Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-19

Since it is so soon done for" ssid.
with some acerbity. the wonder Is
what it was begun for"
1T was experimental on my part"
he said. ~ am looking for a girl who
will permit me to give way to her In
all things. 1t seems that 1 shall have
to look further"
What impudence!
He rose and was going to leave me
when l called him back.
by what right" said. do you ac-
cuSe me Of not permitting you to give
way to me?'
did You not say that you were quite
sure could not give way to any one,
man or woman?"
You have shown no disposition to
do So"
TRY me!*
How"
II will put myself under your orders.
The first time l refuse to obey you, TO
give way to you in any disputed point,
send me about my business. The first
time you refuse TO be obeyed or TO
have your own way you are to accept
me for your welded husband with tire
words love. honor and obey thrown in"
Good gracious. He quite took away
my breath
There was a lot more talk in the
same vein, I affecting to believe that
he was not in earnest or that he would
not keep his contract. But he adhered
to his purpose. and since I must either
lose him or yield to him yielded. I
didn't realize that l was yielding at
the time or I would not have done ii.
He left me, it being understood that
the next time we came together we
were not to speak Of the matter be-
tween US. but was to be on trial. 1t
seemed very absurd to suppose that
was to refuse to have my own way
about anything, and 1 felt quite sure of
standing the test I also felt confident
! that he was so used to leading every
! one with whom he came in contact that
I he would try to make me follow him
! in all things.
A week passed, during which Walter
did not come once to see me. The days
seemed Unfortunately long, the evenings
endless. All this time I was having my
own way. every hour, every minute.
What did Walter mean by keeping
| away? Was he never coming again? 1
would have sent for him had not my
! pride forbidden me. l entered upon
second week with misgivings. begin
ming to coniure up all manner of rea-
sons for his keeping away from me. AT
last l settled down to this: He had
been convinced that it was useless for
two such selfish persons to get on to-
gether and had made up his mind to
| drop the matter.
Now. am not one of those clinging
creatures who rather than lose an idol
will beg pitifully. Not !. l made up
my mind that if this was his game, IL
he were intending to drop me. l would
have the satisfaction of dropping him.
| wrote him q note stating that after
full consideration of his proposition
| had decided that the facts would not
warrant his going any further with the
matter and I could not consent to re-
ceive him should he call again. except
with the understanding that his suit
was not to be renewed.
l received no reply at once, as / ex-
pected would, but in four or five days
a note came from Walter stating that
he had been called away on important
business soon after parting with me
and had not written since he had ex-
pected to return every day. His depar-
ture had been delayed and he had
reached home to find my note. He add
ed, your forbidding me to call again
as a sutton has broken my heart"
"Oh. heavens l exclaimed. what
have done?" He had evidently TAX
en- my note for dismissal. l must
hasten to assure him that it had been
sent through a misrepresentation.
wrote him an explanation. He replied
that the mistake had been very un'
fortunate, but since l had forbidden
him to call except as a stranger be
had not the heart to call at ALL
How provoking. He should have
understood that this prohibition was
recalled without my saying so In
words. However, I must withdraw
it, and I did 50.
The same evening he came to sec
me and, folding me in his arms. ex
claimed: 1--WE won! You must love
honor and obey me, especially thu
obey"
What do you mean?" asked.
you forbade me to call again as ;
sutton and when | gave you your owl
way in the matter you would not hay,
it."
''How ridiculousl"
, "Ridiculoys! Do you deny that yol
have refused to be humored?'
! OF course there were a number o
ways to get out of it. No woman ca
be cornered IN a way like that. Blu
/ I'd had quite enough Of it in the tw
! weeks had been waiting for him. AM
, ! didn't care to go through sny NOR
of II. So l pretended that ne had bee
: very shrewJ and had beaten me an
t was quite content to let him hav
: his own way.
!. "My own way" he exclaimed. 81 Xix
J that. i have proTed conclusively tina
you won't have yours"
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