Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-11
II l attempt to tell You anything

II 1 attempt to tell you anything
about the adventures Of that day I
know / shan't succeed Women could
perhaps understand how / felt in the
fairyland of those great circles of
fashion that exist only in London.
bought the wedding dress-white
rep silk. and veil of tulle suspended
from a garland of orange blossoms
and l selected a blue silk and q peach
colored silk, and maroon silk, and
dear mel what is the use of cataloeuinp
them alp Other girls have been
or1des-elect before, and they'll know
just how it was. And as for those
who haven't just let them wait until
their turn comes
And then, as the sun began to decline
on It's westering way, felt excessively
ana unromantically hungry.
rs there a nice ladies' restaurant
near here?" asked.
And one of the shopmen went with
me to the door to point out glitterinp
establishment, with its windows full
OF delicacies. entered and sat down,
feeling very much as If I was an i'm
postor, and ordered mock-turtle soup,
Venturing ever SO meekly to glance
around little after the waiter had
sklmmered away. Dickens saws that
waters never walk, and Dickens Is al
ways right And then for the first
time l noticed a superbly dressed
young lady one or two tables beyond.
IN lovely hat. with a long lilac
willow plume and hair like a shower
of gold.
"Oh, how pretty she isl' thought
l. "How proud her lover must be of
her!"
leaned forward the least bit in the
world to see the young man in ques-
Ilon. GOOD Heavens, 1t was my Clar-
ence! And as sat staring, completely
concealed from his ken by the golden
hair and lilac willow plume, could
hear a light, peculiar laugh.
You have only yourself to blame
for it, Kate" he said. You wouldn't
have me-"
That's no reason for throwing your
self aw ay. Is it2" she pouted.
"She's desperate old maid" said
Clarence; "old as the hills, but she
has money. A man in my position
has to 10 ok out for money, you know.
Kate, would you like to see her pho
tograph?"
Then the two heads were close to-
gether for an instant, and the young
lady's ripping laugh mingled with
Clarence's mellow tones
''The idea of carrying such a thing
as that next your heart" said she.
1T does seem rather outrageous,
doesn't it?'' he said "But when we're
once married, all that sort of thing will
be over. I'll see that she finds her
level"
Eyes, whenr' thought I, now thor
oughly disenchanted And got up
and hurried out of the restaurant.
nearly stumbling in my haste over the
waiter, bearing on a silver tray nv
mock turtle soup
live changed my mind" said 1,
hinging a coin to him. To this day l
don't know whether it was a shilling
or sovereign. "Never mind the SOUP"
took the next train to Buttercup
Hollow and wrote a scathing note to
Clarence the same evening. Do you
want to know what was in itp OF
course, like all women's letters, the
DSS" VI ~ "etS III the pOSCScrlpG
Our enga cement is at an end H.H.
P. S.-The next time you exhibit a ladv's pho
tograph In crowded restaur ant 1t might be
well to examine your neighbors-
Clarence had some sense after all
He never came near me with useless
apologies. l gave the wedding dress
to little Amy Miller, who was to be
married in October and couldn't afford
q trOuSSaau cupooso obon ~u.a.
out the blue the peach color and ma
room In time. Oh, forgot to say that
Mrs Richford was very angry. 1t
seems that Clarence had promised to
pay her one thousand pounds that he
had borrowed of her when he had got
hold OF my money. And l am thank
ful from the bottom of my heart that
still remain Hatty Hyde Bow Bells.