The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-09-27
Intellectual
COurtship
1t Is a Very Different Affair
From Simple Love.
BY EDITH B. ARNOLD.
By EDITH B. ARNOLD.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.


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Miss Margaret LyaII took all the de-
grees Of the under and post graduate
university courses. Being possessed
of an independent income, 1t was not
necessary for her to make living, but
she was so clever that the college sent
her abroad to study for a 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 it occurred to
her that after all she would prefer to
be a wife and mother to growing old
as teacher. If she were to choose
the more natural course it was high
time she were doing so. She was con-
sidered a very attractive woman and
was comedy. She had had 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 a forceful man. There
is no place in the world where exact
ness, system and. above all, a quick
| resource are more essential than In the
makeup of a daily newspaper Mr..
Richardson had quiet. dignified way
with him that carried great weight.
'"That match" every one said, sis
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 other!"
mo doll wife for me-" said Mr. Rich
ardson. give me a woman with a
brain in her headr' "If l 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 a law Of nature. If
he should turn out to be Of poorer
| judgment than l, 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-
ed himself-he had gone into business
at seventeen-he had a profound adj
miration for Professor LyaIl It
was the acme of his desires to have
such a woman for his wife, 1t 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 a rose and exhaled as much |
fragrance upon all who knew her. She |
had long worshiped Mr. Richardson
from distance, but considered him so |
far above her that it was madness for
her to aspire to be his wife.
No sooner had Professor Liyall 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
pathfzed 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 evil |
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, supposed the policy of your
paper was to advocate the regulation
Of the trusts by law"
my dear Margaret, the policy of
newspaper is an unknown quantity to /
any one except its manager"
''Will you kindly explain|
Mr.. Richardson for the moment for
chair. 1t seemed an icicle rather than I
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 l 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 majestically 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 were opened
to the fact that the high grade of
character, of intellect, he had wished
in a wife had in this case at least
proved boomerang. If he had been
called to account by another his feel
ings would not have been the least ruff
fed But he had formed the very i'm
portant plan Of marrying Miss Lyall,
and he saw that such a union would
necessitate the roofing up of the main
habit of his life.
"Good morning, Mr.. Richardson"
came soft voice. and looking aside
as he walked, he met the alniable
smile of Miss Brooks. 1t was like a
~urm sunshine DreaKlng through
wfntry cloud. He turned and Joined
her. For an hour he walked beside
her, listening to her prattle, scarcely
speaking himself, the girl all the while
pouring balm on his perturbed feel
ings. He went with her to her home,
and it was another hour before he left.
Miss Lyall suffered the same per-
turbed sensations, and as Mr. Richard
son had been comforted by Miss
Brooks she turned to Walter Fair
banks for similar treatment. Ii
person of strong mind becomes baked
and consequently irritated there is a
craving for some one-not to rely on
for advice, but to whet opinions upon
Miss Lyal made an excuse to send
for Mr.. Fairbanks In order that she
might have a dummy to pound Mr.
Fairbanks proved himself admirably
suited to the purpose. Not capable of
understanding that higher role of ele-
waiting by an unceasing flow of infor-
nation which Is the great work of
newspapers, he saw only the blemishes
resting on the press. When Miss Lyall
told him Of her disagreement with Mr..
Richardson he was surprised that she
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