Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-16
JUST As siTg TOLD 1T.

AhAAff ANAN
What tine is it' MY gra cious! wen
nave half m hour 10 wait and 40
nate sittin.r rOrnd in hotel with moth.
ing to DO
Asit View Orleans an NV uliy funny
Pl%ce' lt cant hold candle To- chi.
eNWgo' Some one told US To- visit the
french quarter; hut. my goodnesL it,
awiully shabby; and ns for the French
sarNet' you gct up nc an unearthly
nour IN the morning. and the coffee
tnoy have : iit 90 poison YOU. I think
us your duty to SEQ everything that's
to Dc seen; sO I said o. the chamber.
maid. the other day; "Wheru are YOUR
handsome dwelling houscsP"
''AhI out Pryiania and ST. Charles
mum, there's Elegant hno mansions "
so W. went. and-would Won bol,evo
H'-they'rc all made OF rood Did von
ever Yes, this Is drcad'ullv o,;ecr
place. Iusel TO have sort of romnn,ic
notions about tho South-thongbt /,
must be just pcr-r-fcet. I tb1ngbt
uon you know. you wore white dresses
MI winter anu sat ON piazzas In ham
we1e All dark, aud tall, aud very fiery;
anu the darkies weru So funny. and
sang ana played ON banios; but. gra-
C,ous! thcy behave just ike every ono
claoi anu ~ Tor white dresses, I've
n ne '. come ,,, so near Geo1ing to death in
Pred would say that's because new
er read anything, nor listen To- what
any ones s~ying. But that amt Il at
:, You. d just dio IL you knew Fred
ho The funniest boy. Awfully nice.
%'nt you know. only he will prose so
about literature and culture. on hes
TOO funny. Why, when he likes ono
book by an author, he must rush rirbt
on and rad all the rest of 'em. lie
read David Cop'feld- you ever read
David Cop'hcldP Well. l did. and /
declare thought I'd be- old and gray
before l got through; but I'd promised
Fred I'd read H. Well. then ne read All
OF Diokuns Same way with Tbnck'-
ray lie began Vanity Fair, aud lust
went crazy about Thack'rav. Ever
real Vanity FairP Amt IL simplv aYy-
iuiF 4 Just struck. / told Fred 4 inst
wouldn't read Il IL he never spoke 10 me
Then that Becky Sharp. too. A GIRL
NJ our school wrote coniposition about
Becky Sharp. What did she saw about
herP Mercy mo- didn't listen To n
All 1 know Is, IL was about Becky
Sharp. "J
Bred amt bit like me. Now wben
like ono book by an author. / ncver
read another. bocause / think pd no
SURF not TO Ike 10 half so we'll. and then
Ia get TO hate the whole lot like
poison. ''N0
But you mustn't think Fred ain't
nice. He's real handsome and fascinat-
ing; has biz brown eyes and the culest
imVstachoi only he Uii be superior. and
IT'S so fatiguing. Now what's the use
OF being SUPERIOR Why can't You inst
DO happy aud sensible?
I've known Fred for per-r feet ages
why, he used 10 walk 90 school with
me, and carry my books But that was
long. 50
We used 10 quarrel like cats. Ono
day he said 30 mo- "Marie Cassidy. do
YOU ever intend to be anything but a
frivolous butterfly"
Frivolous iiddlestick's cndr' said I
anu spoke very severely. too. "If
you want superiority. Just visit momuier
seven evenings n week"
Mommer's superior enough. gracious
knows. Tho way she goes In Tor zen
cral information is simply awful. -
WELL" said he, IF you are content
To remain
Pred Delbort." said. Am Ia
griffin or CyclopsPr
why. 81 course not" he said. opcn.
ing those big eyes Of his.
we'll, then. I amt n Cyclops. tbat's
settlod, and pepper has lots of money
just dead loads of it-so what ~
want with superiority I'm sorry Won
nnd me so unattractive. There's De
Lancy Witherington. he says my eyes
are like bits OF heaven on earth. and"
Pred got so mad he regularly stamped.
Don quote To me the inane remarks
OF an IDIOT" he shouted.
Anyhow" I said. che likes me inst
ms am. and he isn't always treading
on my poor little pug"
Il hate pugs," said Fred. ''They
always look as u they'r making face.
Well. somehow or other we made nm
again, and 1 made him kiss Gigi. be-
cause he'd said such horrid things
about the poor little pet Gi0i's lust
killing you ought to see him.
Fred and l were sort of enoaood
Not quite, though, because popper said
Fred was young. and l was Young. and
he didn't want TO give up his little GIRL
Just yet awhile. That made me crv
aud feel real badly. because I've never
been anything but the bother of his
But Fred and had a serious row
once. ~"
:, You see, there was girl staying with
MIS- Calvin. in our block; Pamela
otonehengo was her name, and she
came from somewhere East. Some
people said she was so elegant and
charming, and talked about her ..clAss;c
outline, but, oh. myl she was 40 taIl
ana thin. and her nose was niles too
long. 1 don't care what anybody saws.
u gaS long.
She was dreadfully profound and
high-toned. aud Fred began 10 Nv
around her . little. didn't let on /
cared bit, because wasn't going 10
SET him up, but I Just hirted awfully
with De Lancy.
Twas ~ Mrs. Jenifor,s ball. and De
Lancy and were sitting on the stairs.
whom I saw Frod and tho classic
Pamela skipping OF to the conservatory.
Amt men too heartlossp I WAS sure 6e
must have something important 10 saw
to her, 30 I told DE Lancy I wanted 10
stroll about and look ut the flowers.
and, OF course, he agreed. for be was
mashod-regularly mashed. I passed
ee close 10 Fred and Pamela a. Icould.
They wore talking In n low. earnest
lone. and hoard something about "a
rhomo Of cosmlo philosophy,H