The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-04
HIS OVERTHROW.

! piled to him personally, came up.
! He d clined to censure his friends
| when one by one they bowed their
| heads to the yoke. FOR he said that
! II a man with sane mind wanted 10
| make an idiot OF himself II was his
| own business ana he had a perfect
| right TO do so.
He was always getting himself dis
! liked for thoughtless PRONUNCIATION
! OF his theory wheE among friends
! Fluffy young creatures with trusting
| eyes and marvellous pompadours.
who previously had cast speculative
and approving glances at his blonde
| features, usually tilted their noses
| haughtily and abandoned him to his
| fate after he had launched forth his
opinion OF the CALLING bonds OF mat
rimony
Possibly this was because each
! onA wanted to inscribe her calling
! cards With the name Of Mrs. Ernest
! Dean. still. 1t rather takes away
| from the fiavor of the game 10 smile
upon man who one knows never.
| by any possibility. will gaze on one.
! save IN an impers' nal and disinter-
| ested manner. OlLer and more ex-
rerienced young women, who sus-
| pected that he might be talking JUST
| for the sake of talking. finally con-
| Guided alst, that he really believed
| what he said, and so sought other
fields to conquer.
So accustomed had Dean become
/ TO being eyed reproachfully, sur
/ prisedly, indignant. that he ex-
/ perienced a distinct shock the even
! ing that he met Serena Hubert the
| second time,
/ As he lazily watched the gar
( smoke curling upward--it was after
| an informal dinner-he said apro-
| pos of some remark. 1T served him
right for getting married, anyhow"
Serena merely continued to lean
/ back among the cushions of the
! d.Yan and to smile agreeaOly. 1t
/ does, indeed" she murmured calmly.
/ Il never can understand this Idea
i that matrimony means happiness!
People situated like you and like my
self, for instance are the only wise
ones"
Dean let his cigar slip from hts
/ paralyzed fingers, IS he stared at her
vivid face. DIDO you. really
think that?" he half stammered.
Serena laughed. "Of course |
do she said. ITS all FOOLISH
nessl'
Dean stopped over and recovered
his cigar. Yes, OF course" he MUIR
INJURED That's always been my
theory"
And you are quite sight" Serena
assured him 4 am glad to meet
man with enough sense and brains
&c recognize he fact and not be
afraid o stand by his colors."
She smiled a. him sweetly and
Lean forgot what she said In OBJ
serving the delicate contour of her
face and how lovely her color was.
Then he reused himself to say that,
OF course, he agreed with her and
he so enjoyed meeting sensible girl
who could be talked to without de-
handing 4. sense Of the personal in
the conversation. He said It was
unusual
But then" Serena replied, you
IRE an unusual man. Mr.. Dean"
Not In the leaat!" cried Dean.
grstlfied but not protesting.
He sat talking with Serena till his
hostess came and forcibly dragged
him away. He lost his good temper
TIL he got hold or man who could
take him to call on Serena, because
he had totally forgotten. in his abb
sorption the evening OF the dinner
tC ask her If he might come. He
took her to the theatre and thee he
was asked to a chatting dish supper.
Through 1t all Serena insisted on
omplimeDting him on his we'll
known Views against wife and home
She elaborated on the subject She
agreed with his remarks before he
made them. and If he did not make
them she cleverly put them into his
mouth and he spoke them hopeless.
h. He began to have strange re-
luctance to hear them. Tor of sud.
den he was tired of their iteration
An awful tit of ,he blues descend
ed on him and held him subject fol
a week. Each time, he called on So
rena In the hope of being cheered
; up In the society ofsa person SO thor
o-ghly In accord with his own views
be camJ away feeling worse. 4
| was an awful thing to hear a fail
, young girl sit up and declare thai
she never should marry but should
devote her life to being free and
= happy.
, las If she could not be equally
, free and lots happier il she mar
ried!" Dean found himself mutter
/. ing one evening as he left her.
l Serena was eminently fitted tC
make some home nappy. he had tc
admit.
4 Finally one evening when he wal
[ particularly down-hearted he could
r restrain himself no longer.
stop it," he told Serena. 81
don't like to hear you say such
things. OF course. you'll marrl
i, 4 somahodv yish-I wish thpr,