Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-02

blue eyes looking into his. He relt
complimentcd. and he felt drawn to-
ward Miss Spencer.
''The reason why condemn WON,
en-" he said. lis because of theil
standard Of honor. which Is far be.
meath that in vogue among men. But
am open to conviction. If within
three months you are able to convince
me that women are as honorable as
men l will renounce my opposition.
Meanwhile shall see you frequently
and we will go out together.
agreed" said Miss Spencer.
Harrington kept his word. He called
often and invited her to 60 out with
him. She declined his invitations TO,
places of amusement for fear she
would be seen by some Of the girls
with whom she had made the compact
She knew very we'll what she would
say to them when the time came to
say it, but the time had not come.
One day Harrington was about to get
OF trolley car. A young lady on the
platform blocked his way. She was
about to step down into the street
when Harrington put hand on her
shoulder and held her back. A second
later an automobile driven by drunk
en- chauffeur graZed the trolley car.
Had the girl stepped off. as she intend
ed. she would have surely been killed.
The auto having passed, Harrington es-
corted her to the sidewalk. She seem
ed quite unconcerned till she reached
1t, then was all Of a tremor. He was
obliged to catch her to prevent her
falling.
Harrington called carriage and
took her home. Before his departure
from her house she had quite recov-
cred and asked him for his address
, that she might send him some more
formal acknowledgment of the obliga-
ton than verbal thanks. He gave her
his card, at which she stared. stam-
mered something. then babe him good
day. She sent him il token Of her graf
itude-a dozen cambria handkerchiefs
with his initials embroidered in the
corner by uet own udnuS.
At the time OF this episode Harring-
ton had spent two of the three months
allotted for his conversion under Miss
Spencers influence and had quite lost
his antipathy for women. Indeed. he
| was beginning TO feel that with her
for helpmeet life would assume Il
roster hue. lie had about made up
his mind to tell her so when the trolley
car incident occurred. But suddenly
Miss Spencer noticed that he was be-
coming Indifferent to her.
The truth is that, being ON excellent
terms with two women, he was enab led
to contrast the one with the other. His
trolley car lady appeared friendly. but
otherwise Indifferent This revealed
to him the fact that Miss Spencer was
trying to catch him. The latter re-
doubled her efforts, but this only tend
ed to make them more apparent and
rendered him more appreciative of the
girl whom it piqued him to believe felt
for him only Il natural gratitude for
having been the accidental cause of
saving her life.
And SO it happened that the man
who had given woman an opportu-
nifty to prove to him that woman's
standard Of honor was equal to that
Of man found himself III an equivocai
position. He had gone so far with
Miss Spencer that he doubted if he
were not III honor bound to 20 further.
At any rate, he shrank from what he
considered a backing out. When the
end Of the three months he had given
Miss Spencer to convert him came
round she had made the conversion,
but he had fallen in love with another
girl.
Harrington decided to make a clean
breast of it to the girl he loved. He
told her that he loved her, but before
meeting her had become entangleC
with another girl. Then be contided to
her his affair with Miss Spencer. His
contdante manifested no surprise. In
deed, she seemed to be cognizant of
the whole affair. But she astonished
Mr.. Harrington by telling him that she
| could not accept a proposition from
MIN because such a course would place
her in an unfortunate position. When
he asked her what that position was
she declined to inform him on the
ground that she could not honorably
do so.
Mr.. Harrington was astonished
That woman should decline an offer
of marriage on the ground that it
would place her in false position and
decline to give that position through
motives Of honor opened up to him a
new thing in the world of morals. He
had not been insensible to womans
| charms, which he had considered mar.
red by their want of high sense OF
| honor. Here was woman with
, charms and scrupulously honora Bile