Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1914 — CHANGED HER MIND TWICE [ARTICLE]

CHANGED HER MIND TWICE

A Girl’s Fickleness Spoiled An Elopement.

Though it is a woman's privilege to change her mind, woe to the man who offends her by doing the same tiling! Julia Mears and Aubrey. Tisdale were very much in love with each other. Aubrey was a sensible fellow and advocated delaying the marriage, for Mr! Mears asked that before marriage the bridegroom should have got well started in the world’s miU and have some accumulation. Julia thought differently and proposed ,an elopement Aubrey confessed that he saw no teason for such a course when by the exercise of a little patience all would go well without the necessity of antagonizing her parents. But Julia told him he had no spunk and if he wanted her he must show that he had courage—in other words, he found himself in a position to lose his girl or marry her as she proposed. After considerable deliberation he consented.

One evening the two went for a drive, and, going to a neighboring town, Aubrey left his bride expectant at a hotel and started off in search of a minister. While he was gone Julia, being alone and an easy prey to remorse, began to think of what she had done —* how she would anger her father and distress her mother. The result was that, yielding to impulse, she went out to the door where the horse and buggy were standing and, getting into the buggy, started to go back home. Presently Aubrey came to the hotel with a minister and was surprised not to see the horse and buggy in the place where lie had left them. He hastened into the parlor, intending to tell Julia of the disappearance, but found no Julia there. Instead he was informed that she had taken the equipage and driven back in the direction whence they bad come. Getting a borse and wagon from a livery stable, be started after her. Overtaking her, he asked her what she meant Ashamed to acknowledge the truth, she told her lover that she had forgotten all about a trousseau and must have one before the wedding. “I must take this rig back,” be said. "You go on home.” "No.” replied Julia. “I’ll go back with you.” Each driving a team, they went slowly back in silence. Presently Julia, piqued at her lover's indifference, called to him that she had from the first suspected that he did not love hersuttir ciently to be her husband; that her return was really to test him and her suspicions had been confirmed. Aubrey said nothing, but when they reached the livery stable and he had returned his team be got iuto the buggy with her and turned the horse's head toward home. Julia said uothing for the first mile, but before finishing the second .charged Aubrey with making a fool of her by running away with her and then driving her back without a marriage. “I want you to have a trousseau.” said Aubrey. “You mean that you are glad for an excuse to break with me.” “It would spoil your test if I acted differently.” “Very well; this ends all between us.” “Oh, no! We’ll be married after you get your trousseau.” Aubrey drove to Julia’s house, where she alighted. Without a word or a look she went up to the door and into the house. Then Aubrey drove away. Aubrey in thinking the matter over concluded that perhaps he had acted unwisely and risked losing the girl he loved. He went to see .fulia the next day and proposed that they forget all about the unfortunate episode. Julia scorned his advances. He left the house with the very disagreeable feeling that in interfering with his ladylove’s privilege to change her mind he had committed a blunder. Months passed, during which Julia only hardened and Aubrey grew more miserable. i “What’s the matter, Aubrey?” asked his cousin, an,attractive girl of twenty, one day. - Aubrey coufided his trouble. “Julia has treated you just as you deserve. You put a great slight On her by not insisting on the marriage. When a woman goes off to be married it is a great mortification to her to return unmarried.” “But it was her own doing.” “Not after she had had time to reflect and"— “Change her miiid again.” “That was her privilege.” “What shall 1 do?” “Tell her you regret having acted so brutally.” “I’ve done all that sort of thing. It hasn’t any effect oh her.” “You can’t expect anything else after the abominable”— V “Never mind that. Help me out.” “Well. TIT try. Perhaps you had better come to see me quite often, and 1 may think of something to more her ” Aubrey did as his cousin suggested. Indeed, he was with her nearly all his spare time for a month. One day when the two were walking together they met Julia. There was an ominous flash in her eye ns she met that of this new ly arisen rival. When she had pass*«i Aubrey’s companion said: ■-“I think I see forgiveness in .her bearing. Aubrey. Suppose you send her some flowers with a very penitent note." Aubrey followed the advice, was forgiven and married Julia Mears.