Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-01-15
NITA WHEELER'S MISTAKE.

IN
" Isn't it perfectly horrid We're go
ing to have that Winslow girl next door
to usm remarked Miss Nita Wheeler to
her roommate just after rooms had been
assigned at the "Ely Female College"
What of that?" responded Nell
Chapman. " ThereH be plenty of other
girls in the hall to associate with if we
don't like her"
"That may be; but you can't think
now annoying Miss Winslow's familiari-
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
tcrday, when we were going down to
lecture, she actually threw her arms
around me, and said: Wont you please
let me look at your notes on yesterdays
lecture, Nita; I've mislaid mine Nata,
indeed! IjuSt looked at her and said:
Il 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
SdTCdSLlC CADICSSlOu Ol uCI IdCC NCl
was Judge Chapmans daughter, and
Nita 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-
pic who were "not in society as to
create suspicion among her teachers
and the Older. girls That the social posi-
tion of her own family was not just what
she wished. People who are we'll 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 acquaintances 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 acuuaintances which she could not
ICGOSulLC dlbCl -oShSOAs ~ oit"0,
though the girls in the same division
were closely associated, Nita had per
sistently repclled all Mabel's advances.
You so near! Why, isn't that nice? ?"
said Mabel, as she stepped out OF 83 the
evening after rooms had been assigned
and saw Nita on the threshold of 81
Indeed" responded Nita, very dis
family.
Though Mabel could have had nothing
whatever to do with her location in the
building, Nta appeared to imagine that
she had come into No. 83 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 neighborhood.
Worse than that, she was SO 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, Oh the contrary, though
she belonged to higher class and might
e9 s9praand rand dgned" asGd tl9 tS 5ps more exo S0nrs
lounging on Mabel's bed, telling stories
and-shall | say it-sucking oranges.
81 don't see how you can be so init
mate with her. You don't know who
her people may be-" said Nita one day.
< believe do, though, n1replied Nell,
with a twinkle in her eye. "She spoke
the other day about her father having an
interest in the New York Central Pos
sibly he's brakeman"
"Quite likefy.n
Vacation Game, and Nita, whose home
was hundreds of miles from Ely, had re-
Ceivedean invitation to visit Mrs. Brock,
lesbie, a friend of her mother, who lived
in an adjacent State, After starting
Nita Was somewhat disturbed to find
Miss Winslow in the cars.
Your bette aoir, Meb Winslow, lives in
Winona, so you won't be lonely" mis-
chievously whispered Nell Chapman, as
she bade lNita. good-by at the Samoset
Junction.
HoTors!p responded Nita. ~.,a. ?
Lou Wild and Nell Thornton, girls
whom Nita felt that she could associate
with, went beyond the junction, and
the three established themselves on seats
facing each other, sociably enough, while
Miss WinSTow SIT alone at the other end
of the cara 80 4 <' ~ = ~ +S@ A -
wonder who that nice-looking young
man is that she's talking with, said Lou
Wild, after one or two stations had been
passed ...a ..F4 q. ~ !. e-,9 r, atft =;
Some one whose acquaintance she
has made ON the way, probably" said
Nita.
No, it isn't. He came in at the last
STATION and shook hands with her Isn't
ne styllsh?" said Nell Thornton Is
See, he's going to get off at this sta
ton. Don't she feel elated, though, at
tnat handsome bow and touch Of the hat
Mia.
Nell and Lou left the train before II
reached Winona, and then Nita sat back