Evening journal., 1897-12-20


and other trappings to her girl friends.
She enjoys her triumph and then sits
down and writes to Miss Sue.
SCENE II-WINTER.
COUNTRY COUSIN TO CITY COUSIN.
DearSue:It seems almost an age since
you left us and went back to town. How
we missed you and wished you were
here to see the Fall leaves coming
down. The woods were just beautiful,
Sue, with hues which no art could pon
tray; but alas the black frosts have
come down, and their beauties have
faded away The country looks sober
and bare, and I long for the city's gay
swirl. with its hustle and hustle and
glare, which bewilder a young country
girl. And Sue, | am dancing with joy,
for papa and mamma now say that ]
may come up and see you, If you will
just tell me the day. My dresses are
already made; tomorrow my trunk /
will pack, and I've told all the folks
here at home that don't think Pll
ever come back. So, after this letter
you've read, please drop me an answer
in haste, for, really. / so much regret
every moment / stay here and waste. /
sit and l dream Of the joys l shall have
when away from the dell-so show me
the toys and tell all the boys to pay
court to your own little NELL.
CITY COUSIN TO COUNTRY COUSIN.
Dear Nell: am sorry to say that our
home is just crowded with guests, 1
am nearly run off of my feet in fulfill
/ ing their various behests. Poor mother
is sick with q cold, and father has Just
had spell My grandma is growing
! quite old, and our cook, she is not very
well. I've quite fallen out with the
boys, and they never come near any
more; there isn't the least bit OF noise.
and scarcely a thing in the store. The
city's as dead as can be, so 1 wouldn't
advise you to come, for, really, there's
nothing to see, which you haven {
| right there at your home Next door
there's a nasty young brat. who has
caught diphtheretic sore throat: I'm
in need of a new Winter hat, and papa
| won't get me a coat I haven't been
out on the street but once since / came
from the farm, and then / was chased
by man and screamedrtill the brute
took alarm. Two burglars were found
in our house by pa in the dead of the
night. They had actually entered my
room, and l almost perished with
fright. 1 hoped l could tell you tc
come, for l love you so much and sc
well, but Of course you can now plainly
see that the thing is impossible Nel
Perhaps in the Spring you can come
and stay for a whole day or two. anC
Wen take in the stores and the sight.
and go up the Brandywine. TOO. Aftel
that I'll come down on the farm. ant
spend all the Summer with you:mean
while, think of me in your prayers. il
the wish Of your own loving SUE.
When Miss Nellie reads this Iette
she is bitterly disappointed, but it's full
significance does not dawn upon her
She is half sorry that she cannot 20
and yet half glad that she is able to re
main away from wOmen-chasers. burg
lars and diphtheria. In a day or two
however, she meets a girl friend VIII
has just returned from a days visit L
Wilmington.
on, came very near forgetting Z
tell you, Nell she says. Il saw Su
. hon Market street yesterday afternoon
She was walking along with a fellow OF
each side of her and was dressed to kill
, The ostrich tips in her hat must hav
, cost $40 or S12, and she had the love
: liest coat you ever saw Just ahea
Of her were two ladies, one quite ole
but wonderfully well preserved. and q
/ / passed l heard one Of them saw
J Mother, isn't our dear Sues hat quit
/ | Decoming?' and the real lady sal
! | Yes"
Then 1t all dawns upon Miss Nelli,
o She tells her mother and that nigl
: her pillow is wet with tears. Will
' Miss Sue is doubtless laughing Light
: at the opera.
k FATE OF A GOOD-NATURED Man
r A mans affection for his wife som,
n times prompts him to go down tow
+ to do small commissions for her at th
e stores. Before he gets back home /
; almost invariably regrets his goOdne.
r, Of heart, for something is likely to o,
S cur to mar the pleasure of the tri'
n Even if he gets back home all rigl
II just as likely as not something will 7
r. amiss or wholly forgotten and his Wi
e will gently remind him that as a shol
ie per he is a dismal failure and that
e would have been money in her poclu
3, if she had gone herself
o While the Wayfarer was standing
Fourth and Market streets about
1t o'clock on Saturday afternoon an inc
IL dent occurred which led him to arri-
le at part Of the foregoing conclusio
10 and to further conclude that some go,
housewife had said to her husbar
ne earlier in the afternoon:
g. Dear, when you come home briI
ty me a dozen bananas, If you don't o
e ject to carrying them through Il
st streets
ne He was too much Of man to refu
ne a request SC. .delicately put, and dout
be less answered:
C. "All right. dear; goodbye"
he Now this is only guess hazared
er the Wayfarer to lead up to the eau