Show TIlE STUDY OF WOMEN 0 slid I with puissant positive I rj I ness tn my friend I Hascoin no sir rL 1 1 shall not accompany accom-pany yon Into the I haunts of the un marrIed woman I list my dear Maratpn ensued I isiesm you ought I I lo go Of eanrte i rill are a bachelor of 10 I Toot lightly ra that point P MO KM I Jortety might mate a M of toil aa II novelty And egoist ray diet Daacom It rapID Ho4IF whether It doN f1f not I wMt you to nt out of the rut of bails rlordom and 10 with mo You are very Wind rw t variety old Man Will you I get At t said In hi bsctnntaif t HOW rt Mt No air Baaron had been surtM for swtrtrml yearr and I had hit frequent asswrance that lute sour mottled lit was nnth IW I more or Im Stun > a psUh of silver mwhlne tingS i ftoMen gordon of naiL It win a ransomS metaphOr IIt U ftlltumn unmpre > latlv rsfor knew tbit lissmn had written ocrtry 111 bla yotnti and n addition < o that JlO wan mirrld 01 I I MOW what all lurried men had te say w Isartwlur of sMtrlnom no ihot bed fooswl It It was simply riear i owed upon no II n grub eon utlon In iroar hi hb nsrh Mliwnry > as mluhl in sttrscted thereby Well well he Did too II your IIwn way Im sun I rnnOfltl It If 1011 ran but say win von join me goon Sunday si m > own hnurr Ive told my wife nboiil u nnd ho Ia l 10 nnslrna tn err ywi hi h nt ohm eninmls rfonrd too tn Invite > fill nut for Hun ely itaynarkflnr narkflnr tir no ha < 1 1 i I eniild not Dffonl in be j a boor oil to nigh surb I an Invitation an thl v Ineteusabl Ho I began to hdle n Ill My dear Uom I m Itl npoloaell wily City dldnl vou Ml tne you minted e in gn to your own bouter I Well It liain Jut oeeurr l to me I gorse ansI he laughed Of coma I wont on It Is I qulle n dlVtr > nt tbtnt lo go there than togo to-go Then youll gn helmsrniplwl with rich an Ililercsl thai I Iwcamo sus I l4clous Are shorn lo be I any of the gay nnd nW hr ng nboutr I asked inner rlrl anti MichT be re P1 fir n Ill be frank with you nod say Ih I to I not one on Ihe place lode Ib 04rIUmalllnlll then Ill 1 10 J IL II In 700 oinsnntiIst cl ilu M elapplntt me on tlio Sines Ill ro mil Itlegreph my wife you will fOil x up wllh mo Hatnnlny evening I then ho went out of my alike lo send lilt dlIWllrh H wee nboul 4 oclock Batnrdny nil eriioon when he reached his home In tie country three hours earlier than till usual time ot arrival DI ho had taken me ant at that hour so we might love n little loafing spell before dinner antI i > s the day was unusually One In I the country nnd as It 1 had not been pleasant In tho healed town I was glad rnousli that ho had been an thoughtful U was delightful under the big trees of his doorynrdho objected to calling It a lawn and when ho brought out n couple of great juicy mint Juleps and we sal them browsing upon them I dont think I ever felt more at peaco with Iho world than I did at that very moment Utcr Mrs llascom a dainty blIthe woman wllh three as pretty children ss children con be teeth lo a bachelor 11tf1 1 J I JI 4 AND TIIKIIK Aim OTIIKU8 nt my proclivities Joined us and with her ratio hr sister Mrs Illlman n matronly woman of 30 10 whom I was formally presented I confess to on admiration of Mr Illlman as soon ns I sow her not that Mrs Unworn wnsnt admirable but thai her sister was older and more substantial substan-tial to my mind In fact Mrs Illlman WM of that plesilng rotundity of per ton which stems to appeal to I an nn loinanlle man of 50 while Mrs hun comb was rather splrllucllo and reminded re-minded one morn ot angel than ot foot houtrke p rs In addition I to her other attractions Mrs Illlman was ot the laughing JolI kind of women who srn to carry n surplus ot sunshlno wllh them lor general distribution and I alwajs had a kind ot sneaking fond noss for that kind ot a woman I went to bed earls as Is I the custom In tue country and though I was In rood sleeping trim and my conscience was In perfect order somehow 1 lay nwak thinking what a lonwwmn sort 01 life a nachelors lIfe was null bow much easier and plmsunler a woman couM make a mans life even It she hadnt were than half Iho chance AfUr a long tlino I slept and dreamed sIrius In which there were summer Urls and other