Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-25
uNLuckY.
He Was Charming Young Man. but She
 Had Met Him Before.


 Had Met Him Before.
 ''I always was unlucky," said the girl whose bonnet consisted of buckle and bow, but the worst accident of my life befell me last evening sup. pose you've heard all about it?''
 ''I did hear that your engagement was broken" admitted the girl whose hat must have weighed five pounds.
 That is ancient history, my dear It happened a week ago. We had dread ful quarrel"-
 ''As oft before"
 "Yes. l usually make overtures at the end of week and say it is all my fault That melts him, and it ends by my hay ing everything my own way"
 But. why''-
 ''I was so ferociously angry this time that it took me ten days to get my feathers smoothed. and then it was too late. He had had time to find out tbat there are lots of nice girls in the world and to decide that he was not anxious to settle down with one of them just yet. "
 II thought Gs much when heard that he had told Ethel Briggs that but for her all this ideals of womanhood would be shattered.
 Fancy girl with feet like Ethel Briggs being any mans ideal! Well. I knew it was all up, so I just told all the girls that had treated Jack shock ingly. and hoped somebody would con. sole him soon, for he was Q heavy load on my conscience.
 "Did you tell Ethel? If not, l will
 ''I wish you would. didn't quite dare to, for Ethel has a nimble tongue of her own.
 "All right Brother Dick calls on her a good deal, and she does not dare to quarrel with me But about the ac- cident?'
 'Oh, went to Mrs. Mixup's recep- tion last evening. l should have known better, for I forgot and put on my right shoe first when got up in the morn ing, and that is sure to mark the be- ginning of an unlucky day"
 You should have just gone back to bed and remained there
 But didn't was surprised that Mrs. Mixup remembered about my broken engagement. She is such flighty woman. She did, however. and rallied me playfully about it. '
 II don't see why. Her own daughter is the veteran of dozen engagements.
 "I know. Well, was having a splen did time ill spite of the fact that Jack was present and wouldn't speak to me, and knew that everybody was talking about my affairs Late in the evening Mrs. Mixup came up and whispered to me that she wanted to introduce charming young man to me. She felt that we would be congenial said would be delighted, and she told me that he, too, had just had his engagement broken. She didn't know the name of the girl, but Ethel Briggs had told her that she was selfish and mercenary and had almost ruined his faith in woman kind.
 Some more of Miss Ethel's mischief making Well. it was good chance for you to even up matter with her.
 ''So thought. A few minutes later was standing in the middle of the room, telling lot of people about a funny thing that happened while was in Denver. when up walked Mrs. Mixup with her charming young man.
 "A good time for''-
 And before could prevent her she had introduced us. Oh, Ida, it was Jack himself! And as long as live 1 shall never forget the expression on the faces of tho people about us aS We man. aged to mako Mrs. Mixup understand that we were already acquainted. "- Chicago Tribune.