The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-10
YOUNG AND A WIDOW AS WELL
So She Knew How to Checkmate the
Schemes of Her Sister.

YOUNG AND A WIDOW AS WELL
So She Knew How to Checkmate the
| Schemes of Her Sister.
'Do you think it wrong to tell stories
about your age?' asked the girl in the
white linen suit.
| Not unless you are found out" re-
piled the girl with the cherries on her
hat. But what has happened that
you ask?''
CPL tell you. You see, it is bad
enough to have your younger sister a
widow, without having her interfering
with your flirtations.''
81 should say so. Why, there ought
to be law against it,
$50 there ought. was furious when
she asked Ned to help her with her
Latin, but when she got to making
eyes at young DIR. Wiseman it was too
much. You see, his fad is philanthropy,
and l had been trying for months to
make him think it was mine, too
| "You poor dear, what an awful borer'
$50 it was; but I knew it would be
easy enough to drop it once we were
married.
| so, yes, of course"
$50, of course, when Annie raised
those big blue eyes of hers to his own
and asked, with little tremor in her
voice, if he would not show her how to
forget her sorrow in helping others,
felt it was going entirely too far. The
idea! When 1 was wearing myself to
skin and bone over his odious free kim
! dergarten."
Eyes, and Drawing all manner of I'M
pleasantness by begging money from
your father for the children's hospital
/ he was interested in
eyes, indeed; why, he ought to have
been more attentive to me than he was,
for told him that 1 saved it all out of
my allowance. That was meant to
serve double purpose, you see; he
would think papa must be very wealthy
to give me such large allowance and
| was an angel to save it for the hos
pital.''
81 see; what wise girl you are!'
"Wait until you hear all. You see,
felt it my duty to protect him from An
MES schemes, SO ] told him that she
was good deal older than /"
''Of course; you WERE
"Well, things went on nicely until
was taken ill. OF course he was called
in to attend me and, o Maud, lay on
| the sofa with the window shades low
cred and big bunch of carnations OF
the table at my elbow, and wearing
the lovliest tea gown. The very tone
of voice in which he asked to see my
tongue and the way in which he held
my hand while he felt my pulse told
me that was succeeding. could SET
that Annie was steadily losing ground"
| ''Of course, but
eyes; but she would hover around all
the time he was there. Iwould ask for
water, but the sly thing just rang the
bell for it. Finally one day, when I
! was cOnvalescent, he said something
about the year he graduated and his
age at the time which showed he was
two years my junior. 1 was afraid that
Annie would say something so 1 broke
in hastily: so Annie, dear, will YOU
run upstairs and bring me the book
on my table: there is something in it
which will interest DIR. Wiseman.' OF
| course she couldn't refuse and l knew
1 would get a few minutes alone with
him at last"
! "Well?''
"Well, he leaned over the sofa and
though he only asked if my head ached
his voice said volumes. Then l looked
up and saw Annie in the doorway with
book-O, thought should die"'
''But don't see-''
'She was holding it out to him and
smiling as she said: Here it is, doctor,
and l am sure there is something in it
which will interest YOU"
"Nell!''
"Well, the book she had brought was
the family Bible and all our ages were
written in itr'-chicago Tribune.
A Bad Break.
| Infatuated subscriber Ito editor)-
! What does this mean, sir?
Editor-What does what mean?
In this obituary notice of my re-
spected wife's mother, you have said
| she was consigned to her last roasting
place. '"-Texas Siftings.
Cut His Own Throat.
Caruthers-George Carver's marriage
| broke you all up, old man.
Waite-I should say it did! Why,
you see, loaned that man money to
| take trip south, SO as to have clear
field. and he used it to elope with my
| girl.-Puck.
In a Peck of Trouble.
sI'm in an awful fix. l proposed to