Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-28


is. as a rule. more DESTROYS o. marry
ing him than he is of marrying her.
Yet she must not show this desire,
since tradition has made it almost a
crime for any woman to dare to fall in
love with any man until his majesty
shall indicate that he wishes to have
her.
Now for the exceptionally beautiful
or graceful or entertaining or rich
girls. who are all more or less in a
position to dictate terms, the situation
is not very hard. But a vast rumber
of girls belonging TO good families can
not properly be classed under any one
of these heads-they are Just fairly
good looking, everyday, commonplace
girls. often with strongly lovable
hearts or characters, which cannot be
displayed in society, where only the
Shower traits usually appear. If they
fall deeply in love, as many of them
do, without proper encouragement,
they sometimes t~ransress the laws OF
decorum and over-step that feminine
modesty which some Of us consider to
be the foundation of good society.
Thus in a certain s eat western city
a Young woman in a well-paid n in
tellectual occupation. is apparently so
deeply enamored of a young business
man that his aun' with whom he lives,
has had u ask her to discontinue her
FREQUENT visits TO the h1use. h girl,
who has to pass The place on her way
to and from her daily work, rad taken
up the habit Of calling fer him % a
to her Office with her. a. his work Il.
in the same direction! Blu the IL
has o saved her nephew from IN.
determined young person. Who no
steps up TO a certain window and TAP
on the pane to lc. him know that sh'
is there.
And does he 90 ont and join her?
asked the listener 10 this eX,raocdinar,
story.
He gets right up, hurrles on his ha
and coat. and walks of saily with tn
: peculiar girl. Now she belongs TO :
respectable family, is we'll educate
and nobody bresthes a word ssa,n
her character, How can she do this:
But he must 6espise her
'On the contrary he seems fa5cin
ated with her. She is evidently dete'
mined TO get him and his aunt thinl
that she may succeed
One can only say that 10 most ser
sible men-and this yoGnS man ne
been considered sensible heretofore
this girls conduct would be simply II
voting. 1t seems as though tAef
must he something exceptional in tn
circumstances which has not appearc
in the story.
Certain Scriptural and classical tale
lead us to infer that this condition o
things dates from those earliest ages
before Saturn came mo Italy, Eve
our own American ~grandmother5 some
times allowed their feelings TO get the
better of them. Many years ago {
charming old gentleman dong since
departed from this life) related TO his
nephew's wife. between whom and him
self there was a bond Of tender ahec-
ton. the following remarkable tale:
You never knew your Aunt Lucy,
but her portrait and what YOU have
! heard OF her must tell you that sho
was an woman. Sac wa
very handsome, yery talented, very
! rich. and she had scores of lovers. |
had adored her for years, hui the idea
that she could ever care for me. eX-
coping as a friend, | had never dared
to cherish. | was a modest man-too
modest-as she told me Often IN later
life.
"One summer. in the old stage
coach days, her father put her in my
charge TO make . we days journey.
We had to ride ell night. There were
nine in the coach. Her pace was just
opposite to nine. | fell asleep early
and sat with my head resting on a
broad leather band which had been
stretched in rr1n. Of us for that pur-
pose. Suddenly | was reused r1om M
stupor by fee iug a pair of smooth
lips pressed ecntiy on my forehead. II
was so lightly done that I. could hardly
tell whether It was a dream Or reality.
But the next day proposed to you
Aunt Lucy, and We had more than 40
happy years together. She had sup
posed that | WAS too S und asleep to
know what she had cone. and had been
wild with shame when she thought o.
the other aftermath c; LUt if Ter feel
ings had not overcome her Fer just
that instant | sac Id never have dared