The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-25
A LESSON IN PuNcTuALlrY.
How n Bride OF Six Months Was Taught ~
Useful Homily on Being Ready.

AAo" " hriue Oh ok months Was Taught %
Useful Homily on Being Ready.
went into Daisy's pretty fiat the other
day and found its dear little mistress seat
eel in the parlor weeping copiously. Her
sobs were really heartrending. and as had
never before seen our dimpled Daisy cry
was so frightened that / came near turning
in the fire alarm, for my soothing words
and imploring questions utterly failed to
pacify her. Finally she quieted down lit
tie, and between smothered sobs with quiv-
ering lips she told me her little tragedy.
1t seems that Jack, her husband of only
Fix months, had been too utterly cruel
snd fiendish and mean and sneaky" Here
Daisy grew hysterical, and l had to bring
out the smelling salts before she could pro-
coed. Jack had been an angel for six
months, she affirmed, but Daisy is one of
the women to whom punctuality is an I'M
known virtue, and it was over the question
OF punctuality that the trouble occurred.
Every time they went to party Jack got
ready and then waited from half an hour to
an hour for Daisy to finish dressing Some
times-the little wife admitted it tearfully
Jack had been known to wait more that
mn hour, and he was usually provoked, but
ended by laughingly threatening to teach
Daisy lesson in punctuality sooner or
later When they went to a dinner or to
the tneater, 1t was the same way, for she
somehow seemed never to be able to be
ready in time. Finally Jack announced
that he was going to get theater tickets for
the next night, and he concluded stcrnly.
The carriage will leave here ut 7:3O O'Clock,
Dalsy, AID l shall expect you to be ready
promptly. You remember the last time
we went to the theater we missed the en-
tire first act owing to your lack of pune.
tuality."
Daisy listened with her eyes open, but her
active thoughts We're planning new spring
nat, and Jacks warning fell on ears that
heard not.
The eventful night came. Daisy ap,
peared at the dinner table in pink negli.
gee and with her curls tightly done IN,
go rs to be ready OH time. But her plans
were all in vain. She was in the midst of
her toilet Mt 7:15 At 1:2S she had lust
powdered" The very last thing l al
ways do before put on my Dress she ex-
planned
But the dress was not on at 80. and Jack
gave one glance in mt her door, and then
that villain, with n hard heartedness which
Daisy had never supposed him capable of,
yelled "All Aboard!' and plunged down
the stairs out of the front door, The In
creduious but now alarmed little wife
heard the carriage door slam and realized
that Jack had actually gone and taken the
tickets with him!
When the full situation dawned upon
her, she threw her powder puff in one direc-
ton, her dress i'll another, her hat in anoth-
er and then collapsed in front of the mir
ror and proceeded to go into Mysteries in
the most approved style.
II wanted to go right home to mother"
she admitted, but knew Brother Ton.
would laugh at me and say il served me
just right
What did you do them" quericd L.
well, haven't spoken to Jack today
she said, with an ominous CLEAN in her
eye, and don't intend to till he apollo
gizes."
But think it will he n case of Greek
meet Greek, and l am also inclined to be-
lieve that next time Daisy will be punctual.
Meg Meredith in Chicago News.