Show K 4 melisha WOULD LIKE TO BE CANDID HERSELF you beom thoughtful this evening melessa Mell remarked mrs maternal maiden aunt jane looking at her aleco over the rima of the that she wore in the privacy of family life mrs stopped frowning at ft far comer of tho room and laughed 1 get that way about every BO often dearie she replied sometimes oftener still just now I 1 was thinking pi sir pikestaff lies been making his intentions quite plain and I 1 was trying to frame up a few well chosen words for use ft hen needed to what effect inquired aunt jane with interest I 1 really cant say what the effect will be said airs 1 I bobo bopo it wont shatter the windows but mr pikestaff has a theory that language was given ua to express our feelings and they tell me that some ot his candid opinions are calculated to pre a heavy rainfall lies a man of decided views lie impresses me as being very genuine aunt jano observed As genuine as mud pie agreed mra A downright outspoken homespun frank rhinestone in the rough there are no frills about mr pikestaff nothing or washy he believes in giving things their proper names with a few qualifying adjectives thrown in it he agree with you hell take the liberty of telling you so and if you dont like it you can do the other thing I 1 cant help thinking that sincerity is an admirable quality aunt jane remarked not la a husband at least dearie bald mrs what married lie may on some occasions act like a hog or a cur but believe me auntie it do any good to tell him so get belter results by letting him suppose that in your estimation he s about the wisest most generoux gene rout and noble specimen of humanity that eer happened because as general thing his vanity will make him try to sustain your delusion and that lit tie old rule goes double every time you see dearie a man may act like a hog and not be a hog and a w oman may act like a fool and yet have con eld erable sense away under her puffs anglo saxon la all right when it billingsgate but bonn bull necked big mouthed gentlemen neer seem to get wise to the alon it I 1 pay twenty five dollars for c hat I 1 dont want the partner of my joys and borrows to tell me that its a piece of silly wanton extravagance and that I 1 m not fit to be trusted money any more than a rabbit it he lets out a long low whistle about as far as he has any right to go I 1 agree with you there said aunt jane but surely mr pikestaff ha no presumed to use any language of thal nature to you not directly replied fiera merrl ald I 1 imagine he means to be corn to me 1 I m a plain min mrs he told m and you expect any soft boap and but ter from me I 1 say what I 1 mean and mean what I 1 say and don t believe in splitting hairs and I 1 tell you right out and to your face that youre a confounded smart woman and a con founded good looking woman by george you know what and who s who and I 1 don t make any bones of saying so there aint any two ways about it youre smart and youre good looking and it any mar an a plain man mrs life calls for 15 diplomacy and dl with its coat on at that when a man gets to speaking hla mind to bla wife he generally winds up by bellowing it and then there a all kinds ot trouble poor dear henry got to be perfectly sincere I 1 with me at ono period of our happy life together I 1 remember one time I 1 asked him hat he thought of a new dress I 1 had jagt put on my dear said poor henry 1 I wont attempt to deceive you I 1 think its the sloppiest slop looking thing tho most unbecoming botchy waste of material I 1 over saw in my life the color makes mo he trimming gives me a pain in the back of tho neck it looks as if it had been designed by a cross eed house painter suffering from delirium and put together by a call makers apprentice with a sore thumb what is it a masquerade costume what dd you say inquired aunt jane 1 I said I 1 ft as very borry ho to like it because it was going to lower his bank account seventy five dollars replied mrs it was the most devilishly cruel thing I 1 could think of at the moment but I 1 cured poor henry of plain speaking before it got to be very much of a habit with him no mrs resumed 1 I think most of your fine rugged bluff K men with no chilly nonsense abolt them need a plain hearty straightforward kick ing the trouble with them generally as that too big it takes a big man to tell people the unvarnished unsweetened truth about themselves and get away alth jt A full bodied man like mr pikestaff for ex ample with a collection of good hon st anglo saxon language 1 I suppose there are in every married comans womans life when she realizes that her behavior mn went on tells me any different tell him that hes a liar I 1 dont smooth it over im not mealy mouthed like some folks I 1 moan that bos a liar and I 1 say that hes a liar and all there la about if that does seem complimentary said aunt jane but what do you think you 11 say to him when he actu ally proposes 9 1 I wag considering that when you disregarded abo signals and collided with my mriln of thought mrs merrl ald answered anaw ered 1 I ahall say air alke haaff im a plain blunt woman and I 1 m not going to be mealy mouthed or with you I 1 think that you re a big whopper jawer pig head ed aggregation of noisy bluff and bunk and I 1 marry you if you were carat gold plated and tho last chance I 1 had on earth oh you eay that my dear remonstrated aunt jane mrs sighed no she admitted I 1 don t suppose I 1 0 o I 1 expect I 1 shall tell him that I 1 deeply appreciate the high honor that he has paid me but I 1 feel that I 1 am unworthy of it and cannot consent to the sacrifice that I 1 know ho would be making if he married me and trusting to retain hla friendship and esteem I 1 remain and it w on t be necessary tor him to remain but the other la what 1 d love to say added mrs viciously copyright 1912 by TV G chapman |