Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-04-25
SOME DILEMMAs.
But tn. Worst One Was the Story Of the
Letters.


But tlns Worst One Was the Story Of the
Letters.
They were having real nice time to-
gether, and they had told each other al
most all Of their private affairs when one
Of them remarked, as she deftly reno red q
marshmallow from hatpin on which she
had toasted 1t, Look here, girls, wish
you would tell me the very worst thing
that ever happened to you"
Him." replied the plump brunette,
''that is easy enough in my own case. 1t
happened the last time / went sleighing
with Tom. You see, we quarreled desper-
ately and"--
"Was that it'" slyly put in the tall
blond.
ut was not 1t was the discovery after
had refused to speak to him that had
lost my handkerchief. We had five miles
yet to reach home, and 1 had cold any
how, SO you may imagine my sufferings. +"
Mercy on us, that was nothing at all, I"
groaned the tall blond. Don't waste any
sympathy on her, girls, but listen to me. I
was just starting to dress the other day
when Walter sent up a message that he
had stopped on his way to the train and
wouldn't I see him for q moment right
awayp In my haste I got on Mays back
hair instead of my own. 1t Is nine shades
darker, SO you can imagine the effect. The
parlor curtains were at the laundry, too
the sun was shining brutally in, and /
discovered my mistake in the mantel mir
ror as took my seat. Think uf it'll After
he had written poem, which was almost
accepted by magazine, to my 'Riotous
Golden Hairl'"
"Oh, obi" groaned the first girl, "that
was simply awful As for me, you know
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.
1.-THE one with sleeves like sublimated
sofa pillowsf" queried the plump brunette.
"The same. had on my pink one, but
it faded away like sunrise before hers.
determined to have sleeves like those or
ill an early grave, SO in the morning | told
her that couldn' possibly wear my pink
waist homo in daytime, and she actually
loaned me hor new one."
Even Dora has good fit sometimes"
said the tall blond.
i
took off the waist which / had promised
to send right back, and few to the dress
makers with it. She promised to make
my new sleeves just like 'em, and was
coming. peacefully away when whom
should meet on the Threshold but Dora
herselfl'
tOh, Fan, how awful"
"It was. Not as bad as 1t might have
been, though, for she had my pink waist
in her hand She had come to have the
garniture ON 1t copied. OF course neither
of us could say word, but the one mo-
ment in which I knew that was found
out was tho most awful of my life.
woke up at night bathed in cold perspira
tion at the thought of it,
"And no wonder, said the other girls
In chorus. "Do have some more marshmal-
lows, DEAR
The melancholy girl with the brown
hair heaved sepulchral sigh: II am glad
to know that other people have woes too.
have mine. George and quarreled des-
perately yesterday because he actually
said was flirting with JIM
"And were youf" queried the blond.
"Of course not. denied it indignant
ly and gave back his ring on the spot.
When he was gone, bundled up his let
ters, called messenger and sent them off
that had by mistake inclosed lot Of
Jim's with them, and now I'm wondering
how I'm ever going to explain them away" I"
And for a moment there was an aweG
silence in tho room.-Chicago Tribune.