Evening journal., 1903-06-27
A New Petruchian
Method

uODt- bNAlnuinf ctiiO tttfIO0 rak
over our cigars after dinner Mrs. |
Barnard had just left the table
"tnat IL ever / marry I'll get a wife !
who will be as amiahle and as lovable
as yours"
"Hm," said Barnard, 'you don't
give me any credit in the matter"
''You? Credit for your wife's dkpo-
sitlon? Why should you deserve credit
for thatT'
"An answer to your question in
wolves the story Of our courtship and
early married life, a story have never
given even TO my own brother, but
well, If you like I'll give it to you.
"When 1 met my wife she was Agnes
Bugbee, as pretty as a striped wasp
and with as malignant sting. have
i the disposition Of a sportsman and
like to hunt fierce game. 1t seemed
to me there would be aR exhilarating
zest In winning her fromTthe very fact
that it would be difficult.
ut was when automobiles first came
I'm vogue, and / owned very nice one
at least nice for that time-which 1
used to make an occasional call on
Miss Bugbee. She said she detested
to see gentlemen make engineers of
themselves and vowed she would never
ride I'm one. l told her mine wasn't
safe for women and on no account
would l permit a woman to ride with
me. had no sooner spoken than she
excused herself for a few minutes,
went upstairs, came down dressed to
go out and informed me that she had
j concluded TO ride with me. l declined
E to take her whereupon she declared
( that could either do so or not trouble
a myself to call again. Then, Of COURSE,
= consented to take her for a spin.
o "This is a sample Of the ways and
, means l adopted 20 circumvent her
I that is, 1 always opposed what want
k ed. / was constantly looking for the
soft spot in her heart but did not dis
cover IL. year passed, and l was as
far from bringing down the game as
n ever. But there was one result had
n not counted on. The effort 20 win
g her, her refusing to be won, began to
h work on my own heart, and / finally
d discovered that unless 1 succeeded
would be miserable for life.
'Well at last 1 made up my mind
that If l was going to win Agnes Bug
e bee / must do so In the way 1 had ac-
. complished all the results had gain
" ed-that Is, by feigning opposition.
!, wrote her a note stating that a GER.
tain young woman, whom / knew she
hated, was doing her n great injury
D, connecting her name very disagreeably
"a with mine, and l saw no way to pro
' tect her exceptlto discontinue my Wis
its. I receivedia reply by my messen
ger demanding,to know just what hat
been reported, ,whereupon / wrote tina
u the slanderer lhad declared that shl
y Nfiss Bugbee) had been trying for
= year to marry me and failed an,
~ would continue to fail. / intimated il
3 as modest language as 1 could com
,e mand that the tattler intended to mar
d ry me herself. A reply came inviting
Is me to call that evening.
g "Icalled and found AIissBugbee array
"a ed in her most becoming costume. Sh'
ll received me with more graciousnesl
i'd than usual. making an excuse for me 4
70 sit beside her on a sofa and moving 81
o. near to me that a sheet Of tissue pape
o. couldn't find room between us TheI
she bent forward, placing her wais
- where l could not very well help en-
~ circling it. and-well, made a pro
n posal and was accepted.
m "Ive been told that most men whit
n. have been trying their best to get
woman experience a singular reactiol
lt soon after they have succeeded.
he came TO me. / looked with horror q
~ spending my life with a woman WHOM
'e / could never master except by feign
e. ing to oppose what L desired Thi
lie probably saved me from a life OF mis-
al cry, for l resolved that 1 would tea
my heart out rather than incur the Ger
~ tainty Of living a henpecked life Aft
,e e er the reaction passed Off again real
~ lied that my betrothed was necessar
m to me. Then thought out a plan
he plan that could only be put into ez
or ecution after marriage and by the ez
H. ercise Of great self control.
lg GAS soon as the ceremony had bee
y, performed / confessed to my wife tina
H.; 1 had q grudge against the woma
es who had spread malicious report
is' about us and had only married TO spit
by this person; that if my wife chose I
a live with me, knowing this fact,
"a "a would be willing, though If foun
- married life irksome / would NOV
a into bachelor quarters.
-. "This was a trihe more than Mr.
in Barnard had bargained for. 1t mad
Is. her furious at first, but when she say
al me packing my traps to take my dC
ng parture her disposition, 1 suppose, [
I'm have her own way prevailed, and sh
L. unbent. She then and there resolve
ch to win my heart. Whether n desire {
2. spite the other woman had anythin
to do with it / don't know. For
q long while assumed absolute indiffei
ence. One thing would not dol dc
clined to quarrel. The moment m