Show NOT THE 5 0 ra TO marrye sy by irene gardner for the benefit of those girls eirls who may sometimes lave have the sort of oc ox ex eje as certain fil friend end of at anine has just alk gone gli im going to tell bout her without of course mentioning names this girl arl for quite a long ions time went about a good deal with 1 a I man of whom she wa svery fond and who in turn seemed attached to her she naturally took it for granted that he 1 I liked her or lie ha would not seek lier her society so continually ho he was quite a man of the world and inclined to gie gic 1 a I girl a 1 pretty gny gay time I 1 Tb Thin Inking kics to please lim him the girl entered into bout about I 1 everything he pro posed to her that they do did they lave have a late supper su at a restaurant they generally stayed until the place was about ready to close lingering over lie be last remnants of the supper while lie smoked ind and they chatted arid and sipped their wine for he is the he kind hind of man mail who likes ills his wine although he docs not drink to excess she in order to be as she supposed sufficiently to please him alwaes drank too in other words this girl was always ready for anything at any time ind and the two were together a great deal As he was a popular man with a wide acquaintance she drew the conclusion from ills his attentions that they would result in a proposal of marriage then early last fall she began to note a I 1 gradually change in her friend ho he did not seek her ter companionship as much as formerly this change became more pronounced with each passing week she did nol noc ask for any III explanation but kept her eyes open ind and finally discovered that lie was very much devoted to a girl who wh lived in another city to make a long story short ill skip many incidents and tell you ahat that not so very long igo ago the mans engage engagement to the girl was announced announce li most alost people wele surprised they had thought he would choose for 1 a I wife if he took any one the first girl ive told you on about I 1 happen to know a friend of 0 this mans very well and I 1 said to him so mr air A is going to be married im not surprised except that it the girl I 1 thought hed choose whom did you think hed choose asked tile the nian mail I 1 told him and lie he laughed 1 I thought soud oud mention that girl ashes all right ive no doubt but that man never thought of marrying her lie he 0 want wand that sort of wife you know very few men marry the girls with as little scruples as she seemed s amed to 10 possess about where to 6 draw the line they have a good time with that sort of girls but they dont marry them ly friend A is that klad kind hed never think of marrying a woman whose code of right and wrong was but a sliding scale to readjusted be adjusted to whatever degree she thought compatible with the man who happened to be with her he would have thought tar far more of that gill it she had refused to go about with him in quite so unconventional a manner but she was perfectly willing to do so ind and consequently he got his plea out of it I 1 suggested that it was a selfish way of getting enjoyment to lead a girl on oil to do things of which in his heart lie he disapproved so much that hed never think ot of man aing the girl who did there them but my friend replied a mistaken kloa idea A girl of mature years like the one weve leen talking about should have sufficient stability of character to say what she will not do in her acquaintance with men the woman who thinks she is pleasing men by being lax in these matters is making a great mistake 1 I only hope this girl my friend is not going to marry will guess the reason why it may be she never will guess the reason and so will go right on making the hie same mistake over ind and over dut but ive told the story here thinking that possibly some girl who reads it may find in ili it a hint regarding her own conduct intermountain inter mountain republican 0 |