El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-02
The Diary Of A Bachelor
The Widow Demonstrates that She
Is a DfDIomat-And the Bache-
Tor Gets Lonely.
BY MN

EARCH. 24-When the wrongs
FNf8 of this miserable old world are
A'4 finally righted. and the slaves,
who now ride around in automobiles
fem pink teas to matinees, emerge
flCm lEglOrious ser1dom 10 eNe-Cls
the sacred ana lnallenaoLe fisn1 "
casting a vote for dog catcher anu
cCrOuer. when. d. briet. woman IS
emaucipated. I hope to have me Priv
uege Of making one little suggestion
III is the hope that when the women
take charge Of the government PIE
counter. they hand out the amoassa-
GOrship pie 10 such clever representa-
tlVes of their sex as Mrs JACK SpenC55t
and the widow. such tact, Sucn
grace. such diplomacy, such oil! " nat
a pity ir was devoted to such a trlA-
l.Lg object as one mere mani
When they faced each other JnaI
light in The station each carried a
dagger in the hand she EXTENDED SO
cordially to the other 14ach looh
silent measure OF the other VIZ anu
beauty and skill with eyes mat eN-
pressed nothing but innocent pleas
7 am so pleased to meet YOU" said
The Widow; Il have heard so much
Honey DrIps.
And I about you,' returned -Lls1- NJ NJ,
Srener. well. you may guess now
arxious I was 90 know you when j
tcll you that Jack and 7 were return
Ing from a dinner party completely
tired cut when We met Max. and he
insisted that we turn right oach- Z
T. had been fOr any other purpose
should have refused him
Shot number one, ! hadn't asked
her to come; she had guessed where
I was going and insisted upon COM
The Widows eyes never changed
YES" she said. Il told the Dearest
Man in the world over the telephone
I that he must bring you to the sJauon
rr-FFh I
Shot number two. She had told me
! nothing OF the kind dldn olaI me
1 her for shooting right back, but j dld
\ think her description of me was
/ waste OF powder ,..
! more polite. each taking a shot IN
] turn with such rapidly growing cor
/ dfality that neither Jack nor / was
/ surprised when they walked or win
( their arms linked, leaving US 10 4oI-
| When we reached coy little pri-
/ vate dining room of nearby hote4
! the widow ignored my existence
But she didn't ignore JACK s.
| was seated between Jack ana me anl
! she devoted all her attention 10 him
Dangerous Fuel.
Everything that enters the brain o.
a widow becomes ammunition, an
/ these who give her this ammunition q,
[ t. uncOnscfOusly. Little anecdotes oi
! the ambitions, nODDles anu I-Ll -
! ties OF friends, and all their pet prldei
3 and prejudices, when told TO a spii
serve only Tor the purpose Of enter
! tainment
1 When told to a widow. they become
! finder matches and powder, and she
stores them carefully to use when IN
I cgme comes within range.
/ II have been so Interested sn'
( soid turning her eyes fOndly on Jacl
! Spencer. .'in your collection
/ scimitars and the wonderful histor.
! that attaches. Do tell me now 70
/ became interested in anything quit
Tbat Just suited Jack and tn
widow would have feigned equal In
terest had his hobby been tadpoles
I We were at the table two hours, an
/ within that time I die not get fv
| words in the talk. and Mrs spence
I did little better. I viii confess Diary
I that I took a sneaking joy in the re
| Election that it served her right
Mrs Brown had heard me casual