Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-03-22
Very
Unfeniiniine
By OSCAR cox

him to sit down at the table with me-
He did so and I congratulated him on
his engagement, Of which I had heard
some time before. He didn't look like
man who had just been made happy
by girl, but reckoned he had passed
out Of the seventh heaven stage and
was wondering how he was going to
support wife on salary that he had
been spending entirely on himself.
"Its all off," he said snappishly.
whats the trouble7" I asked.
"See here, Jim; I've had all I want
of girls. They have no sense Of honor
such as a man has. Fact is there's
nothing manly-I mean noble-in 'em
at all Nothing a girl likes SO much
as to get fellow by the ear and play
him for a fool. That's what Matte
wanted with me-"
you haven't yet got to the cause of
the breach"
well, Molly and I were out at
dance. put my name on her card
for every alternate dance, leaving her
a dance with some one else for every
dance with me. That was about right,
wasn't it? She objected. told her l
thought one in two was enough for
the other fellows, and she said she
thought that If she danced with me
two or three times during the evening
it would be enough for me. told her
that if that was all was to get I'd
go without any. And scratched my
name off her card entirely. Do you
know, the girl filed her card without
my name being on it and was the mer
REST girl in the ROOM
every unfeminine."
you mean very detestable."
"What did you do next?"
"Why, l left before the dance was
finished and left her to 60 home with
some one of the fellows she had pre-
ferred to me-"
ooh, you did?"
"You bet did,
"You had taken her to the dance,
hadn't you?"
EYES,"
What did she do next?'
Nothing"
"And you?"
II wrote her note saying that If
every other fellow had as much right
to dance with her as we'd better call
it off,"
! "And she?'
"sbe hasn't deigned to send me re-
ply"
Every unfeminine."
1 "Jim," he said, bristling, chats the
second time you've used that express
/ sion. I'd like to know what you mean
by it."
Il have used it ironically, Fred"
Ironically"
/ "Yes. The girl acted like girl.
Yop acted like ninny."
Now, he knew very we'll that he had
made g guy of himself, and when
ibore witness to the fact instead of get
ting up on his ear he collapsed. He
didn't say word for awhile, but he
looked like a man who had committed
a crime and had just realized that the
heavens were about to fall on him
His first words were:
give knocked the bottom out OF the
universe"
"Oh, no, you haven't"
You don't think so9" eagerly ant
with beam of hope.
NO"
what shall do?"
Take back track as quick as yo'
can"
"How?'
Go to her and ask her pardon. Tel
her that you've made an ass of your
self and will never do so any more"
II think I'd rather write it."
Nonsense. Face the music like
man. Writing would only show hal
hearted repentance. Speech is bette
than ink any time and in such case
is infinitely better. What's write
is capable of various interpretations
In speaking one has the advantage G
looking his meaning. In writing ther
is no expression of any kind
But suppose she won't see me"
"Hang on till she does"
"And suppose she sees me. but turn
me DOWN.
Hang on all the tighter"
| He sat celebrating. Presently i
J looked up at me and said:
Jim, would rather attack fort
| fication single handed. Is there i
other way out OF it?"
There wouldn't be for me if wei
in your place"
Another season of screwing up /.
courage, and he rose from his sea
| took his hat and said:
"Goodby, Jim. If l fail look fl
r my body in the canal
r "Goodby, Fred. know just no
you feel; I've been there myself"
Acted like chump?"
mo; like an inebriated donkey"
: The same evening the following tel
phone dialogue took place between hi
3 and me:
4 Fred dn gleeful voice)-Its all rigf
3 Jim-Are you forgiven?