Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-02-06
CAN'T TRUST THEM.
BY Barry Pain.

You are somewhat young to come
to so sad a DECISION" said the inter
viewer Possibly you have had some
bitter personal Q perience of the sex
which you would hardly care to sub
NIT to the cold gaze Of the public"
Don't you fret yourself about that.
Anything | tell YOU you can use-on
the terms we arranged. And | should
not take the risk of telling you any
thing ! wanted you TO keep to your
self. As to my being young, | may be,
but I've seen a good bit OF women.
And say YOU may possibly like them,
and you may possibly admire them
for some things, but I'm hanged II you
can trust them "
Dear me-" said the interviewer.
And I'm not so precious easy taken
in as some chaps are. Now, there's
Tilson absolutely anything's good
enough for him. | said to him one
| day, Take three triangles. all the same
! size, and arrange them so as TO make
the name Of Il well known cricketer.'
| lie asked me not 10 tell him and said
he believed he could do it. He made
his trianGles ana got to work. Later
on he came TO me and said he was
| pretty certain the name was Fry and
asked me If it wasn't. WELL / said,
that would be telling you nearly all
OF it, So ne wouldn't be told and
said he'd bet he'd get it before the end
/ of prep. All through prep. lie was
working at it as hard as he could go.
The triangles looked like Euclid at
! little distance, so that he didn't get
COPIED. Besides, you can do what YOU
like in Piggy's prep"
piggy inquired the interviewer.
"Piggott-One of the masters-he's no
good. Wen, after prep. Tilson owned
| up that he couldn't do it. 'WhatY L
said. Can't arrange three triangles SO
as to make the name of well known
crickcterT No, said he. no more can
l., said |. And never heard OF any
! body who could Then ne chivied me,
and we got into the bootroom and
| slung boots NJ one another until he
sent one through the window. He was
! in proper row. too, next day because
he hadn't done any prep. Oh. you can
always catch Tilson"
(Which things are in the nature OF
| DEPRESSION, observed the interviewer.
Mature Of n which? Well, I'm not
like TilsCn. and ! know most catches.
| But I've been taken i'm by women more
than once, md don't trust any OF
! them any More. Some time ago | used
TO get mp to the sckroom just before
! going TO bed. Ia got cold and cough
and n tickling in the throat and the
matron gave me loZenges that we Mt
bad-I've paid money down for things
/ that weren't half so decent TO eat. SO
ia sit on the table and chew those
lozenges ana say that n day in bed
would put me right-though that never
came Off. used 10 talk. and she en-
! couraged me to talk. and she used to
talk herself If | thought the grub
wasn't quite up TO the usual mark. I'd
mention it. I'd make criticisms On the
masters I'd tell her about any special
! little lark we were. having. And she
used to listen to it all and you'd have
sworn she was on my side. Yet she
used to pass the whole blessed thing
on-peached regularly. There's n viper
for you"
"Thus early does one learn discre-
ton" observed the interviewer.
Not so blessed early either" said
James Robinson. Il got done again
after that | didn't know then they
were all alike. | thought that matron
might be an exception. 1t was in the
holidays when | was stopping at my
| ,fC CIR
ms there-all girls-and they'd got nm.
other girl, n friend of theirs. with
them. Her name was Dora Lemaine.
My uncle being the rector. he natural
ly corks me into his choir where they
can't sing for bananas. and | do
solo for them on Sunday That was
the beginning. of course"
Why
Because all women are keen on
anybody who sings or plays pretty
well. This Dora Lemaiue began TO
take lot of notice of me. Consequent
ly began to take some notice Of her.
Some ways she wasn't bad
"How old!"
"She was a bit older than me. Per
haps about twenty-five But if she'd
been all right i'm other ways ! wouldn't
have let that Interfere | killed wa
ter hen with catty chats a thing |
bet you've never donel and gave her
the plumage for hat. Played tennis
with her. though she wasn't up TO my
class. Let her play my accOmpani-
ments. Exchanged photographs. Show.
ed her how to make jumpers. Ran
1--WE miles to catch the post i'm the next
village for her one night. She kissed
me once Everything seemed to be all
right. And all that time she was max
ing game Of me TO my cousins q found
that out from the youngest of them
and repeating particularly private
things that I'd said to her and sort of
jeering at me. What's more. she was
engaged. And that letter | took TO the
post for her was 10 the man. She's
married him now. When | was leay-
ing. she wanted TO kiss me again. but |
wouldn't. No YOU can't trust any wo-