Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-16
MFR. Porter

house was crowded with people, or
anxious for anything on earth that you
had had too much of? It's the same
way with love or a girl" and the Mere
Man leaned back and studied the
Bachelor Girl through Il haze of smoke.
You mean" she inquired. nearly
dropping the kitten in her astonish-
ment. that the only way to cure u
mans infatuation is to return it,"
With interest," declared the Mere
Man imperturbably. And them he
added. chuckling softly. watch him
lose the interest. If the parents of
that Young lady. who was pursued by
the French marquis, for instance. had
only knowne enough to turf. the tables
and run after the marquis and carry
the two off to a country house. where
they couldn't see anybody but one an
other 1T breakfast or luncheon or din
ner for six months they wouldn't nave
had any trouble IN breaking up the
match: II would have burnt itself out
long before it cached the candle OF
matrimony. II they wanted her 10 get
"Oh. WELL" broke I'm the Bachelor
Girl rheerfully. Shell get rid of him
yet"
Ply marrying him." inquired the
Mere Man ironically.
q course" retorted the Bachelor
Girl. That old saw about a womaA
marrying n man to get rid of him isn't
a joke: it's a hard. cold fact. 1t han.
pens every day. The best way to keep
IA man from wanting to sit by your side
every night is to make him feel that
he has got to sit there. The best way
to send him away from you Is to tic
him to you. The quickest way to stop
him from making love is to make love
| a duty"
But that's only IA last resort"
protested the Mere Man contemptuous-
~. There are ever so many little stop
ping places along the road to mat
rimony where a man would get off
If ne saw what was coming
Then l wish you'd do that now" ex-
claimed the Bachelor Girl. jerking the
Kittens tail impatiently.
"Do-what?"
Get off this disagreeable subject.
from what l understand. you want me
to accept this mans attentions and
II don't want you to accept them"
broke in the Mere Man hastily: II want
you to embrace them and clutch at
them"
What"
And angle for them and demand
them. l want you to coax him to call
every evening and to reproach him
when he's 10 minutes late. and to Hat
nose to his knowledge, and to en-
broider his necktie cases, and call on
his sister. and cook him fancy lunch
cons. and give him all your photo
graphs. and blush with pleasure at his
compliments. and burst into tears
whenever he glances at another woman
or speaks of his past or kisses-the cat
or mentions a previous engagement
The girl a chap is always certain to
find at home and dressed and waiting
when he calls. and who ALWAYS induce.
him to stay Il little longer hi he had
intended. and who never refuses his
invitations and who answers his letters
by return post. and reproaches him for
neglect If he happens to forget her for
half an hour, and calls him up over the
phone 20 times a day, and drops in at
his office at disconcerting moments,
leaves him feeling like the little boy
who had nothing on earth to wish for
except that he could get rid of what
he already had"
But l don't want anybody to wish
TO get rid of met" cried the Bachelor
Girl. flushing.
OF. thought you did" The Mere
Ma turned and sazed at her in as
constituent. And | wanted to help
you"
You wanted me to make a fool of
of the man." declared the Bachelor.
Girl r~eproachfully.
Not at all retorted the Mere Man.
wanted you to make Il fool of your
self-as every woman does when she
rs the least bit I'm love or infatuated.
| was merely giving you a recipe for
the gold cure-for love. The best way
=" neep d man from hanging himself
is to politely hand him the rome and
slip the moose over his head: and theI
Des' way TO prevent n man from hangI
ing you is to hang onto his words or his
arm or his neck-to tie him to you with
thousand llttle tendefnesses and petty
CLAIMS on his attention, until he is,
ready to fight to get away. The best.
cure for the candy habit is too much.
candy: and the best cure for love-is
too much love-
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bachelor Girl sympathctically. rubbing,
me Kittens ear down over it's eyes.
What"
Just like a girl does" returned the
bachelor Girl calmly, when she has
peeh hlnking of a man as a being Atari
on and unattainable and returns to find.
him sitting waiting for ser on the,
studio steps,
- wasn't!' declared the Mere Man.
MIN sitting waiting for her on the
carpet Mt her feet, orr
That's a different thing" protested
the Mere Man stoutly.
but us the same feeling declared
the Bachelor Girl. 'Its-it's lust Iike(
Watching somebody else eat dinner aft
er you've finished your dessert 10
man wants to keep a girls interest"
she added. regarding the Nee Man
significantly, he should keep her p,,ess-,
ing" ~
and II a girl wants to keep a man
ietoTteO the Mere Man
she should keep him at a distance"-
AND waiting for her favor
O an answer"
y a kiss"
Ut a sign of encouragement. It's
peculiar thing about love" contin,,a
the Mere Man. that 1t can't be frozen
out. The colder the wind you blow
upon 1t the higher you fan the flames.
u you can choke 1t down to ashes
WIN a good. heavy blanket Of recipro.
CAt1On ana aYfinu1,iub a. Ia,