The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-25

OF our decisions maue Tor us; some we
want to make for ourselves"
81 see You don't wish to be inter-
fered with in the matter of your hats
or your religion"
Certainly not"
"What things do you girls wish to
have decided for your"
LET me see. There are lots of them,
but can't think of one all of a sud-
den. One couldn't be expected to do
that"
"Of course not!'
We are all more or less dogs in the
manger, and / am sorry to say that
was much pleased at this recital. If
couldn't have Julia l was not so un-
selfish as to wish her happiness with
another man. | dare say it would have
been very noble in me to do so. but
that's not my kind of nobility. On the
contrary. l felt as if | would like to
throw some bones of contention be
tween the two myself. But this was
out of the question.
| was interested in the matter not
only because l wanted Julia for my
self, but on account of the fact that
she had engaged herself to Digby be-
cause she wished to be bossed. She
had intimated to me that l wasn't a
strong enough character to domineer
over her, but l had my doubts about
the woman of the present day needing
an overseer. That might have occur
red in the days Of our grandmothers,
when no one thought of leaving out the
word "obey" in the marriage service,
but now, when women are ambitious
for a voice In the government, it Is
different. The suffragette doesn't look
like a woman pining for a master, and
all women who earn their own living
become more or less independent. l
therefore took Julia's desire to set up
king for herself with a grain of salt.
If, however, it was sincere 1 hoped
that she would have the same expert
ence as the frogs that chose a stork
for a ruler.
The next time 1 met Edith Martin
she had great news for me.
Haven't you heard" she exclaimed
excitedly.
mo. What is it?"
"It's perfectly awfulr'
"What's perfectly awful?"
"But he deserved it, every bit Of it!'
Deserved whatT
Some time was required for her to
express her opinion about it before she
could curb herself to tell me what it
was. This feminine trait, which
seems to me akin to spending a lot of
time over the address of a letter to
discover whom it is from, instead of
breaking it open to look at the sigma
ture, having spent it's force. Edith
came down to facts and told me the
story. She had got it direct from
Julia and had not troubled herself to
inquire into the mans side of the
story.
"Things had been going from bad to
worse between them," said the bosom
friend, 'when one morning Frank
called to see Julia for better under
standing. Instead of going in the aft
ernoon or evening he went about IL
o'clock in the morning. He'd been
used to running in on her informally,
and, being told that she was in the
pantry making a pie, he just went in
there. I've come he said, with the
olive branch. dare say have faults.
but the principal trouble between us
is that occasionally 1 would like to
have my own way about some
things"
you don't mean he was as unrea-
sonable as that!' l exclaimed.
Unreasonable! Julia took it as an
insult. That MEANS she said, that
you consider me a person who wants
to have her own way about every
thing: that l am obstinate, mulish.
pigish-everything that is unreasona-
ble| You are putting those words
into my mouth he replied. I have
wanted a good, strong, noble man for
a husband, but 1 haven't wanted a ty-
rant. Our engagement is broken. So
there! She had a scoop filed with
flour in her hand, and she was so mad
that she threw it all over him."
"You don't mean it," 1 exclaimed.
"How he must have lookedr'
Looked! He was white as a sheet
in front and black behind. Julia ran
through a door into the kitchen, then
upstairs and into her room, locking
herself in. Frank busted the -four off
his clothes as best he could with his
handkerchief, then left the house."
They'll make it up," suggested.
"NeYer. Julia is one of those pliable.
gentle creatures who, when they are
goaded to desperation, will turn, and
when they turn they will never crawl
again"
"Crawl?"
"Yes. Julia gave way to him till she
couldn't stand it any longer"
Poor girlp'
Not long after that, having proved
that could make good living as an
illustrator and believing that Julia's
engagement with Digby was not likely