The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-02
One Of Many.

that young cnap. sara me o-S IheAA IL tAtS
restaurant who had ordered the dinner
for three with champagne.
'Yes, 1 know her" said the little man
with the nervous manner and blond mus
tache "She used 70 live in our boarding
house until she got big salary and went
TO a sweller place. Strange. Isn't II. how
some OF these women get into all the
best places we men ought 10 fl?" and
the little man sighed with the resignation
Of one whose accepted theory IS that he
Is the victim Of the evils OF society rather
than his own bad habits or incompe-
tency.
yes" said the bad man abstractedly,
'~but that girl takes things in her own
hand. She orders the dinner and the
young man hasn't a word to say. She's
q sumner"
'.It's easy to see," spoke out the third
man. with an admiring glance toward the
stylish figure in the tailor made dress
That he is a country cousin enjoying his
first visit to the city, and she's break
ing him in and asking all about the folks
at heme." ETC.
TITS funny I didn't know you. Harry,
said the girl, helping herself 20 the chick
en- salad, but you've grown so mucn
since I left home. Would you have
known me?"
Yes" answered her companion on
haven't changed any"
The girl went on: "Tell me all about that
dear old town of An and the folks
there. My mother, she must look oIo
and gray"
mo. she looks just the same"
I'm so glad" cried the girl. but my
sisters are big girls now?
"As big as you are. They are jolly gooo
girls, too" he added.
And pretty?"
1.-The prettiest girls IN town. answered
the boy with enthusiasm.
which one did you say looked most
like me?" asked the girl, glancing into
the mirror on the wall opposite.
80. Mae is just like you,' and then the
nov added with an righteousness hardly
to be expected of his youth and inexperi-
ence. ANY one would take you for twins;
Won don't look a day older than Mae.
'No really" with quick, pleased look
into the mirror But tell me, DO the
Merkles and Leydens and Joneses all
live there yet?'
''Most Of them. You know people i've
and die in Al"
How many of the boys went on TO
cuba?" suddenly recollecting that war
was in progress. ,a
"Half q regiment, HodliS' oiAAA
and Frank Birch and Tom
20 those boys weren't old enough to
enlist"
"Thev are as old as am. and I could
have gone, but mother wouldn't consent
to IT. CO.,
It's such an age since I came to Chicago.
| Tell me, Harry does Jack Arson i've IN
| An yet?'
yes. his father stir runs the old MILL
| Jack is superintendent now"
Hes just the same old Jack guess
asked the girl. curious expression IN
her soft, dark eyes.
Eyes. only he's grown bigger"
30. 1 suppose hes married Ike all tne
rest and settled down in that stupid oio
town to graw fat and lazy" cried the
girl petulantly. ,1
"He isn't married" said the boy. ''Peo-
pie say they guess he's never going &c
marry. They call him the old 'pach'
| I've heard mother say he used TO De
beau of yours, Isbel?"
80 he's forgotten me long ago." sale
the girl. a blush spreading over her race
81 don't believe. Why, you used 10 O'
the prettiest girl in town.
But that was long ago." with an appre
hensive glance into the mirror. Il am no
a rOSy-cheekeQ country BIiA any nv
but a pale-faced somebody who sits coope'
I'D in a city office all the day long.
you're pretty yet" maintained the DO!
stoutly, land jolly nice, too"
Eat your ice cream, and don't be fool
ish. Harry" said the girl. This ism
much like the little place Of Steebins
down home, where you couldn't get any
thing but milk shake or lemonade, i
ii? I suppose the Harrison girls are al
at home yet?"
''None of them left but the younges
one" said Harry, significantly.
Mercy! girls in the country marry 81
young!" This time a long and anxious
look into the mirror ..Where's my oil
chum. Alice Torens?"
Married TO Fritz Brown. He built
store on Main street, and they think the!
are the finest folks in town"
Really? She wasn't so much to speal
of when 1 knew her" And the girl shrug
ged her shoulders. "Give the checks t
me. waiter" she added. 1--WE will go t
the theater, Harry. You have never seel
play yet"
eyes. I have" said the boy, with lit
tie show of resentment at this reflection
on his culture. Eve seen Uncle Tom
Cabin and Ten Nights in a Barroom
and"
20 that's enough" said the girl wit
gesture of horror. "WeH go and Sc
Ada Rehan, then don't ever mentio
Uncle Toms Cabin again"
Don't you wish we were at home TIL
, evening. Harry" asked the girl as sh
stood before the mirror to adjust her hat
I'VE would play croquet until it gets dar
and then sit on the porch and listen I
the katydids. I'd rather hear the whip
, poor-will tonight than hear Lillian Rus
sell sing: then tomorrow we would pic
cherries. and go to the woods and gatne
wild flowers"
, lets go back" said the boy.
''NIo " answered the girl.