Smyrna times., 1913-03-19

A Master
To Do Her Thinking and
Decide For Her
BY F. A. Mitchell

WOulu nave NAUNNcNH " nIA AeA1 A~~N
reasonably sure of an acceptance. But
Julia had another suitOr. Frank Dig
by. and / fancied be was her hrst
.hOice.
To tell the truth. / was at disad-
vantage about that time. having. on
being graduated from college. gone
into business. for which was by no
means fitted. I had made a failure Of
Ii and was casting about for some
thing more to my taste. My poverty
was the principal reason why ! did not
propose to Julia.
The oaly talent ! had ever shown
was for sketching. and in that as a
boy showed considerable ability.
When it was plain that / would ac-
cOmplish nothing as a business man
/ made some sketches. which ! show
ed 10 publishers and secured orders
for illustrations to go with their pub
licatiOns. But I knew II would re-
qusre some time to get this new hold.
and while doing so ! kept my own
counsel from my friends and acquain-
tances. Julia tried to find out some
thing about what had in view, but l
gave her no satisfaction. II l should
fail in entering a nav field ! would
be in a worse position than before. |
put her of by pretending to be In
doubt as to what would dO-said /
would not hurry In making up my
mind. and all that
The result was what might have
] u Ernwtl~
Digby. Soon after / heard OF her en-
gagement had a 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
her decisions for her. Frank Digby
has n 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"
quite likely" ! replied. wincing un-
der what was probably not intended.
but what was a lecture to ne. holding
up my shortcomings in contrast with
Digby's strong points. made the best
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having been mean enough to hope that
he would rule Julia with a rod OF iron
since that seemed to be what she
wanted.
Miss Martin. besides being a bosom
friend Of Julia's. was a gabbler. II
wasn't difficult 10 set her talking. and
since she was a sort Of confessOr fol
I TFnfa I 81 n s1nnH .nF frF
nation simply by prOpOunding leading
questions. For instance. one day
said TO her:
The more think Of Il the more
believe that our mutual friend. JUL;
Adams. has fine prospect before he
with Frank Dlgby. Opposites shoul,
mate. II 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 a woman"
Would you?" replied Edith. swGl
lowing the bait and the hook together
why don't you marry a windoV
smashing. theater burning suffragette?
1 "Iust what I'd like I'm glad JUL
4 kWL NllE hAMu MA MANM HME MMMNEl
When are they going TO be married?"
Il don't know. Not at present AM
way. wouldn't have you repeat 1
but sometimes think Frank Is just
teeny weeny bit too decided for Julii
You see. there are certain things "
girls like 10 have decided for US an
certain things we like 20 decide Il
ourselves"
For instunce2"
1 We'll. last week Julia bought a ha
4 When Frank saw II he said. WI
didn't you buy muff for your hes
and have done with IT. You wOuldu
wish me 10 be out OF fashion. wou
youg retOrted Julia Fashion" sa
n Frank sneeringly. DO you know VIII
IN fashion Isl It's a lot Of men who 81
you women things giving you new
signs that are as different as pOssib
from what you've been wearing so tn
you can't wear or make over VIII
you've got II wouldn't have matte
ed n he'd stopped here. for we all knC
that. but he had 10 20 on and say.
have always hoped that when ! got
wire sue u nave uiOIt tuuepenueu
than 70 submit TO such nonsense 'B
I the fashionT persisted Julia. We ca
Ss ignore the fashion Fashion be har
edr Frank anawered I wouldn't wa
my wife 20 wear hat like a grer
dier or put a pot or a kettle on
z head At this Julia swept out OF {
y room without deigning to notice him
HIM / said
THAT WIS on Wednesday. On 81
day morning Frank called to take Ju
U 20 church She came down with a
tie prayer book and hymnal she had
ceived at Christmas You won't ne
those said Frank. Why notr 81
Julia I'm member OF the Pres
terian church.. said Frnuk And
an Eplscopallan. resorted Julia.
form and no fervor. said Frank III
made Julia mad, and she said. You {
disapprove OF my hats. but you sha
~ run down my church"