The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-16
THE DRESS SUIT.

 stars of a fine brilliancy but of small magnitude in the society of Warrens- burg. Alexander Blossom and Min nie Blossom had been married for one short year, which time seemed to them just one long summers day. There are several married peo- ple unlike Alexander and Minnie, for these were never happy except when there were together, and when they were together never unhappy for moment. When Alexander came in from business he always instituted search for the brown-haired, brown eyed girl who was waiting for him, and when he began to despair she would start out of certain passage. way with a gay laugh and ask him where his eyes were. Of course, un- der these circumstances, it was neces- sary tor her to take good square look at his eyes to determine if they were the same as ever, and then occur red some of those manifestations which foolish people call foolishness, and which only stopped when the genial housemaid came to announce that dinner was served. Ofcourse the housemaid did not say "Dinner is served;" her proclamation Uer6dtsm was: "Come, now," but the meaning was the same. have omitted to say that Minnie was not very tall, that she was remarkably healthy and de- liciously plump. Her lips was as near bursting with fullness as cherries after rain; her forehead was low, and her eyebrows, heavier than the ordinary, made her just the more magnetic. There was nothing won- derful about Alexander. You will comprehend. Alexander at once when 1 say that he received S10O a month, which he did not earn. However, he firmly believed that in some mysteri- ous way his labor brought large re- turns to his employers.
 With $100 a month the Blossoms had to live. Fortunately they had no rent to pay, the market books, under Minnie's care, figured up reasonably, and the domestic was kind enough to demand but S15 per month.
 One day Alexander came home from his alleged business, looking nice and sweet, and also looking for Minnie. The latter rushed out from the unex- pected place in which she always hid, caught him around the neck, asked him where his eyes were, put 8 rap- turous kiss just below his camel's hair moustache and cried, What do you think?"
 The sagacious husband imp lanted rapturous kiss just below where Min nie would have had a splendid brown moustache had she been in that line, and replied that he didn't know. He also demanded advice as to what it was appropriate to think. Minnie than explained that letter had come addressed to him, that it looked like wedding cards, that she had-had opened it, and that it wasn't wedding cards after all.
 Some men, hearing of a mysterious letter opened by loving wife would have ex perienced . feeling of vague un- rest. Not 90 Alexander. He silently weighed the merits of some nasty falsehoods and inquired bravely what the letter was.
 "An invitation to join the Warrens- burg Social club" said Minnie, land I have been thinking of it all the afternoon" So she had, in her wo- manly way; she had been thinking what dress she could wear. "Isn't it nicer" she cried. "Now, say we can go."
 -"Of course we can go."
 The unguardedness of this answer was essentially masculine Women, on the contrary, always begin by re- fusiug, and afterwards allow them selves to be argued into anything whatever.
 Then you must get dress suit" s,id Mrs. Blossom.