The Red Cloud chief., 1881-04-14
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WHAT SAYS.

WGat docs she think asked ncf mere
-ror. Ii it wasn't to fall in love with him?
Whai does he think asked him here
for. II it wasn't 20 fall in love with her?
Eve no patience with such stupid pco-
pie. Don and | met, fell in love, and
were married inside of three months.
That's the way TO do things. I'm so
mad / don't know what TO do. She
was mad this morning. too. only she
doesn't show it as | do; she never flies
into RACES. al won't have it, Kittyr!'
that was all she said, but it was more
effective than If / had raved and torn
roursl by the hour.
They look so well together, too-a
regular pair OF Saxons. Even their
names match, and l had set my heart
on it. IL is rea,ly very rude to me as
hostess. There! i knew i should cry il
/ got to thinking OF it again.
They are such a lovely match. Don
and l { don't match; We contrast. which
is just as well. lie is Spanish-lo0king,
which is IL reason why every body calls
him Don. lie has a clear olive COM
plevion, velvety DROVE eyes. and thick
brown hair that he keeps very short so
people may not know it's curly: he's
ashamed of IL I'd just as soon any one
should know my hair is curly, which
makes me think l am naturally more
strong-minded than Don. l am very
fair-not particularly pretty. OF course
know my good points, and do thor
oughly understand about contrast and
harmony.
She doesn't think about such things.
Luckily, though, she is n of the peo-
pie whose clothes look as though they
had grown on. II she appeared ut n ball
in a night-dress and night-cap, all the
men would ave about the classic SIM
plicity of her style, and all the women
would say. How frightful!" and the
next week the price of night-dre;ses
and night-caps would go up.
I've always loved her. She's so
strong and steaifast l like to be with
her. She could never be POPULAR
though l don't know why; people call
her proud and peculiar. But | shall
always love her, come what may, though
other people / love in the morning, hate
Mt noon, and am Indifferent to at night.
But she was unkind this morning. ANY
other girl would have been delighted
with all | have done for her. She said:
II won't have it. Kitty. II you don't
stop, | shall go home" And SO l shall
have TO stop.
1 felt so l~ow-spirited I had to 60 to
town.; and 1 have only just got back. i
feel better now. / have bought the
loveliest pale green dress of some
gauzy, shimmery stuff, and yards
of the most perfect ribbon.
There is nothing like ribbon, il
a person is smafl enough to wear
it, to make a dress pretty and grace
full. A big person with ribbons always
makes me think of
"Decked with flags and strcaners gay"
Perhaps l could have got along without
the dress, for L have a good many. We
are not rich, and SO l thought IS long
as [ had bought the dress I'd be eco
noiIical, as / always am now, and cut
il mvself. L went to work. 1 cut it all
wrong. WaSted-completely wasted!
i am the unhappiest, uniuckiest person
that ever lived. Why was l v born,
anyway?
Then he and Don came home, and
Don came running up to find me. He
ALWAYS does that the first thing, though
we are an old married couple. We
have been married nearly a year now.
and we have never had Q quarrel and
never shall. We respect each other,
That Is why. I should no more think of
being unhappy or jealous about Don
~tban-than he would OF me. We are
both TOO sure we adore each other.
'.Why, what's ups'' said he, for |
dare say / looked melancholy.
AMI then I told him all about it. sits
all her fault" I said. It's such a com
fort TO have a husband to tell all your
woes to. Il AVE done everything can
to make them fall in love for the last six
weeks. l put them together at the table,
always leave them to each other on
the piazza, and there hasn't been q
, picnic or boating party that l haven't
seen to it they were together. Nc
one can say they haven't had OPP
pop" And then my feelings Overcame
me as 1 thought how ~ungrateful she had
Don whistled. 1 wish he wouldn't;
Idon't think it is quite respectful. And
inst then I looked out of the window
and saw that Mike hadn't raked the
driveway. And, somehow, it was too
much for. me, after all 1 had been
Through that day, and / burst into tears.
To this minute l don't know whether j,
was INV ruined dress or Mikes stupidi'
ty or her perversfty that did it. Then
Don laughed. and the more I cried the
harder he laughed. till by and by he
said, Would you mind telling nae
what it's all about? for l haven't On
idea"
Heis stupid about some things. I'm
afraid, for nv statements are always
very clear. Then ] told him that the
minute he had asked him down l made
up my mind he was the man she ought
to marry. She is just the girl 10 like 3
} doctor and a doctor life and to help
him in it; and he is just the man to suit
her. he is so manly and dead in earnest
about everything, If it's only a row.
And they match splendidiy. But they
won't have q thing to do with each
other; the closer l bring them together
the more they fly apart. She doesn't
j. like him, and he can't bear her, and
= would he please discharge Mike and GET
another man?
Don laughed again; then he said,
rL,r -ould emit oach ofher admire.