Marion Marlowe in St. Paul, or, The Company's Mascot in a Double Deal — page 32: what you’re looking at

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whether I am in love with him or not. Iam unable to think calmly when he is around and when he is absent I find my mind full of thoughts of him.- Has he hypnotized me or am I in love with him? I am seventeen years old and have never felt this way about any man before. ‘*FLORENCE S, C.”” We do not think that hypnotism would produce any such effect as you describe, and we doubt very much whether you are in love. You have probably allowed yourself to think too much about this one man.: You are too young to be dreaming about love affairs, and we advise you to put all thoughts of such matters resolutely out of your mind for several years, at least. ‘I need advice and have no one to whom I can go for it. Do you care to help one of your boy readers? ‘I will state my case as briefly as possible. I am twenty-four years old and have been a widower five years. My people are wealthy and desire that I should come home and marry a girl they have selected for me. I have been a wan- derer for over four years, have been all over this country and have met and been entertained by a great number of people. I do not love the girl in question, and I do not think it possible for me to love any one in that way. I believe it would be an injustice to the lady for me to marry her. Please give me your opinion. Witt R S.” Never marry to please others; it is not only a folly but a sin. Cupid can make all the matches without any assistance from outsiders: State your case firmly to those who seem desirous of manag- ing your affairs. You are quite right in thinking it would be an injustice to the girl. It would be worse than that, it would be a downright sin against her. ‘Your advice is so sensible and good that I must ask you to favor me with it. I am fond of a girl who is very young,but she is so pretty and has such a sweet disposition that I really believe I love her. Her father dislikes me and has for- hidden her to speak to me. I feel that I can not give her up. She is the prettiest girl I ever saw and if I had two of her pictures, I would send you one of them. She is only ten years old, so, of course, I cannot marry her for many years yet, but I really think I could wait. I am twenty-one myself, and have a good home. Would you advise me to try to keep up her acquaintance? I think she cares for me. If I deserve to be rebuked do not alt? teeth Your letter is not deserving of rebuke. On the contrary, it is very novel and interesting. It must certainly be a very delightful experience to fallin love with a little girl of ten and watch her develop into the young woman whom you desire to marry, but we would not advise you to expect too much from your little pet, as her opinions may change a great many times before she arrives at a marriageable age. “T am deeply in love with a nice young girl of seventeen, She is very good-looking, and I have known her fora year anda half. I have no bad habits and have always been kind and polite to MY QUEEN. her. We used to go together, but of late she won't even speak tome. Her father is a partner in a dry goods store. We were out walking one even- ing, and she said ‘Wouldn’t it be fine to go out of town and get married?’ ‘I said, ‘Yes, let’s elope.’ Now she won't go anywhere with me, and is always with other fel. lows. I never could get her to stay out after nine-thirty, and now I see her out till ten o’clock with other fellows. I get twenty dollars a month and could take care of her nicely. Please tell me how I can win back her love. ARTHUR H.”? The young lady has probably experienced a- ‘‘change of heart’? and we earnestly recommend that you ‘‘go and do likewise.’ We do not see how you can possibly dream of marriage on twenty dollars a month, and advise you to think it Over very seriously before ‘you ask any young girl to share such a small sum with you. We judge by your letter that you are very young,and we are happy to congratulate you on your lack of bad habits. ‘Yam only married since September and yet I am unhappy. My husband is a sailor and makes very good wages. I love him very dearly, in fact, I could not live without him. My trouble is this: He gives me from twenty-five to thirty-five dollars every two or three weeks, besides buying everything I need to eat and wear. Yet I have to send to him for more money before he comes home. What can I do to be more economical? I am afraid he will tire of such an expensive wife. I would not displease him for anything. He never asks me what I do with a cent—in fact, I really don’t know myself. I am only nineteen, and I know thisis a bad beginning, but I have always had plenty of money. I am very much interested in sweet Marion Marlowe. “EpDYTHE R.”’ If your husband knew when he married you that you were accustomed to having a good deal of money to spend, it is hardly probable that he will chide you for using the amount you men- tion. However, we advise you to only buy the things that are necessary fora woman in your station in society. “Two years ago I was going with a young man who said he loved me and that he would own me some day. Long after that we quarreled. He said we would begin afresh on New Year’s Day and I said if we did not begin now_we would never begin, so he never came back. I still love him. He is going with my best lady friend now. When I met him last he said he wanted me to leave town because I was getting a bad name by going to dances. He said if I would go away and be a good girl fora yearthat he would marry me. He is still going with my lady friend, but he thinks I am going away. What would you do? Do you think he still loves me? I have no mother to go to. L. M. M. We can hardly understand such a condition of affairs as you mention in your letter. If going to dances is ‘‘giving you a bad name,”’ why do you not discontinue the practice at once? It does not seem to us that this young man really loves you, If he did, he would not pay attention to another girl when he could have your company. Gcomichooks,eom A