The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-02
The
Vampire
In Romsnce She 10 Beautiful.
In Real Life unattraetive 10
An Except Her Victims.
D. HlEN BRENNAN

There have been many versions of
the woman who has a passion for en-
thralling men, from the ordinary dirt
to the vampire. The ordinary firt II
supposed to have a conscience. The
vampire lures men to their ruin and
II they have families are a. ready to
wreck wife and childre ~ the man
himself.
The vampire II not a beauty with
soft, languishing eyes. She has a
stony face. She conQuers rather by
her will power than by fascination,
though she calls to her assistance the
senses whenever she finds It neces-
sary. l have seen but one wo-
man in real life who deserved the
name of vampire. While staying at
a summer hotel l heard Of a man
among the guests who was enthralled
by a woman and taken completely
away from his family. l was told that
l might see the couple any evening
after dinner when the guests walked
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others. I expected to see a radiant
beauty in the woman, with seductive
manners. l was astonished at looking
upon the stoniest face I have ever
seen and utterly devoid Of beauty.
The man was good looking, though
there was no strength in his features.
But the will may grow stronger or
weaken like the muscles, which are
developed by exercise or become fiabby
by disuse. l afterward learned the
story Of this man.
Edward Grant was prominent in COL
lege not only as an all round available
man, but as a scholar. He was presi-
dent Of his class and graduated with
honors. He became attached to Mar
jorie Fleetwood. the daughter Of one
Of the professors of the university.
They were married, and a boy baby
was born to them.
The couple had been married four
teen years when Edward Grant was
called from his home in the east 70 San
Francisco on a matter of business. II
was his first separation from his fam
lily except for a few days at a time,
and he N more wished to 60 than his
wife wished to have him 60. He was
debating with her whether, after all,
he had not better give up the trip when
their son, Harry, thirteen years old,
came into the where they were
and heard his father tell his mother
that he had promised his partner to
make the journey.
Papa" said Harry, III you have
promised don't you think you ought
to goY"
This decided the father, who took his
son into his arms and Rugged and
kissed him with pride. Then, after a
last embrace Of his wife. he tore him
self away
in the same parlOr car with Grant sat
a woman about his own age travelling
alone. She was reading a novel, while
Grant was looking out through the
window, seeing nothing of the passing
view, for his vision was upon a mental
picture Of the wife and son from whom
he had just parted, and he was won
dering how he could endure that sep
aratiOn during the period fixed for his
absence.
The woman in the next chair was
constantly glancing aside from her
book at the fine looking man who was
so wrapped in his thoughts that he was
unconscious Of her presence. While
she was by no means beautiful, she
was dressed faultlessly, and there was
that suspicion OF perfume about bel
which is seductive In a woman who f.
an adept In the art of it's use.
The lady dropped a glove. Grant did
not see it.. She leaned forward to pick
It up, brushing against him. He turn
ed and looked into a pair Of eyes fixed
upon his. From him the eyes fell to
the glove. Grant bent and picked Il
up. The lady made a o to recover
1t again, and, their heads coming very
near together, they turned their faces
toward each other, and Grant saw that
same pair Of eyes fixed upon his and
in close proximity. Then he reached
for the glove and handed 1t to her. Sh<
thanked him and resumed her novel
Grant turned again to look out through
the window.
But now those eyes,, in which Their,
was a lure, came between him and
the vision Of his wife and s0n Th,
faint odor that hung about the woman
was waited toward him whenever an!
one passed through the a No wore
was spoken by either, but now ant
again their eyes met, and every tim
Grant felt more strongly the lure tina
was in those Of the woman. Gradual
~ a feeling came owe him that sitting
beside this woman hour after hou
without a word passing between then
was becoming irksome. Was It not
want Of compliment to his fellow pas
senger that he should refrain from ad
dressing her? Surely It would be I'm
modest in her to speak to him withOu
q word from him.
He made a trivial remark. The lad.
received It not unkindly, but replies
briefly. The ice thus broken, they 500
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