The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-21
THEY HAD KNOWN MISFORTUNE
And They Enjoyed Each Others Society as
Only tho IrulY Mt&erahla Can.


They were having real nice time
together and they had told each othe,
almost all of their private affairs when
one OF them remarked as she deity 70
moved a marshmallow from a hatpiu
on which she had toasted it.
Look here, girls, l wish you would
tell me the very worst thing that has
ever happened 10 you"
HIM" replied the plump brunette.
shat is easy enough in my own case.
1t happened the last I went sleighin2
with Tom. You see we quarreled des-
perately and"
WAS that itT slyly put in the tall
blonde.
1T was not. 1t was the discovery
after l had refused to speak to him
that had lost my handkerchief We
had five miles yet to reach home, and
had cold anyhow, so you may i'm
agine my suferings"
Mercy on US, that was nothing at
at all" groaned the tall blonde; don't
waste any sympathy on her, girls, but
listen TO me. l was just starting to
dress the other day when Walter sent
up message that he had stopped on
his way to the train and wouldn't ! see
him for moment right away? In my
haste got on Mays back hair instead
of my own. 1t is nine shades darker.
so you can imagine the effect Tho
parlor curtains were at the laundry,
too, the sun was shining brutaiiy in,
and l discovered my mistake in the
mantel mirror as I took my seat.
Think OF il, After he had written q
poem, which was almost accepted oy q
magazine. 10 my 'Riotous Golden Hair?
20, o." groaned the first girl, that
was simply awful As for me, you
know l would perish before l would
admire Dora's sleeves. Well, one
night ] staid with her and nearly died
OF envy at her new dark blue waist"
The one with sleeves like subli-
mated sofa pillows?" queried the plump
brunette.
The same. had on my pink one,
but it faded away like sunrise before
hers. | determined 20 have sleeves
like those or Ill an early grave, so in
the morning ] told her that | couldn't
possibly wear my pink waist home in
daytime and she actually loaned me
her new one
Even Dora has a good fit some
times" said the tall blonde.
MIN. l went home as fast as
could. took of the waist which had
promised TO send right back, and few
to the dressmaker with il. She prom
ised TO make my new sleeves just like
EN- and / was coming peacefully away
when whom should / meet on the
but Dora herseli"'
20, Fan, how awful
1T was Not as bad as il migh. have
been, though, for she had my pink
waist in her hand; she had come 10
have the garniture on il copied. OF
course neither of US could say word,
but the one moment in which I knew
that was found out was the most aw-
full of my life. ] woke ND az night
bathed IN cold perspiration al the
Of it
And no wonder" said the other
girls in chorus DO nave some more
dear
ne melancholy glri with the brown !
hair heaved a sepulchral sign: Il am !
glad 10 know that other people have I
woes, too. ] have mine. George and I /
ruarreled desperately yesterday. be /
rause he actually said ] was flirting 4
with jim --"
And were you? queried The blonde
'-of course not. denied Il indIy- 4
nsntly and gave back his ring on the 4
,pot- When he was gone I bundled up I
ais letters, called q messeav and T.
cent them OF before I drew a breath.
Today ! discovered ina: ] mad By MS
axe inclosed lot OF Jims with them,
ina now Il wondering how I'm ever
yoing 70 explain them away
And for a moment there was an awk-
ward silence "a the roOra- & h4caEo
tribune.