Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-10
The Daily Story
IoWAS r. DEAN.
Copyrighted. 1913. by Associated Literary


Eng to Jims femninity. believing. on
the contrary, that she would be Of
great assistance To me in my work.
But my chief object in enliSting her
aid was that l might assist my friend
Mrs. Scarborough in bringing about
the match she desired.
When had taken lin to see Helen I
considered that my work was done. l
had no especial inclination for it. and
since had given her definite object
to work up'to knew that she could do
it where | could not. As to what
would result so far as their making a
match was concerned that must leave
to themselves. | refrained from saying
a word 10 either of them on that score.
knowing that to do so would rather
tend to defeat than aid my object.
1t was soon evident that Helen was
much interested in her work She tried
him on various sports, beginning with
tennis. l watched them play one day
and noticed that Jim called the score
40. so. deuce. vantage, forty, love"
with a feminine accent. Helen was
trying to speak the words like man
TO correct his pronunciation. This
showed me that. after all, i must keep
Jim with me part of the time and in
troduce him to men. This ! did and
with very good results.
Helen put her pupil through course
of sports, and. strange to say. the ex-
ercise he seemed to like best was
horseback riding. He had never been
m a. hu hn nj
found something 10 interest him in
learning to keep his seat in the saddle
and manage his horse. There were
plenty of bitches. logs and fences for
him to take, and after giving him time
to get accustomed to the saddle his rid
ing mistress took him out one morning
with her and, reaching convenient
ground that she had often been on be-
fore. led him chase that was calcu-
lated to call out manliness If there
was any such stuff in him. He soon
lost his hat his scarf and hair flew out
with the wind. and he was obliged to
hold on TO the pommel of his saddle to
keep his seat. But when finally Helen
refined in for a rest he declared that he
had never experienced anything so fne
in his life.
Are you going back the same way?"
he asked.
Helen laughed. Haven't you had
enough for once?"
mo; let's do it again.
As soon as the horses had got their
wind they started on their return over
the course, Helen leading But before
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every time his horse jumped she feared
he would bound so far from its back
as TO come down in n different place.
Having finished the run. Jim proposed
TO do it once more. Helen, who had
had enough of it for one time. not Xix
ing TO be outdone by her pupil. assent
ed and they rode the course ont and
back. BY this time Jim had got some
control of himself and his horse and
! made quite a creditable ride of it. But
when he proposed II third run Helen.
realizing that her strength was not
mans strength. was obliged to give up
the leadership.
This was the turning point in the
game \ woman may like n man who
is faulty. but what she ties 10 the most
readily is strength. From this time
forward Helen found her natural place
as second TO Jim Scarborough. and she
never after rcgained first place. at
least not in athletics.
At the end of the month Jim received
letter from his mother stating that
she expected him home on a certain
day. | knew that the real tug OF war
2
/ in my house when he received the let
| ter. and | overheard them discussing
| the matter. Jim had never disobeyed
/ his mother before I'm his life. Helen
! held out all sorts of inducements 10
! get him to do so. She coaXed, she
/ pleaded, she threatened. all TO no pur-
/ pose.
A woman under such circumstances
will not give up Helen in her eager
/ ness to win went further than she had
intended. She did and said everything
she could to induce Jim to throw him
self into tie position of n lover. 1t
came as natural 10 him as IL he had
been brought up under manly instead
! of feminine Influences. He caught her
( in his arms and vowed lie loved her in
fnitely.
Then choose between me and your
mother"
Mother be hanged" he cried. IN
I stay with you forever"
Helen would have burst into a laugh.
but she dare not lest she offend him
beyond forgiveness. How she got out
of the position she had taken / don;
know. but In the end she didn't get out
( Of ii Mt all. for she married Jim Scar
borough. and she never had a case Of
motheTin-law either.
No one would ever now know Mr.
Scarborough for the ''ladylike young
man" / found him at twenty and whose
reform | conducted. though the chief
work was effected by another He IL
an expert horsenian and Is quite expert
OF all athletic games. His feminine cx-
pressions and intonations have left him.
and be is as manly n fellow as know
among all my acquaintance. All oe
which goes to show that not all boys
Z who are supposed 10 be efTemiuate are