The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-16
AN EXPERIMENT
AND ITS RESULTS
Novel Plan of a Bachelor to
Get a Congenial Wife.

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golf. lawn tennis and dancing. to act a
secretary"
: singular" said the mother thought
G fully, THAT the advertiser, whom
h suppose TO be man. says nothing
about beauty"
Since Miss Hewlett was looking 70
n position she answered the advertise
ment and was invited to call, whicl
she did In the company of her mother
She found man Of thirty-flye, serious
reticent and apparently in his RICH
mind.
II need Also" said the advertiser
Mr.. Dudley Viuton, "a housekeeper. II
Mrs Hewlett VIII take up her resi-
dence hero with you in my apartments
filling TINT position, | will pay each
handsome salary Pardon me for being
so frank, but II is better that should
say in advance that love or matrimony
has nothing 10 do with my intentions.
The offer was accepted, and mother
and daughter went to live in Mr.. Vim
tons apartments. From the first he
treated them as guests, though Miss
| Hewlett was occasionally called upon
! to write note or 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 arrange
ment indefinitely. Louise pouted. She
/ filed the terms of the advertisement.
Another month passed. Mr.. Vinton
was absent occasionally, sometimes by
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 he never told.
Louise was piqned and dellcately hint
ed that some reference 10 these abb
sences would be at least civil. She did
not like to be treated like a child or an
entire stranger. Mr.. vinton failed to
satisfy her curiosity, whereupon she
tossed her head and declared that 1t
was high time such a ridiculous ar
rangement was terminated. Mr., Vim
ton made no comments upon her action
Indeed he seemed to be rather pleased
same kind, Finally she became angry
and ended the interview in tears.
One morning delicate little missiye
came for Mr.. yinton which fell into
Louise's hands. She took it to him
and watched him while he read it. His
countenanee was not TO be read Plac-
ing the note in his pocket he went to
his room. and soon after Louise saw
him go out with a 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 week. When
he returned. Louise asked him when he
intended to be married
II am not engaged" he replied.
They were sitting in the library at
the time. and Vinton took up 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. Others
he parted. while others he received In
silence. But not for a moment did he \
manifest any dissatisfaction with her
for attempting TO pry into his affairs.
Finally he told her that he had been
to see an invalid who had died during
his absence. Louise arose and strobe
out vinton called her back.
IF you don't mind" he said. II 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.
At the end of the year Vinton lnvit-
ID mother and daughter into the IL
)rary and announced to them that he
desired to terminate their present ar ,
"And now" he continued. address
ng Louise. Il will satisfy your curiosi-
Y. A year ago / wished 10 make a
cry advantageous match. The ladr's
/ described In my adj
am theorist and have
theory about women. Ii is that IL a
nan wishes to know what n woman
will do under certain circumstances he
must infer that she will act exactly
ontrary to what he would expect. |
esired to test this theory and If 1t
roved a law / would apply 1t to the
ldy | wished to marry and thus en-
ance my chances OF success. During
he past year l have applied the test
0 you seventy-eight times. and You
ave fulfilled the conditions sixty-nine
ines. You will readily see the advan-
lge Of having two women of like
the .one to practice
pom. the other
At this point In the theorists exposi-
on of his methods Louise arose from
err seat and was sailing majesticaly
nj of the room when Vinton caught a
pr about the waist and held her
Darling" he said. changing bis tone.
here is one result Of the experiment
It to be told The practice piece he 9
lme the object piece. and the object
zee has passed from the problem 4
he Invalid who died while was
way was the girl was endeavoring
win. We never became more than
rOng friends. and while was plan
NJ for the advantages that would
I'VE accrued In marrying her l was