Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1886 — The Familiar Acquaintance. [ARTICLE]

The Familiar Acquaintance.

The familiar acquaintance is a nuisance—in fact, a bore. Very deep and endearing friendship seldom breeds the open, every-day familiarity that we see displayed so much among a very large class of individuals. Ido notknowliow it is with others, but I esteem my really true friends too highly to even allow myself to become too openly familiar at their expense. It is only when in the presence of those whose moiiths are full of meaningless words, and who are fond of making a display of familiarity simply because it costs nothing, and means far less, that I forget my manhood and become so recklessly deceitful as to return fire for fire. The fact of it is, no truly brave and upright man or pure, noble woman will ever resort to personal familiarity except through honest friendship and pure affection.— Arkansaw Traveler.