Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-11-25
Intellectual
Courtship
1t Is q Very Different Affair
From Simple Love.
BY EDITH b. ARNOLD.
BY EDITH b. ARNOLD.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

ASSOCIATION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Miss Margaret Lyall took all the de-
grees of the under and post graduate
university courses. Being possessed
of an Independent income. it was not
necessary for her to make living, but
she was so clever that the college sent
her abroad to study for professor
ship. She returned with an additional
foreign degree and assumed the chair
for which she had been preparing her
self.
When Miss Professor Lyall was
twenty seven years old 1t occurred to
be a wife and mother to growing old
as a teacher. If she were to choose
the more natural course 1t was high
time she were doing so. She was con-
sidered very attractive woman and
was comely She had had a number
Of offers, but had not been thinking Of
marriage and for this reason had ac-
cepted none Of them. Now, having
determined to wed. she looked over the
list of her suitors and settled on Royal
Richardson. a journalist.
Mr. Richardson was editor In chief
Of large newspaper He was a high
ly educated and forceful man. There
is no place In the world where exact
ness, system and. above all, quick
resource are more essential than in the
makeup Of a daily newspaper. MIR.
Richardson had quiet, dignifed way
with him that carried great weight.
"That match" every one said, us
between one Of natures highest type
Of men and the same grade of women.
Such a couple united should produce
important results for good. What
splendid spur the one for the otherw
mo doll wife for me-" said Mr.. Rich
ardson. GIVE me u woman with a
brain In her headv' "If | am to be
married." said Miss Lyall, 81 prefer a
man who is certainly not my inferior.
If he is my superior will follow his
lead, for that is law Of nature. II
he should turn out to be Of poorer
Judgment than I, then that same law
will compel him TO submit to my de-
crees."
Two persons were especially disap-
pointed at this engagement. One was
Walter Fairbanks, a quiet, unobtru-
sive man several years younger than
Miss Lyall. Not being highly educat-
cd himself-he had gone into business
at seventeen-he had a profound ad-
miration for Professor Lyall. 1t
was the acme of his desires to have
such a woman for his wife. It would
be like an intellectual beggar marry
Ing one with an intellectual fortune
The other disappointed person was
Miss Lucy Brooks. a girl Of twenty.
whose knowledge had been gained in a
public school, but whose heart was as
fresh as rose and exhaled as much
fragrance upon all who knew her. She
had long worshlped Mr., Richardson
from distance. but considered him so
far above her that II was madness for
her to aspire to be bis wife
No sooner had Professor Lyall be-
come engaged to Mr., Richardson than
she began to take an interest in his
paper She liked to pick out editorials
in which she could see his vigorous
opinions expressed In his terse, pun
gent style. But one day she noticed
what she had not discovered before.
She was much interested In the ma
tional problems OF the day and sym
Dathized with every movement calcu-
lated to bring the trusts under proper
legal subsection Mr. Richardson had
given In his editorials an impression
that this was the policy OF his paper.
But In an article which bore every evi.
dence OF having been written by him
he made use of the term trust bust
err" The next time he met his fiancee
she said to him:
Royal. I supposed the policy OF your
paper was to advocate the regulation
of the trusts by law"
MY dear Margaret. the policy Of a
newspaper Is an unknown quantity to
any one except its manager"
"Will you kindly explainT
Mr.. Richardson for the moment for
got that he was not In his editorial
chair 1t seemed an icicle rather than
a sentence that came through his cold
lips.
Yes; will explain by saying that !
alone dictate the policy Of my paper"
Miss Lyall looked at him with aston
ishment. And | Alone" she said
Twill decide as to the man will mar
ry. He shall not be one who would
make use Of the obnoxious expression
trust buster"
She strobe maJesticalIy out Of the
room and upstairs.
Mr. Richardson departed with com.
plication OF feelings. He was disap
pointed, angered. hurt. For the first
time he had been interfered with in
his life work. His eyes we're opened
to the fact that the high grade Of
character, Of intellect, he had wished
In wife bad In this case at least
proved a boomerang II be had been
called to account by another his feel
ings would not havs been the least ruff
fed. But he had formed the very i'm
portant plan Of marrying Miss Lyall
and he saw that such union would
necessitate the roofing up OF the main
habit OF his life
Good morning. Mr.. Richardson
came soft voice, and. looking aside
a. he walked. he met the amiablt
afnfIa NJ Mtaa prnoka ~ maa lfLa .