Telegram-herald., 1891-06-26
THEY TALKED IT OVER.

lessor Wise was 80 kind 10 outline the
whole thing for Us. wasn't hei
"Oh. yes. indeed. But wish now I'd
chosen an easier topic than Drifting
Wherey I've only got as far as We are
standing tonight on the threshold OF life.
looking ont over its tempestuous sea and
drifting we know not where"
''Oh. that is perfectly lovely, Hor-
tense"
1T is pretty, isn't it? got it out OF
an old scrapbook. How are you getting
on with your Onward and Upward
topic?"
20 Caesar. Don't mention it! l hate
the sight of it, While think Of it, tel
me if Caesar lived before or after the
time of Christ? | want TO refer 10 HIM in
my essay. and don't know to save my
soul when he lived"
Il don't either. II seems TO me it was
somewhere about the time of Peter rhe
Great that Cesar held forth, but I'm
not sure"
"rli have to look it up. Now, an
other thing, Who and what was Plato,
anyhow"
20 Mae, for heavens sake who or what
he was, haven't the remotest idea"
"Then suppose Ill have to spend half
a day looking him and lot Of other old
fossils up in the library How horrid
this graduating essay business is, any
howi'
'Oh, hate it. But suppose-oh, did
you know that Sallie Rich was going to
wear white silk with a train two yards
longY
''She isn'tT
Indeed she is! And diamond cres-
cent"
"Oh, myr'
"And she is going to get up in that
kind of rig and read an essay on Sim
plicity of the Ancientsr
.'Oh, well, she isn't an ancient"
II don't care | wouldn't have the
cheek to say the word simplicity before
a thousand people if WAS dressed like
that"
and Sallie hardly knows enough to
come in when it rains If was-oh.
has your dress come YETI"
fifticth time yesterday, and it's perfectly
lovely, and it's going to fit me to perfec-
ton"
Ibid you decide about the sash?"
"Oh, Hortensel lay awake all Of last
night trying to decide between the cream
India silk and the pale blue China crepe
with knotted fringe and embroidered
rn1o s,v,h at,,p1 xx-.tl,
essay is because couldn't decide about
that sash!'
Which did you get? Do tell mel"
1.-The blue. / finally settled it by get
ting up out Of bed and writing blue on
one side Of piece of blank paper and
cream on the other and then tossing up
the paper"
"And the blue side came up"
"Yes."
Il often decide important matters that
way But I'm awfully glad you got the
blue. liked it best"
Ibid you?'
81 liked it best"
Really"
Eyes. honest; but / didn't want to in
Luence you, ana -
"Oh, I'm SO glad you like it better than
the cream. 1t is lovely"
Perfectly beautiful. And blue is be-
coming TO you"
''Do you think soy
"Yes, do
You're real sweet to say so, and now
about your dress"
well. / stood three mortal hours yes
terday having the thing fitted for the
fifth time. was twisted and jerked and
pulled and stuck full of pins until was
ready to faint, but tho dress Is going to
be perfectly beautifulr'
do tell me about it,"
''lts one Of those soft, clinging China
silks, made TO just ton IN tho floor, and
it's TO have yards and yards of soft,
creamy lace on it, and I'm going TO wear
q perfect mass Of exquisite Mareshal Mel
roses and
How lovely"
"And great bunch Of them at TT
belt. and
How beautiful they II lookY"
And mamma will send me up great
basket of them when I'm through with
my essay and---do you expect many
flowers
''Oh. a CARLOAD Of thom!"
$50 do |, and I've been week prac-
ticing on the bowling and scrsping ]
must do over them, and the graceful
way in which shall pick them up,'
~. you funny thingf'
well, | have. But | must 20 and
find ont about Caesar and Plato. AMI set
book of qoosatIons want to pad ont
my essay with
And mus. get cut my Composition
and Rhetoric and see il have The CAPT
tails and punctuation prints all in right
in what I've written Horrid work, ism
itg'
Don't mention iti-
Bat I'm 81 plessed with my dross.-
And with nine
I'm surn IT'S lovely
Thanks know you're "a"
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