The Washington times., 1918-06-30

For a month Leah ragged and rebelled
against her fate. But rage and rebellion
cannot last forever in the heart of a good
looking young woman, and Leah began to
find consolation in a profound melancholy
which, she imagined. nothing on earth
would ever dispel. Through this period of
consolation there required, ever and again,
the hope that sooner or later the wonder
fully handsome man with the melting, soul
full eyes and-perhaps-the guitar, would
come along and rescue her from her dis
tress This time, however, she hoped that
he would have money. Leah, as long hack
as she could remember. had had almost
everything that her heart desired, and,
having a generous father had never given
a thought to the material side of married
life ANY dreamy-eyed Lancelot or musical
Galahad would have fulfilled all the aspira.
tions of her soul. With the loss Of all
means Of subsistence staring her in the
face it was only natural that a change
should come over the spirit of her dream
and that she should pause to think of
Lancelot's and Galahads salary. And, with
all her inexperience, Leah was shrewd
enough to realize that Lancelots and Gala
hads, as a rule, have no salary. Wherea:
she sighed and bemoaned her cruel fate.
Harry. during the month that her turbu.
lent mood lasted, did not come near her.
When the period II sadness began he
called upon her one day, asked her per-
mission to light cigarette and begged her
to look the situation in the face
IT'S foolish he said, "to lose all that
money just because you're stubborn. Why
not marry me? amt such a bad sort of
a fellow, and 1 know I'll make you happy.
Let's get married, Leah. What do you
say?"
Leah looked into his eyes-big, good
looking eyes they were, too-and then felt
the flush of anger rising to her brow.
How can you talk like that?" she cried
Take the money! Keep it! l wouldn't
marry you for all the money in the world
And she strobe out of the room leaving
an unhappy, bewildered young man twirl-
ing his mustache and wondering what was
the matter with girls nowadays. Wiser
men than Harry Jacobs have been bewil-
dered by unexpected manifestations of
feminine psychology, and much wiser men
than l have failed to give a satisfactory
account of this same psychology. l have
a strong suspicion that, to understand the
workings of the feminine mind, requires
no wisdom at all, but a subtle sense that
may almost be likened to an instinct and
which, in it's very nature-even though
some men seem to possess it's quite a
feminine instinct at that. If a man pos
sesses this instinct he may, under certain
circumstances, if he knows the girl and
grasps all the conditions and retains his
presence of mind without allowing himself
to be blinded by the glamor of beautiful
hair and shining eyes or allowing his feel
ings to affect him in any wayne may. l
say, perhaps, understand the workings of
a girls mind-sometimes. | hope ! have
made this clear.
Leah's mood of melancholy soon gave
way to a dogged determination to bear her
burden Of unhaDpiness unfiinchingly.
ingly it means, of course. that she does
not Telinquish an iota of her resentment
She merely cOnceals it,
Leah made up her mind to face life with
a smile, work for a living when the year
was up and never let human being see
that she was unhappy. And, no matter how
hard her lot might be, she would never
marry Harry Jacobs. The chap in Grecian
mythology who allowed the wolves to feed
upon him without murmuring a complaint
was no greater hero than Leah.
Harry. meanwhile puzzled ever the sit
uatiOn in his own way and tried in vain to
find some solution for it. He consulted his
friends and laid the matter before them
She's fine girl" he said. "and I'm just
crazy to marry her If she doesn't marry
me she'll lose every cent of her fathers
money. She isn't in love with anybody
else and, as far as I know. there isn't a
reason in the world why she shouldn't
marry me excepting that she's awfully stub
born"
Keep at it, my boy" was the consensus
of all the advice he received. Keep at it
and ask her again and again. In the end
you'll win her Wait until the year is up
and she realizes that she will have to work
for her living and you will find that she will
come to her senses
There was something about Leah's atti-
tude toward him, however that made Harry