Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-06

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Kenyon pursued his inquiries for q
month. by the end of which time he
discovered that his opinion of Marjorie
was entirely erroneous. One Of her
companions admitted that she was
selfish and traduced her friends;
another that she was not always
truthful; another that she was not re
liable, whatever that means; another
that she was intellectually OF very
light caliber. and so on, each giving
her some one blemish and each aver
ring that for the rest she was perfectly
lovely. But unfortunately there diff
ferent blemishes, taken together, made
up a very disagreeable character.
Frank. to use a forcible but inele-
CANT expression, sheered OF from Mar
jorie.
Meanwhile Marjorie. unknown to
Frank. had been pursuing a similar
course toward him. She knew his in
innate friends among men and while
! converSing with them ende9vored to
draw from them his faults. After
/ making inquiries Of her friends she
pursued her Investigations among some
to whom she was Indifferent, finally
( taking up those whom she suspected he
! did not like-not that he had ever given
/ her any intimation Of that dislike; we
/ cannot be as cordial or enthusiastic
! toward some as toward others, nor can
we always avoid showing antagonism
in our manner.
However, before Marjorie had fin
ished her investigations she noticed
that Frank had discontinued certain
loverlike looks and actions and had re-
sumed treating her merely as friend.
Why he had changed she did not
, know, having no suspicion that he had
been making inquiries about her and
of the result of those inquiries. Her
investigation of him had not ELECTED a
single fault Every one she had talked
with about him spoke we'll of him,
some very highly.
One day she was berating her
brother for some delinquency and in
the heat of the argument said TO him:
II wish you were as fine n fellow as
Frank Kenyon"
what makes you think him a fine
fellow?"
why, | have talked to his men
friends, those who are Indifferent to
him and some who dislike him. They
all speak in the highest terms OF him.
"Of course they do to you"
what do you mean by to meY'
Don't you know that it's principle
with men always to speak well of 9TH
er men to women"
mo" said Marjorie. surprised
well, they do l was talking with
Tom HartweIl about Frank Kenyon
the other day and Tom called Kenyon
a cad"
"Why. Mr.. HartweIl told me that he
regarded Mr.. Kenyon as a splendid
fellow"
"Of course he did I'd tell any girl
| that about my worst enemy"
"Oh. my goodness gracious! That
1 isn't speaking the truth"
IF Frank should ask the girls about
you they would speak the truth or at
least what they consider the truth.
They would say some very nice things
about you, but
y 81 know what you mean"
81 don't mean anything disrespectful
Of girls or claim any advantage for
men. The one acts in a feminine way
the other in a masculine way The
business lives men lead make then
wary Of getting into trouble by telling
y the truth Ii isn't because they are SO
- awfully nice about it. though every
: body knows that mems and women's
= standard OF honor are different. II
~ ~ Era "a
y Kenyon | can get them for You by the
> cart load. but they wouldn't be worth
= anything"
This conversation opened Mariories
- eyes to the cause of Frank Kenyon's
a change toward her. What could she
- do about it? Maidenly modeSty for
h babe her asking if he had made In
/ uuiries about her. as ne once intimatcd
II he would do when contemplating mat
+ rimony. She decided on an entirely
a. different course. The next time they
~ met she was very cool toward him.
% This changed the situation Frank
asked her what he had done to offend
~ her She replied that he had done
a nothing He pressed her for a reason
9 for her GOODNESS, and she told him that
"a she had learned that he was regarded
~ as n cad by his friends.
=, This brought about turning point
20 Frank confessed that he had learned
" she had all the faults In the dction
=. airy. admitting that he had made the
=, Inquiries necessary to elicit the infor
q nation. Marjorie confessed that she
. too. had sought the truth and had only
=, got 1t from one man-her brother.
= Then they laughed. and Frank fell
for Marjorie's hand. drew her TOWARD
- him and said:
!, 1.-THE only way we can hnd ont eacf
:, others faults Is to get married"
= Put we'll love each other despite
them. wont weT
l. Indeed we wiiI"'
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