The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-23

have become acquainted with since
went away. 1t struck me then that
/ hadn't though. 10 send her any
fiowers-outfits are too far apart for
that kind of thing ont in the cattle
country. aud there's nothing but prai'
RE flowers anyhow. and 50 = fellow
gorgets. yon see. Aud SO | only want
to send her few flowers
\ fewi said !. and / really could
ut help laughing
=" Why. whats the matterg said the
poor man. with an upprehensive look
on his big good Hatured face. Have
mt | picked out enough-
=" %. quite enough. said !, and just
the right kind. too. and just then the
proprietor came in, and the big man
from the west handed him 500 bill.
The flowers were sent up 10 the home
of debHtante OF last season. in a
special wagon The announce ment of
the engagement was made few days
later. Now, didn't he need guard
ian2 Don't they all need guardians
fioodness gracious me, do SO pity
the poor things" aud the girl wit !
the wavy chestnut hair again belied
the pity she said she felt by her
smiles.
And what do you think Of a man
who sends flowers. and beautiful ones.
too. TO his wife every day In the year
Sundays and holidays included" she
went on. matching a beliotrope or
ohid with piece of heliotrope rib
bon. well. We have such "a custom
er. lie first came in here a little over
"A year ago. and ordered an expensive
box OF flowers TO be sent to the home
of a lady who lives across from the
park, and who had Mrs. prefixed to
her mime. After that he dropped in.
rain. snow or shine, every day, and
selected beautiful lot of flowers to
he sent 10 the same Mrs He. Of
course. never had any oeension To give
his own name. and, of course. none OF
us in the store dreamed that he was
sending the flowers TO his wife. So
hopelessly improbable. that, you
know. All of us girls decided that he
was u bachelor, or wIdower-be was
"A middlc-aged man--cuitivHiing the
good graces of an attractive widow.
probably wealthy. and we wondered
IL she were good looking and all that.
One day, after he had been sending
her flowers regularly for seven
months, he failed 10 come In, and so
the proprietor sent up handsome
basket Of flowers 10 the address OF
Mrs anyhow. The next day lac came
in.
"'My wife was u trihe indisposed
yesterday he said TO the proprietor,
and OF course, I could not leave her.
| thoroughly appreciate your sending
the flowers without my ordering
them. and so does my wife
"'rhc proprietor looked at him In
rather puzzled sort of why.
"'Had | but known at the time OF
your wedding he began.
Wedding said the regular cus-
toner. 4 don't believe | quite -
Surely. your marriage has been
quite rccent?' the proprietor said.
and then nm exceedingly wellbred
ehucklc came from our regular cus-
toner.
"'I'll give you the order 10 decor.
orate our house when we celebrate
our silver wedding early next year
he said. between very broad smiles.
and then he went out. He has been
In every day since with his orders for
flowers for his wife, and"
"And. therefore. presumably stands
in need OF a guardian"
''IIave | not just been telling you
that he II married2 And then the
poor Stiles | mean the young ones
In the before stage again dye know
they really and truly believe the girls
when the girls tell 'em that they
press every flower YOU seHG me in my
copy OF Tcnuyson2' Actually believe
every word of IL. they do They
never stop to think that no volume Of
Tennyson as big Rs the Doomsday
book has ever been published, How'll
they prcsse' IL the question that lots
of the poor. deludcd things ask me
when they are picking out roses To be
he sent To the oniirst ones. q, so
easyi"-N. Y sun