The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-08

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Everybody anew Willie Strange. lie
vas one of those men who seem to
be ubiquitous. One might find him at Il
private view, n tea, a dinner, Il concert.
a first night, and Il dance. all between
the hours of midday and midnight. 1t
was a hobby OF his to go. everywhere,
see everything and meet everybody;
and he worked very hard at it.
Although everybody knew Strange.
very few knew his wife, and not many
knew that he had one. With the ma
1ority OF his acquaintance he passed
as an attractive bachelor. 1t may have
been partly her own fault that Mrs.
Strange went out SO little-lf Willie
would say that it was entirely her w
iault. She was born to be Al stay-at-
home; and to tell the truth her hus-
band encouraged her destiny.
i: is announcement to nave a wife
lacked on to one at all times. 1t gives
q man little chance to express himself.
~ charming women chose to consider
Willie unencumbered. he was willing TO
let them emain in error and enjoy the
pleasure Of their society. He did
anything ~scandalous, but he cultivated
more tende incidents than convention
allows to "A married man.
OF all the a~cquaintancea that Strange
delighted to form. that of the celebrity
OF the u appealed TO him most. If
the celebrity We're a man, Willie was
pleased to be seen talking and driving
In the same motor With him; If a wom-
an, and a young one, Willie vas more
pleased and did his best to tlirt With
hef. There Was no more sllillful hunter
OF lions and lionesses than Willie.
At the commencement of the publish
ing season OF 10 appeared Tho Diary
OF q Neglected Woman" The publish
efs Issued Il statement that they didn't
know who had written it. that ii was
a work of genius, and that ten editions
had been called for in Il fortnight. The
literary apers We're filled with suesses
lurcd circles were divided OH the sub
5ect OF SEX; those who said it was the
work of a man despised the upholders
of the IN theory, and the uphold
ers or the woman theory derided the
masculine amp The first question
that met You in the street was not
How 40 you do?" but .'HaVe you read
The Diary of Il Neglected Woman""
and the second was Have you any
ldea who Wrote it?' Everybody had
an idea which WAS different from ev-
erybody elsc's. OF course. Strange had
ms idea, more Tor The sake of having
one imam iof amy conviction it con-
Neyed to his mind. He asked his Wife
ev,,anraG sf,s 5f,,S.. - ~ huu
tion1,,ll,, y, St4ettl I ae2e9t 20 ne par
said that sSn Re- SlIf , ., AZ IN i.iI llaoI. Sne
1t didn't seem To her that it nnatteved
much Ill The author chose to remain
it in THAI lisri,1 IF 9,s g1rfsar ,asS;G .,
i'm ren'ainirsr y - 49, ~ r'e s"s'pL pgISislel
MIS- or l5el. aGnnaI IN ,nca 81 !" So AZ.
was a~nroyiny "i't ei&t
TO NV mind 70 e,t1 Ia 80 ,,:to
"a man, has NO ,;ah+ 20 49, - 80.
under a bushol in tbat Wv ~ Iii,
Naturally. people want 10 consraluinil
him. People liEe to cu~DaiqfinI9Pa = e,11l
c~esslll man; it's ii dufy laay owe =,
him ard to the.nseNcs.@
"Perhal,s he's u ,5nor li,,}a oheo,
man-o0 rerfiane Ma, 49,. ~. 80 ~
anywhc.e. and M-.citi he ffiabf4,I}n1 ~
Tho i6e., or e,,r, . +i1i,,a :" -
wife. 80
ooh. nc" said Willie. "ana }-ei,5as
If lie were. he'd sool, be snla}tene,l mn
ana gel used TO il E,t III. ~
know. / think it's a woa,ar. s sSa,tJ, sou j.
sounds like a woman"
While clul,g 10 fba lido, ~ wo,,a,..
authorship, because ii was sslori ,,s 70
dream, OF n distinn,iishnd firta tin,, ,.;tb
the writer of .vrae Dja,v of : Me-
lected Woman" IT wo,,G he a.
most as good AS ba1,ins uT,ittao
it myself. do Won think that itts
wonan?" he asked his wife ana ay,i ~
he reflected inwnrd1v that ~ c a,u s,,a
wouldn't know. N-N
VERY likely" said Mrs stranea
One ~evenins whom ha a,ta,ah ,,
ioionable Bohemian d,a VIM ,oon, he
saw a tan, beautifu1 wo,..n in 1,i,ol
surrounded by nearly every ono IL, ,1,1
room. The crowd was n1,zz,ng ana
staring at her. and now and tha,s so,,,a
one would start forward MA shnLa her
by the hand. Wills went IN ,n !. m ne,
of his ,rnl1aint.nca and astoa - , 10,
the tan woman was 'AiA WY
Don't you now" asked ,ba 40
o,,in, ,.e snruri.a, 500 nne ac-
as a rule. the lfirst "a 9 oct | hnIa W
piece of interes1,np eco ..tri,
found il ar iast rvs lucy We
..To,nd whaio" ,s,..a ,y;,,,o
The author M "Tt. I,i,n ~
lected Woman. rag ~ Ses-
as .hat rhn NEGLECTED
claimed TRANCE. deliehte th.t -, 80
been right on the o,,es,ion ~ sa ~ q d
thar fiirtino v,ith No. ,.nu ~ seh' aiiu
trer1e nIaas,,re wiz, o,nu sa.le eA,