Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-04-05

There is to be q party tomorrow
evening at Mary Moor's It's the l4th,
you know" said Florence, happily. II
am going, and wear my blue cloth
dress; I've worn II lot, Miss Thank
full, but mother says may have new
sash that will freshcu II up But, obi
| wish, | do wish could have n party
bag that saw down In Coopcr's win.
dow. II was light blue, and lined with
pink-such beauty | wish Won had
seen IL can't have anything but the
sash, though, aud so there Is no use In
wishing"
II did SEQ IT," said Miss Thankful,
"and 1t was pretty. sorter wished
for 1t myself"
Florence laughed. "Oh, Of course
you would not want II, but 10 you had
seen It twenty years ago you might
have" she said, with tho serene
thouPhtlessness OF youth.
Miss Thankful grew silent
"Mr Jones has asked me to go To
evening service twice lately" she went
on presently.
81 think he Ia about the best-lool,lnR
young man here, don't you, Miss
thanltful2 He never talks much, but
Nsuppose he thinks great deal. l
ID to think he dislilSed me. he STAN.
Td 50 whenever I spoke To him; but
- II was just because he didn't
'quainted And then followed a
I OF Mr.. Jones' sayinga
,yrrt sho had gone Miss Thankful
Ii b. long, long time In front OF tho
luUb it'll sad, dreamy eyes fixed on
49, She was going over in her
-..-.---, timo twenty-five years before
was nothing like MIR. Jones'"
BIZ.
was good looking, aud SO tall,
IoN ~ was just as timid, and acted ~
80 and as indifferent as | knew
Girls are foolish creatures. lie
rev ! got up courage to tell the. And
we moved away, and that was all.
puuCther man ever looked at me, and |
NO say AS I wanted them to-"
, undrcssed slowly. She felt old.
| a. looking back ut ones youth has n
tency To make one feel old, II II lies
D Lnty-ilve years behind one.
When she was all ready for bed she
sened the trunk and took out the par
va bag.
(, She opened the door aud listened.
Everything was still In the dim hall.
Floronce's room was only few doors
away, Miss Thankful slipped noise
lessly along, and when she reached the
door sho hung the ribbon over the
knob, and us softly stole back.
She Ind put no card In the bag
there was no need. Florence would
know who sent It. Aud then she went
TO bed and 10 sleep
The next morning Florence knocked
ut the door, almost before Miss Thank
full was dressed, and came in with n
flushed, happy facA
80 Miss Thankful" she cried. ~
have had the loveliest gilt; what do you
think, that blue satin party bagr"
''of course Mr.. Jones sent It, ! aslSed
him last night II IL was sold yet and he
grew just us red and stammered 80;
! know why now. Mother says / may
keep II and | wrote him letter of
thanks this morning and put IL under
his plate. That wus the easiest way OF
thanking him. lie is having an early
broadcast now, so ! thought ! would
wait and go down with you this time. "
And she nuttered about the room In
happy excitement
Meanwhile Mr. Jones was In a very
uncertain and puzzled state of blisa
Tho note had thanked him for his
beautiful gift, but neglected to tell
what the gift was.
lie left the house without being able
TO get glimpse of Florence.
At noon there was another tiny
white missivo under his door But this,
much to his disappointment. proved To
he from Miss Thankful.
DEAR BIZ. JoEFs; Florence thinks you
tent that satin bag; Il would DO dreadful for
hor to know differently, after thanking you for
Il For her sake, please do not ever tell her
that You did not Your friend,
THANKFUL HoPE"
Mr.. Jones studied this note with smil-
ing eyes.
''For her sake" that clause gave him
u quick thrill Of pleasure sho would
be sorry 10 find out then that It was
not his gift
lie must answer Florence's note, and
this was the result OF half dozen at
tcmpts.
DEAR MISS FLoREHcEi That bag could
not hold the valentine would like TO give you
II dared
at ia the biggest and homeiest valentine q
young lady ever got II you care TO have mo
tell you about II, please carry tho blue satin
bog when you come down TO dinner.
"EnAsTUs JONES"
lie could hear Florence singing 10
her room, and he called tho bell boy,
and sent the note TO her.
There now" no said. when this had
been accomplished; III II had not been
for Miss Thankful, / would never have
had the grit 10 have sent that And
what's more, believe Miss Thankful
knew II. Bless herl
III Florence does have that blue
thing on her arm, I'll give Miss Thank
ful the very best black cloth dress that
Cooper g. Cooper have In the store"
And Miss Thankful got the dress, -
Anna ID. Gray, In Interior,
Paw, is there any difference bo-
tween n cold and innuenzy9" III tho
doctor calls IL cold the bill Is about
four dollars. II he calls II influenza it's
about eighteen dollars The difference
is fourteen dollars, my SON"
Her Kindness. -Fathor--"Why do
you lot that young man pay you such
long calls?" Daughter - Because,
papa, everybody says he can't pay any
thing else, and | want to encourage
him. detroit Free Press
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