Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-11-26

Girl ROOmmate's Troubles.

lNe come 10 take sanctuary with
YOU" said the girl in the blue and
green hat. 1.-THE fact is that don't
care to meet Louise for q day or
two"
Been using her postage stamps,
spilling her cologne, or-can it be
possible that the lovely chiffon boa
you were displaying at the theatre
the other night was hers ?" asked the
girl in the plum colored gown.
"Oh, no, dear child, it's a great
deal worse than that. You know
you prophesied trouble when Louise
and l took room together last
month";
81 think l only said that no room
that was ever built was large enough
for two feminine occupants. What
has Louise been doing then d? Did
she hang her rainy day dress on the
hook over your tluffiest tea gown, or
has she insisted upon mOnopolizing
the mirror
N-neither; she-u
Will use your curling-irons, will
She? Well, the incest girl ever
roomed with did that. Worse still,
she used my bonnet brush on her
velvet cape! A girl who would do
a thing like that"
Must come to some violent end I!
L know. But l must say for Louise
that she does none of these things.
She-D
Refused to get up first in the
morning and poke the fire, then :?
Pshaw, just let it 90 out for a morn
ing or two-that will fetch her. /
know how pink Louise's nose always
turns if she gets the least bit cold :"
"No, she always attends to the
tire-won't allow me to touch it, in
fact. You saw me at the theater
with Jack the other evening, didn't
you? You know he used to call to
take me out pretty often when I was
at the other house, but somehow,
things haven't gone so we'll SINCE /
moved. Louise and I are the only
boarders, so we share the parlOr,
and"
81 begin to see now"
Louise will stay in the room
when Jack calls, and we seldom get
word alone. TO be sure, he calls
oftener than ever, but"
&c 1t does you no good with another
girl always in the room."
"That's it. Now, he spent Tues.
day evening with me-us, rather
didn't see him a minute alone
Louise even wanted to go to the door
with him !"
"How ridiculous! And you
can't complain to him, because of
his masculine vanity"
"That's just it. I knew, too, that
he had something to say, because he
fidgeted so in the hall. He had no
chance to say it, though, and 1 was
not at all surprised when I came in
to the room the following afternoon
to see one of his familiar grey blue
envelopes on the mantel. 1t was
dusk, and l crouched down on the
hearth rug to read it. 1t was an in
vitation to 60 that very evening to
see that play of which you spoke
when 1 met you on Monday. BY
the way, it was on Sunday that /
met him, and / didn't remember
mentioning the play. OF course,
was pleased to go. He said that,
as the time was so short, he wouldn't
bother me to reply, but would come
in hopes L would CO."
"And you went 2"
"Of course. You should have
seen how envious Louise was. She
had been talking about that very
play for week. But what puzzled
me was Jacks behavior when he
came. He seemed surprised to see
me waiting for him."
Expected you to keep him wait
ing, most likely"
And he asked so oddly for Lou
ise."
"Supposed that she wasn't in the
room, suppose"
land all evening he was so queer
and fiighty that as soon as 1 got up
this morning-Louise had gone down
to breakfast--I fished out that invi-
tation to the theatre and re-read it
hoping to find the key to
the mystery"
And did you ?"
"Yes. / hadn't looked at the en-
velope at all. 1t was addressed to
Louise"