The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-08

herd" and he was gone before Mr.. Dean
had time to sympathise with him or
claim the hat.
But now the farmer believes in ticks.
She was desperate. Undoubtedly she
had right to be and while her COM
panion evidently had no hand in the au-
thorship of her angered state OF mind,
she felt that it was safer to allow her to
tell how il was than resist and ran the
risk of annihilation.
at was this way" said the blond girl
and the brunette girl took a fresh chew
of gum and settled down to the inevita-
BILE.
"You know Harry asked me to go with
him to the last Sans Paren party" said
the blond.
"Uh-huh," said the brunette.
well, you know it was the first all
alone Sans Pareil invitation / have had
this year and l was just tickled to death.
You know l just hate Harry, but he
knows how 10 do things and gets such
lovely flowers and you always ride aud
he's nice dancer and besides that obi
GUS Belle Hanson has acted as if she
owned him, and besides l thought I'd
better not miss such a good opportunity
to take her down a peg, SO l made great
preparations to go. 1 further decided
would make an impression on Harry and
keep him the rest of the winter and have
Belle just furious So l had a dress
made specially for the occasion. 1t cost
me almost all the money I had saved up
for bicycle, but what's bicycle in a
case like thar"
"Of co urse," said the brunette girl.
"WelI, you know Frank Eve told
you about Frank. Frank happened to
be in town on that very day and about 4
o'clock got note from him telling me
he would be up that evening and would
bring friend. What was 1 going to
do?"
"Huh." suggested the brunette girl.
"Frank doesn't get to town very often
and of course / would give up almost
anything to see him any time But
thought of that dress and of the dances
this winter and of-of Belle, and l tell
you it was a hard struggle. But Frank
won as Frank always does and l sent my
regrets to Harry saying that l had been
suddenly taken i'll and must be excused.
l was afraid he would call to see how l
was SO just added that 1 was too sick
to see anyone but that it was nothing
dangerous" -
The brunette girl giggled There was
nothing else to do.
"But [ couldn't lose the effect of that
dress so 1 went on getting ready just as
though l was going to the party. Ihad to
send for the hair dresser. l couldn't 60
ing Harry. Harry;s flowers came and of
course couldn't send them back SO
wore them and by eight o'clock l looked
just killing"
And then" said the brunette girl.
'And then" continued the blond girl;
"neither of them came. just cried.''
81 should-think-you said
the brunette girl with emphasis.
"Bnt that isn't the worst of it. It hap
pened that Franks friend knew Harry
aud the next day he met him and told
him about it"
"Oh. OH" said the brunette girl.
st"And now Harry won't speak
to me and 1 hear he's going to
take Belle to the next party l shan't
write to Frank for month at least. OF
course I've got a new dress. but where m
l going to wear it I'd like to know, for
Harry was little enough to tell all the
boys, and Pm boycotted though 1 didn't
intend that for pun"
Aud the brunette girl agreed that
it was all Just perfectly terrible