The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-15
VERY REsoURCFFUL.
Blue-Eyed Girls Scheme to Become
Popular with the Men WORKS
Beautifully in Her Case.

Beautifully in Her Case.
s'Fll never be even civil to man
again." muttered the brown-eyed girl
relates the Chicago Daily News.
The blue-eyed girl shrugged her
shoulders incredulously. Have your
unsophisticatetl affections been trifed
with?"
1T is worse than that. A man I
don't even like thinks l am in love with
him."
did you give him cause?''
Indeed / did not. Only a conceited
prig could have mistaken my manner.
You know, L have just returned from
Cousin Mans summer cottage. There
was bachelor next door. don't know
how long he has been bachelor, but
long enough to be utterly selfish and
uninteresting. He ran in every day and
l told Mans husband that it was bet
ter to be lonely than to be bored. Then
in some unexplainable way got it into
my head that he had been in love with
Cousin Nan and was still true to her
memory"
"You-a Chicago girl and thinking
that 3 You are queer" commented the
blue-eyed girl.
81 know it, but it made him interest
ing. His stupid expression seemed soul
full, and when he shook hands with
Cousin Nan / fancied that / could see a =.
wistful expression, and when he kissed
her children / felt sure that only a
strong will was keeping back his tears.
l thought him so noble, SO uncomplain-
ing, and tried to enter into all his
moods. 1t wasn't very thrilling, but as
there were no other men around I
thought it wouldn't hurt me to be good
to him and cheer him up IS much as I
could. We rode and walkedtogether in
sympathetic silence, and L felt sure
that he understood, for he told Tom
that L was such a restful girl. One
evening we stood on thu. porch and [
thought of the years of loneliness be-
fore him and my heart ached. Picking
up his hand, 1 held it for a second
against my cheek, said Good night
very abruptly and went into the
house"
mo wonder he thought that you
were in love-" interrupted the blue
eyed girl.
"Nonsense! If man picked up a
girls hand she wouldn't think that he
was in love-she would know that he
was simply affected by the moon or
something he had eaten, for dinner"
''Of course he proposed?'
Hardly. This story isn't in any
story book. He was frightened to
death and never called again. found
out afterward that he had never been
in love with anyone except himself
conceited prig!"
full. eff you want to be awfully pop
ular I'll tell you how if you will prom
Use never to breathe it."
"Ill promise anything"
"Well, 1 will tell you my own expe-
rience. Last summer there was only
one eligible man at the summer resort
and I knew that my chances for a good
time were slim, for the other girls were
younger and very attractive. Then
some one who didn't know told that
man that the man I was engaged to
died, and since that time I had been in
different to men. 1t was better to have
him think that than to know the real
unromantic truth, so dropped several
remarks which would confirm his opin-
ion. He hadn't even looked at me be-
fore, but after that he began studying
my face and he thought it so wonder
full the way hid my true feelings, for
though my heart was broken only a
very close observer would have guessed
it. To make a long story short, he de-
cided that | was very safe for a sum-
mer girl and he showered his atten-
tions on me, and I accepted them with
an I-understand-you air. 1t worked so
beautifully that l know I have six men
trying to make me forget some deep,
unknown sorrow, for they all feel sure
that I can't fall in love-
"But do you think any of them will
propose?"
81 hope not. I don't want to have
good thing spoiled"
Then the blue-eyed girl began look
ing over her engagement book for the
| week.