The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1888-06-12
TWO WAYS OF ASKING.

Tears idle tears Niobe dissolved
My dear child, what on earth is the
matter2n
Time:4 ola summer afternoon5 Place
pretty boudoir, furnished in the fashion
Of to-day, modelled on thestyle Of Louis
Quinze, with q dash Of Liberty thrown
| In, and modern accessories, such as
crystal flower vases, three-volume novels,
| and photograph stand, juxtaposed with
Queen Anne silver and knick knacks
ancient and modern. Dramatis Personn
q graceful figure in white, flung on the
floor with an air of desolation blythe
sofa, her charming neck visible beneath
delicious little rows Of golden curls, her
frame shaken by sobs; an older woman
standing few yards distant, dark.
beautifully dressed, stgood- Hooking
enough for anything without being
distinctly handsome, aged somewhere
within the right side of thirty, and
wearing an expression half compass
sionate, half amused. There is sus-
picion of raillery in her voice, which is
felt and deeply resented by the fair sor-
rover. Anger is often akin to sorrow,
as pity is to love, and the voice which re.
spends to the question when reiterated
is decidedly petulant. >
II wish you would go away and leave
me alone" -
Il shall do nothing Of the I, Sort It 4 re,
turns the other. II am going to talk
to you, and / do not care in the least
whether you are angry or not, although
had much rather you would take nv
remarks in good part.''
"Oh," responded the voice, still
smothered in the sofa cushions, but los
ing nothing Of its resentful quality 81
know how clever you are, and that YOU
think that you can manage every ONES
affairs great deal better than them
selves" r #7@ Q =, :.
She intends this to be "nasty one. -
and as matter of fact it does not fall
very pleasantly on the ears Of hsr inter
locutor; but she sits down on the sofa
and replies with good humor: SWELL my
love, | may confidently say that l. could
manage your affairs great deal better
than you manage them yourself, and that
II 1 were you would have Mr.. Clement
Lascelles at my feet in very short time. y
Perhaps you have him there now, -
says the PROSTATE one, ceasing to sob and
trying to sheer instead. ~ VII -
swell, Dolly, dear, to tell YOU the
truth, fail myself to recognize in that
young man the charm which Ifobserve he
has for-for some people; indeed, I
consider him poscur, with anexaspera-
tingly good opinion of himself. and, if
you ask my candid opinion, I think that
he would be all the better for being
kic--" - ...- I'll. - lSE|
Dorothy flounces up in a moment. Fl
will trouble you not to insult my friends, :"
she cries, with flaming cheeks. t'And it
is not very easy to believe your sincerity
when he was sitting in your pocket all
last night, and you were OUT walking
with him for two hours this morning. 3
In any case" replies Mrs. Dalton
eoolly, ''your remarks prove that have
had time and opportunity to form an
opinion Of his qualities. I don't denv
that he is good looking, but il is intoler-
able that he should be SO conscious Of it.
ladmit that he is not without certain
amount of cleverness, and has been fairly
well educated; but l violently object to
his thinking himself able to sit in .iudg-
mpent on people a good deal older and
eleverer than, himself" ~ /.
Son you, for lnstancen' cries Dolly. i
"No, I was not thinking of myself,
though l admit the soft Impeachment
1.-THE one regarding my age, at Ieast) and
what I dislike most of all is his placing
himself on pedestal to be looked at and
Ionged for by-by pretty, silly little
girts, who ought to know BETTER -. .
Dolly stltfens her back, and saws, with
an assumption of dignity which sitsin-
differently we'll upon her. eff YOU will
excuse me Ifshould prefer not discussing
MI. Lascelles with you. You are#peE-
fectty welcome to your opinion of him,
and ! claim the liberty of retaining
mine" Then, her majesty toppliug over,
she says, Eindictively, in quite differ
ent tone Of voice. perhaps YOU think
Pm such "a fool that don't see through
your mean abuse Of him!'' ~,
"That l may win and wear him nv
self" suggests Mrs. Dalton. quite good
humorediy. mo, my dear and acute
child, believe me, you have not fathomed
and unmasked my baseness this time. |
know your dear and sensitive little heart
is set upon this, fascinating yoang, man.
! don't think there is really any harm in
him, and am lhagnanimous enough to
be ready TO show you how to4obtain his
affections, and tomake him suppliant in
stead of you.
"suppliantm cries Dolly, with fresh
flames from her burning heart ascending
to- her cheeks.
Yes. suppliant. Every one, myIlove.
can see-he most of all--hoW you hang
upon his smiles, and despair when he IS
indifferent or capricious."
Wrath makes Dolly absolutely speech
less. If looks, &c, &C., Mrs. Dalton
would, &c, &c.
"Don't be goose, Dolly. !" resumes
her friend, not having suffered any visi-
BILE injury from the lightning glances to-
which she has been subjected. keep
your temper, and reap the advantages of
my superior age and experience. Z
keep them to yourself, retorts Dolly
tartly. 81.
The first ] must, whether or no. but
the latter shall be yours. Come, dear
child, you know I am fond of you; be-,
ieVe me when I say would not have
your enchanter as gift, and also that e
am. DESTROYS to see him subiugated by.