The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-11
SHE FORGOT THE STORY.
Romance of a Diamond Lost In
Flood Of Social Gossip.
boston Courier


soul is inevitably thrown by marriage
ceremony, no matter how remote is the
personal interest involved therein. Kate
Vaughn and Aggie Morton are together on
the broad aisle, in position which enables
them to see everything with the utmost
minuteness.
Kate-Oh, and they do say that that dia-
mond star which Mrs. West wears is only
Rhinestones. Do you believe itf
Aggie-How horrid people arei Do they
really say thatf
K.-Yes, they really do.
Al don't believe it. She has had it too
long, and besides that is the star they tell
the queer story about.
K.-What storyp
A.-Haven't you ever heard iti
K.-No, I never did.
A.-Well do think that is funny.
K.-But do tell me what it is2
A.-Why, you see this young man-it
was in New York, you know, and it was
ever so many years ago-you know Mrs.
West came from New York.
K.-Yes; her mother was my cousins
aunt
A.-Wasn't she your aunt then?
k-Of course not. How horrid of You
TO think could have an aunt so old as her
mother would bel
A.-Oh, never thought of that But
how could she be-
K.-Why, it was on the other side of the
house, you see, and my cousin was nearly
as old as my mother.
Ais Angelina Mayburn really any re-
lation to that girl in Philadelphia that
Reggy Spicer firted so with last winterf
Kim sure don't know. Agnes said
she'd find out, but she didn't.
Ais Agnes going to Bar Harbor this
summer
K.-She says she is, so suppose she
isn't.
A.-why, Kate vaughnl What a horrid
thing to say.
K-Well, don't care. It's Just so every
time. Do look at Fanny Packard. She
has on that old green silk that she has had
made over for three summers.
A.-And the Rhinestone comb.
K.-Oh, what was the story you were go
ing to tell me about Mrs. Vests star?
A.-Oh, yes. 1 forgot what we were
talking about. Well, there was this hand
some young man that all the girls were in
love with, and at last he got engaged to
one of them.
K.-Yes.
A.-And she was an awfully proud girl
K--Oh, know the kindl
A.-And-
K.-Oh, there is Mrs. Thockmorton. Did
you know that they say that she has been
living at Newport just so that she can get
divorced
A.-No; reallys
kl-iInas's what they say.
Al don't believe it.
K.-Why not2
A.-Why, he has always been Just de-
voted to her.
XII dare say that was all a blind. It
was probably put on in public.
Al don't care; he was an awfully
handsome man
K.-She isn't much to look at.
Avery likely that was the trouble.
K.-Howf
A.-Why, homely wife is always jeal-
GUS of handsome husband.
K.-She generally has reason to be. Why
in the world doesn't the bride come?
A.-Oh, something always happens at
the last minute.
K.-Oh, how nervous it would make me.
A.-To be marriedf
K--To go through the wedding.
A-There are the Joneses, next to Mrs.
West.
K.-oh. you didn't finish about that
star.
A.-Oh, must tell you that, for really
1t is remarkable story. Now think of
1t, should think it might be worked up
for the stage.
Kim sure / should think something
might be worked up for the stage. Inever
knew a winter to be so dull at the theaters.
ALI it hadn't been for Bernhardt there
wouldn't have been anything.
K.-I declare am getting as nervous as
a witch. Do you suppose anything has
happened?
A.-Ot course not. The time always
seems longer when you are waiting.
K.-You are as cool as an iceberg
A.-Why shouldn't be2 Pm not going
to be married.
k.-Oh, how do you suppose she feels?
Any DEAR she is probably too nearly
dead with nervousness really to feel any
thing.
K.-Do you suppose sof
A.-Oh, Pm sure of it.
K.-Everybody is here.
A.-There's carriage. They must be
coming
K.-Yes. there goes the organ.
Abe sure and notice whether the train
is gathered or plated.
K.-Do you suppose
A.-Whati
K.-Never mind. l was thinking that
Reggie Spicer might give her splendid dia-
monds IL he had mind to.
A.-His mother had beautiful diamonds.
K.-You haven't told me about Mrs.
Vests star yet
A.-No, but will some time.
K-There comes Reggie and his best
man.
A.-Charlie Simpson is the best looking
of the two.
K.-You never did like Reggie.
A.-Oh, yes, like him.
K. with sudden excitement)-Here she
comes
The wedding procession enters the
church, and comment gives place to an abb
sorbing observation, so that for the time
being, at least, nothing further is said con-
corning Mrs. Vests diamond star