The Washington bee., 1894-04-28
TIME TO GO AHEAD.
Signs That Told an Obserrant Girl That
She Was Betrothed.

Signs That Told an Observant Girl That
She Was Betrothed.
They happened to meet In State
street stu,e the other day and they
had a conversation which sent one OF
them away with floods OF light iilu-
minating her soul. She was one or
those girls who are adored by Old
ladies, and constantly invited to tea
by them to meet bachelor sons, and
who can count all the beaux they ever
had ON the fingers of one hand
The other-well. she was different:
she was one of those maddening crea-
lures who are always mysteriously sup
piled with roses and bOnbonS and eS-
corted to the theatre on first nights.
in spite of the fact that all the other
girls are agreed that there is abso-
lutely nothing in her" The latter
young woman was meditating over
some silks when the other greeted her
Il suppose you are trying to decide
between the old rose and the pale
green she said.
We'll. no. replied the other girl
frankly. You see, / am getting my
wedding things. and 1 think I'll have
both" Then she looked down to blush
wOl 1S.
rs it possible? p
Yes, dear, and you can't imagine
how nervous [ am"
Il only hope yOu'-
will be happy? OF course L shall;
why, l can always make him do just
what l choose
The other girl purseJ up her lips and
,s,yf,, \ ,In
that at ALL The man / marry must
be one that I can obey"
Not at all. my dear 1t is all very
nice TO talk that way to the nsen-they
like it and it sounds pretty, besides
doing no harm until you are really go
ing to marry one of them, when you
want your own way. just like amy other
sensible woman
We'll, do tell me how he began
the other girl dreamily.
Proposed? Oh. but he HASN'T done
it yet
But L thought that you''-
Were selecting a trOusseau? So L
am. goosie. You see it is just this way:
He will call ut 8 this evening. and by
9 1T latest we will be formally en-
gagged"
But how do you know helplessly
asked the other girl
simply by precedent. When q man
asks you in an anxious tone if you
think a married man ought to give up
his club you may know that his in
tentions are serious; and when he fol-
lows it up a few days later by asking
you if you don't think a man has a
right to smoke all over his own house
il is high time to decide whether the
wedding shall be at home Or in
church
My goodness
"Yes. out that wasn't what conV inced
me-.
"Oh. do tell me about it,"
No, it was simply this: / met him
on the street yesterday. and he was
reading Il paper so intently that he
didn't even see me until I spoke Then
he blushed violently and in great con-
fusion thrust his paper into his over
coat pocket Well, he went home with
me- and-now you must never tell this
as long as you live"
Il never, never will"
We'll, | was so curious to sfee what
he had been reading that confused him
so. that ] made an excuse to slip out
into the hall where his coat was hang
ing and take the paper out of his pOck
eft, and what do you think it wasz''
'Oh, L can't imagine
ut was IL household paper, and the
article that he had been reading was
one which proved conolrlsively that
two people could live d great deal
more cheaply than one. Now. do you
see why L am commencing to select
Oh
phantly.
Yes, [ do meekly replied the other
girl.-Chicago Daily Tribune