Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-11


Adams for some time. Indeed.
would have proposed to her had been
reasonably sure Of an acceptance. But
Julia had smother sutton, Frank Dig
by. and l fancied he wss her frst
choice.
To tell the truth. / was at disad-
vantage about that time. having, on
being graduated from college. gone
into business, for which l was by no
means fitted. / had made a failure of
It and was casting about for some
thing more to my taste. My poverty
was the principal reason why I did not
propose to Julia.
The only talent l had ever shown
was for sketching. and in that as a
boy 1 showed considerable ability.
When 1t was plain that / would &C
complish nothing as a business man
l made some sketches, which / show
ed to publishers and secured orders
for illustrations to 60 with their pub
locations. But l knew it would re-
Cuire some time to get this new hold.
and while doing so l kept my own
counsel from my friends and acquain-
tances. Julia Jtried to find out some
thing about what had In view, but l
gave her no satisfaction. IL l should
fail in entering a new field l would
be in a worse position than before.
/ put her OF by pretending to be in
doubt as to what l would do-said
! woI.GG not hurry in making up my
mind, and all that
The result was what might have
b,ca expected. She accepted Frank
DigSy. Soon after 1 heard OF her en-
gagement I had talk with her bosom
friend Edith Martin, about her, who
said:
. Julia has been brought up with
some one to do her thinking and make
I her decisions for her Frank Digby
( has a strong will. and she can rely on
him for guidance He will take the
lead In everything. There is nothing
weak. nothing vacillating about him.
l think it will be a very good match
'GUite likely" 1 replied, wincing IN
der what was probably not intended
but wEat was q lecture to me. holding
up my shortcomings in contrast with
Digby's strong points. / made the best
Of my disappointment, but confess t
having been mean enough TO hope thai
be would rule Julia with a rod of iroI
since that seemed to be what she
wanted.
Miss Martin, besides being bosom
lriend of Julia's. was a gabbler. i
wasn't 0-fficult to set her talking, and
since she was a sort of confessor fol
Julia, / received a good deal of infor
nation simply by propoundIng leading
questions. For instance, one day
said to her:
THE more l think of 1t the more
believe that our mutual friend, Juli'
Adams, has a fine prospect before he
with Frank Digby. Opposites SHOULD
mate. If the woman is easy going tn,
man should be decided, and vice versa
l wouldn't mind getting a strong mind
ed wife myself. I'd rather like to b.
ruled by woman"
would you?" replied Edith. swal
lowing the bait and the hook together
why don't you marry a window
smashing, theater burning suffragette?
Just what I'd like. I'm glad Juli'
got the kind of man she wanted
When are they going to be married?"
81 don't know. Not at present any
way. / wouldn't have you repeat IL
but sometimes | think Frank is just
teeny weeny bit too decided for Julia
You see, there are certain things w
girls like to have decided for US AM
certain things we like to decide TO
ourselves"
For instence?"
well, last week Julia bought hat
When Frank saw it he said. VIII,
didn't you buy a muff for your hea,
and have done with it?' You wouldn'
wish me to be out of fashion. woult
your retorted Julia. Fashion, sal,
Frank sneeringly. DO you know wha
fashion is? It's lot of men who sci
you women things, giving you new dc
signs that are as different as possibl
from what you've been wearing so tina
you can't wear or make over wha
you've got 1t wouldn't have matter
ed If he'd stopped here, for we all know
that. but he had to go on and say,
have always hoped that when / got
wife she'd have more independents
than to submit to such nonsense Blu
the fashion, persisted Julia. We can
ignore the fashion Fashion be hang
cdr Frank answered. 4 wouldn't wan
. my wife to wear a hat like q gren8
der or put a pot or a kettle on he
, bead At this Julia swept out of tn
room without deigning to notice him"
HIM / said.
THAT was on Wednesday On Sur
Gay morning Frank called to take JUL
TO church. She came down with a lii
, tie prayer book and hymnal she had re
ceiyed at Christmas. You won't nee
those. said Frank. Why notP sal
Julia. I'm a member of the PresbJ
terrain church. said Frank. And II
an Episcopalian.' retorted julia. A
form and no fervor,' said Frank. Tha
made Julia mad, and she said, You ca
disapprove of my hats, but you shan
, ran down my church"
"Wellr' put in to help her on.
Frank went to his church, and JUL
went TO hers"
II thought she wanted a man [
r make her decisions for her"
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