The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-09
IT CAUSED MISCHIEF.
The Scandal Hanging Upon a
'Long Red Fringe"

When a young woman stands besid,
the Fireplace, taps her foot ON the rug
and says, coolly; n feel very much hon
ored, I'm sure, but l don't think We
are suited to each other" the youns
man who is most interested in the con
versation can do nothing better thar
to depart as soon as consistent with hi
dignity.
So Richard went out and banged thu
door, leaving Dolly in the library
Dolly was eighteen, Richard was TWEEN
ty-three, the ages at which man an
a woman are most given to tormentine
each other. Dolly thought Richard
thc handsomest and wisest of human
beings; Richard thought Dolly the low
lest and most lOvable of women; SC
there is no use describing either o.
them. That Dolly should refuse Rich
ard, or that Richard should propose tc
Dolly IN an unfavorable moment, MAY
seem strange, but il was the fault of {
gossip, a silent gossip, who OF which
haa circulated most extraordinary in.
teIlgence concerning Richard.
One fine afternoon, less than a week
before this painful evening interview
Richard walked down Main street, en-.
loying the mild spring air, thinking oil
Dolly and tennis, Dolly and his canoe
dolly and his tandem and Dolly and
ms buggy, as had been his habit evel
since he returned from college and
found that Dolly had treasured ND all
his letters to her brother. Main street
was crowded; the evening train, the
supper train from town, had lust
arrived, and Richard, who had come
down on an earlier train on some bus.
ineSs with old Mr.. FARMLAND, met the
crowd, and beamed serenely on every
one People meet very closely on the
narrow sidewalk of village street
that was the reason why the two Pou-
lett girls, apparently struck by Rich
ard,s new scarf-pin, stared and Gig.
gled as they passed. Then Miss Lawn.
DIES, the dressmaker, peered ut him
with eager eyes; Mrs Allan, the doc.
tors wife, stout and slow, came to a full
stop in front of him, and as he stepped
aside to give her room, she turned and
looked at him again before she passed
ON. Richards special friends, 'the
boys, as the young lawyers, clerks
and railroad men of his own age were
called, were nearly all on the other
side of the street, but Bobby Price,
just through college, and on his way
home from the tennis ground, saun.
tered slowly to meet Richard. LuIe
Cameron was with him, giggling as
usual, and they both stopped and
talked to Richard for Il minute or two.
Then it was tea-time, and eyerv one in
Well-regulated Sunnydale went home.
Within the next three DAYS all Sun
nydale was talking about Richard Dale
and Julie FARMLAND, of the outrage.
Gus Irritation between them, for Julie
was engaged to George Lane, who was
In Europe on long business trip. The
first that Dolly Firth heard of it wa,
from her Aunt Julia Dorr. "We al
know how Julie fiirted before she pot
engaged, said Aunt Julia, after an.
nouncing the facts in the case. "But
1 never would have believed that she
could have misbehaved so afterwards
George will be furious. Of course he
will break off, and can blame him. >
Dolly kept silent. Richard had been
devoted to her since they were chill
dren; they had quarreled and made ur
dozen times, and he had occasionally
invited other girls to parties and pic
mics, when he thought Dolly had shown
signs of undertaking him, but never
in their lives had there been any thing
like this. And to think how he haC
kept on calling on her three times s
week, while he was, no doubt, callino
upon Julie the other four evenings
And then to come down in the early
train to see her 1.-The detestable little
tiirt, it was all her FAULT" Thoughts
Dolly, bending over her work, anG
biushing with shame and anger. But
though Dolly inwardly ragged, she
showed no signs of disturbance. and
sereneiy met Richard when he called,
as usual two days after she had learned
of his falSoness.
''lf 1t were not that the whole village
had seen it, | believe that should be
deceived by him again, thought Dolly,
as she looked into the eyes that were
dearer to her than all others, as they
beamed at her from under Richards
straight brows
When Richard, who had lately made
certain satisfactory business arrange,
ments, and felt that his lifelong deyo
ton deserved to be rewarded, made
what he considered neat and credit
able proposal, his wrath at her refusa
was not greater than Dolly's at his pre-
sumption.
Il didn't need to lead up to it, as i
had only known her a month! She;
been fooling me all this timer' was
Richards angry comment, as he wen
down the steps.
HE thinks because she's engaged
and fiirts, he can be engaged and fiir
tool was Dolly's meditation, mingled
with tears. But [ would take him
Oh, | would be just such fool and
forgive him = if the whole village
hadn't seen itp' and Dolly wept above
Che new mantle-cover, regardless Of
decorative art.
Dolly was not one to tell when She
had refused an offer, so she had no one
to sympathize with her. The friend.
ship between her brother Fred and
Richard had been long and mistaken,
and possibly Dolly might have begged
Fred to call him back and try to clear
him OF the charges against him; but
Fred was in Texas, not to be home
Tor weeks, so Dolly had her trouble all
to herself and tried to be amiable.
Not so with Richard. That Young
man appeared on the next morning 5
train with face so forbidding that
gone al "the boys Yentured TO sit with