Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-07

A PSYCHOLOGICAL.
INTRUSION.
Copyright, 1903. by American Pre.u A.
ciation

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thankful for that wonderful advance
science has made within the last fen
Or twenty years than /. But right
mere In the beginning l must break
away from my subject to tell a story
margaret May charmed me by what
l consider the higher traits. She was
. sober girl Of an intellectual tvne
with excellent principles and elevated
ideals. am not a man to be pleased
with gay, frolicsome girl, however
KIND hearted, however winning II
was, therefore, natural that / shouId
yield TO the characteristics of Marga.
ret We became engaged, and every.
thing looked well for our future happI-
ness when my fiancee began to show a
succession OF singular changes One
evening when l went to see her she
bounded into the room like a holden
threw her arms about my neck, kissed
me several times in rapid succession
and, beginning with you bad boy"
upbraided me for not having come
earlier. When l asked her for what
she had wished me, she said that a cir
Gus had come to town, and she was
dying to attend that evenings per
romance. AstOnished, / asked her IL
the next night would not do as well.
She said II would not, and when
pressed her for a reason the only one
she could give was that she couldn't
wait.
It was altogether too late to 20 to the
circus that evening, so spent the rest
OF It with her In the coy library where
We had passed so many happy hours,
often taking book after book from the
shelves, rambling in them together and
calling each others attention to favor
ite passages. But, alas, there was no
such enjoyment for us tonight. Mar
garet spoke Of the books as ''musty,
dusty things" I'm which she had no in
terest, and insisted in talking only
upon the most frivolous topics.
It 10 needless to say that l was not
only disappointed, but shocked. Could
this be my steady, well balanced, in
tellectual Margaret? l was inclined
10 doubt It. Could it be her twin sister I?
1 knew that she had no twin sister.
endured her prattle as long as 1 was
able; then, telling her that had some
work to do before going to bed,
rose to CO.
"And you will take me to the circus
tomorrow nightT' she asked, with a
pout.
Certainly if you wish it." replied
and when l could escape from an ex-
uberance of caresses left her.
That night and the next day my
brain was in a turmoil was like a
man who had lost his love. brooded
instead of working till after office
hours and in the evening called to
take Margaret to the circus. The
maid who received me at the door
went upstairs to announce me and, re-
turning, told me that Miss May was
not feeling well and had gone to bed.
There was no message Of disappoint-
ment at missing the performance nor
at not seeing me. Indeed, the maid
told me that she thought her mistress
had not expected me that evening.
This would have been natural had 1t
not been for the engagement, since
It was an evening seldom called.
The next of my usual weekly visits
was Sunday, and l called, dreading to
again find the holden. l was agree
ably disappointed. Margaret was her
usual self except that she showed
signs Of overstrained nerves. Some
thing told me to refrain from mention
ing her singular personality when l
had last seen her, to wait and observe.
During the visit and the next two
visits she was her own sweet self, bar
ring her altered health. Finally | re-
ferred to her desire TO visit the circus.
She seemed surprised, mysti6ed, and
when l told her the whole story said,
with a nervous tremor, "Oh, she'll
ruin meF'
"Was some one else than you with
me that eveningY' l asked.
''Yes-nO. l was with you, but she
dominated me-" And she hurried out
OF the room.
/ was not admitted to see Margaret
indeed, did not care to see her; l
was dissatisfaction a month. Then
called ON her. What was my sur
prise to find her a different person
from either of the two l had known.
From the moment we met she talked
Of women's rights, women's voting,
women's superiority to men and final
" told me that If l interfered with her
in any Of these objects TO which she
proposed to devote her life we must
proceed by separate paths.
/ left her maddened. Had not been
puzzled as well / would have broken
nv engagement then and there but
curiosity prevented Several months
passed In which l continued to Visit
her, hoping that she would settle down
into her old personality resoluteiy'
When she was another / would turn
away from her; when she was my own
Margaret l loved her still the same
Al the holden l found 1t possible 70
be amused with her; as the STRONG
minded" woman could not endure