The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.

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NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.
Tho Rusybody and tho Girl Chat About 40
ousintances and Contem poraneous Events.
did you ever hear that old Quaker quotation
began the Girl, that all tho world IL queer.
save thee and me, and sometimes thee Ia quecrf'-
It's true. too affirmed tho Busybody. counting
her stitches In her mind. and talking at the same
time. you know"
do you mean 10 say that I'm queer part Of the
timer The Girl appeared 10 he grieved.
"All Of the time" Tho Busybody nodded hcr
head and counted the last row before tho thumb
on the mitten she was knitting. What the
| Busybody did with tho mittens she knitted
was a mystery TO the boarding house Some
said she sent them TO tho soldiers In tho Philip
pines
But Maria protested tho Girl
| I'm not saying you're queercr than the rost-
The Busybody dropped her mitten for moment
and then asked. npropoa Of nothinr-h was .
way she had: Are you thankful for anything this
| season.
| Lots Of things When I was coming homo to-
| night met little Trix-you remember little TriL
! / was her bridesmaid. when sho married q
| year ago last June, and you surely remember
what a lovely gown had with tho yellow roses
| and ribbons"
do you mean you arc thankful for q gown
you bad eighteen months ago. interrupted the
Busybody well. II ever I'd think you would
positively hate Il by this time
| 1T wasn't the gown. IL was Trixy was thankful
about-thankful wasn't she. you know
Tho ideal- The Busybody shifted contomptu-
ously. why should you DO thankful you wero
not She
| well, was very near being Trxy. you know
The Girl sided up to the Busybody confdontially.
you sec Dnnnic, her husband, asked me first
and thought about II for as much day or
two before decided didn't want him
well. Of all thinGs!- The Busybody was as
nearly breathless as was possible for her to be-
IBID ever hear such impudencc, and you thought
Il met them coming home to.niEht-ihey only
live half block below here, you know, and what
and she was trolling along beside him" regular
Darby and Joan. There were celery alks stick
ing out OF her bundle and they were so busy talk
them good"
"Ana what did you seer asked the Busy body,
See! My dear. Just as was almos, upon them
she dropped one OF her packages, and he helped
fancy her Carrying anything She wouldn',
bring home box OF candy before she was married
As was saving Jus, as he handed ht9he, saw
any gloves and really her cape was quito passa
I'm sure she had it before she was married. and she
. WoS aio o"ShSSs ~ hhhs oNof eoino W our
She's a regular dowdy now commented the
Yep You'd think he'd be disg listed wouidn',
you " n-,
how he always @ore fresh DOVER Ia His ba,aes
happen 10 GO there Of an evening he is sure % Be-
sitting about in some old dressing coat and lik
I'm thankiui she's Mrs Dannie= Tho girl
hxed the tea things and thon went on, renoctively
Il was bridesmaid three times that june, and
every one OF The marriages " az a failure
wei, there's TIii and Danne There couldn't
There couldn't" affirmed the Busybody
And you remember that Mabel brew, tho tall
girl with the dead white com pie xion2-
Il remember her She married that nephew
yellow mustache and expected 10 come in for III,
Pewter money money and 'he Pewter house, and th'
And when Mabel found out that dear Uncl,
Jack, that's what she used 10 call him, had mar
rSd and made VIII in ia faye, Of The new wife and
, wanted it, and couldn't serd over and order In,
Pewter cosehnan about she lust went hom'
every y NinteI She's dsvclopsd into IeGgia
mother is so grd 10 have her part Of the time ths
she Jug. loads her down with clothes and Made
takes EN-. You'd think she'd be asha med wheI
everybody knows what her husban nd makes"
quietly thai WAS ashamed to have her At my y
wen. I'm glad her husband didn', happe,
; the Pewter money did myself But as 70
Mabel. she had right TO be disappointed, Blu
Some people seem 10 care What others s sh GIe
, They don't" said the Busybody.
And. 2ssSay Men m 1ms S. S ss SsssS
some soldier from West Point and now he's il
the Philippines likely 70 be killed every minut
: all that she would have TO do would be TO wca
:, evening clothes and have her hair curlcd She
: stained H. because she faneied the shade wa
: That's an awful thing to do snid the Busy
0Nls yp, t. ,SCHsS agreed the Girl you kno,
= tried 1, myself and 4 was expensive had /
quit hut sbe keeEs right on and really ESH know ;
I in her temples though for my Part don't &c
nSw i ss, s SSr IN raj seoT n VII
: "But could he go 10 Washington"
: "lle, couldn't now; because he refused whe
= on, at home, the poor liue Thing Said he wan,e
SdyaPcrmrGG, a. though lIsn,cnnn'.s uniform
= But the papers say the ,lovclicst things nbou
!, him" put in the pusybody, that he is BRAY
: and courageous and all that sort Of thing don
. And Men reads EN- all Positively; .shc get
y up a. 4 o'clock in the morning and sps dow
Q him in IL and she Just sits al home thinking ahoy
= him, and never goes anywhere ! call Il morbid.
people arc ufsd 'Is . RpsS
T. !. not q goose about any man"
= What on earth arc you girls talking about
:. bachelor brother who had been asleep on eoIel
had hs dream IhSsFa in
y JUS, packed mli Of people and every one '
a them was standing up chanting:
y you've been listening 10 us" said tho Girl