The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-13
WAS ABsENTMINDED.
But Now She Is Trying Hard to
Cure Herself.


r,.,,. Mistake the
r"r '". -..,-rr g. several
Vthe' 81.
People finance y" '"'
mt Her Expense.
,, s.,rv ~ tho absent-
Inc .inio houo s.,s,.aj forront love
,nihueu mo-. y, .ha t,vo women With
ie.'er W ooen ..,,.s,,s, ~, n ,ioIcnt f,iyta-
mno'n nc s.,,.,rayd careiesslv transnoseJ
ZION anu 49, 80 ha hoe,, snrrassed
.he ho'es an,I arnar;enos ~ an unhsnnv
Dy .no $50. ..',',.,.,, d,,,,ns, ths mast ,yceL
on ~. +, ,ran Ia i nrofessional writer
h'1 III 49,, ri NJ carlor ,.or,os
anu s ha,. tn~ vr,tar 81 some work witch
upon Nc - .,,. cro,viro weary ~ the
was ~ =, sh, dsc,dod 20 rcst bsr heart
''is VIZ, 80 70 80 No. e,,,.., hy ,vri,ire
anu '..,., ,o.,sus e.. a. .nS ,nt,,n.to
so'no p 1'
tho ,,.or,s n, ,vho,n sbe reso,ved
- 80 = nn,,,,a % men 10th ~
-, 49,, l;t,a5 ,,ar,, cordiollv ,nd both of
NC hon, Iik cd her as heartily and thorough
" aa ,h.,, d,s,,,a5 .ac,, o,ber In fact
y 90 ny ,.,n,s,r, - th.,, had ,oro sincs
.,...,,,s,;,,a, 80 s,,r,,rass INC fact thar she
80 friards With both. the conoomitant
80 49, aa,,, ono fapcied himself secure
.' -, s ss.i;,sa - ~. o,h.r rondered the
,,,,fo,+,,roto ,,istala herein related mora
.'so...,,,,ato than axar
en- hooon ,,,atters woman fashion. nv
1870, haIf n score Of enveloncs
IT,, &c Se+tIed down IN write 10 No. of
a., t,ro moscnline favorites. who NAV
,.,,a., CHAT, Ard IN Charlis,s latter
~ ~ Ia a ,,,,,,,her ~ nice things about
-, ,,,h,oh sho yvouldn,t have had M 9.
49, ran,a might have been lin but
'',. is,rr, os so- the world ne we'll !.
sarorol amusing things concerning Jim
s','.a,s T,han heina called away before
Ia, Ia.+or ,,,as commenced or even Char
~ s,,,ishad Che ,,rocecf,ed unnn her re-
49,, e., mt her foot into IL irrevocablv
Al, ,,,orn;no She had been dunlicatipg
-. ~ soya,, ,i,res JTnconsc,ouslv and
~. .,,,uo,,, fron, fnrco Of bahit she had made
.a,,a,, oo,,ia. ~ Char,ie,s Letter Rushing
-. 90 10 ,rorI In rerfoct frenzy of
80 W - -, ,,;aIdoa q, tba auto.
,,,atic ;rc,instiop To 90 ON as she had
-,
sI,,,;oa,,, e,,ish,,o, tho ,o+ter In tho ma
49, -I,har,ia,s en- no,na ard
on ,li 9.' 80. a. - so,,arotad tho comics
o,-s,,od ~, ,,a,,,o 70 eacb slinned them into
~ a,,,,ale,as which Law temntinyIv near
~ a..,,io,, h,;ssf,,,Ir doun 10 the lunch
80 80 -. go,
mn ;,o,,;.o,,la corsoorences followed
Chan,;, ,r,s Y,Ioased with the nice long
49,. roooi,od &c a ,ratter of course Int
- 80 ,,I,aso1 Iono Almost before no
- nv a.,istd,, roa5;ro r. two comics ~ the
-. -, - aaI,+.;,,d raachad him
~. -, ,,,a,r,, ,,irl fr,epd and the other
80. H., T,,,o ,,,ora comics from . grave
-,,..,aa Ioar - h;s ocora;ntancs and a
- oI,shr,,a,, this tima followed no.
s rs -,
NJ ,7,o,.. o,.,,,o 70 hand sbortIv ONLY
30 ~ 80, ,o,,;a. cont ont be did moi
si,o MI, oer,,, ,ro,,+ tc, tho yorng yvo-
-. no,.rn T., stoa5 ~ the formal renIv
-. -, ,,,;stl, .sI-irc, for aid for n deservin q
ota,,;+,, ,nh;ch sba had ;ntended writing
o,a ~ rantor aft.r co,sider,ng the mat.
~. sar;o-SIy for a fav' orr two decided to
- - ri, 10 Tho writer whom be Iiksd
,othar thar to the addressee whom he
a;s,',t ill.,
Tbo hrief motto of exclamation and apol-
o,,,, ,,h;ch oocor,nanied this letter was the
&C.. intirootior which the unfortunate
,r,.;ter os II received Of tho awful situation
" ,vb;oh she had nnwittinelv nlaced her
sa,s
A. fret she was greatly mvstitled and
.+ an I,ttor loss r. nnderstand inst how
...t.,., IA oo,,,, Ut hrt hv and by
a ,na Sho s,n na raa,;1ed that the Jreadfni
49, 10, a,,,dan+I,- oarb,,,, cow and ro-
no,I,a 49, oiro,,,,,sto,,c es ,,nasr tcbicb tho
o,.;a,i,,aI 1otter bad beon transcr;bed sbs
80 roolizad Tho, tho other latters nlanped
for that morning had never been written