Marion Marlowe in St. Louis, or, A Forger's Bold Deed — page 31: what you’re looking at

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We are glad you enjoy reading ‘‘My Queen,”’ and Marion is certainly a fine character. We are not surprised that you wish you were like her. No one can tell what Marion’s luck will be in the end, but if character counts for anything, it is fair to suppose that your wish will come true. -_e—«_-- J have read the book entitled ‘My Queen,’ and find it very interesting. My favorite charac” ter is Marion. Now, Miss Shirley, for advice from you would say that I have been keeping company with a gentleman nearly a year. I] am only nineteen years old and he two years younger He tells me that he will never marry unless he marries me. I have often tried to break tp keeping company with him in many ways, but he will not have it. He has taken me to theaters and other places of amusement. He - thinks that Iam a‘jollier’ and does not care to © have me so, but prefers my being sensible. I like him very well, and but for his age would be will- ing to marry any time. Please advise me what I ought to do. AppikE V. D”’ We think that both you and this young man are entirely too young to think about marriage. Judging from your letter, you are not in love with him, and we would advise you to insist upon breaking up the habit of ‘‘keeping company ”’ Go out frequently with other people and let the lad seek other companionship. You will be doing him a benefit and yourself, at least, no injury if you firmly pursue this course. “There is a young man of whom I am ex- tremely fond, but as I donot reside in the same city as he, of course I do not see a great deal of him, but every time I do see him J like him more and more. While I know he values my friend- ship very highly, I am not quite sure that he loves me as much as I would like himto Heis a Catholic, while Iam the reverse, which would not make the least difference to me, but possibly may to him, although he never mentions relig- ion. Kindly advise me whattodo Is a young girl foolish for showing a young man she likes him? EstELLE B ”’ We fail to see why religion should interfere with love affairs, any more than politics. Affec- tion does not travel in theological paths, and it is well that it does not. Since your lover has never mentioned the subject, you will have little trou- ble, we imagine, in agreeing to disagree. We do not believe ina girl showing affection for a man unless it has been sought by him. You ean readily and sensibly show people that you like them and value their friendship without putting your acqffaintance on any more tender footing ‘Will you kindly answer me a few questions. I am a young man whois deeply in love with a girl, but don’t know if she really loves me or not. “One night I asked her if she loved me and she said ‘yes,’ but 1 know she does not mean it, for she has all kinds of fellowscome and see her. ~ ‘Do you think she loves me or not? If not which is the best way to win her? } Jack WILLSON,”? MY QUEEN. 29 If you are as uncertain as you seem to be in regard to the young lady’s affection, we are sure that we cannot décide whether she loves you or not. Her having other friends does not make any difference, for, even if she did care for you, that would be no particular reason why she should deprive herself of all other acquaintances. A woman’s affection is a hard thing to “win,’? You might show this girl such manly attention as you can and endeavor to make yourself neces- sary to her in some degree. Whether she wiil even then have any affection for you is a ques- tion; but, if you can make a place for yourself in her life, win her esteem and respect, you will have alittle better chance than any one else to win her love. “Tama girl of sixteenand have several beaux. I have exchanged photographs with two or three of them, but my mother has objected to it as she says that it is not right that these young fellows should be going around with my picture. Do you think I did anything wrong? “CHARLOTTE F. H.”’ We do not think that girls of sixteen should have beaux. You would do much better if you spent your time improving your mind, instead of thinking about young men. We do not believe in the interchange of photographs by young people. You may be very sorry two or three years from now to think that they have your portrait. “JT have been engaged to a young man for three years, but we decided that we did not love each other enough to venture upon the matri- monial sea, so we broke the engagement a month ago. He was'very sensible and pleasant about it at the time, but has seemed to feel sore about it since, and yesterday I gota letter from him ask- jing me to return the ring and other trinkets he had given me I would like to keep them because we were such good friends when he gave them-to me Please let me knowif I am obliged to return them, DouBTFUL May.”’ We cannot understand this sort of action onthe part of aformer lover. It is so opposed to the broad kindness and big-heartedness that must be a part of affection. If you want to keep the trinkets, do so by all means. They were given to you, and are your property. The maker of a gift has no shadow of claim upon it after it has left his hands, and we have no patience with the type of individual who makes presents with “strings on them.”’ “JT was engaged for a yearand a half, but found that I did not love truly enough to marry and broke the engagement, telling my betrothed my reasons for doing so. ; : ‘‘He was very angry indeed and threatened to make all the trouble he could for me, claiming that I had deceived him. In fact, he left mein a passion and vowing to ‘queer’ me with every friend I[had. Some of my friends say that it was because he loved me so much that he now hates CORnNIELOO (C SHaCO mm