Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-09
The Woes of the Girl
With Two Admirers.
New York Journal.

New YORK journal
you dear thing. I haven't seen you for
an age" cried the girl in the velvet jack
ct. as she dropped into seat in the car.
But what have you been doing? You
look quite pale
Trying to keep two young men uncon-
scious Of each other existence" replied
the girl i'm the short cape you see. I
like them equally; they are both lovely
to me- and the only fault either Of them
has is Jealousy"
oh. pshaw" said the girl in the velvet
jacket, "the man who is not jealous is so
much i'm love with himself that he has no
affection left for anybody else
We'll perhaps so. Now, Ted Brown
smith. that is one Of them. likes to see
me wear blue, while Jack-you know Jack
limit, don't you?-always wants me to
wear pink. 1 try TO please them both but
it requires a varied wardrobe. and that
does not please Pa. Then Ted admires
the new woman. ana likes to talk politics,
while Jack wants TO see me do fancy
work. and would be shocked IL he thought
/ knew ballot from "a corkscrew.
They both bring me books to read. Ted
are on political economy and J.ck's are
chiefly poetry. The worst of it is that 1
haven't time to read the half of them.
and I don't l-now what I'd do but for
Norah; She
IL know; a girl whose dearest friend
could not call her anything but scrawuy
has no choice she must be intellectual"
Yes Well. she reads them all and tells
me what is in them. She says it saves
her the cost of "a subscription to some
library"
80 it does. And no man would care to
lend her books because she can understand
them without any explanation. But don't
You have "a good deal of trouble?'
Trouble? ~. 1 often wish tina. I
was the two-headed girl, or even twins.
You see. don't dare to quarrel with
Norah nowadays lest she revenge herself
10y telling me the wrong thing to say
about some of the books; that in itself
is trying but it is nothing compared to
my other woes. The other day l was ex-
pecting Ted when Jack called; l was in
the parlor and just had time TO slip behind
that tall screen. There was a mouse
gnawing at the chairboard just behind
me. and vet there I had to stand notion
less while Norah hunted all over the house
for me It took her fifteen minutes. and
I was momentarily expecting to hear
Teds ring-oh. YOU needn't laugh. don't
see anything funny in"-
"Of course not. I was only
Yes but the worst time was last Tues
day evening Tuesday is one of Ted's
regular evenings to- call. but Jack had
somehow protten SUSPICIOUS and wrote me
that DE would fetch me up a book ne had
promised me tbet evening l didn't know
what TO do. but Ted came up in the az
ternocn TO SAY that his sister was in town
and ne would be obliged TO take her to
the theatre"
We'll you were i'm luck"
ct should have been, but II overdid
my disappointment. and at the last mo-
ment he got q friend to act as his sisters
escort and came up 10 surprise me-
with the RESULT
THAT I had to 30 to bed with a sore
throat AM deny myself to both Of them
All. l assure YOU. I have managed very
cleverly. and they are and will remain in
utter ignorance Of each others existence.
I wonder what those girls who just got
out were laughing at; surely they-why.
here comes Nell"
why. how are YOU both?" cried the
girl I'm the huge hat. II met Ted Brown
smiths sister just getting of. and Jack
limits cousin was with her / suppose
they came down town with you-why.
Flora. what ON earth is the matter. you
look so queer"