The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-09
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There was once = young lady Of ten
der feelings but firm resolves who
was innexibly determined to live I'M
married. even NJ the risk OF living an
old maid. but who wished 20 much 10
spare the suscepubiiities OF her po-
tential admirers that she hong made II
her study how 10 refuse them with
out wounding them. To this end she
read all the novels she could lay her
la nds on and as much poetry as she
could bear. She went constantly 10
the theater and In the Intervals VI her
social duties she took serious books.
like biographies and memoirs. out OF
the Libraries. and Informed herself Of
tho methods and manners OF the he
roines who declined Offers from high
motives
She was. upon the whole. a good
deal disappointed. especially with tho
novels. These manuals Of the Inn
FASHIONED emotions seemed 10 render
In almost every case a blind allegiance
10 tho law OF ending well. which Ia
the low conception OF the author was
getting the hero and heroine married.
and then dropping them: In tho very.
very few cases where they suffered a
giri 20 refuse a lover II was that she
might leave him 10 some other girl
who secretly loved him and who would
probably pine away. OF partly away.
II she did not have him. THIS the
young lady thought simply disgusting
and idiotie; she was young lady Of
strong expressions as well as tender
feelings and fixed resolves. and she
found the poets not much. II any. more
Instructive than the noyelists.
They gave examples enough q girls
who did not marry. but IL was because
their lovers died. OF did not ASA them;
" hen their lovers both survived and
proposed the girls refused them from
pride or from shame or rfotn want Of
pre.ence OF mind and bitterly regretted
II ever aftvrward The personal his
toris. were largely those Of women
distinguished In tho arts. letters and
scfenees. whose coortships and mar
and indifferent phrases. as ineidsntzi
Of small consequence In their several
ear~crs. where they did not marry
they seemed not To have been eocrt~d.
and where they were loved II was In
a vague. tentative soet that never ar
rived at passicn-
In spite Of all. however. tho young
lady did evolve. though from tho Oh
srrvation % life rather than hrr 40
qualntanes with literature. fo~nul.
Of sympathetic rejection which entro
ly suited her. We viii not reveal II
because Il was 80 charming that II pat
In the possession Of young girls rcner,
ally II would trnpt them 10 It's use In
the case OF every ofrr u marriage
But We may connde that tho young
ndy. having lived To witness the coin.
parativs failure OF marriage amons
,er friends. and always liking A~r
'ricnds husbands better than her
'rs.nds themselves. though shs blamed
hofn for her friends unhnppine~s
made such a study OF their varying
emp-r1t ments that shs knew Just
mems srnsibliiti.s would suffer
most, aud 80 contris~d a form % 70
usal that would Justly natfer thsis
afr.ty and cousole their afr~rtious
md ut last leave them grateful Zoe
lavfng been rejected.
Tho only diricuIty she experienced
rms In tho application % her formula
{ happcned that h. v-rJ nrrs man
rho offered himself was ooe whom
hc had long secretly loved. and abe
lstantiy accepted him. without as II
rrrc. thinking. shs did no, even ap
ear chagrinrd Mt tho waste Of the
me she had spent In acquiring the
rciezs Information stored UP foe
evcntuaiity. Unless she
aouid bccoms n widow hers must
ser r-rnaln the mos, signal instance
mi.spcnt research that 40 could
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