Amador ledger., 1909-04-30
A Woman Halter.
) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,


A crusty old bachelor told me this
lie ought to be ashamed Of himself:
Dear" said young Mrs. Herkimer
what did you mean by saying TO
Tom Fowler chat you are a woman
hater? Hell tell his wife, and it will
get all over town"
"Wcll, sweetheart, It doesn't matter
to you, so long as I don't hate you"
Yes, II does. Every woman wishes
her husband to be liked by other wom-
en-. OF course your saying such n
thing will make you drcadfully un-
popular"
ut can't be helped now. The deed
Is done. Fowler l know, is a dread
full gossip. l suppose I'll soon get cut
right and left"
Indeed you will. And what will
people think Of me? They will nat
urally infer that you have derived
your bad opinion of our sex from me-"
II shall continue to show them by
my treatment Of you that you are the
only one OF the lot l love"
The next evening Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Herkimer went to Mrs. Ellis recep-
tion. When they returned and were
preparing for rest Mrs. Herllimer, do
ing her hair, said:
Bob, l was standing among Il group
tonight when you passed with Gertrude
Lee. woman near me, not knowing
| was your wife, said:
'There goes that horrid Herkimer.
He avows himself woman hater. He
should be read out of society"
"The lady's ageW asked Herkimer
imperturbably.
"About fifty"
Married or SINGLE"
"Single." =
Name, please"
"Miss Susan Jones'"
"Miss Jones doesn't count with me.
She is aggressive, ambitious and, above
all, very smart"
"That's the worst of 1t. She will say
lots of bright things against you"
"Well, dear, I'll have to endure it.
Good night. I'm tired and sleepy"
The Hcrkimers were "out' q good
deal, and Mrs. Herkimer was much
troubled about an evident change in
her husbands position Several wom-
en- whom he had known gave him the
cut direct, while others spoke to him
when they met him very coolly.
"You see" said his wife, "the folly
of your indiscretion."
II have not yet been cut by any wo-
man whose opinion l value. Most of
them are old maids, and none of them
is of an especially feminine type.
Mrs. Montague is the mother of a fami-
ly, but she is more Interested in the
extension Of the vote to women than
the interests of her children. Mrs.
Tweed is engaged in fighting her broth
ers and sisters over her late fathers
will. Mrs. Arbuckle is using Mrs.
Tweed to help her into society I'm
waiting for woman to cut me who is
a real good, lovely woman"
you'll find plenty Of them in time"
"Very well, sweetheart since you
are so distressed about it I'll see what
1 can do TO get myself liked again."
"Will you attempt to placate the wo-
men you have mentiOned?
"By no means. l shall attempt to
overbalance their opinion by making
friends with the most attractive"
Mrs. Herllimer maintained profound
silence for several minutes. Then she
said
Perhaps you had better let the mat
ter drop They will find a new sub.
ject to talk about soon"
you are the one to decide that mat
ter sweetheart. 1t is you who are
sensitive over my disgrace, not l.
Since you wish it l will take no ac-
ton"
A few months later Mrs Herkimer
said in an impressive, measured tone
to her husband at the breakfast tatle,
Bob, | have concluded to regret ali
invitations for the balance of the year."
'Why SO, sweethearti" looking Up,
surprised, from his paper
"l'or some time past | have noticed
that certain women of our set are en-
1eavoring to attract your attention"
you don't mean itp'
"Yes, 1 do, and l don't like it."
do you blame me-"
"Not at all. They are making a dead |
set for you"
"You must be mistaken. That gos-
;ipng Fowler gave me a social black
lje by spreading my talk about being
woman hater."
"U-m."
"WellY
ut didn't work just the way /
.hought it would. It's true certain wo-
men were very bitter against you, but
hey were mostly Of our higher grade
IF women, intellectually considered.
I've been surprised to find that the