-
ri)us habits and indisposition TO get out
Of his own way never saw man who
took the world in such a leisurely fash
ion
That is just what I object TO In him.
snapped the niece vigorously Energy,
energy, what is il that Demosthenes or
Nero or some Of those horrid old mytho-
logical frumps said about energyg'
Il don't in the least know, Marcia.
said the lady addressed: I'm sure Dr..
Watts nor poor, dear Longfellow ever ex-
pressed themselves positively on the sub
ject"
oh. l remember now" said Marcia
1T was DiOgenes, William II. Diogenes,
the British Spartan. who was so fond OF
tubbins himself. He said Give me en-
ergy or give me death'-there goes Dr.
HazlewoOd POW"
Or. Horace ". Hazlewood was one OF
those men who believe m conserving their
energies. That is 20 say. he never allow
cd himself 10 be In a hurry. He argued
that the man who hurries IS lost and the
man who hesitates is saved He instanc-
ed Adamsas notable example of what
extreme precipitation will do Tor the race.
Take yoTr time" he used 10 say. You
might as well, you know. for eventually
time Is going 10 take you"
He was thinnish man with a good eye
and built with view 10 s,neW rather than
adiposity- A chance visit 10 a social func-
ton had brought about an Introduction 10
Marcia Rutherford. Ee had mentally Ie-
solved that she pleased him and that ne
would have her. "a she suited him n more
ways than any other woman he had ever
met She had a great many admirers. but
the doctor had analysed all OF them and
made up his mind that they were not ser!-
Gus. The main difficulty vas in Marcia
She had been so spoiled and petted By her
lovers and followers that she was dan
gerOus!y near blase. To win her size must
be made 10 love him. To bring such a re-
suit about there must be 10 going over
the old familiar path which her les .ub-
tile beaus had trod. There must be some
thing unique. chic, battling. and interest
ing He must arouse her curiosity. awak-
en her resentment, pique her. Please her,
and generally keep her dangling between
absolute security and puzzled uncertainty.
II Was as easy g. lying-the pan Of cam
paign. But the carrying out OF the plan
required circumSpectiOn and care
so he mad dansled uBob.rusiyeIy about
her. never showing the least vexati1n Al
her Whlms ana careful Of looking after
those little attentions - dear 10 the heart
OF woman. He had occasionally stud : |
up weakness OF hers. yiEiSrcted n and
then ever 20 eaFelessly let her know IN a |
light way that he was aware OF that
weakness. She resented q, Snd az ;as