Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-06-27
APPLYING
WHOLESOME
DISCIPLINE
By H. IRVING KING
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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90, 1874. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
They say 1t lis better to have loved
and lost than never to have loved at
ALL" but Richard Craddock could not
see 1t that way. He wished to good
ness that he had never fallen In love
with Jennie Fontain--never met her.
For whole year now he had been
expecting her to say EYES," and now
she had gone and said mo" What
was the matter with him, he wondered,
that she should refuse him2 He was
good looking. belonged to a good fam
lily, and had money.
Plenty of girls had set their caps at
him. Yes, he could have had any one
Of dozen perfectly eligible young
ladies for wife, and when he had Sc
lected Jennie Fontaln, that perverse
person had not, apparently, appreciat-
ell the honor done her. Well, he would
forget her, and go off yachting with
Sam Weddiburn.
But that was the trouble - he
couldn't forget her. He might go
yachting with Weddiburn all right, but
he knew, in his secret heart, that
waves and winds and seagulls would
all keep whispering Jennie to him.
The truth was that Richard was n
spoiled child. From his infancy he
had been given everything he want
ed. The only reason his parents had
not given him the moon was because
he had not cried for it. And now, at
this late date, he was beginning to
learn the lesson, which we all have to
learn sooner or later, that, no matter
how great our wealth, how high our
station, there are things-and people
that do not come when they are
whistled for.
This grim truth gradually perco-
lated into Richards mental system.
To him there was novelty In the idea,
and Richard was rather fond OF nov
city; but otherwise he was very I'M
favorably impressed with 1t. How
ever, he was not by any means fool,
and accepted II as one Of the facts Of
life which have to be reckoned with.
But this did not help him to account
for the rejection. Richards appetite
fell off as he puzzled and puzzled, and
the number Of cigars he consumed per
day became enormous. He resolved to
take counsel-somethlng he had never
done before In his life. People had
given him counsel, II Is true, but he
had never thought for a moment OF
listening to It.
He got Roger Bacon in quiet cor
ner OF the club smoking room Bacon
was a middle-aged man, n married
man, taciturn as n rule, and Of the
sort generally spoken of as solid"
"Bacon," said Richard, "why does
girl reject a fellow7"
Bacon stared at the younger man
In establishment. "What do You
mean2 What are you driving at2" he
asked
why" stammered Richard, you
see, It's this way: I proposed to Jen-
ME Fontaln, and she rejected me. Why
do you suppose she did tn"
Probably because she thought you
were a concelted young ass" snapped
Bacon, and got up and left the smok-
ing room.
This crude remark helped some
when II had sunk in-but still II did
not quite satisfy Richards desire for
enllghtment.
He caught pnuI ST Claire tbe vouno
clubmon pIven IN romance and noetrv
and much admired nv intellectual
vonng ladies'
"peul" said Richard "wbv does n
girl reject n feIlowp
"GeneralIv because che doesn,t Iove
him. repIled Poul
Here was more food for thought
He was n concelted Young ass and
Jennie did NOT love him. Tie Ieft tho
club in hufr and returned IN HE
bnchelor quarters where. after no bod
sworn at his vnlet little and hanged
the furniture about n bIt. no sat down
70 mediate He was NOT n concelted |
voung oss--tbot Grabbed old pocon no |
bongedl He had n commendable sbore |
Of self.confldence, that was nil No |
man was worth n pIcayune who hadn't
As TO paul the poetD ma thew called
bim--welI. perbaps he was rI0bt-ner.
haps Jennie did not love him. His |
heart sank at the thought. and vet no
asked himself WHY? Gradually how
ever, the conviction that Jennie had
rejected him because she did NOT love
him swallowed up all other thoughts
and he found himself saving "Ob ~
l could only think of some wav 70
make her love me-"
detected and much humbled Richard