Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-10
The True Story Of Il.

lut lIut DlUly III IL.
Gan the bridesmaids will wear gloves
with black sewing"
That was what l heard Mrs. Carston
telling the company in general, as l
walke into the room where about a doz-
en- Of them were assembled. Mrs. Cars
ton had been giving a luncheon of som"
color or other. at which l, being of the
sex Of which l am, was not present.
since it was exclusively a FEMININE
luncheon. Judging by the Importance
of the wedding alluded to-the forth
coming Smiley Bodily wedding-I would
have supposed the subject had been
threshed out three hours ago, in the
course of the luncheon itself. -.
Isn't that a funny idea?" said one Of
Mrs. Carston's guests.
Another one said. Its a grewsome
idea. l think"
And a third. II wonder they're not
afraid of i'll luck-Just think, black at a
wedding"
Coming somewhat t~imorously into that
gathering of the fair and enlightened,
l had hardly been noticed. The first man
to appear on such an occasion is pafdon-
ably apt to glide in noiselessly and side
around the periphery of the ROOM. so
as to shake hands with the hostess as
unostentatiously as possible. took oc-
casion to scan the faces of those present
in order to divine, if l could, how much
knowledge of the history of the black
edged gloves was held in suspension III
the whole crowd. AS the result OF my re-
connoissance, it appeared that nobody
there knew anything about the inner
mysteries of the matter except Claire
Fox, could see that Claire Fox knew
and had satisfied herself that the others
did not; thence I deduced the probability
that she would tell us all she knew.
She did.
well, now" she began. with a modest,
self-depreciatory smile. 81 really thought
everybody knew about those gloves
1--WE, none OF us, know Lillian Bodily as
we'll as you do. my dear" said Mrs
Carston from across the room. DO tel
us about it, if it isn't a confidence
"Why, l never had any idea that II
was any secret Claire went on -
began in New York City. you know. more
than a year ago. It's what they call {
romance, / suppose.
She had never met Mr.. Smiley be
fore. She had been shopping and, a
she was crossing at that terrible place
where they run over so many people
think it's at Madison SQuare-she drop
ped a parcel, without knowing 1T. "A
she was going on, in a hurry to get to thu
curbstone and escape all the danger o
cars, cabs, carriages and wagons some
one touched her on the arm and sale
i tnlIlk you ulOppeu lHlS save HS
the parcel.
"She hardly saw the mans face-onl
Just had time to thank him and go on
before he had turned and gone in the OPP
posite direction. When she had got
the curbstone, and was we'll on her wa
along the sidewalk, she noticed a crow
of people all running one way. Then sh
turned back and found that a cab ha
run over a man.
"There was a big crowd on the spot, {
course, and a great deal OF CONFUSION
but she did manage to find out frol
somebody who stood by her that the ma
had been crossing the street, had stoppe
to pick up a parcel and, when he turne
to go on again, had been run oVer-nt
seeing that the cab was close on him
Here there were of. ID
me,"-"And the parcel contained blacl
edged gloves, of course!" One your
lady asked, WAS the man killed. 81
she was laughed out of court.
He was all bloody" Miss Fox co.
tinued-"all bloody and horrible, "
know. But Lillian insisted on seer
him She told one of the policemen tn
a gentleman had picked up a parcel s.
had dropped while she was crossil
right there, and that she believed tn
must be the man. OF course, she #
dreadful about it, and of course she &
them to find out the name of the man
"And of course it was Simley!' MI
Carston exclaimed.
- Here I held my breath, anxious to s
* how far away Claire Fox was in her We
RS sion of the story. l may as well say
lg once that l knew a good deal more abo
re it than she could know
re eyes, she said, "of course it was N
g, Smiley. They found his card case al
ry gave her one. Then the ambulance can
to and she saw the doctor and told him
ce all about it, but he was very abrupt a
ct rude about it, l believe"
is They always are" remarked one mi
ne dle-aged lady. Il never could unde
" stand why hospital surgeons should n
rs consider themselves bound by the ordi
to airy rules of good manners"
And did she go and nurse him?' ask
another. "She ought to, you know"
'They won't let you in those city he
ad pitfalls you know" said Claire FC
,r. "They have their own nurses. and tn
treat everyone that comes in alike
matter who you are. But Lillian fou'
his mother and went to call on her. A
in that way a friendship sprang Up
(which sOon ripened into intimacy
Mrs. Carston continued. "And befo
Il long the little boy with the wings intr
duced himself to them both"
"And when a short tWelvemOnth n
elapsed" a third lady put in, as her co
tribution, 'they were married. But t
bride insisted that at the wedding cel
mony everyone should wear white GLOW
. with black bindings, in memory of t
day which had nearly cost the brldegrot
his life, but had in the event begun
him a lfe-life Of
"Of more perfect and more exalted
llicitv ~ mother concluded.