Western Kansas world., 1886-10-30
FRED TRACY'S EYEOPENER.
Chicago Mail.
II hate 'em!"
0SinQular!"

Chicago Mail.
II hate 'emP'
'Singular!
81 don't think it is singular"
Fred Tracy Lit bis cigar over again,
md resumed his favorite recumbent at
titude. His friend Harry Blake kept on
whiting, now and then casting wonder
fnl glances at this hardened woman
hater. After moments silence Harry
remarked:
"How any man can dislike women is
more than I can tell"
'.Bahr' interrupted Fred, "you forgot
that had stepmother and"
"Was jiltedr
'No, sir!" this with emphasis -'no
woman ever Tilted meP'
"But what about your engagement
with Sue Osmond? Something hap
pened. Whose fault was it-yours or
hsrsf"
'If you want to know, I'll tell you,
and leave you to Judge whose fault it
was. That girl ran away with every bit
Of sense had for brief period-only q
brief period. I woke up one night to
realization of what fool I had been!
OF course every fellow who is engaged
toa girl supposes he has won perfection.
L did.
"A very foolish thing to suppose to
begin with"
"Pshaw! You don't know what you
are talking about. For about six weeks
after our engagement everything was
lovely. She was pretty, facinating, de-
cidedly intelligent, and accomplished,
and spared no pains to take her every
where she wanted to go. My team was
kept pretty busy in those days, I can
tell. She couldn't ride in a hired coach,
md as for the cars or stage, why, bless
ytr,heart! should never have dream
in any emergency, of suggesting
either"
"Do you mean to tell me that Sue o.
mond is such fool as that?"
''She never said anything about the
way she should go; but don't you see I
made such an idiot of her that couldn't
bear to feel for moment that she had
stepped outside of her own special
sphere"
"Fiddlesticks."
"All right. Fall in love yourself, and
then see! Well. this was my manner of
treating her. One evening last winter I
was returning from the Office. 1t was
about Z o'clock, and it never rained har-
der since the deluge. 1t was cold,
alippery, horrible night, and Jim Haw.
kins and I walked straight through the
crowded boat and stood outside under
the awning.
There wasn't but two or three there
besides us. I noticed woman leaning
against the opposite side of the window.
i saw that she had on an old waterproof
cloak, and the hood was drawn over her
hat. Finally, after considerable squirting
st the figure and side face ofthe woman,
Jim said, with nudge.
"Don't you know who that is, Fred ?"
"How the mischief should know" I
asked.
"You ought to, il anybody. Take q
good look noww
"Just then the boat touched the dock
I looked, and as sure as I live there
seood Sue Osmond. my lady love. She
drew the hood close over her face, and
while was deciding what to do the
ohain was lowered and Sue was lost
among the mowd."
"The man who hesitates, you know"
'Yes, I know all about it. An hour
after I called on Miss Osmond. She was
dressed ready to receive me. never
saw her 30 bright. There was an indie
Unable glitter all over, and her manner
was fascinating to the last degree. After
awhile said I:
"Sue, could have sworn an hour ago
that saw you on ferry boat"
"sCould you? she laughed, without
changing color. Never swear to per
sonal identity. I knew man who go,
into horrible scrape once by doing SO.
"sWell, it wasn't you, was it, SueT
asked.
"How ridiculous,' she answered; and
then with most unusual touch OF def
md in her manner: Suppose it was
what thenG'
"sNothing much,' sail L; only good
BY, Miss Osmond.'
'Trulyr said she, in the coolest pos
Gible manner.
@'Yes, truly answered, unless yor
sn accodAt satisfactorily for conduct &c
questionable.
SO vhatr she asked, growing white
- death.
so questionable, Il repeated. !.
s'Shs rose in white heat This !
What she said.
a.About o'clock this morning
srussed the ferry from New York T.
Bcooklyn, and refuse to give any ac
suuut Of the circumstances which made
euch questionable ooEduot necessary
- good-byl II. Tracy.
sWhat thsnr inquired Harry.
swhy, shs swept out q tss reoa hk'