Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-01-02

pearance would really be--er--uncom-
monty fetching. Stead Of that you
persist in following a hideous exaggera
ton Of fashion. which destroys your in
dividuality and is utterly unsuited to
your style. 1t seems a small thing in
itself, but it has farreaching conse-
uuences. The moment we meet notice
it, don't you know, and feel annoyed.
The whole time / am with you I am
worrying about it. 1t sets up chronic
state Of evaporation. Perhaps you don I
understand the feeling''-
"Oh, yes, dol / feel the same toward
you because you will insist on wearing
enormous stand mp collars / call that a
want Of perception, ii you like.
wouldn't be personal for the world, but
1 have seen men with longer necks
When you want to speak to your neigh
Dor, you have to twist yonr whole body.
1t makes me die with laughing to see
you"
Delighted to afford you so much
amusement Sorry make myself SC
ridiculous. You are excessively polite,
I'm sure.
lyon were great deal worse your
self. You said that To-
Nothing Of the kind. You misun.
derstood me. simply remarked
'Don't contradict! You said was an
ugly thing, and that it exasperated you
only to see me. You did It makes il
worse to deny it. ] can't think how you
can look me in the facep'
"Why get excited? It's really not
worth while, and you viii make your
self hot. 1t is not becoming to be hot.
was about to say when you SO rudely
interrupted me that you had misunder
stood the meaning Of my remarks.
simply Observed
II don't care little bit what you OBJ.
served. am not going to talk to you
any longer. Good afternoon, Captain
May. You needn't dance with me at
Lady Bottoms this evening, as my hair
annoys you so much. "
81 shall ask Miss Cunliffe instead.
She is capital Walter. Your mother
is waiting for you at the door. Fourth
and sixth, wasn't it, and the first extrai
i
much engaged. Good afternoon, then,
Miss Blanchard, if you will go, and as
the good little boys say, Thank you SC
much for the pleasant afternoon'
ON THE WAY HoME-HER soLILooUY.
''He never thought of such thing.
1t never occurred to him to think of her
in that light. Hateful creaturel And
why not, should like to know? Doesn't
he think I'm nice? *#* never cared
for him, but he has no business not tc
like me. What horrid tastei
"And to talk of a dozen other girls
That means Lucie Charvie, suppose,
and Adeline Rowe. / have noticed that
he dances with them. / don't see
why he should like them better than
me. I'm the prettiest, and can be aw
full nice if / like. | have never been
really nice to him, not my very incest,
or ne wouldn't have talked as he did to-
day. y / might try the effect this
evening.
81 meant to be offended, but perhaps
the other would have more effect. / be-
lieve I'll try it. No one can ever say
that I am flirt, but there are occasions
when it is girls duty to teach man
lesson, and he had no business to say
that about my hair. y & = | wonder if
he was right? He has awfully good
taste as rule.
II believe, after all, it would be
rather becoming. y I'll get Elsie to
try tonight and wear my new white
dress and the pearls, and I'll 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 am, he
will be vexed with himself for being
so nasty. 1t will do him no end Or
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 matter; it would be kind OF
mo to take the trouble, because it is
dreadful to see a man so conceited, and,
if it were not for that he would be
quite charming. = III begin this
evening. How exciting Poor Captain
Mayp'
HIS soLLoQUY.
"She looked disgracefully pretty.
Nothing like putting girl in a good
stand up rage to see what she's made
of. l never knew she had so much in
her before. And she would just as soon
think of falling in love with the man
in the moon, wouldn't she? That's