Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-14
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
SCIENCE OF LANDING A
HUSBAND

They had gathered in Waite's rooms
Tor an after-dinner cigar. And as usual
thee conversation turned upon women
Harding had Just announced his belief
In the proposition that any woman
could marry any man IL she made up
her mind to do IT, A spirited disCuG-
sion had arisen at once. Some pro.
tested that they knew women WHO
couldn't be luIed INTO marrying for
any consideration Others insisted that
the man in the case would have to be
willing to be lured.
Harding waved them into silence.
settled himself comfortably In the
Morris chair. and said: Just listen
to me Il minute. I'm going TO tell you
a story"
Harding had the reputation of being
cynic, but was credited with cOnsid-
cradle knowledge Of women.
Il once knew a girl" he began,
who was good looking and rather
clever. All the fellows ran after her
but me. and pretty soon | saw that
this Indifference OF mine was arousing
her interest. She felt piqued, and be
gan to put herself in my path. She
began to try To make me talk about
myself, but | shut up like Il clam. for
| have been In the world long enough
TO know that as soon as a man finds
a girl who. will listen to him attentive
ly while he talks about himself tho
man gets so enthusiastic over this in
exhaustible subject that II she shows
the slightest degree of sympathy the
poor fool begins to think she Is the
only girl that ever understood him,
hooked
We'll wouldn't talk about myself
So the girl began to talk about herself.
She wanted counsel sie told me she
wanted to get married-shc was deter.
mined to get married and that RICH,
away. She said most girls concealed
that ambition even from their inti-
mates, but she was ready to say to me
quite frankly that she wanted nus
band. Then she told me her life story
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