The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-03-03
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obliged to catch her 10 prevent her
falling.

obliged to catch her 10 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 token of her graf
itude--a dozen cambric handkerchiefs
with his initials embroidered in the
corner by her own hands.
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 a helpmeet life would assume a
roster hue. He 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 enabled
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 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 wonan's
standard of honor was equal to that
of man found himself in an equivo, al
position. He had gone so far with
Miss Spencer that he doubted il ne
We're not in honor bound to go further
At any rate. he shrank from what he
considered 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 Il clean
breast of it to the girl he loved He
told her that he loved her, but before
| meeting her had become entangied
with another girl. Then he contided to
her his affair with Miss Spencer His
confidante 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 proposition from
him 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 hnnor;,bly
/ 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 !.
new thing in the world of morals lie
had not been insensible to woman's
charms. which he had considered mar
red by their want of a high sense of
honor. Here was woman with
charms and scrupulously honorable.
He begged her to put him In the way
to get the desired information from
another. but she said that such q
course would be only subterfuge and
no more honorable than telling him
herself
Nevertheless the information came.
Miss Spencer was met one day by Miss
Hunter walking with Mr.. Harrington.
and, looking up at him in the fashion
OF a woman who means to be scduc-
tive, Miss Hunter at once invited the
members Of the cabal to meet at her
house the next day at afternoon tea.
Miss Emerson. having declined to cut
the victim. was not notified. When
they were assembled the hostess an.
nounced the pertidy of Miss Spencer.
Great was the Indignation of the
"slgnatory powers" Miss Wadsworth b
declared that Mr.. Harrington should
be saved from the wiles of such a girl,
and after much deliberation it was de.