Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-02
THEORY ABOUT
women TESTED
A Queer Experiment and Its
Happy Result.

Good gracious. mamma" said Miss
Louise Hewlett at the breakfast table.
Just listen to this:
"Wanted.-A woman twenty years old,
with artistic tastes. capricious. fond of
golf, lawn tennis and dancing. to act as
secretary"
Singular" said the mother thought
fully. that the advertiser. whom l
suppose to be a man. says nothing
about beauty"
Since Miss Hewlett was looking for
a position she answered the advertise
ment and was invited to call. which
she did in the company Of her mother.
She found n man of thirty-tive. seri-
GUS. reticent md apparently in his
right mind.
81 need also" said the advertiser.
MI. Dudley Vinton. "a housekeeper.
If Mrs. Hewlett will take up her resi-,
dence here with you in my apartments,
filling that position. l will pay each a
handsome salary"
The offer vas accepted. and mother
und daughter went to live in Mr.. Vim
| toms apartments. From the first he
treated them as guests. though Miss
Hewlett was occasionally called upon
to write a note or IL letter or copy
some papers relating to property. At
the end of the first month Mr.. Vinton
paid the salaries and said that he
would be glad to continue the ar
rangement indefinitely. Louise pouted.
| She filled the terms of the advertise
ment-
Another month passed. Mr.. Vinton
day. sometimes in the evening. Once
or twice he was away several days to-
gether. What called him. where he
went or what he did be never told.
Louise was piqued and delicately hint
ed that some reference to these alb
senccs would he mt least civil. She did
not like to- he treated as u child or an
entire stranger y MIR Vinton failed to
satisfy her curiosity. whereupOn she
tossed her head and declared that it
was high time such a ridiculous ar
rangement was terminated. Mr.. Vim
ton made no comments upon her ac-
ton. Indeed. he seemed to be rather
pleased with it. egging her on to more
of the same kind. Finally she became
angry and ended the interview in tears.
One morning a delicate little missive
came for Mr.. Vinton which fell I'M
Louisp'S hands. She took it to him
and watched him while he read it. His
o,1ptn,I,,. Ne, y-cv nnt RI hn roo1 Dlar-
ing the note in his pocket. he went to
his bedroom. and soon after Louise.
who was watching him from a win.
dow. saw him go out with Il suit case.
"JuSt what ! expected" she said
THAT note contained an invitation
He's gone TO the country to visit some
girl he's in love with"
Vinton remained away a week. Wien
he returned Louise asked him when he
intended to be married.
81 am moi engaged" he replied.
They We're sitting in the library at
the time. and Vinton took up a book
Louise tried in vain to keep her tongue
in her head. Finally she could endure
the silence no longer and asked a
number of inadmissible questions.
Some of them Vinton answered. 9th.
ers he parted. while others be re-
ceived in silence. But not for a. mo.
ment did he manifest any dissatisfac-
ton with her for attempting to pry
into his affairs. Finally be told her
that he had been to see an invalid who
had died during his absence. Louise
arose and strobe silently out of the
room. Vinton called her back.
IF you don't mind" he said, 81 am
curious to know what has offended
you"
You have led me to believe what
was not true"
She stood waiting for him to con.
tinue the debate. but as he only said.
THANK you very much" she went out
and spent the rest of the day in her
room with the door locked.
At the end Of the year Vinton in.
vited mother and daughter into the
library and announced to them that he
desired to terminate their present ar
rangement.
And now" he continued, addressing
Louise. Il will satisfy your curiosity.
A year ago l wished to make a very
advantageous match. The lady's char
acteristics I described in my advertise
ment. am a theorist and have a