The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-09-28

he couldn't; he became a stock
broker in the end"
met him." she went on, at m,
aunt's last year; he was misogv
MIST"
"A what?" cried, aghast at this
display Of erudition.
III means q woman hater. II
looked 1t up in the dictionary whes
they told me what he was"
Good I.ord!" said, still unsettled
Fancy having people looking one VI
in the dictionary! No wonder hi
looked 60 depressed.
HE used to say most awful thing,
about US girls" she pursued. II
shouldn't like to tell you half hs
said"
Wouldn't your" I murmured sym
pathetically. "Try. Don't think to
spare me-"
"Well, for one thing" she said, thus
urged. "he said-he said-well don't
know what he didn't say"
Don't worry about what he didn't
say-that's not the part feel I shall
be interested in."
well. he said-mind you, this isn't
quarter as bad as some Of them, only
can't remember those-he said the
feminine sex-that shows you the sort
of man he was. doesn't it7" she broke
off. Fancy saying feminine sex.
Well, anyhow-dont get 80 impatient
I'm telling you as quickly as l can;
you keep interrupting 30. He said the
feminine sex was the rock on which
men were-wrecked. or foundered, OF
something nautical. anyhow. He
was horrid man."
ITO some extent" l admitted, q
can sympathize with your feelings"
"And then he said." she went on,
that marriage was a snare to which
woman was successful but inadequate
bait" She paused, flushed with In.
dignation, and eyed me expectantly.
"A felicitous phrase" said. feeling
bound to say something. "but sadly
lacking in tact"
Eyes. It was, wasn't It? So. OF
course" she spoke in the tone Of
ono who had made many sacrifices
II had TO-"
"Snnb him." interposed Natural
ly. That. Of course, accounts for his
behavior Just now"
Elizabeth flushed little. and gazed
interestedly at the tip Of her shoe.
"Well," she said, tri1e awkward.
ly. II didn't exactly SNUD him. II
talked to him-tried to persuade him
:. differently, you know" Her en
preston was vague.
oh" I said, not following her
what did you say?"
II didn't say anything. Don't pre-
tend to be dense. Don't you under
stand?'
Hanged II do"
"Why. don't you see, OF course had
to convince him that women were not
well. weren't quite what he thought
them. had to try and mako him
have higher opinion Of them"
II see," I cried, my brow clearing
"Well?"
- "Wcll?"
"What happened; did you succeed?"
4, Temporarily. anyhow"
do you mean you couldn't live IN
to 1t or what?"
mo, there was nothing to live up
to: he-he misunderstood my mo-
tives."
Il suppose" ventured, che thought
you had converted him for personal
| reasons?"
T. II think he must have don't
think, you know. he could have been
| quite gentleman"
TO have entertained such a base
Suspicion" I queried
mot only that. To say the things
he did"
"Why. what did he say?"
For one thing he called me a flirt.
That wasn't flirting, was it,"
"FLIRTING! It was the height Of
altruism"
1.-THE height of altruism," Elizabeth
murmured reflectively, at the same
time glancing at me approvingly. do
! you know, think that's rather a nice
description. And it's true, too, isn't
I it?"
"Why, yes" answered, Compare,
i lively"
Day sset for Marriages.