A Wonderful Secret, or Marion Marlowe's Discovery — page 32: what you’re looking at

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After reading so much about others’ sad mis- fortunes, I have decided to tell to you my terrible secret and ask your advice. I am fifteen years old and have a brother twenty-two years old. He has finished college and is a handsome young man whom one could not help loving. Last wee - my chum spent the day with me, and wishing to have some fun, we decided to write a letter to the irl my brother is now waiting upon. She is a heautiful blonde, and Jack just worships her. Little dreaming how our plan would end,we sent the note and that evening my brothercame home almost mad with agony. Evidently she had received the note and Jack had received the “bounce.’’ Poor boy! We did everything in our power to calm him, but nothing we could do would quiet him in the least. What hurt me the worst is that my brother never gets angry. If he would scold me I would feel better, but he is so kind and patient thatit is killing me. The next day I went to see her, and confessed to her, but she would not believe me. Her reason for doing the same being that Jack-would not listen and declared it an untruth when she accused me before him at the time. Do please answer as soon as possible for I‘believe 4 will go crazy and it seems that I can’t tell my darling brother what a wicked act I have done. JANICE R. “3 ——, Illinois. You seem to have been a very foolish little girl, and the only thing for you to do isto remedy the result of your folly as soon as possible. By all means~see both your brother and his fiancee _ with your chum and make a full and free confes- _ sion of the whole matter. - Tama young man of twenty-five and am going with a girl of eet and love her very much, but Iam in doubt whether she loves me or not. - She asks me to call on her often, which I do, but _ she has never given me any encouragement. We - are yey left alone and the conditions are __ favorable, but I never can pce up the courage to make known my love. would hate to lose her esteem by being rude as she might call it. Will you kindly advise me? Irvine H. B- _ Kansas City, Mo. . | ‘Faint heart ne’er won fair lady.’ If you can- _ not pluck up courage to make your desires mani- _ fest, you certainly cannot expect the young lady _ to encourage you. No woman would consider the offer of a man’s affection an act of rudeness. If you care so much for the young woman, your love ought to give you assurance enough to try _ your fate. It is but a weak sort of affection that is afraid to declare itself. _ Iam a reader of your book, and asI was read- _ ing over the‘‘ Questions and Answers,” I thought _ that I would like to ask you one or two questions. Now, to begin with, I have been going witha young lady in New Hampshire, and her folks do not want me to marry her, and she wants to marry me now, but she does not want to go _ against her folks. I have been going with her for _. two years now, and I have given her two engage- _ ment rings—as I broke up with her two times _ and have gone with her again. Now I have _ broke p with her again just because she and I can not do as we want to. E. L. L. _ Leominster, Mass. The question of your marrying seems to depend MY QUEEN. 20 solely on your ages. If you have both arrived at years of discretion, or, in other words, are over twenty, our advice is to marry and stick to each other, remembering that love is master of the human destiny. Talk to her parents as reason- ably as possible and then assure them that you shall abide by the dictates of conscience. After you have married, remember that ‘‘ye twain are one flesh,’’ and that a wife should ‘‘leave her parents and cleave to her husband,.’’ Do not act hastily, but wisely, in this important matter. If you are under age, wait a few years longer, Iam a girl seventeen years old, andIamina puzzle. .A few weeks ago I met a young man who was very nice and gentlemanly. We were invited to a friend’s house. He walked home with me and asked meif I would write to him when he went away. I said ‘‘yes,’’ because I liked him, and I asked him if he respected me. He said he had nothing to do with a young lady whom he could not respect and, of course, he had all respect for me. I have since received two very nice letters from him and answered both of them. The last one I wrote I have received no answer to. I am very much disappointed. [I wrote again asking him if I had offended him and no answer. I know he was very fond of me and have good proof as I have a very dear friend whom he told how much he respected me. I have let myself think a great deal of this young man. Heisa perfect gentleman. He expects to be in town next week. Would you go to see him? R——, Montana. Pussie G. Since the young man has left two of your let- ters unanswered, it would appear that he had become somewhat tired of the correspondence. We think you went as faras any self-respecting girl could go when you wrote the second letter. You would be going entirely too far if you en- deavored to see him when he comes to your town. Let the men seek you, Pussie—do not run after them. If the young man really wishes to continue your acqttaintance he will seek an opportunity to do so. Preserve your self-respect and do not allow any man to think that you are seeking him. —_——___ For nearly a year the girl I used to go with has not spoken to me nor I to her, but we have just made up. She is now going with another fellow and although she used to like me I don’t know now whether she does or not. Can you tell me how I can get her to like me as she used to? Denver, Col. Bert S. There is no royal road by which a man can win a woman’s esteem. Love can never be driven and seldom persuaded. It goes where it will—not where it is coaxed. A man can make a place for himself in a woman’s regard by showing her delicate and thoughtful attentions, but, then, he may not win her affection. If you can make yourself indispensable to the young woman, you will stand a better chance of gaining her interest than any one else. even COMmMicloo (C Ha(CO)