Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-05-07

but it has farreaching consequences
The moment we meet ] notice it, dom t
you know, and feel annoyed The whole
time / am with you l am worrying
about it. It sets mp chronic state Of
evaporation. Perhaps you don't under
stand the feeling"-
"Oh, yes, ! dol Perfectly feel the
same toward You because you will in
sist ON wearing enormous stand up col
lars. l call that want of perception,
if you like. L wouldn't be personal for
the world, but l have seen men with
longer necks. When you want TO speak
to your neighbor, you have to twist
your whole body. 1t makes me die with
laughing to see you
Delighted to afford you 50 much
amusement Sorry make myself 50
ridiculousl You are excessively polite,
I'm sure.
'You were a great deal worse your
self You said that r.
Nothing Of the kind You misun-
derstood me. I simply remarked''-
Don't contradict You said l was
an ugly thing, and that it exasperated
you only to see me. You didi 1t makes
it worse 70 deny it. | can't think how
you can look me in the facet"
"Why get excited? It's really not
worth while and you will make your
self 50 hot It's not becoming to be hot.
was about to say when you 50 rudely
interrupted me that you had misunder-
stood the meaning Of my remarks. /
simply observed"--
ST don't care a little bit what You OBJ
served. I am not going to talk to you
any longer. l am going across the room
to mamma. Good afternoon, Captain
May. You needn't dance with me at
Lady Bolton 5 this evening, as my hair
annoys you 50 much. Il
II shall ask Miss Cunliffe instead.
She is a capital waltzer. Your mother
is waiting for you 1T the door Fourth
and sixth, WASH it, and the first extra?
must ask her at once, as she is so
much engaged. Good afternoon, then,
Miss Blanchard, if you will go, and, as
the good little boys say, Thank you so
much for a pleasant afternoon. ;"
ON THE WAY HoME-HER sOLLoQUY.
''He never thought Of such thing.
1t never occurred to him to think Of me
i'll that light. Hateful creaturel And
why not, should like to know? Doesn' It
he think I'm nice? = 4 / never cared
for him, but he has no business not to
like me. What horrid taste! And
to talk of a dozen other girls That
means Lucie Charvie, I suppose, and
Adeline Rowe. I have noticed that he
dances with them. l don't see
why he should like them better than
me. I'm the prettiest, and / can be aw-
fully nice if / like. | have never been
really nice to him-not my very incest
OF he wouldn't have talked as he did
today. | might try the effect this
evening | meant to be offended, but
perhaps the other would have more ef-
feet. I believe I'll try it. No one can
ever say that | am "a fiirt, but there are
occasions when it is a girls duty TO
teach a man lesson, and he had no
business TO say that about my hair
Iwonder if he was right? He has
awfully good taste, as a rule believe,
after all, it would be rather becoming
Ill get Elise to try tonight, and
wear my new white dress, and the
pearls, and Ill say to him the very first
thing that I'm sorry and ask him to
dance with me, all the same. Then, when
he sees how nice l am, he viii be vexed
with himself for being SO hasty. 1t will
do him no end Of good I'd give worlds
if he would only propose to me before
the season is over. I'd refuse him, of
course, but that wouldn't matter 1t
would be kind Of me to take the trouble
because it il dreadful to see man 20
conceited, and if it were not for that he
would be quite charming Ill be-
gin this evening How exciting! Poor
Cantain Mavr'