The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-03-29

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Yes. Marjorie and sre very
friendly
And you consider her faultlessr-
-Oh. no: NOT faultless. Marjorie has
her good points and her faults. like the
rest Of a.. THERE'S Just one trouble
about hsr that know -she AZ hi,
selfish"
Nothing else?'
-Noihing uniess she b not ~ lmrtscu-
lar Ms she might be about what shs
says concerning her friends"
.How! Who does she soy things
aboutT'
The dialogue was interrupted ut this
juncture BY the hosteas. who brought
up man to introduce to Aiixs MARX.
| land.
Kenyon pursued bis Inquiries for
month. BY the end Of which time lie
discovered that bis opinion OF Mnrjorfe
WIS entirely erroneous. One OF her
companions admitted that she was
selfish and traduced her friends:
another that she was not always
truthful: another that she was not re-
liable. whatever thnt means: another
that she was intellectually Of very
light caiiber. and 30 ON. each giving
| her some one biemIsh and each aver.
! ring that for the rest she was perfectly
| lovely. But unfortunately there DIFF
| ferent biemishes. taken together. nude
up very disagreeabie character.
Frank, to use q forcible but inele.
CANT expression. sheered Oh from Mar
jorie.
Meanwhile Marjorie. unknown to
Fnnk. had been pursuing q similar
cOurse toward him She knew his IN
innate friends among men and while
conversing with them endenvored to
draw from them his faults. After
making inquiries Of her friends she
pursued her Investigations among some
to whom she was Indifferent. finally
taking up those whom She suspected Il"
did not lIke-not that he had ever given
her any intimation OF that dislike; we
| cnnnOt be as cordial or enthusiastic
toward some a. toward others. nor can
We always avoid showing nntngonism
I'm our mnnner.
However, before Marjorie Ind fin
ished her Investigations size noticed
| that Trunk had discontinued certain
Ioveriike looks and actions and had re-
sumed treating her merely as friend
| Why he bad changed she did moi
know. having no suspicion That he Ind
been making inquiries about her and
of the result Of those inquiries. Her
investigation Of him had not ELECTED
single fault. Every one she had talked
with about him spoke well Of him.
some very highly. A few had seemed
Indifferent toward him. but had not nc
cused him of any fault. Naturally this
| give her q high opinion Of him and
caused her the more to regret the
1 change in him. to say nothing Of the
| wounding Of her amour propre.
| One day she was berating her
brother for some delinquency and In
the heat Of the argument said to him:
II wish you were ~ nus fellow a.
Frnnk Kenyon"
what MATES you think him nne
feIlowT'
| why, 1 have talked to his men
friends. those who are Indifferent to
him and some who dislike him. They
all speak in the highest terms Of hir. +"
"Of course they do to you"
What do you mean BY to mel"
Don't you know that it's Q principle
with men always to speak well OF 9th
er men to women"
"No." saId Marjorie. surprised.
"Weli. they do. l was talking with
Tom Hartwell about Frank Kenyon
the other day and Tom called Kenyon
a cad"
.Why. Mr.. Hartweil told me that he
regarded Mr.. Kenyon a. q splendid
fellow
"Of course be did. I'd tell any girl
that about my worst enemy"
.oh. my goodness gracious: That
isn't speaking the truth"
"If Frank should ask the girls about
you they would speak the truth or at
least what they consider the truth.
They would say some very nice things
about you. but
II know what you mean"
81 don't mean anything disrespectful
Of girls or claim any advantage for
men. The one acts In feminine way.
the other In q masculine way. The
business lives men lead make them
wary Of getting into trouble by telling
the truth. It isn't because they are 40
awfully nice sbout 1t. though every
body knows that mems and women's
standard Of honor are different. II
you want adverse opinions of Frank
Kenyon can get them for you by the
cart load. bat they wouldn't be worth
anything"
1 This conversation opened Mar1orie's
eyes to the cause Of Frank Kenyon's
change toward her. What could she
do about It. Maidenly modesty for
babe her asking II be had made In
quiries nbout her. a. he once intlmated
he would do when contemplating mat
rimony. She decided on an entirely