The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-10

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Dear me! am constantly astonishe,
to see how careless women are witt
money" groaned the girl in gray. says tn
New York Journal.
M: l don't know" replied the girl ii
blue my rich old aunt seems able to TAX
very good care Of hers"
Only think! found pocketbook lyin,
on the sidewalk just in front Of Bargin 4
card or other marks Of Identification
There are thousands of seal leather silvel
trimmed pOcketboOks in town and how tn.
owner ever expected to find it again is a.
| She probably never expected to lose it
dear. Oh, speaking Of pocketbooks make.
to her name and needed lot of things
which she had quite forgotten while he1
money held out. She had a delicacy about
asking her husband for any more until he
! mad paid and forgotten one or two bills
"she charged the"
mo. She decided to lose her pocketbook.
Which was shabby anyhow. Then she tear
fully told her husband about it. Somehow
ne seems to have gotten the impression that
there was SIS in it,
Goodness! Then he told her to adyer-
tise it?''
Worse. He advertised it himself. Still.
Irene didn't feel very badly about it, for she
always forgets to keep card in her pocket
book. But this time it happened to contain
note concerning her arrangements for
the summer trip which she had not vet
broken to her husband.
Somebody found it, of course. and
brought it for the reward. OF course, there
was only "a cents in it. and just as Irene
came in her husband was about to send for
policeman to arrest the finder. She had
to confess and"
hat
"Oh, Irene says the temperature of the
house has gone down so much that she
thinks she will not need a summer trip.
anyhow Isn't that a story without a
moral?"
''It is, dear. If her name and address had
not been in the pocketbook she might have
been summer trip and $50 the better of
and nobody the worse
Except her husband. MINI. BY the
way, saw you walking with Jack Treadway
yesterday az
did you? Yes. we Happened to meet
accidentally. I-er7-that is, l hope you
will understand, Evelyn, Jack and are real
platonic friends, and"
l was sure of that, dear, when I saw how
beautifully you blushed when he spoke to
you
I'm sure I don't know what YOU mean
by blushing. I-ah7-I might have choked or
something just then. I am glad that l am
not one OF the people who find it impossible
to appreciate platonic friendship. The ma
jority seem unable to understand it."
Eyes. indeed. Mamma says that even
after she and papa were secretly engaged
it was impossible to make people understand
that they were merely platonic friends. But
what shall you do with the pocketbook you
II shall take it home and read all the lost
advertisements in the morning paper. When
ind it's owner shall return it to her with
a scathing rebuke for her carelessness She
quite deserves it,
Il know that dear. But If you must re-
buke somebody, better choose mar he
takes 1t SO much more easily Oh by the
way, have you met Jacks sister? She is
here visiting him, you know. He is devoted |
to her. and she has enormous influence over |
him, they say"
Il met her yesterday, just for a momen..
The fact is that l am waiting for her now
We are to meet her brother and all lunch
and then go to the matinee together"
How nice! Especially as you are only
platonic friends and she will not be in the
way. Dear me, can't help thinking of the
woman who lost that pocketbook; her state
must
"she richly deserved it; l shall tell her so.
money in my life. Oh, l do hope, Miss
rreadway will really like mel am pre-
Jared to like her enormously"
Yes; you are sure to be congenial. She
alks about her brother all the time. have
noticed that when people are platonic
riends they"
Are naturally rather interested in each
'ther." said the girl in gray stif1y.
"Exastly. Why, here comes Miss Tread
way now! How queer she looks! Quite
"Oh, something must have happened to
ack! Suppose he"
$50 sorry to keep you waiting" cried the
irl in brown, rushing in. but something
readful has happened, and"
Isis he much hurt?" stammered the
irl in gray.
why, no. What made you think that
lie Is in Seattle, and-oh. pshaw! You
GU said he I naturally thought of An
u.s. i
Then what has happened?'' asked the
irl in blue calmly.
i've had my pocket picked! 1 never
ould have lost my pocketbook any other
ay. I am so careful. What shall I do.
iris? I haven't had it since leaving Bar
ms. and the thief"
WAS it seal leather silver trimmed ,
ne?" asked the girl in gray, eagerly.
Yes, and I am sure my card was in it,
Rough this once l might have forgotten
inclose one. !! am SO careful that don't
now how-well, I must just get Jack to !
'place the money; that's all. He is raw
g now, too: I don't see why. He has no s
atience, either with woman who loses I
oney, and it had $64-
Sixty -four dollars! Then 1 found it!" $
led the girl in gray. 1T was lying on /
afgin's pavement, and" \
"Oh. you darlingH' cried the girl in 9
own. Give it to- me. quick, and we will z
to meet Jack! shall tell him what
vel yOu@ Ef @2
why, where is it? lob, Evelyn! Did
u notice it when we sat down."
why, no." said the girl in brown. 'You s
i'd YOU found it. ,and--" q
1T isn't here I, put it carefully in my =
cket and now it is gone. Oh, what will g
u think OF me? Eve lost your pocketbook c,
ain'' P
II think it was extremely careless of G.
u, that is ALL said the girl in brown. N
ly; land here comes jack" 70
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