disturbing clement all I when I nwoke In the morning In response lo llaseoms knock I was mold > m-old wit again nnd luigh at the very I Idea 1 I of a woman as a life companion II nWtf rDlI bad several vtry Inleresllng talks with Mrs Illlman aid liy I night again I was worse thin I ws tht night before slid bmn wonderlnc why It was Dial some men were so much luckier lhan nlhers am I shins wntihrr there woe much rhino of Mr Illlman depsrtlns this life and being laid to rest with his fathers I knew of n number num-ber of pleasant cntrcrosrdi where though t-hough Mr Illlman might be I acrum moduleS I with quarters Indefinitely niid I fell Iht I could attend tils funeral with much pleasure though as a ml I abhomri funerals Well old man said Ilsseom as we look the train for town Monday moos log I bop yon enjoyed yourself t never hart a pleasanler outing IB my life t answered with inch sincerity sin-cerity that he actually blushed and you have my thank In all their amplitude ampli-tude Im glad you llkttt II for those reasons than one and he mulled rather curtly tlIrtOh Oh yea I knnw I said wllh a laugh Von think that after my experience ex-perience of the last fortyeight hours my views on the woman question will undergo a radical changer Ho nodded and smiled at my pro fnndlly of observance Kess up now Mansion he said havent your views changed somewhat by what you havo lived In for even so nhnrt a llmor Well I replied picking my wsr carefully I am willing say that ss far aa your household Is I concerned Ihe prospect la I more pleasing lhan I thought It could lie I And would you say the Illlman household wen any lets pleasing than minor Tills win a nudge ami a chuckle that I thought jUlIo uncalled for In view I of Ilie fact that Mrs I Illl man win a married woman and I had DO right to eiproea undue ailmlraliuo for her or her household and which undo the blood rush Into my fare Of toslreu thai must be Included I said trying to laugh off my either rasomenl And still I enullnunl that Is ony two and there are million which os nouUlnt earn to praise What are they to you he returlid You are not hunting for lha millions bul Ibo one Apparently 1 am not hunting Jilt wlUl a great dtfireo of aureole Hut you should i > ud now you have positive proof thai Iho life Is not aa blank u It Is painted iii my easy lor > ou to talk I committed warmly You hoot called 1 a lucky turn and so ban Illlman list > ou have exhausted the supply Now lit I could ret such n omun < as Mrs llul I stopped shi rt for 1 was about lo balm n discrimination which was hardly l complimentary to my bunt and I didnt want tu do thai do on ho urged good nalurixlly I dont core If > uu say Mrs Illlman Anybody could sco that 7011 had a leaning lean-ing that way Uun uiy wlfo wasui al all envious of her sister Very wellilfSiibiultlMd say tMr 1 tti7tsIlieouSu0tfloiTaunhi i iWmu ns Mrs llllmsn I ntn not nl all sure I that ni > mind would nut undergo u clmngv nlld thai I could nut bo persuaded per-suaded lo throw off n fow ot tho tram huh of bichelorhood ILucom lot off n guffaw that not only startled me bul U shocked ma ns well for 1 thought I had said something 1 should not have said What the matter man t 1 asked much alarmed Thai II he continued lo laugh Whats Ibo matter with Mrs Illl ruant I was much more disturbed than ever at this queer Inquiry What do you mean t 1 asked taking him by the collar Why old fellow If Mrs Illlman Is your Ideal l and you think you could be happy wllh that kind of a woman why dont you avail > nurs lf of your opportunities op-portunities and take Mrs HllmanT hwhawhowbwll I Hammered utterly upset Oh hero Isnt any Mr Illlman It thai what you nrn lr > lng to say 110 has been In the quiet churchyard for lot these many years nnd Mrs Illlman has been living with us tho last toner month und I am positive thai sto ii I heartwhole and fancy free and what la I more In the point she la Just n hILl bit tired of living with us tIe Possibly I saw nnd pixMlbl > I dldnl Whether I did or not I spent the next Hunday wllh llascom and Incidentally with Mrs llasenm and Mrs Illlman The next Sunday I spent principally with Mrs I Illlman And the next And there aro others |