The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-11-09
The Dangers of
Repetition
By II. IRVING KING

The AShlUnS lived lii ii browustuAe |
house, III ii DrOwnStoue street, ia d
brownstOue district, which was Az !
island "a suuu wealth ami ancient re- !
spectabiiily entirely surrounded by |
trade. Jack hau IA steam yacht, played
poIo ana belonged ~ all The best
clubs. III short there was nothing OK
which Jack Ashton really stood i'll
need bGl wI1e-aid to the supply
i'll. vi tkdt denclency he was nov
gINlng mucn SERIOUS Thought.
Jack, after several narrow ESCAPES
FROM capture by designing maInilI.Is,
had arrived in safety ut the age u
thirty. Now al thirty il man is
ever going to set married it is time
lac got busy. So thought Jack
mother ana 50 she minated to Jack.
Secretly the old lady had picked out
for her SON Priscilla higgins, dauSh-
ter Of jeremiah Higgins, the banker.
Priscilla Was tNent! live and had uot
remained single Tor want of oppor-
tunitics to HARRY. Needless 10 say,
Priscilla was II beauty. She was tall
and stately. had classic features. light
brown hair, wonderful eyes and
fresh, fair complexion. Jack and
| Priscilla were just suited to each other
ahd had known each other from child
| hood. That was just it-they had
known each other from childhood!
| And therefore y lie love for Jack
| had grown up in Priscilla's heart,
Jack had come TO take Priscilla as
matter of course, To regard her as u
very dear sister.
So, In looking over the rosebud gar
den of girls for a wife, he never once
thought of culling the fairest flower
In the garden
Old lady Ashton became impatient
and one day said to Priscilla: "Pris-
ella, my son Jack is the biggest fool
in New York. He has been In love
with you for years and doesn't know
1t. There, You needn't blush SD
and / really believe you are going to
cry. Let's change the subject"
A few days later she said to her
son: Jack, why don't you propose TO
Priscilla? You couldn't do better.
Don't you see the girl is In love with
you? AS for you, you BOBBY. you
have been In love with her for years
and didn't know it,"
"Why, 'mater!" exclaimed Jack
"Of course, | like Priscilla immensely
but | never thought"
"Of course you never thought" re
torted the mother. Thinking Is one
thing nobody ever accused you of
,, There. go along with yOu-Tm out o.
all patience with you"
Jack left the house In a daze. Yes
II was as his mother had said, h
, had been In love with Priscilla al
along and had not known it. He fer
!, vently hoped that the old lady hat
been right in the rest Of her state
ment-that part which referred {
Priscilla being In love with him. Now
Mrs. Ashton had committed one mil
take. She had repeated herself. l
her talk with Jack she had used tn
: same phrase about his being In Low
without knowing II that she had use
In her talk with Priscilla.
: And the statement so SATISFACTORY
covered the situation that 1t stuck i
Jacks head. So when he sought Pri
: ella to offer up himself and his CRANE
: fathers millions upon the altar Of h
:" love he closed a very creditable speec
% in the proposal line with, "Oh, Pri
u cilla-I have been N love with 70
= for years without knowing It."
Priscilla, who had listened wit
blushing cheeks and eyes dim wit
tears of joy, went through an instal
taneous freezing process. 1T strike
,. me-" she said with forced laug
II that 1 have heard that expression b
II fore. And what else, pray, did yo'
mother say on this interesting subJec
I suppose she also gave you to unde
III stand that ! was not insensible to yo'
Us fascinating personality"
y. The tactless Jack stammered ar
re Numbered and made things worse.
III There, that viii do" said Priscill
ne "Never mind the rest You have dol
DC your duty like good son. 1t Is qui
ne refreshing, In these days, whit
Is parental authority is so little
garded, to find son who Will II
a plicitly carry out his mothers instru
Of ton even when the task imposed Is
al disagreeable as the present one. Y
e can go back to mamma with Gle
Is conscience-and pray calm any Tea
IS, she may entertain Of my dying I
ce love Of her charming son. /
afraid her natural, but rather parti
admiration Of her offspring's super
tive qualities has caused her to II
rs. into a slight error with regard to t
lg. light In which he is viewed by 9th
oh and less interested persons. Go
10 day"
y! "Oh, that cruel woman" sobb
ap Priscilla when she reached her roo
90 "How she has Inundated me! She .
- discovered my secret and told ia
lily She made him come and propose
never would have done 80 Of bis o
free will"
Priscilla and Jack both descend
on- on Mrs. AshtOn-Priscilla with te
OF and reproaches; Jack with implo
for tons to set things right. Priscilla
the first to reach her. After listen
10 for a while to that young lady's
ip- of woe Mrs. Ashton cried out: