Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

''Now there Is man who doesn't believe
a word l say" remarked Nancy calmly, as
the lawyer walked away.
The man who came often looked injured
Where did you know him so well?" he
asked with the acid accent that rejoices the
heart of n woman
Your inference isn't flattering, Bobby
but your jealousy is; so I'll forgive you. L
find II easy TO forgive a nice man anything
save lack of interest in me. 1t really
makes very little difference to me whether
he is interested in my faults or my virtues,
so long as the interest is there. So you
don't believe me either?
Il didn't say that
But you know me so well, and II Is
poor syllogism that will not work back
wards Do be logical, Bobby. It's the
proud prerogative of your sex, and you
really must cling to few rights, III spite
of the new woman. Now L DO not pfetehu
to log.c but | take off my hat to 1t when
l meet it in man. There have been mo-
ments when I've suspected myself OF
leaning toward logic; but / We always ta keii
Strenuous precautionary measures Wheh-
ever | saw the symptoms. L wear rap
bits foot and d white elephant TO ward on
the calamity. Heaven deliver me from
logical woman. | would rather wear bloom
ers than logic. Id consider 1t less OF an
infringement upon masculine privileges. 800.
But where did you know him so we'll?
pers sted the man who came often.
Now, curiosity is distincuVely feminine
vice" continued Nancy. refiectively. FROM
Adam down men have been devoid or IL.
That's why they have so much room lor
logic In their makeup.
"When YOU look as vicious as that,
Bobby. feel that | could almost love you.
I've hoped, at times, that you would snake
me violently when l didn't behave wen.
Your amiabiIty is the one lamentable thing
about you. When l was younger than L
am now | read that somewhere down in
Africa there is tribe In which the regular
method of courtship is for the love-smltten
man 10 hit his adored one on the head with
n club If she lives and regains her senses,
she feels firmly convinced that ne loves her'
That book gave me mighty leaning To-
ward the field of foreign missions, but dare
say it's all spoiled down in Africa now
Probably effete modern notions have crept
In with the explorers and missionaries; and
the man has put away his stuffed club and
sends his lady violets and chocolates. This
is treachery to my sex. Bobby, but mark
my words; If you want woman to adore
you, beat her! Don't nag at her; that's
maddening. And don I be patient with heI'
that's fatal"
But why doesn't he belive your
MY dear young friend, in your last IN
carnation you were either bulldog or d
leech Your stick-to-it-ive powers are more
than human. He doesn't believe me be-
cause Bobby, this is very sad tale,a
most Notifying tale. l don't figure nobly
in IL. Are you sure your dlleCNloIi loA Ai0
will stand the STRAIN
at has had the tests that make me feel
measuTably certain of 1t, SAID the man
who came often.
well. once upon n time. l visited my
aunt in a small Massa chusetts town. Some
way or other the fact that the scene is
laid in Massachusetts makes my bad be-
havior seem worse than it would in New
York setting. In Kentucky or California
I'm positive anything short OF breaking all
the commandments wouldn't give my con-
science flutter But my aunt did live IN
Massa chusetts. So did the Judge. He was
the youngest judge in the state. The other
lawyers said he didn't know any law. but
that he could make a hitching post vote
for him If he turned his eloqueHce loose on
It. That's much better than knowing law,
Bobby.
when I went there to visit, the hitching
posts had all been over and the
golden-tongued orator didn't have anything
to practice upon. No Bobby, this isn't
disguised advertisement of Bryan and free
silver. l hate ghost stories. This is sim
pie tale of love and war
well as | said, material was needed
Somebody has remarked that genius implies
two Municipalities. brain TO conceive and
q brain to receive. / was willing to be
offered up on the altar of genius. I've
always said that l would rather be a part
OF a mans great success than have a pale
anaemic little success of my own. l have
contributed to great many successes,
Bobby. That's a comfort to me in my
darkest hours.
so | saw the Judge very often. He is
the most entertaining man have ever
known. l entirely understand the hitching
posts point of view 1 would have voted
for him for any state or municipal office.
There were times when | felt that | could
give him my vote even If he were proposed.
or did propose for private and domestic
holding.
There were other men. They were
needed 70 keep the judge at his best One
RAY wipe the other men out Of the fore
ground Of the picture, Bobby, but it is al
ways we'll TO have them lowering in the
middle distance. so that. occasionally, one
Of them may De brought forward as a pace
maker
The judge says that he is Irish. l have
q firm conviction that mis- ancestors lived
IN Africa and understood the use of the
stuffed club. His system was a nineteenth
century translation of the original African
version. l liked II. l really did. I had
never been bullied and adored, at one and
the same time, by distinctly vertebrate
being. and the sensation was pleasant, but
ewesome. l was just a little bit afraid. of
him.
"The summer went by pleasantly enough;
and when October came | wasn't as inter
ested as l had been. Or, yes; L as
interested, but l had grown used to the
sensation. 1t was like taking a tonic. One
finally reaches point where the tonic
doesn't spur the system Caviare and cock
tails lose their effect If taken regularly.
That's a great natural law. Bobby, that
ought to be in the manual of compulsory
education for young men and women in
love.
THE other day l saw in magazine a
column headed First Aid of Wounded
Hearts l feel that l could make such
column both edfying and helpful. Do you
know. Bobby. the Chinese have some very
knowing proverbs. One of them is en-
gravod on "a charm that was given to me
by Il Chinese student at Harvard. Did you