Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
A PAIR OF FOOLS.
BY p. WAKTHUK II.

fore the appointed HfftfF Size WIS -ust
as inpatient a. IL it wer- ,ouC past A.
she could NOT spend all her time look
ing IN che mirror over the mau-sf ~
sec z her hair was Just right and AZ
her ribbons in place. or N admiriug
her diamond engagement ring. she
finally picked up the uuruing paper
AMI began IA read After scanning
the millinery advertisements she
searched TIL she found the Wit and
Wisdom column. M then curied
herself in a e~anacious Easy chair and
prepared % pass the time A. pleasantly
- possible
Vow 10 sometimes happens that news
paper almorists are exceedingly wise
Young men who frequently give utter
snce "a marvellous maxlms Is Mas
read down the column. laughing al the
lnAe= and FROM time - ume exclaim-
ing against her lovers tardin-sS her
eye was arrested BY 4 notable bit Of
Wisdom Il -eai as t1iIows
No girl buta tBoi would marry a
man whom she has never seen CT
ragged
How absurd she exclaimed What
good would t do ua see him enrlue
T. would ONLY make hIHn say Disagree
able things
Then she mused awhile well.
she Thought perhaps ir would Dr. bet
t-r "a know before one is married
than after what dis-ag-e-ahie things
man can say { an not going % en-
rage FRED TOR any such funlisl reason.
but perhaps. IL would be good fun o
tease him a little What can I do I
couldn't enraEe ham very well without
flirting and am NOT going ~ do that
know. lie always says a rri with
beautiful HAIR can m4ke herself look
more hldr0us by DOING u NJ unuaste-
tulT a la auF other way-and ar
hates o. see min made ND ia a Knot
On t1p q mg head I'll Just make 4
mp that vag and s-r how he w.lI at.
T. VIII annoy am 81 that I can tease
him Just 4 E-tle AZ then make W
trieuztA lie deserves a little punish
meut. anyway, TOR it : almasg i've
minutes past eight o ciack
q hurried Away "a her room ~
maze the change Just a. Fred rang Tie
doorneL lie Sas admitted uy the
servant ami was surprised aue - daai
May prepared u greet ain. Bu. went
into Lle par.ar - wait In las hand
he aad a box Of ban-bons he had
ornuglr IN pa meat Of a wager he had
lost To maze wager VITA his iaue-e
ami use them Is the darv and izllghr
of every rue lover While wairur he
united the ribbon Of Tie bux- - ma
me might get IL the sweets vitaaa
delay Bat sull she did not come.
To pass enc tine he was a. last
forced u1 uaAs up The paper May had
lett n The easy enalr Eiaalnx L
tulael 81 a. "a snow The wit and Wis
dom column he began u read tie
paragraphs As became 4 man Of the
worth he snifet cun-tsmptuouslv a.
the old Iu1es and smiled parruuizsngl-
Al those that were new - hIm. sui
denly he came "a 4 deaf hat az Tic
companion paragraph - the one that
was inspiring Mag conduct At that
moment L read
No man but a fool ~ouli anarrv a
girl whom Ae had never seen cry
What uoussase he sad as he
passed on Ia the next paragraph But
he azaat read much be6or- h= found
himself uraIng 6ae< - rhas piece u
vision
BY love he thought Il have
never seen Ma CRY. Well Z hoo- Z
never shall I xouder what IS KEEN
Ing here Probably she is preparing
some little surprise for me- and he
smiled "A himself with that biisssal
egursm peculiar - men who are en-
gagged After awhile he rehectei- Il
wansier Z It would really be verv hard
% MAKE her crvs guess not she IS
sucn dear ue-nder-hearted IEt.e Great
IRE Z would be cruel - try >ul i
could easily explain everything away
amt then We cuu.d make up friends
>he really deserves some punishment
Tor keeping me waiting believe Fl
pretend 70 BE- offended and MAKE nv
self Asagrseable % her know that
WI bring the tears 70 her eyes IN an
instant AMI then III explain. To be-
ga wiki, I'll pretend not 10 haze
brought the candies He went out in
- me hallway - hide the COX. The
first place that suggested Itself was
his hat ami ne dropped the box INTO
its ample depth he had no sooner re-
turned - the parloF than MIg ao-
peared Each had the same end in
vlew-ro offend the other slightly uf
course neither began the plan OF cam
palgn until after the kiss Of greeting
Then he noticed that her hair was
made up IN the way ne detested There
was his excuse for being d~isag-eeabIe
and he jumped II It
Have you any idea how homelv You
look when you have your hair made
up IN that way?' he asked.
The cruel candor of ne question
made her gasp, for he had always
vowed that she looked beautiful IN
every way
Why, she answered. sauciIv. there
are other people who Ike il very much
In this way
Who. for instancsg'
Reggie Burnett
A GssestabIe fellow. whom Fred
would rot honor by considering a. a
rival
Tan proud 70 ind you value his
crI,-cn O ina mine he answered.
hoty-
He. az Least. does not neglect 70
pay waen ne loses \ wager" shs re-
sponeed- looking a5our for the exrecs,
ed lex Of candies
Then he Is Just me man for you u
make wazers win
Thanks for the advice. I shall A.
range one with him the next time he
calls
And you can make u7 your hair i
exactly the way he likes IL
IT Is that way now
Perhaps you are expecting him u