Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-02
FIREsIDE FINEssR
How the Girl With the Pink Mornins
Gown Brought the Old Man Aroma.

From the Chicago Tribune.
81 saw you driving with oeorss last
evening" said the girl with the yachting
cap. land could hardly wait until morning
to find out how you succeeded in evading
your father-whom I saw going into that
horrid little Mrs. Eighties house an hour
later"
II didn't have to evade him." replied TIE
girl in the pink morning gown He stood
on the front steps and watched Us or"
Yes, dear, but that was before Mira
Flightie had reminded him that he was san
young enough to marry again himself"
You don't mean"
Eyes, / do. 1t is lots OF fun You ourht
to have heard papa pumping me yestsrday
concerning a suitable present for her He
evidently thought of a diamond nsckiaoe-
But he won't"
"oh. no. dear. / told him that q book Of
poems would be more suitable"
Il should really like TO know how you
managed IL all You are so CLEVER" sigh
ed the girl with the yachting cap.
well. in the first place / gave George q
few instructions. Then / gave I'D society
and told papa that intended 10 stay at
home evenings and amuse him. bought
him a pair OF slippers and took to singing
old songs to him after dinner, and apparent
ly oblivious 10 the fact that he kept ndget-
ing about and looking at his watch, and
that he was wearing a new tie almost every
day"
Il noticed the other day that he had on .
buttonhole bouQuet-that il generally O
serious sign for a widower."
Very true. Well the other evening after
/ had been singing Annie Laurie Bonnie
Doom and The Land o. the Leal.' ] went
over and perched myself on the arm OF his
chair, and. smoothing the hair away from
the bald spot on his head, / said. I have
Anr al 80 1aox Asss 40
devote my life TO making You happy in your
declining years."
Fancy talking about declining years 10
man with a pink necktie."
Yes. Well, he wrigeled away from me
and mumbled something about despising old
maids. / assured him that 1 did, too; still
my duty to him was OF the first import
ance. Then ] told him that he ought to go
to church with me every Sunday, as he was
growing old"
You didn't"
II did. He hummed and hawed and nnaI-
ly said: BY the way. That has become OF
your
oh. I never see him now replied.
You remember you forbid me TO have any
thing more to do with him, so L."
why, Mabel Gotrocksw
ut was all fair, dear. Then said: Be
sides. II is better so. papa, for / could never
leave you He coughed and muttered
something about not minding that Their
his feeling for me- too. for I hear that ne
is quite attentive to Mrs. Flightie.'"
''Oh, Mabel you"
81 know. but had TO do II That made
papa furious. He Jumped UP and shrieked
that he would slay the man who had triied
with his daughters affections"
"Oh, goodness"
Eyes. and 1 replied that Mrs F1iehtie
would make him q lovely wife, and that
really did not care much for George after
all. Then he worked himself into a perfect
fury, and finally commanded me TO marry
George on pain of eternal displeasure"
"You surely don't mean it?'
81 do. i sent George a note saying that Il
was all right He came; papa has taken
him into partnership, and the wedding n
set for September"
But Mrs. Flightie and"
"Oh. that's all right. She is going TO
marry old Mr.. Millions. but papa dossn't
know il yet"