El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-19
A Bachelors Diary go By Max
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~ CTOBER 1O--The suit against me
for 100000 for breach of prom
Use, brought by Beth Leonard,
Is another proof Of my claim that the
man Of moderate circumstances is. bet
ter off than the man of wealth
II We're poor man, 1 would have
escaped the Wiles OF all designing Wom-
en-, ana the humiliation that follows.
i would nave been safely married, and
saneIy engaged with my nose close to
the grindstOne providing for the large
brood Of children that always attend
limited financial means
And nothing, Diary, is so good for
mans moral well being as a grind
stone II i, being an unfortunate mil
uonaIres am ever permitted to do any
ing them money, and building them
homes, 1 viii recommend the grind
stone as a means of salvation and de-
cry all attempts to leave it,
Fighting for Principle.
The money Tor which I am sued is
/ nothing to me 1t is the principle for
which 1 am fighting. 1 have done
nothing wrong. I refuse TO be thus
publicly proclaimed a despoiIer of an
innocent Wonan's virtue without com
pelhng her to prove it.
In the meanwhile you are my sole
cOnfidant 20 over to the Spencers
every evening after I have accOnpa-
MED Manette TO the threshold Of
dreamland, but We seldom mention any
unpleasant predIcament. / know they
don't believe the charges against me.
It is an unsavory subject for con-
veTsatiOni we never touch upon it. This
is the best way.
do not go down town. Why Should
I when the business steadily DrOspers
without me? If 1 so, 1 am the subject
Of jests on the part of sOcalled friends,
and strangers cape at me as If I were
mOnSUrOSlty IN a side show. It is
better here at home with my books, my
and you, Diary.
October IA have purchased a pony
for Manette, and when I go riding
these days it is with her, with the
faithful TOmpkins as her attendant
She is young tO-ride, but not too young
to ride under such careful and jealous
espionage as she receives. Then, if
she is to be my sole companion through
ahead of me, it IS best that she acquire
early taste for my favOrite pursuit.
Manette's HOrsemanshil.
october 20-Manette has lost all fear
of her horse and sits it in a way that
would do credit to a girl ten years
older We often start out in the
morning and are gone all day, stop
ping at humble little homes in the
country for a glass of milk to drink
with our lunch, where Manette makes
such admirers Of all who see her that
our stay is usually prolonged.
Sometimes she takes her MONDAY
nap on the bed in some little humble
home like this, and sometimes she
curls up in my arms while we rest by
the Wayside, and sleeps while TOmp-
kins and I gravely discuss the condi-
ton of crops and the political pros
poets.
These outings are doing her a great
deal Of good She is growing brown
and fat and sturdy, and is getting a
viewpoint on the joys that attend ha-d
work and limited means that those
reared in affluence need. And, alas,
never acquirei
Responsibility of Wealth.
want her to learn early, and in
a way she viii never forget, that
wealth means a great responsibility
and that there is greater happiness
without it.
The spirit Of democracy one gains
when playing as a child with children
Of poverty is never lost can see,
even in this brief period, that this
little girl whose fine raiment threat /
ened to make her selfish and vain is I
thinking less of her clothes and more (
and more Of the ability and good quail /
ties of those whose entire wardrobe /
for season does not cost as much as 4
one Of her simplest and plainest gar I
ments
October 24-AIrs. Spencer has always
called Manette Sunshine you are the I
sunshine" she often told her, "Of two
big homes"
] am telling you this, Dairy, because !
IL explains what has happened