Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . EDITORS DRAWER %J§U>. JUST what was the proper length ofa courtship was a matter of disputeat Parkers Corners. Mrs. Carstairsheld that one year was not too shorta time for a man to ascertain his truefeelings. Mrs. Penrose, on the contrary,freely expressed the view that a man who didnt know what he wanted to do in-side o three months wouldnt never will be observed that both authoritiesignored the woman in the case. This maybe taken as a compliment to her, in thatshe certainly must know her own mind longbefore any ma
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . EDITORS DRAWER %J§U>. JUST what was the proper length ofa courtship was a matter of disputeat Parkers Corners. Mrs. Carstairsheld that one year was not too shorta time for a man to ascertain his truefeelings. Mrs. Penrose, on the contrary,freely expressed the view that a man who didnt know what he wanted to do in-side o three months wouldnt never will be observed that both authoritiesignored the woman in the case. This maybe taken as a compliment to her, in thatshe certainly must know her own mind longbefore any man, or it may mean that ofcourse she is always ready for marriage,which seems less complimentary. But whether one held to the radical viewof Mrs. Penrose, or to the conservative doc-trine of Mrs. Carstairs, it was necessaryto declare Jim Beardsley guilty. He hadbeen industriously paying attention toMartha Rusk for two years. Time enoughfor a. wooden man to wake up, Mrs. Pen-rose was wont to announce; though, as theonly wooden man in the neighborhood, apatient aborigine who silently called
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