Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-01-28
NITA WHEELER,s MISTAKE.

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"Iss'T it perfectly horridl We're go
| ing to have that Winslow girl next door
! to usp' remarked Miss Mia Wheeler to
! her room-mate lust after rooms had been
assigned at the ely Female College"
| What of thatY" responded Nell
Chapman. "There'll be plenty of other
girls in the hall to associate with If we
dent like her"
THAT may be; but you can't think
how annoying Miss Winslow's familiar
ties are to me. She's in my division, you
| know, and she addresses me by my first
name just as Lou Wild, Nell Thornton,
or any of the girls of our set do. Yes
| terday, when we were going down to
lecture, she actually threw her arms
around me, and said: Won't you please
| let me look at your notes on yesterdays
| lecture, Nita; I've mislaid mime Ntta,
| indeed. just looked at her and said :
| i don't think you could read my notes,
Miss Winslow.' She didn't know enough
then to take away her hateful arm.
| Just detest Ibis school. You have to as
| sociate with everybody
It's Dreadful CALCULATED Nell. But
| Nell was just leaving the room, and Lou
Wild, who passed her in the hall, saw a
| sarcastic expression on her face. Nell
was Judge Chapman's daughter, and
Mia was fond of referring to her as her
"most intimate friend" and of saying
that she perfectly adored her."
Nita was somewhat piquant, rather
pretty, very stylish young lady, who had
SO much to say about " first families"
people who were in society,"" and peo-
| pie who were not in society" as to
create suspicion among her teachers
~. ~.rie. hat he fnI
| ton of her own family was not just what
she wished. People who are well assured
| in regard TO their own position are not
| in the habit of referring to the subject,
or worrying lest they may lose caste by
making acquaintance beneath them.
Mabel Winslow was large, good
natured, plain-looking girl, entirely des-
titute Of "style," and apparently quite
| Indifferent to matters of dress. To be
sure, she was always neat, and could new
er be called "slouchy;" but then, she
| never seemed to care whether she were
exactly in fashion or not.
At the first glance Nita had decided
| that the Winslows couldn't be in socie-
ty," and, as she informed Nell Chapman,
she didn't wish while at. Ely to form
any acquaintance which she could not
recognize after leaving school," SO that,
though the girls in the same division
were closely associated, Mia had per-
sistently repealed all Mabel's advances.
You so near Why, isn't that nice ?"
said Mabel, as she stepped out of SO the
evening after rooms had been assigned
and saw Nita on the threshold of 81
:" Indeedr' responded Nita, very dis
family.
Though Mabel could have had nothing
whatever TO do with her location in the
building, Nita appeared to imagine that
she had come into No. SO that she might
be near her and cultivate her highly de-
sirable acquaintance. She accordingly
bore herself with the utmost reserve
toward Mabel and soon came to utterly
ignore her neigbborhood.
Worse than that, she was $50 possessed
with the idea that Mabel coveted her So
ciety and was trying to push herself into
her good graces that she was once or
twice positively rude to her in the class
room.
Nell Chapman, on the contrary, though
she belonged to a higher class and might
naturally have been little more exclu.
sive and dignified, used to spend hours
lounging on Mabel's bed, telling stories
| and--shall / say it--sucking oranges.
i dOH DEC INV YOU Iuu pO oo lbbl-
mate with her. You don't know who
her people may be-" said Mia one day.
II believe do, though" replied Nell,
with twinkle in her eye. ''She spoke
the other day about her father having an
interest in the New York Central Pos
sibly he's q brakeman"
"Quite likely
Vacation came, and Mia, whose home
was hundreds of miles from Ely, had re-
ceived an invitation to visit Mrs. Brock
lesbie, friend of her mother, who lived
in an adjacent State, After starting,
Mia was somewhat disturbed to find
Miss Winslow in the cars.
Your bette noi1, Meb Winslow, lives in
| Winona, so you won't be lonely" mis-.
chievously whispered Nell Chapman, as
she babe Nita good-by at the Samoset
| junction.
"Horrors" responded Nita.
Lou Wild and Nell Thornton, girls
| whom Nita felt that she could associate
with, went beyond the Function" and
| the three established themselves on seats
facing each other, socially enough, while
| Miss Winslow sat alone at the other end
| of the car.
"Iwonder who that nice-looking young
man is that she's talking with" said Lou
| Wild, after one or two stations had been
| passed.
| "Some one whose acquaintance she
has made on the way, probably" said
| Nita.
| mo, it isn't. He came in at the last
station and shook hands with her. Isn't
he stylish?n said Nell Thornton.
See, he's going to get off at this sta
ton. Don't she feel elated, though, at
that handsome bow and touch of the hat!
| assumed, of course" remarked Miss
| Nita
| Nell and Lou left the train before it
reached Winona, and then Mia sat back
with an air of dignity calculated to repel
all advances. Very soon she drew a
magazine from her pocket and began to
read In lees than five minutes up the
aisle came " Miss Winslow,"
Nellie Chapman told nae you were
going to Winona," remarked she, seating
herself beside Nita.
"pll pay Nell for that" thought Mia
to herself. She replied with extreme
GOODNESS
| II am"