Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-04-29
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mon are" said the girl with the
Madonna brow; they can never
talk intrlligcntly on Il subject unless
TIN! hallcn t" understand ii, and
"Thcy are stupid" a>>cntrd the
girl with the diuulcS, the very best
"i them-and suppose that IL" one
Viii deny Charley i, the best OF his
~,N."
"Oi course not" said the girl with
the Madonna brow, skilliully conceal
ing a yawn; " has he been doing any
thing remarkable latcly?'
He has" walled the girl with the
dimplc,; remarkable even for him.
Yurr know papa i,-a-rati,cr peculiar
and
"But thought you were speaking
of Charley, dear?"
Il am-Charlcy and papa. They
don't know each other very well yet.
and verify believe they hold differ
ent views on every subject under the
sun. Dear me, what silly creatures
men are, As ii the tariff or any other
such uninteresting subject was worth
actually quarreling over. Did you
ever hear of two women quarreling
over the tariff? OF course not; and
yet they say that women can't get
along together"
"And have your father and Charley
quarrcled over the tariff"
"No; prevented that, l warned
Charley in time about papa's political
views so he wouldn't start the subject
then told papa that Charley believed
exactly as he did. l knew he would
not waste any ammunition on him in
that case"
"What clever girl you are! But
won't it be hard to keep this up after
you are married?"
al shan't bother then, dear. But,
you see, wanted them to be friendly,
since Charley was to ask papa for his
consent-which, of course, was of the
greatest importance to me-"
ooh, I see; you wouldn't marry
Charley without it"
"N-not that, dear. But he
wouldn't give me a nice trousseau I'M
less married with his .ull consent"
Well, I must say that after such
consideration for his feelings you de-
serve a trousseau from Paris, if any
girl ever didp
"You dear girl; that was so sweet
of you! But never mind. Charley
has twin brother, and as seen as I'm
married-ifI ever AMI shall intro.
duce him to you and do my best to
make it a match"
"Oh, don't put yourself out, DEAR"
said the girl with the Madonna brow,
looking alarmed. DIP
"Now, don't say another word, dear.
I know your sweet humility. Of
course, you would not be-er-quite
good enough for Charley, but his
brother is different. Where was I?
Oh prepared Charley for the inter-
view as carefully as I could. / re-
GREETED very much that 1 could not
be the one to ask for his consent, but
knew that the trousseau was all that
I could manage"
"But why didn't you let Charley
do it by letter or telephone?"
81 didn't dare to let him write. As
l said, papa is peculiar, and if the gas
bill happened to be in the same mail
it might cost me several hundred dol
lars worth of gowns. As for tele-
phoning, that was hardly practicable,
since the phone at Charley's Office is
placed where half dozen people can
hear what he"-
"I beg your pardon, dear. under
stand"
az thought you would. As for
Charley, he was in favor of letting
papa find it out for himself. said
that would not be right, and, besides,
Nell and Walter are quarreling so
that they must be on the brink Of an
engagement, and l want my trousseau
all bought before there is any talk of
hers"
Naturally. And did Charley
"Oh, he said that as long as he had
succeeded in asking me, he supposed
he could manage to ask papa"
"But your father wouldn't help
him."
al didn't remind him of that dear.
Well, told him just how to do it, aud
even ran after him in the hall to re-
mind him that papa has a way of tell
ing stories which he things funny, and
that he gauges the brains of his aud
fence by their laughter"
"Instead of their politeness. How
frightened you must have been when
the door closed after him."
al was! sat on the chair nearest
the door long, long time, listening
and not knowing what to think.
Then, finally, heard Charley laugh
ing immoderately, and l knew it was
all right. Twas so happy that 1 went
straight and telephoned to madame
that should need a quantity of
gowns at once, and she must save the
time for Them"
"What little heroine you are, to
be so cool at such time. And how