Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-17
The Dominating
Fellow
BY JANE OSBORN

full But the second seemed easier,
and by the time Roger had proposed
TO Eleanor five or six times he found
he could do it without tremor But
always Eleanor said no.
Then one afternoon Roger arrived
at the JameseS' five or ten minutes
! before the hour appointed to take
] Eleanor out to dinner at country
inn He left his car in the driveway
and strolled out to the orchard, hop
inc to find Eleanor waiting for him
there Instead of Eleanor he found
m open candy box on a bench, and
beside the bench, book lying open
on the ground.
Roger sat down, took some candy,
/ picked up the book and glanced at
the pages where ii lay open.
"Women for some mysterious rea-
SON actually prefer the dominating
man. he read "because the love of
this sort of man IS ardently posses
sve. and therefore he loves or seems
/ 20 love with more warmth than the
seIness man" Roger felt a sort Of
! intellectual disgust for the Senti-
mcnts of the writer and expressed
| himself with an audible. 'Bosh.'
: But he continued reading: More
over, a selfish man being an uncer-
tain man ii is "A lasting problem to
| keep him--this uncertainty sharpenS
The edge of her love" so this was
the sort of doctrine which Eleanor
followed. thought Roger But he had
barely reflected that hereafter he
would profit by what he had learned,
than he saw the lovely Eleanor COM
| ing into the orchard.
He did not aSi; her where she
wished to 90, as ne usually did, but
started off at a la breaking speed to
| the country inn he had chosen. After
/ dinner he did not ask her whether she
wanted to dance but stood beside her
made her understand by a gesture
that he vas ready.
Roger felt somehow that his new
role WAS succeediEg-El man
ner toward him certainly seemed to
have changed, an" once on the way
home she laid a ti;nid little hand upon
! his arm as he drove. Being now
dominating man, he quickly drew his
car to fhe curb and stopped it. Then
! taking the surprised Eleanor in his
! arms he kissed her
They parted or fleanor's Threshold
Roger DID not attempt to kiss her
/ again.
Among the letters awaiting Roger
when he reached home next night was
Il,
envelope and read hastily:
Dear Roger:
you've already proposed to me
eight times. I have kept count.
If Won come and propose ninth
time my answer will be different.
Eleanor.
This, thought Roger. as he read the
letter a second and third time to
make sure of the words, was the re
suit of being dominating and master
/ full What a blessing he had read that
book of Eleanor's. Further medita-
tions were interrupted by his younger
brother THAT you, Roger he
asked. "Eleanor James has been try
ing to get you"
Thrilled with the JOY of success
! full lover Roger called the James num-
| Der on the telephone and soon ne
heard Eleanor's dear voice.
81 wanted to get YOU before-to tell
you-not to open that letter I wrote.
! I've changed my mind, so please just
! burn it without opening"
! "Why Eleanor" yasped Roger, feel
! ing things 90 bleak and colorless
around him. "You don't mean-but
we can't talk over the telephone. I'll
| run out to see YOU at once"
| Fifteen minutes later Roger met
| Eleanor in the apple orchard.
"But you do love me little
begged Roger, rather humbly, forget
! ting in his emotion to be dominating.
81 worship you-and l read your let
| ter when | came il. You can't have
changed your mind
81 certainly have" said Eleanor
with spirit 81 wrote that letter be-
fore you came yesterday. I'd been
| thinking things over and decided that
J reaily-care for you. Then yester-
day you came | wanted to keep my
secret from you and then have you
get the letter today and be surprised
And last night you werewolf didn't
| care for you at all. You We're so
| rude and-So much like the other
bows | know-not a bit considerable.
So | stayed awake all niglr and
thought things over, | decided, Roger
that | had never really known you till
then. Roger I'm glad | found out in
! time
But wasn't that your book? said
| Roger, and his eye caught sight of the
book that he had let fall behind the
! bench the day before.
| "POoh that was something we
| found In one of the maids rooms. One
| Of them left it, and we were 'eadinS