The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-28

Tho long youth said that hn know
lots OF girls who had parents,
! In the case Of my daughters It's m
unaonmonly good thing forthem, Tn
| commonly good, sir. Why, yoll SEQ
girls in other families go and blundcr
\ into marriage before they've finished
rutting their teeth almost You don't
! find my girls IKE that ! don't mind
telling You you seen, a fairly inlelli-
gem young man.
He laid an emphasis on tho word
seem" in order 20 prevent any idea
chat he was assuming responsibility,
Il don't mind telling you in conf
dence that the plan ! have is this. It's
very simple one Say that find some
/ young fellow walking home with them
/ from church, or sending them books, or
/ lifting hats a little too much To them
when they pass them. What do do?'
The youth opposite said he didn't
know
why take the first opportunity of
having Eve minutes talk with that
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coat button in It friendly way, a per-
fectly friendly way. and ! say, Look
here sir what the deuce is the idea Of
Ill this nonsense What does it mean.
ch? What are yen driving at, eh? no
yon mem Straightforward dness, prompt.
and manly business, or do you mean
only { nfoolery That's The way | tall.
"a the I'm blunt outspoken man,
mind YOU aud ( don't llince my words.
What 5 the resrlt? Why simply this,
that having adopted that policy for a
eertait number of wears my girls are at
the present moment as single as they
were vnen they were horn. Ones 30
ard the others 80 and IN few years
time thoyll be cid enough to select
nusbauaS for themsel, es, and then -
he futtered hisnewspaper-" and thenI
shall wash my hands of all the respon-
sihii;y All he responsibility, sir.
The stout. Iorid seGtleman sat back
and f.owncd ri the long youth The
long youth shifted uEedsily but said
nothing. Beng pressed, however, for
IN opinion he submitted respectfully
that it vas lit rough on the girls
Il kew you'd say that declared the
aorid gentleman triumphantly Il could
have sworn those were the very words
that you We're going 10 use. | could
see tLeW coming. It's Just what
should have expected from young
man W n absolutely no experience OF
the world
The youth said with some show OF
spirit hat he'd knocked about as much
as most chaps OF his age
YES yes, yes, said he stout gen
tiemar, testify Il dare say YOU have,
but that's not the point Don't let us
get ava" FROM the main argument or
else We shant know what we are talk
ing about The whole gist OF the mat
ter is this. A young chit OF girl, Of
say Is, sees somebody she likes and
there with sarcasm) there she is in
love rs she calls it, BIT my good sir,
she doesn't know wlen she's in love
and Wien she isn't, unless she's got
some one close Al hand 10 give her adj
vice IN the matter For instance, what
they cali falling in love, | might call
an accident that has 10 be prevented
Just like any other catastrophe. You
see the great thing about me is this.
I've arsued q'l these matters ont with
myself and thought them over and set
tied them. They haven't And that +
why | think that a good many of these
affairs UIghu 20 be submitted to those
OF us wan know instead Of
The tain slackened and the ii0rid
gentlelan collected his newspapers.
Here I am he said, craning him
self into position here am at what
| may perhaps venture to call my--eE
-des t'nation. If any words of mine
have been OF use to you. my dear young
sir, why all I can say is that you are a.
welcome to them as though they were
your own Above all let me counsel
Won to avoid any tendency of forcing
Yourself on ---'
we can't keep this train all night
while iou argue" said The conductor
in or out, ono or the other"