The Wahpeton times., 1890-08-21

it to one another after a
dance, when they are
putting up their hair for the night
and comparing lists OF victims. A
man, of course, cannot assist at
these functions. So the tale must he
told from the outside-in the dark
all wrong.
Never praise Il sister to a sister in
the hope of Your compliments reach
ing the proper ears, and so prepar
ing the way foryou later on. Sisters
are women first and sisters afterward'
and you will find that you will do
yourself harm. Saumarez knew this
when he made up his mind to pro-
pose to the elder Miss Copleigh
Saumarez was a strange man, with
few merits, so far as men could see,
though he was popular with women,
and carried enough conceit to stock
IL viccroy's conncil and leave IL little
over for the commander-in-chi 8
staff, He was a civilian. Very
many women took an interest in
Saumarez perhaps because his man.
ncr to them was offensive. Ifyouhita Il
pony over the nose at the outset OF
your acquaintance he may not love
you, but he will take deep interest
in your movements ever aItcrward.
The elder Miss Copleigh was nice,
plump, winning and pretty. The
younger was not pretty. and, from
men disrcgarding the hint set forth
above, her style was rapellant and
unattractive. Both girls had prac-
tically the same figure. and there was
a strong likeness between them in
look and voice, though no one could
doubt for an instant which was the
nicer of the two.
Saumarez made up his mind, as
soon as they came into the station
from Behar, to marry the elder one.
At least we all made sure that he
would, which comes to something.
She was twenty-five and he was
thirty-three with pay and allowances
of nearly 400 rupees IL month. So
the match as we arranged it, was in
every way a good one. Saumarez
was his name and summary his ma
ture, rs q man once said. Having
drafted his resolution, he formed a
select committee of one to sit upon it
and resolved to take his time. In
our unpleasant slang, the Copleigh
girls 'hunted in couples" That
is to say, you could do nothing
with one without the other. They
were very loving sisters: but their
mutual affections was sometimes in
convenient. Saumarez held the bal
ance hair true between them, and
none but himself could have said to
which side his heart inclined, though
every one guessed. He rode with
them q good deal, and danced with
them, but he never succeeded in de-
taching them from each other for any
length of time.
Women said that the two girls
kept together through deep mistrust,
each fearing that the other would
steal q march on her. But that has
nothing to do with the man. Sau-
marez was silent for good or bad,
and as business-]ikely attentive as
he could be. having due regard to
his work and his polo. Beyond
doubt both girls were fond of him.
As the hot weather drew near and
Saumarez made no sign women said
that you could see their trouble in
the eyes OF the girls-that they we're
looking strange, anxious and irrita-
BILE. Men are quite blind in these
matters unless th"y hav,. more of
the woman than thu man in their
composition, in which cn:c it does
not matter what they say or think.
I maintain it was the hot April days
that took the color out of the Cop
leigh girls cheeks. They should
have been sent to the hills early. No
one-mam or woman-tee!s an angel
when hot weather is approaching.
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cal-not to say acid-in her ways,
and the Willingness of the elder
wore thin. There was more effort
in it.
Now the station wherein all these
things happened was, though not a
little one, off the line of rail and suf-
fered through want. of attention.
There were no gardens or bands or
amusements worth speaking OF, and
it was nearly q days journey to
come into Lahore for a dance. Pco-
pie were grateful for small things to
interest them.
About the beginning of May, and
just before the final exodus ofhill 60
ers, wfen the weather was very hot
and when there was not more than
twenty people in the station, Saum-
arez gave a moonlight riding picnic
at at an N old, tomb six miles away, neal