The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-10
up, but just hirted awfully with De

when 7 saw Fred and the classic Pane
la skipping off to the conservatory
Amt men too heartless? l was sure
he must have had something important
to say to her, so told De Lang wanted
to stroll about and look at the flowers
and of course he agreed, for he was
mashed-regularly mashed. I passed
as closely to Fred and Pamela as
could. They was talking in a low,
earnest tone, and I heard something
about ga scheme of cosmic philosophy. "
Now did you ever The idea OF
dragging a girl off into conservatory
to whisper such jaw-b breaking things in
her ear I felt sort of relieved, for it S
comfort, after all, to have a lover
who's too big goose to flirt with other
girls.
But when 1 thought it over that
night, while was taking out my hair
pins, began 10 InInK Gncrc might De
more in it than met the eye. 1 did
not know but it was the intellectual
way of making love.
was very cold to him when he
brought me chocolate creams. 1 told
him I abominated chocolate, and it
was plain he found it too troublesome
to remember my likes and dislikes.
Well, then, in the midst of this, he
had to 60 to St. Louis on business !;
and while he was away l repented, and
began to be sort of soft about him.
He had written he was pretty sure to
be home Tuesday evening. l was sit
ting by the window, the gas was turned
low, and somehow 1 felt blue. l could
see Mrs. Calvin's house, where that
horrid Pamela Stonehenge was stay
ing i; and as was looking, two men
went up Mrs. Calvin's steps. 1t was a
hateful showery night; but they were
laughing and talking, and when they
put down their umbrellas l saw some
thing that made me jump.
Fred had an umbrella with the fun
niest head, an ebony skull with
Rhinestone eyes that fash in the most
life-like way, and there that thing was
winking at me in the gas-light across
the street. was SO mad I just cried
regularly howled. To think that Fred
would 60 to see her first of all
Well, who should walk in bright and
early the next morning but Fred him
self! He looked pale-with remorse 1
thought. But icebergs and polar bears
were nothing to me in GOODNESS.
He began, 81 want to see you the
first thing, Marie"
"Indeed2" 1 interrupted. "l feel
quite honored."
He turned very red and stared at me.
Then he said: "What do you mean
What are you talking about?"
ooh! of course you haven't t an idea, !"
l said ; and so it went on from bad to
worse, until he just got up and remark
ed, with theimost dreadful dignity,
"You seem to be accusing me of
something; but as you will not do me
bid you good-morning and good-by,,
Miss Cassidy"
Of course 1 never meant him to go on
his dignity, and when I saw him going
had half mind to run after him,
only l was too proud.
Two or three days passed, but still
no signs nor symptom of Fred. Nom
mer was getting ready to go to Chau-
tauqua, and the house was turned up
side down, and was fairly distracted.
At last just wrote him few lines,
telling him I wished to explain some
thing. l waited all that day, and all
the next, but no answer came.
Then l got desperate. Ijust decided
life wasn't worth living, and I'd be su-
perior, and go in for sociology and dem
onology, and all that sort of thing.
So l told mommer I was going to
Chautauqua with her, and she said she
was glad l had awakened at length to a
sense of my own Deficiencies; and we
started off.
1t amt any fun to travel with NOM
mer. She always declares she's suffo-
eating in the Pullman, and she thinks
the trains running off the track every
few minutes, and drives the conductors
halfcrazy asking questions. Then she's
always dropping her eyeglasses and
handbag and handkerchief-particular
ly her,handkerchief. tell her it's like
Frech exercises, sou est e m0uch0fr dl
ma mere % But that makes her
hopping mad.
Chautauqua's an awful bore, don't
you know-a lot of old drones and
mummies going about and pretending
they enjoy it so much. l believe they
really hate it, only they think it looks
nice to be profound.
And then Palestine Park! Oh, my
how those Eastern people can make
such guys of themselves, and dress in
bags that haven't any hang, or fit, or
anything, can't imagine. Mommer
would drag me about everywhere, to
improve my mind, she said. She has
a mania for measurements and calcula-
tions, and one day she was calculating
| the dimensions OF the Ureat Pyramid,
and l said, "Lor-r-d mommer you
must have been evolved from mea-
suring worm" She didn't like it one
bit, but l think she ought to have
been glad I knew how to apply me
knowledge.
l was so broken-hearted l took up
Hebrew, and it most blinded me.
How people could ever have talked in
such language!
Well, one day l was in the steam
boat on the lake, and was looking
over my myaccount-book. Pepper always
makes such point of my keeping ac-
counts, because he says it teaches me
the value of money, but no one ever
knew the value of money better than !
do. l had Gigi with me, and it's aw-
fully expensive boarding with a dog;
and then the servants are so grasping ;
I declare they're just like those horrid
daughters of the horse-leech that said,
"Give! givel |" though why the daugh-
tiers were bit worse than the sons l
never could see, only people are always
slanderinp women.