Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-23
TOWRITE THEWtRONG
By SIDNEY L +.

She was quite right. Jane was not
only in the garden. physically, but was
also entirely absorbed in it, I Mentally.
At all events, it was not unit IL l had
ventured on my third salutat son that
she condescended to become conscious
of my presence.
Il wonder you are not Ashamed of
YOURSELF" she began enccnragingly.
1T sometimes SURPRISES me" l adj
mitted.
Jane glared. She has a 2 articular1y
demoralizing glare
1T is a good thing you'll are able to
see what cause there is flor it," she
said.
"Ah!' said |. Shows there's not 10
much the matter with me, after,all."
After all WHAT"
well. of course there haveN been
tines grew rel Sective-"Thats Hem
ley affair, for instance. 1t was. . per-
hap3, hardly fair to the girl"
Jane was upon me at once.
What girl?p she demanded.
ooh, nothing. l beg your PARDON
Thinking aloud. you know. Bad habit.
Must break myself of It."
Jane did O follow my lead. My at
tempt to create a diversion was a fall
ure.
81 hate men who think they know
everything" she observed, shifting at a
marguerite abstractedly, and looking
at In Darticular,
| agreed. $50 do l. Most objection.
able animals"
"It seems to me that the very things
they think they know are the things
that anybody who does know could tell
them they don't know"
I rested my head on my hand'for 9
moment or two.
"Give it up," | said finally.
Jane was really quite angry. Hell
cheeks were flushed like wild rost
petals. She looked SO entirely kissablt
1 had difficulty in restraining myself
but concluded that 1t would not b.
safe.
Besides we had broken our engage
ment the day before.
what do you mean?" she de
handed.
Sorry! Thought it was a riddle
you know" / smiled at Jane vacu
ously.
Jane stamped her foot. She was
wearing very dainty shoes. l noticed.
mo one can call me unreasonable
she began.
II wouldn't advise them TO-" said l.
But" lane continued, taking no no
tice of my remark. "in this Instance ]
consider your conduct outrageous"
Here she threw out her ARM in o
manner too graceful to be believed un-
less seen, and apparently appealed to
an the visible Notwithstanding two
rocks and a tortoise-shell cat-for sup
port
Upon my word, l don't know what
you mean" I began, when a light
dawned upon me. "Unless you hap
pened to see the Times yesterday
morning"
| felt nervous
did see the Times" said Jane,
with all the severe dignity Of which
she was capable.
1t occurs to me that 1t is astonishing
how dignified she can look for so small
a person.
but you always have the Tele'
graph" l objected feebly.
"Mr. Timmins, who lives at The
Gooseberry Bushes was good enough
to send me his copy of the Times last
night, thinking | might be interested
to see your letter. And" said Jane
freezingly, 81 was"
1 registered internally a VOW to
wiring Mr.. Timmins' neck and burn
THE Gooseberry Bushes" at the first
available opportunity.
Jane was continuing.
what do You know about The Lack
of the Governing Instinct in Women? 2
What do 0 know about women, in
deed? Or about governing, for the
matter of that?"
l was dumb.
what do you NEAR by saying that
all history proves women to be abso-
lutely a failure as rulers? What do
you know about history? or about rul-
ers? or about anything except tennis?
And what about Queen Elizabeth? and
Cleopatra? and Mrs. Fawcett? and that
Assyrian woman? and ever so many OF
them?"
Jane paused for lack of breath.
l smiled a rather unsuccessful smile
and began to explain. / am good al
explanations. AS a matter of fact. ]
was very proud of that letter. 1t was
full of close and careful reasoning, ant
had given me no end of trouble tc
write. That was why I wanted to put
my name to it, thinking Jane would
never see it.
But no matter.
After about an hour and a half o.
careful evasion and prevarication
succeeded in averting James anger.
She a~pologized prettily, in the man
ner calculated to do the most good.
chow silly of me not to see that /
was just a satire, and not meant seri
ously at all" she said,