The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-10

II you can't wrest hlm from her. Add
! ed to this fashion. the very fact that
: he Is not attalnable makes him all the
more popular. That's little twist Ia
the feminine make up. Polly, dear
| mir. Sylvester" said Poliy-and the
Ice looked warm beside her voice.
can skate quite AS well II you do NOT
hold my hand. An engaged manor .
married man, either" she continued.
lis exactly like the little fox terrier
who couldn't be made 10 come out OF
his house until they tied him up. Then
he chewed up the rope and began
romping around the back yard. The
very moment a man feels the colds
OF an engagement or the bonds OF mat
rimony binding him he wants TO slip
them or. Why. man who would
laugh at pink notes and snub the girl
who pursued him with Holsters before
marriage win succumb 10 them like
a violet TO the sun or an icicle TO the
fire after matrimony. But l don
blame him. declared Polly. trying 10
wriggle her hand away.
Neither do IT, agreed. enthusiasts
tlcally. clasping the hand tighter than
ever.
Il blame the woman" announced
Polly.
Which woman. Pollyi" said 1.
THE other woman"
''why. no." said Poly. 1.-THE other
that is. both OF them. Now II they
would only join hands"
WHAT" exclaimed. TWO womenf"
And cooperate for the punishment
and confusion OF the man"
Polly Lee" / asked tragica,ly.
''would you undermine the whole soc al
systemf Why. cooperation between
two women would be worse than the
Servant Girls Union. Ever since there
have been two women and a man on
earth there has been feminine war
fare"
And that" said Polly. has been
the cause OF most OF the masculine
sins. IL Is always case OF woman |
against woman. You hnd II every |
where. from the nursery 10 the divorc,
court. when Bobby Is a small boy /
he promises Marjorie and Oracle each
his box OF candy. When Marjorie and
Oracle ind out this perfidy. instead OF
uniting against him and taking Il out
Of him. they begin pulling one an
others hair and scratching at each
others eyes; and Bobby walks serene
Mary Anne around the corner. When
he grows up Bobby may have as many
wives as solomon. but when he Il
brought into court there are always
half OF them dying 10 send him 10
prison and the other half aching 20
take him back to their arms again.
Ind all OF them gIaring dagsers az
zach other"
And" added. there Is always
'till another woman waiting round the
,orner with heart full OF sympathy"
"And such fascinatlons as peroxide I
ialr." II
is II absolutely necessary that the :
'ther woman have peroxide hair. I
'ollyT' inquired. h
"Oh. that's a way with othe. \
said Polly.
"And yet" remarked. gliding along H
Il once knew-anothsr h
didn't dye her hair" \
Polly wriggied her hand out OF mine :
nd tucked IL IN her mun. =,
1T was-lct me see-sbout the time n
announced my engagement" went o.
n. renectively. .,
Polly turned and struck out for tho :.
iore with a squirt OF which had not =,
fought her capable.
"she was" continued. "a girl IN =
bur set
Il do believe the sun Is going down. i,
r. Sylvester" remarked Polly. slow :.
< up perceptibly. ~
For reasons Of my own I did not ~
tempt TO carry on the conversation. In
fter n few moments silence what N,
pected happened !.
who" said Polly. faintly. was an
e girl In my setg" 4.
why. the other woman. OF course" IA
replied. "she had hardly observed a.,
7 existence before the dry that my .,
was announced. The very
1t evening she asked her brother to
lite me up TO dinner"
fancied Polly said something like A
but must have been
staken.
OF course you didn't 20. Mr.. syi. "s
ltcrT' she remarked. aloud
Tim afraid did" confessed. rue Sn'
~. You see. didn't exactly I'M wa
stand things then. as do since you
have been engaged for some ~"
e. And the girl was very pretty SO
alluring Folly gave a little 'ns
q. and sped on. e"s
And" continued. keeping beside eao
when she invited me for a son
Ching party on the following night ~.
named n nice girl" '"e
oily stopped short In the middle OF w,
fee. w"
accepted" I finished 9"e
SylvesterT FOL
voice would have been awful, II eu -
nd not threatened to be teny.
Oh. no." I answered quickly. Il ~
IT 20. You see the snow melted
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