Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-08-27

ana pretty soon l saw that this indif-
ference Of mine was arousing her in.
terest. She felt piqued, and began to
put herself in my path. She began to
Try 10 make me talk about myself. but
smut up like clam, for I have been
u the world long enough to know
CndC as soon as a man finds a girl who
VIII listen to him attentively while he
talks about himself, the man gets so
enthusiastic over this inexhaustible
SUBJECT that if she shows the slightest
degree OF sympathy the poor fool be-
gins to think she is the only girl that
ever undertood him. From that time
on hes as good as hooked.
Wei, wouldn't talk about myself
so the girl began to talk about herself
she wanted counsel. She told me she
wanted to get married-she was deter.
mined to get married, and that right
away. She said most girls concealed
mat ambition even from their init
mates, but she was ready to say to me
quite frankly that she wanted a hus-
Dand. Then she told me her life
story. She was the youngest of five
sisters. Their father earned a COM
Portable salary, but the family was
wasteful and the father indulgent, and
the result was that she, her sisters
and her mother had always lived right
up to the limit. They had always
managed to dress well and to keep up
a good 'front.' but there never had
been cent saved, and there was
nothing to fall back OF in case the
family bread-winner became ill, died
Or some other emergency came about.
And so she wanted a bread-winner of
her own before the crash came. She
wanted him to be a nice fellow; she
wanted to love him if she could; but,
care for him or not, a husband she
would have.
"Then she asked me about DR..
Miller. Now Miller was a young chap
with plenty Of money and good
practice. He was a good fellow, but
he was simply wrapped up in his pro
fession. He hadn't a thought outside
Of it. Women, wine and song meant
nothing to him; there was no joy out
side of his work. There was match
making mammas who had tried to
trap Miller, but it was no go. He
went on with his work, leaving the
mammas shedding tears of vexation.
l told her all this, but it didn't affect
her in the least. She coolly announced
that she had decided to marry him.
%"The audacity of it almost took my
breath away, but laughed and Of
fered to bet her a box of candy
against 2-cent piece that she couldn't
rope Miller. She took the bet.
MILLER seemed to be rather wary
for while, but he gradually loosened
up. For a long time he had never
been to a dinner, a dance, social
function of any kind, but the soft
pleadings of the girl so worked upon
him that he consented to go to a
dance 1 was there, and / never saw
a
She told Miller how fine and big he
looked in his dress clothes. told him
how glorious it was to glide along
with him, cut out other partners to
dance with him, sat out dances with
him in dark hooks, and as climax
for the evening let her foot slip during
a twostep so that Miller was conf
PEELED to gather her in both arms to
keep her from falling.
''Well, to make a long story short.
she disregarded everything for Miller.
He was a bore when he got started on
his profession, but she would listen
to him talk about his work by the
hour. She discovered that Miller
liked pink, and her gowns were visions
of pink from then on. In about three
weeks Miller had lost his head anu
was beginning to feel the pleasure OF
ownership when the girl suddenly
cooled. She went driving with some
of the fastest men in town, and was
seen in the company Of fellows that
she knew Miller heartily disliked, and
even broke an engagement or two
with him. In general, she treated him
like a dog and Miller went wild.
sWhen she had strained him TO the
breaking point she suddenly became
all smiles and graciousness' ana
Miller was in the seventh heaven.
Then as suddenly, without giving him
anv warning whatever, she disap-
peared from the gayety in town and
hacked off to mountain resort noted
for its moonlight nights ana long
quiet lanes.
"MiIler threw up his work, patients
and all. and followed her to the noun
tains. He returned from there In a
month roped, tied and ready 10 De leo,
like a lamb, to the slaughter. And
bought box Of candy.
"The funny part OF 1t was tna'
Miller confded to me what a wonder
f,,1 being she was, how pure and sweet
and artless, and what time ne hau
winning out over so many fellows VINO