Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-17
1T WAS CRUEL KINDNESS.
And the Victims Enjoyed Telling Fac
Other All About Their Woes


Other All Abou. Their Woes
"Some things are all wrong in this
world" sighed the girl i'll the black
and white hat, "and 1 only wish had
a contract to set them straight. :"
"What would you do frst?" asked the
girl in the pink shirt waist
'Do? I'd establish bureau fer teach
ing young men how to select the right
kind of presents for girls, that's what
I'd doP'
H'ml Well, it wouldn't be a bad
idea, but L don't know that you would
have many patrons Most of them think
they know just what we like, and we
haven't the courage to undeceive them. y
every true. suppose, however, that
men who had been engaged before and
widowers and possibly men who have
sisters might -
Nothing of the kind, my dear. Don't
you believe it. Men who have sisters
will keep on asking them what to give
other girls while this planet endures. -
"And those sisters will continue to
suggest articles which no girl would
ever waqt Or which cost as little as pos
sible," broke in the girl III the blue
blouse.
SCI fear you are right, +" sighed the
girl III the black and white hat. "That
mean Eva told Frank-after I had been
a month working him up to it-not to
give me a jeweled belt buckle, as she
was sure l wouldn't like to accept any
thing so expensive. She advised him to
give me hook of poems instead. Oh,
I'll get even with that girl some day, if
I live long enough"
"You needn't DEAR" said the girl in
the pink shirt waist. edwin has done
it for you. What do you think he gave
her ON her birthday?'
"a birthday book, hope, orr
An alarm clock, dear. l was there
when it came 1t was a fearful blow to
her hopes, for she knew as we'll as l did
that no man who had anything but the
most platonic feeling for a girl would
ever send her such a prosaic thing"
"I'm glad to hear it," said the girl in
the black and white hat. ooh, you
ought to see the things Fred brings
Dora, now that they are engaged. be-
heve the chambermaid at his hotel Sc
lects them for him. She is ashamed to
let any one see them, SO she tells him
she values them SO highly that she al
ways keeps them in cotton wool and I'M
der lock and key"
eyes, she truly loves him." sighed
the girl in the blue blouse, "but what
will she dowith those things after they
are married."
'fTell him the truth about them, I
suppose, said the girl III the pink shirt
waist. SIT viii not matter SO much
then, you know. By the way, did you
ever hear how I selected Charley's pres
ent for myself and how
81 didn't know he ever gave yen a
present." cried the girl in the blue
blouse. "Toll rs al about it?''
'WelL I never could be sure whether
he liked me or Fan best until one even
ing when we We're both at her house
and it happened that she and I both
mentioned the fact that we were dying
for solid silver afternoon teakettle.
On the way home he asked me to go
with him to the silversmith's the next
day. I agreed and asked what lie want
ed me to help select, and when he told
me teakettle / was ready to die Ct
joy"
Eyes, how nice to let you select It
yourself. Then you would know just
what it costs too, said the girl i'll tie
black and white hat.
''That was what thought, too and 1
selected a handsome one, [ tell you. I'm
sorry now did. -
"Oh, well, he can Afford
cit wasn't that, dear. 1t turned out
that it was for Fan-and, oh, girls, she
gave an afternoon tea just to display it
and asked ne to assist her. He was
there, too, and had to smile just as if
nothing had happened, when 1 only
wanted to delugo linn with the hot wa
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