Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-23
The Girl in Green and
Her Future MOther-in-Law.
New York Journal.

Her Future MOther-in-Law.
New York Journal.
Well, how do you like your future
mother-in-law?" asked the girl IN red.
"Oh, don't speak of her! Yesterday
afternoon was the mos, awful period Of
my ufsw groaned the girl in green.
MY goodness gasped the girl in
red. you don't mean to say that she
snub6ed y.u?"
Nothing of the kind; r
Then she told you that she hoped
you really appreciated Harry, and gave
a list of his favorite dishes, and the
remedies to be Immediately applied N
case ne catches cold? Mum! l sus-
pected as much when l heard that his
mother lived in New Jersey"
''No; it was not that at all You
see, p
Had 10 premise that she should 1--we
with you? I know that was the way II
would be- Well, you needn't expect me
10 visit You the first year, that IS all
II there IS one thing L de,est, u Is -,
''W.u you listen 10 me moment!
shrieked the girl in green. she Is not
10 live with us, she doesn't want 10
I've with US. She'--
"Humph, Well, keep your eye on
her if she is gushing and says you are
just the kind Of girl she has Always
wanted him to marry A mother-ln-
law who begins by being civil Will end
by
she did not say anything OF the klnu!
Il was this way; Harry wanted me 10
meet his mother, 2s told You the 0tnsr
day. and as she was coming to town. 10
do some shopping yesterday, he thought
&c would be a good chance. He nad IN
tended TO bring hertz see me, but was
called 10 Philade.lh.a on important
business, so The evening before ne
bought Two tickets for The matinee
At
oh, I see! You were 10 sit side by
side and learn 10 be a real mother ana
daughter in the space Of three acts?
Not a bad ldC2-tOr q man.!
81 thought It very good one ana on.
what a ,.ue had getting ready. MY
hair jus- wouldn't curl, and az the last
minute | found there was a button OIL
my glove. and I knew she would augur
from that that Harry's garments Woulu
never know an equal number or Out-
tons and buttanholes After l Sawed II
on fairly flew for my car. fearing that
7 might be late and she would think
that was unQunc,ua, and would make
q poor wife
"Th3t settles It. I shall get nus
band from an orphan asylum or re-
main unwed Go On, dear
by running a block I caught my car
and reached the theatre in time; but,
Oh. Eul.ce, I couldn't find my ticket
anywhere"
"Wy goodness" how awful"
Wasn't it,? Harry had drawn d:a-
gram of the house, showing me just
where we were to sit, and so | told ihe
man at the docr I wanted him 70 let
me in without ticket, but the no7r.d
,ling wouldn't do g.
"Whv didn't YOU
II offered o give the seat right up If
anybody came to claim it, but he
wouldn't even agree to that. Then l
tried 20 find on. If she was there yet.
I asked him # a lady with gray hair,
wearing @. sealskin cape, had passed N.
He said as well as he could tell, 25O OF
them had, Wasn't that rude?'
"Awully. Harry should speak to the
manager of the house
II shall tell him 10. Well, I rushed
ONT and teleph0ned to Harry, but of
course he was till in Philadelphia, and
the typewriter didn't know a thing
about the t.ckats-typewr:;ers are al
ways so stupid. l asked her to look
among his private papers TO see if there
was any more tickets there, but she
said she didn't like to do Il. The ideal"
Absurd. What did you do neXt?'
Il think | cred q little. There was
a real nee wcman in the theatre lobby,
and she sad If she was in my place she
would 90 right home, look for the ticke2
and hurry back for the las. act. Such
a good idea. l had never thought Of
that"
And did you ac. on it?"
Il did. and Oh. the way home seemed
thousand miles. I was almost Wild
lest she take a fancy that l did not
want 20 meet her. and 50 become pre-
JUDGED against met
why, look here, Louise, why didn't
you just buy a ticket as near as you
could TO her seat and
why I never once thought Of that;
so I might"
"Of course. Well. | suppose you re-
membered just where your ticket was
as soca as you reached hOme?'
why, no; l couldn't remember a
thing abcu, it after Harry said he had
bought it. However. p
"Couldn't you find It, after ALP"
yes. What I found was a special
delivery Letter fer Harry, enclosing the
cke.-it had come just after l left.
You see. he had forgotten 10 give It TO
me AZ air
"Humph. And I suppose you had to
rush back to the theatre like mad"
well. no. You see. there was also
% telegram from mis- mother, saying that
she was III and had to put off her trip
uutil next week. SOL
STUFF. You take my advice, my
dear" said the g.rl in red. land break