The Washington herald., 1907-05-05

times out Of ten. Suppose. for instance.
that your future husband should know
that he stood twenty-third on your pro-
/ posal list"
Kitty dropped her garden hat
And was fourth on your list Of
Kitty sat up and giared at me.
And tenth on your list Of hirta-
"Mr Curtis"
And twelfth handsomest. and the four
teenth cleyerest. and"
Il shall tell my husband au." de-
clared Kitty. yirtuously. That is ff-if
| ever marry"
AM / cried in apprehension.
An, repeated Kitty firmly.
Then you'n never marry" / sighed.
with shake Of NJ head.
On, well, Kitty leaned back against
the rose vine with a charming blush
/ perhaps 7 shall leave out-sonle thines.'
OF course you viii. I agreed. apprOy-
ingiy. Its your only chance"
I beg your pardon"
For happiness I continued calmly.
A man may be perfectly aware that he
| Is not the only one a woman ever loved
/ but II she never tells him about tbe
others, he has nothing TO keep MIN awake
nights and no visions OF his wife in an
other chaps arms"
| What"
.or with her head reposing on another
reno" shoulder finished firmly. And
a woman may not be wholly sure that ber
husband has not had a series ~ fe--s-
| nine-er-aequaintanc before ne n4ar
her. but If he never makes The mistake
| OF mentioning them TO her or THROWING
| them up IN moments Of anger or retro
/ speetion, she VIII go on serenely uucon-
| seious Of their existence. It's nof tha
| truth that hurts. but the hearing of IL
| Every man knows that he Is not fha
| heroic creature his sweetheart pretends
10 think him; and every woman knows
she IS not the perfect being her lover tells
her she is; and each knows that the
other knows il: but both OF them would
rather be lied 10 20 their dying day than
70 be told the cold brutal truth IN an irs
narrowing details. Algernon may be en-
/ tireiy conscious Of the fact that MS nose
Is crooked, but IF Arabella persists I'm
calling II manly he is happy enough in
| taking the word for the thought And
| AfabeIla may know In her heart of hearts
that AlgernOn has caught onto her litfle
| habit OF hiding her big feet under her
| skirts, but il he insists on admfring he
NJ Of her shoes she viii listen joyously 70
the little flb as often as he will repeat II.
That's Just what I thought" exclaimed
/ Kitty. suddenly.
'What!'
Men think that women have got to be
ied 10; that they ike Il and"
We don't think Of H." I retorted: We
know il We know Il by sad experience
! And II any fellow doesn't know ii vet. Ter
him try telling the truth 70 some woman
any woman-just once. She will listen so
long as he recounts her virtues. bur the
minute he begins on the other side OF her
personality he might just as well nut on
his fur oveTcoat and go home before he is
frozen out. It's only human nature
added, and it's especially feminine na-
ture 70 Ike sugar, even though il doesn't
/ nourish Us and does spoil our teeth;
ana We are going 10 love the wicked per
son who feeds US sugar better than the
! Yirtuous one who doses US with no1iOus-
tasting stun every time"
/ Kitty shifted audibIy and began putting
on her hat
| And l suppose. she remarked sarcss-
tically, that in order 20 be perfectly
happy together. # Is necessary for two
people TO sit down and manufacture lot
of lies"
Not at all, I protested, but it's nee
essary for them 10 bury lot Of the truth
deep down in the bottom of their con
sciences on their wedding day"
"OT course, went on Kitty. ignoring
me, IT'S much easier TO feed people tahy
until they are sick Of it"
Some OF them" / sailed, 'never. get
sick of #"
Than 10 make them take medicine, bur
il isn't kind or noble or unselhsh-"
Would you consider il kind and noble
and unselfish," / inquired, Ito inform
your hostess al dinner that the fish was
stale and the wine too new. or 20 tell d
lcasual acquaintance that her hat was un-
becoming or that his clothes didn't ft?''
"Oh, well. scoffed Kitty. people can't
carry their party manners all through
married life"
| IF they could. I sighed. married life
/ would be more ike party and less ike
a prize fight. II women"
do you always lie 20 them?' broke in
/ Kitty suddenly.
dropped my cigarette.
Not always / replied. deprecatingIy.
/ That's what mama says" replied Kit
ty, rehectiyely. That's why she thinks
you are getting-fOolish-"
Me-"
And serious"
| Il beg your pardon"
I put pItCECAtQ hA4ltF since you We
/ been so nice and frank about telling me
| the truth
u never did such a thing in my lifem
! declared.
About my nose" continued Kitty. ris-
/ ing and knOtting The strings under her
] chin with an indignant jerk as she stood
J regarding me Ike an offended tragedy
! queen, and my 'unnaturalIy' curly hair
/ and my weakness for taffy and that you
don't mean any Of the nice things you've
/ said. and
Kitty" I cried. admlrlngly you look
| just like Sarah Bernhardt in q garden
| frock and a temper"
/ kitty's frown relaxed and her dimpIs
| almost appeared.
You ought to have gone on the stage"
| l continued. with that figure and
/ those
Come along" broke in kitty, Tets 90
/ finish the rose beds"
I know I said. following In the
| tTeacherous trail Of her skirts. that I
ought not to stay-but / like staying
/ sometimes"
And / know, retorted Kitty, glaucing
/ back at me with burst Of dimples. that
you are lying. butt ike lies-sometimes.
/
Just Missed Being Damned.
/ From Haruar's Weeklv