Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-26

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gracious, child, if you go pairing of
your friends like that you will finC
yourself in the wrong box one of these
days"
Now Ted is one of those foolish
people who are pleased to laugh al
ones little attempts at science, and sc
forth; at least he does at mine, so ]
never take into consideration any
thing he says on the subject. / said
nothing to add fuel to his indignation
and disgust, but captured the book
and took it up to bed with me to study
at my leisure-leaying him to put the
Others away, by-the-bye.
Now most firmly made up my mind
and stuck to it too, in spite of Ted, on
any other stupid person-that the en-
gagement between Langton and Eva
would come to nothing, and / thought
over it so much it became conviction.
Ted always says that it was FORUM
ate that we left for Scotland just then.
or he would have always declared
that the events which followed were
due to my interference. AS it is, |
feel quite innocent, as | only heard
the story in fragments from the long
letters we used to receive from friends
at home.
We gathered good deal from Lang
tons own letters to us both. At first
these letters were full of Eva. Eva
does this and Eva thinks that,
and so on, until we got sick and tired
of Eva, BY degrees we noticed that
Eva was less frequently quoted and
Langton mentioned in one letter that
he had been at the Newton's several
times and that they had an awfully
nice girl staying with them who sang
divinely, etc. etc. No name was men
toned but of course 1 stuck to it that
it was Vera Gray.
Ted said: Nonsense, the Newtons
know dozens of girls. Why should it
be SHEEP
But it was Vera, as we heard after
ward.
Meanwhile we had letters now and
then from Eva herself, which were
always full of the preparations for the
wedding; the trousseau, presents. and
so on, with very little mention of
Langton. We also saw an announce
ment in the paper that the marriage
was to take place early in the next
month. When Ted saw it he said:
Now / hope you are convinced"
sob, no, said /. There's MANY
slip 'twixt cup and lip and they're
not married yet"
We did not hear from Langton for
some little time after that, and it was
only week or two before the day
fixed for the wedding that we had a
short note of thanks for our present
(which Ted would send, though de-
clared it would not be wanted). and
the information that the happy (?)
pair were going to the South of France
for their honeymoon.
The wedding day passed over-we
could not go home for the event-and
Ted made me furious by drinking the
health of the bride and bridegroom at
dinner. You see even then l did
not give in, but said that till
saw the announcement in the paper
l should not believe the wedding had
come off.
Ted flew at the Times every morning
after for week, hoping to convince
me. We also investigated the Morn |
ing Post, Standard and every other
paper we could get hold of, but no /
notice was forthcoming.
At the end of the week / received a |
letter from dear old maiden lady at |
home. from which the following is an
extract:
''Of course you have heard of the
'eandalous behavior of the bride that
was to have been-Eva Darlington.
Fancy her running away on the very
morning OF the wedding day, and with
'ne of those fast-looking officers, too
Shocking, indeed. I can't say Mr..
lore seems to take his loss much to
heart. He started for Normandy yes
,erday, seemingly in the highest
spirits"
Imagine Ted's feelings and INV tri-
lmph! | gloated over that letter.
which, by the way, concluded with:
Mrs. Newton has adopted Charming
liece, Miss Gray. They are all in
Paris at present"
There" l cried, having read this
'ut, NOV perhaps you will apologize"
''Oh, well, you know 1 always said
hey were not bit suited to each
ther, and that was all the satisfac-
ion ever got out of Ted.
A few years after we went to paw a
ong visit to Mr.. and Mrs Langton
Iore. Vera Gore is even nicer than
era Gray had been, and 1 always
maintain that / had something to do
nth bringing about that most emf
emily satisfactory match.-Winter's
Iagazine.
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