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Show A PUZZLE from life. Now, the Lady Married One 'to Two Men Whlch7 Do You Know? Thero wob a lady who from ber youth up had many suitors; but as the years woro on they gradually foil from their allegiance, until ono day she awoko to the fact that ot all the many but two remained. This led to some earnest communion with ler out and caused her for the first tlrae, seriously to consider tho question of marrijge. "I' am no longer as young aa I waj," she remarked to herself, "and although al-though my friends aro kind enough to call mo charming, their Tory insistence in-sistence upon It leads me to bollflre that I should decide at, once wlifcch of. my two remaining suitors I Md better accept." Them she cogitated long and spent BlcoplB8 nights over tho problem, but found It ever more (jlfllcult to solvo. "Dllly," sho nrgucd, "Js Btrong and mastorful. He will guard mo from nil rudo'contact with tho world. Ho will view me as a rare nnd fragile hothouse hot-house flower which must bo shielded from every rudo blast, every varying chango of temperature. Tho sun must not shlno too ntrogly ujon mo nor tho wind blow too keenly. He appeals to my feminine sense of dependence and to my lovo of being loved; but," and sho shook her head soberly; "thero ls no use disguising the fact .that bis ecesslvo caro to me will prove a bore. "Ho will always be solicitous to see that I wear my rubbers when It is damp underfoot. Ho will Insist on deciding for mo all the questions ot life, whether trivial or Important; what books I shall read, what religion I Bhall adopt and, probably, what breakfast food I shall cat. Vitljln two years I shall be h pampered nonentity non-entity without either a will or an Intelligence In-telligence of my own. "Now, I must weigh Jack ln the balance. He ls a dear, lovable fellow, fel-low, a charming and amustrig companion, com-panion, but with as little sense of responsibility re-sponsibility as a kitten. He appeals strongly to my maternal Instinct. I feol that ho needB my affection and, ln n measure, my guidance; but I cannot can-not decelvo myself. Y shall havo to bear the brudt of ever) thing, decide nil Important questions and grapple with all the, problems that would como to us In our mutual experience Ho demands ot cxlstenco sunshine and roses, a song and a Jest; but ln times of storm and stress be would bo as n broken reed. And yet ln fair weather weath-er ho would bo a delightful agent with a chanco to let my Individuality expand ex-pand and develop, for I should be the head of tho house." Now, the lady married ono ot these men. Which? Do you know? Life. |