Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-06-03
A SCHOOL
OF LOVE
By EMMA l. GOULD

DOWulcTlukle SDe uau I'D DeT yOutu
more offers of marriage than she knew
what to do with. She had married
Roger EdmOnds because ne was the
last of those who proposed before she
was too old TO fiirt- AT his death she
conceived the original idea of making
a living by teaching young women how
to get husbands.
So she put out a circular in which
she agreed for stipulated fee TO tell
any girl how to get any man she want
ed, the fee to be paid after engage
ment This looked fair enough. and
number or young women called at ner
consultation rooms for advice. Among
them was Johanna Ormsby, who stated
what she wanted as follows:
II wish to marry Mr.. sam Trusdell.
lie is a bachelor of thirty-hye and a
woman hater. have tried TO make
myself agreeable to him. and be likes
to pass an evening with me tor chat
That is to say, lie never Is anything
toward me but friendly"
How long has This been going Oh?
About year"
That's bad. If you had but recently
made his acquaintance ii would be
much easier Such chronic cases need
desperate remedies. In your case see
no way but to pick quarrel with
! him"
"a quarrel?"
"Yes; you must contriye something
out of which a quarrel shall grow.
Then misconstrue something he does,
or, If that is impracticabIe make the
fight on no basis whatever, trusting
to invent one. and If you can't invent
one tell him you have been mistaken
! in something which has passed, but
which now, since il is all over, is too
painful for you to mention. In that
| case you will have the advantage of
being penitent and throwing yourself
| on his mercy"
But wish him to love me. Why
make him angryT
| SldTk ullu lie IOuSel yOuI Ic-
lGtions remain as they are the more
chronic they will become and the hard
er to break up. Since you are not an
apt scholar | shall have to manage
the affair for you. To make a be-
ginning. cut him the next time you
meet him on the street"
For what ostensible reasonT
Cut him and leave the rest to me.
Use the telephone freely, and will
keep you advised"
Miss Ormsby went away, and the
next time she met Mr.. Trusdell she
sailed by him with her nose in the
air.
He looked at her with astonish
ment. What could he have done to
merit such treatment? He turned tC
look back at her. then passed on his
way in much agitation. There is moth
ing that will so rack man as to receive
the contempt of a lady. She may fight
him, she may plead with him. and he
can stand it manfully, but let her con
tenn him and he is crushed.
That same evening Miss Ormsby re
ceived a note from Mr.. Trusdell. beg
ging to know wherein be had offended
her. She called up Mrs. Edmonds, re
ported the matter and asked for in
structions.
PAY no attention to the note" was
the reply.
But now your treatment Of the case
is getting me out of chronic indiffer
ence as well as MIR. Trusdell. / feaI
shall make breach that will never
be headed. That would be dreadful!
''It will never b. healed until you dc
as tell you"
There followed a silence. Miss Orms
by felt as If she were hanging over &
precipice with no one to help her. New
ertheless she dare not disobey instruc
tions. She did not reply to Mr.. Trus
delrs note.
One evening Chere was a ring at tbs
doorbell and a guest was ushered into
the dra wing room. where Miss OrmSby
was sitting. He was Mr.. l'rusdel
The lady had no opportunity to consul
her instructress- She must depend
upon her own resources. Having NJ
resources, she fell back on the genera
Instructions she had received in tins
beginning. She stood still, said moth
ing and prepared to appear penitent.
Il have called" said Mr.. Trusdell
all of a tremor. ito ask what IN tht
world | have been doing to meet you
contempt"
There was no reply. Miss Ormsby'i
eyes were bent to the ioor Mr.. Trus
dell came nearer and implored her Il
tell him.
II fear" she said at last. that have
done you a great injustice
"Injusticey"
"Yes. am very sorry for what
have done" Her voice trembled
HAS any one maligned meT
"Yes-no. Let 1t all pass as some
thing too painful to be remembered"
"Will you not name my traducerY
THAT would only make natter
worse. DO. beg OF you. drop the mat
ter. will do any penance you ask"
, why do you feel so deeply concern
ing it?'
81 don't know. | can't tell-I'-
My dear Johanna. do not troub