Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-04

something atrocious. Besides, | had
made sort of wager with Kitty Car
ter" Polly stopped.
"Well?" I suggested.
'Oh, well-that I could--that he
should-I mean-Oh, don't you under.
stand, Mr.Heavyfeather-b IL o'clock.
finished refusing him at five minutes
OF, while you were waltzing with
! How do you know with whom was
waltzing?"
"Oh, had only to keep one eye and
and an ear on Bobby--and not my
heart" said Polly sweetly.
melted beneath Polly's smile as
the snow beneath the sun.
Polly" said I. tell me how you
managed the mental suggestion In
Bobby's case-how you manage II
anyhow"
But you must have begun some.
how" insisted
! with Bobby? Oh yes; began by
, telling him that the jam was in the
closet, but that the door was locked
| II don't understand said ].
! 81 told him." Said Polly, that new.
or intended 10 marry. never."
, jerked the reins so suddenly that
Marc Antony threatened to stand up
on his hind legs.
what did you tell him that for?" !
exclaimed.
: Bobby, would hate to think any.
body who was in the matrimonial mar.
bot haI IN nj hi,,,' Iat ia aI Dol
ly. "He likes to think he Is pursuing
somebody who doesn't want him.
That's the funny thing about most
men. They always want the girl who
they think doesn't want them, and
thereby lay the foundation for the d.
vorce court proceedings right there in
the parlor where the proposal is going
on. 1t is nearly always safe to begin
making man propose to you by tell.
ing him you are unattainable. II Is
like telling a small boy that there is
jelly.cake in the pantry, but that it's
locked up. He Immediately begins to
look for the pantry key"
Polly" said I. gazing down upon
that small bundle of fur with real
awe in my eyes, "are you sure you
aren't a reincarnation OF Plato or
Socrates--or somebody? For an un.
reasonable little person, you can rea.
son better"
"Oh, II didn't come naturally"
laughed Polly. ITS the result Of
well, you might say long experience"
WINGED. was searching my mem.
DRY, and somewhere. at some time. II
slowly occurred to me, Polly had posi-.
lively vowed to me coDfidentially that
she never intended to marry.
"Oh, see," remarked, as the light
dawned on me, you always say that,
just as you say, Charmed to meet you,
when you're introduced, Come again.
when man leaves the house, or Par
don me- when You step on his toes"
"No.o-o." said Polly; "you wouldn't
dare tell timid man that the pantry
door was locked. He might take you
literally and go away frightened or dis.
couraged. And told you that didn't
treat them all alike by any means"
WELL" | remarked, Tipping Marc
Antony quite unnecessarily, what did
you do next as regards Bobby?"
81 don't remember. Let me see-oh,
yes. believe l pointed out to him
why wouldn't marry, but what a per.
fectly charming wife somebody was
missing; and how entirely ideal mar.
riage between two sympathetic souls
could be made, and how awful 1t would
be II man should marry the wrong
girl; and"
leaned over and looked Polly
, squarely in the face.
! did you say all those things, Polly
Lee?' ! demanded.
Look Quit" cried Polly. That's
the second time you've almost driven
into a snowdrift."
Polly Lee" repeated. did you say
all those things?"
why, OF course not, Silly" said
Polly, turning pink. 81 only suggested
them. My words were quite-well, he
never would remember the words any.
how, so they don't count"
We'll, what does count, anyway"
retorted, Tipping Marc Antony spite.
fully.
THE looks" said Polly, land the
tone and the attitude"
gave Marc Antony the first lash he
ever had.
What attitude, Miss Lee?" | asked
in a cold, hard voice.
The mental attitude" answered
Polly, without the culver Of an eye
lash, land the mental atmosphere. Oh,
it's something you can't explain, but
most girls understand 1t. It's Just like
feminine logic. There isn't any expla
nation and you can't prove 1t, but it's
true just the same"
There Is" said !, lust about five
dollars difference between feminine
logic and masculine logic"
, II don't understand" said Polly.
Il mean" said /, that there Is FIVE
dollars difference between Bobby Pad.
dington's logic and your logic"