The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-03-10
THE GIRL HARD TO WIN
BEFORE MARRIAGE LET HER BE
COY AND DIFFICULTY
FINISHED Flirting" a Legitimate Art
"A Girl Flirts as Naturally as a
Bird Slngs-sweetest Wives Often
Butterflies ia Their Teens.

tcgufsat ~. " Jos,ph 3 Boa eE

~ MAHGARET 4 sANGsTER
tCy.y risat 1895. by Joseph 100" esd
A gray afternoon on gray day.
with snow coming before night BIZ all
the signs in the almanac But in
our nyine-ro0m the gov OF a bright
ire ca the hearth and FOR "A wonder
al four q clocE everybody there from
tho JUDGE TO he child playing with
hef lol in tnn corner one OF Tie
sileLce that FAN INTO intimate talk
was broken by the mother who said
casuiily. 10 no one IT, particular. 80
julie T. Is ems goa received the
ammo incement mis- morning
IAN. said Aunt Jane looking up
With interest y am glad to hear g.
She Is "a finished hirt bu. She viii
probably marry ana settle down as
hcr mother did before her For my
part" the old maid manf on. with
charming smile 4 approve Of girls
flirting 10 a certain extent
II have no doubt. Aunt Jane ven
turad the youus fellow from Harvard
"that yuu yourself know AN about it
Father and Uncle Edward can tell
tales
Aunt Jane is frankly an old maid
She glories ia ,he title. and wears
il like decoration There is ira
dition in our family that she and a
friend who paws semi-annual visits al
our house have carried on a Irritation
for the las; go years Whenever the
old doctor calls. he lays his heart and
his fortune III Aunt James feet, and
She as regularly declines them. but
they remain fast friends Lately
Aunt Jane has been growing hand
somer. her mourning put on two years
ago for her father. the general, who
was a helpless invalid so long, has
been s0ftened ant exchanged fer
lavenders an grays Maybe she'll ac-
cepi the doctor yet His nieces. how
ever. have had the immense adj
vantage OF living with an unmarried
woman who las NOT despiscl what
may be called airs and graces
Julie F. was a finished hrt you
said. Jane BY that did YOU mean a
hoartless firt2 cannot endure a girl
who goes through life carried away by
desire for admiration, and parading
her triumphs The speaker was a
woman older than our beautiful aunt
her half-sistcr.
do you mean such girl as Rosa
nond Whey. in Mildiemarch or
Eustacia 10 The Return of the Ma
tive? inquired the Harvard boy. "or
perhaps one OF those fascinating crea-
lures that Kipling tells about at Simla,
girls like cats. with the feline nature,
and the s,ealthy ways. and the purring
sweetness regular deceivers?
Dear mel" said Aunt Jane. looking
speculaiively at the young collegian-
lyon read something besides Greek at
Cambridge don't you. Fred? No,
don't mean any heroine out OF any
book when say Julie has known how
20 nirt. nor for an instant. sister Pa
] thence addressing the Older lady. do
Il intend to call a girl heartless who
! fiirts PRETTY and naturally. as a bird
I sings. or rose blooms IN your Gay
+ sister and mine, We were taught TO
firt"
Meaning precisely wha.g" The
grave voice was that o. Jane brother
/ in-law. the juls,. father OF the Har-
ward man
..,tsarino mi. Iouis heaejnr vou-
,ardon that We Girls we're shown that
! ,o,cl.nes. was 4 rare ana exquisite
I ,birg /, q maiden that We held our
seives proudl.. aud had 10 be courted
ana wara mn r,o easily won. that we
vsre never never anxious 10 have a
nan c.li ON u.s. NOR dpiea 10 won
rer why No etassd away nor thought
&, nossible We could be sighted by
anyone who bo'onged 10 your AFRO
giant sex Untu a girl had actually
4 said "ycs' 10 a very persistent and
4 humble sutton. ne never felt quite sure
that She wouldn't say no" Julie p.
is that sori 81 girl She has not been
too lightly won Il has taken much
trouble and pains to secure her love.
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