Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
EVERYTHING eoes.s
= Filtration which Turned Out Differently
Than They Usually DO.


a Irritation which Turned Out differently
Than They Usually DO.
AT the summer hotel everything goes"
taid an acquaintance Of mine. We were ut
Long Branch for day or two. and at that
particular moment werc strolling along the
cliff in the direction Of the iron pier. We
sat down on the turf and hung our feet
over the ledge.
"Yes, sir, I've had lots nj fun along here,
and within 90 steps Of this place | got my
self in the worst scrape OF my life"
"woman'" suggested in'errogatlvely
Exactly. There were two Of them, and
deuced pretty too II was four years ago
| had been having good time with friend
Of mine here and was on the point Of re-
turning to New York. when one evening
we were walking along here In just this
why. Tue two young women were right
ahead and appeared to be In Jolly mood
noticed them glnnclng around at us occa-
sionally as n inclined for Irritation 1
was always pretty self confident when II
came to summer girls-had gall, my friend
put it-and said at oncei
Lets pick 'em up My friend hes.
itated moment, laughed, then said All
right-go ahead, but les dinners for four
you don't do itr
"I'll have to 20 you,' said |.
swell, we quickened our steps little,
and thought saw that the girls slowed
down little, So walked up TO them, and
taking OF my hat greeted them rs some
casual acquaintance | had met in New
York aud wound up by requesting permits
sion to introduce my friend. You know
how such things are done Myfriend tried
10 stop me at the last moment, but too
late.
AT first the girls looked very much u.s.
tonished: Then they looked at each other
aud giggled. Then they looked at my friend
md gigRlCd some more. Then the elder
apologized for having forgotten my name.
or COURSE, said she, with u sweet smile Il
knew your face at once. Then | went
through the form Of introducing my friend,
whom the other girl remarked was already
known TO them by reputation This bold
declaration eased my mind Of any misgiv.
iugs might have entertained Mt the start,
for thought She is n bigger llur than |
am The thing now was to win my bet.
Strangely enough, as IL seemed to me, my
friend entered into the spirit OF the scheme
just az though he wasn't sure to be loser
In an astonishing short time he was on IA.
millar terms with the elder ady-for
found within a few minutes that they were
really ladies--and they were carrying on at
a great rate.
THE one was with was n little shy, but
she was uwfnlly jolly md seemed to he
Just trimming over with fun Well, |
sprung supper on them later, and to my
astonishmeut they accepted. It was In
quiet place, aud we enjoyed II immensely
During the entertainment | caught my
friend with his arm around the girl who
sat next to him. At the same moment my
girl Hawit, and my thought was intercept
ed with n blush. The other two seemed
to have some sort Of an understanding
really begun TO feel uncomfortable and
was fast losing confidence in myself for
the more | saw the younger the sweet,r
and the more charming she appeared |
began to experience sort Of resentment
that she should DO no easily drawn into
such an escapade. or course laid IL on
her elder companion, who sat there brazen.
ly with my friendu arm around her. sne
at least should know better.
oh, everything gees az a summer hotel.'
said he, noting gathering cloud ON my
pretty fairy brow.
mo, it DOESN'T" She finally exclaimed,
jumping up from the table. This thing
doesn't go any further. Mr.. Jackg And
she called him by his real name. And
what's more, 1t Is about time you were tax
ing your sister Nellie an3 me homer
well, sir, you could have knocked me
over with feather, All the time had
thought was playlngthem they were play.
ing nie. But itscrved me right Tor being
such couceited afsr
remarked to the story teller That his ey.
perienco had probably been followed b,
complete recovery, and SHED u stone into
the Atlantic.
Recovery | shall mover recover he an
swered laughngly n married the glrll'-
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