The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-08-23
A FEMININE DEVICE.
ny HATTIE LUsrMIs.

AAAAA III Aal.ANINA
O. HHAT Miss Delamore,.
feS yachting party would
~ u ~ prove a success was 4
sVsSSs ~ foregone conclusion.
Miss Delamore was her
syyfSS self success, and all
~lSfS her undertakings bore
the imprint OF her con-
W quering personality.
Inose honored by her invitations were
IN tne habit OF accepting promptly.
while those not so fortunate were nro,,.
erIy envious and cast down. Accor5.
ingiy, when for this particular occa-
sion she received regrets. aud those
TOO. from Kitty Crawford, on whom
she had principally relied for the am
tertainmept Of her guests, Miss Della
more simply set her lips together With
Napoleonic firmness and drove At once
TO Kitty's home to inquire into the
matter.
she found the young lady In the gar
den langnidly occupying a hammock
and alfred in negIirce gown which
the male observer would have thought
enchanting, but which Miss Delamore
was too absorbed to notice.
"As for your not going. NV dear -
she said, piunging into the converse
ton with her usual impetuosity, that's
all nonsense, you know It's got to be
arranged somehow. I've depended ON
having YOU sing. and, besides. the
yacht Is perfect dream now that It
has been reatted. What's the matter
anyway, Kitty?" As She hurled this
question at her friend she bent upon
her controlling gaze such as the hyp.
notist fixes on his prospective victim.
But the other girl was as shrewd as
she and as self-possessed. .'oh, / don't
know, Lou she answered, with care
lessness that was almost too elaborate
I'm rather used up, ana, besides, the
sea breeze burns one TO a crisp. espe.
cially the nose. And, considering the
tilt Of mine. you know. l can't be too
careful about giving II undue promi.
nence.n
What absnrdity--from Kitty Craw.
ford!' thought Miss Delamore; but she
only said: Nonsense! Wear a veil.
I'm going to have the jolliest sort OF a
crowd, Kitty. i want you to meet
Miss huntington, Of Baltimore; she's
really distractingly pretty. And Mr..
Jack Walford-let's see. Do you know
him?n
Miss Crawford, lowering her inscru.
table lids, admitted having met the
gentleman in question at her uncle's
seaside residence. She neglected to
add, however, that they had immedi.
ately and mutually fallen in love, a
state Of affairs eliminating in an en-.
gagement after six weeks acauaint-
ance, aud that just month before
this very morning they had quarreled
irretrieyably and parted forever. Nor
did she mention that in breaking this
brief engagement she had come as
near to breaking her heart as well.
conducted nineteenth century girl ever
comes to so ill-advised proceeding.
Not being given to indiscriminate con-
tidences Kitty referred 70 none Of
these things but their recollection
may account for her saying. in very
langnia voice i,.ea ~ her friend rose 10
q ION expect me tomorrow. Lous
but II the day Is lovely. and happen
to feel just like 4. may come.
Whereupon Miss Delamore, interpret
ing the remark as an unconditional
surrender, kissed her enthusiastically,
and went away in triumph.
But when Kitty came on board the
yacht next morning there was not in
her manner the faintest trace Of list
lessness or languor. In her blue yacht
ing suit, with jaunty sailor hat
perched carefully on one side, she was
the very embodiment of girlish anima-
ton. Her advent was hailed with an
enthusiasm universal, except in the
case OF one young man, who exclaimed,
under his breath: "The devill She