The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

a middle aged business man who takes
the same route to and from his Office
each dav started quite childish fir
tatiOn with a little black-haired, black
eyed girl.
The little girl lived on a certain
street. The man saw her every morn
ing Whan he walked to his Office and
every evening as he went home on the
car. He saw her two or three times by
chance and then he found himself look
ing for her. Once he missed her and was
disappointed. The passing acquaint-
ance reached the point where he nodded
to her and she smiled back From that
they became better acquainted and
when he was on the car she waved her
handkerchief to him. She was such a
sweet looking, quiet little girl and was
about u years old, he thought.
One day he missed her, and the Sec
ond day she was still absent from her
post. He wondered if she was sick. He
has gray hairs, and he thought it would
be al: right to show his interest for the
little lady by stopping at the house and
inquiring for her. He did.
What has become of the little girl
1 have seen at the window so often?"
he asked the lady who opened the door.
"WhO; Kittie?" said the woman
Il guess So" said the man.
why, she was married the other
day and has gone to Chicago" said the
why, how old was she?" asked the
man.
She was o." replied the woman.
All the man hopes is that his wife
does not discover that the little black
haired girl used to wave her handker-
chief to him
There is mystery in the west part
of town. and one that it will take a
secret service man to fathom.
lady drove up to a house and rang
the door bell. The lady of the house
answered the summons. She opened the
IL, on hnr. CT s-f1 700 LODI
do two young ladies live here ?"
asked the lady.
YES" replied the lady of the house.
Here is a note for Them said the
lady and left the house before the be-
wildered occupant of the house under
staOG what had happened.
The two young ladies who live there
opened the note. It read as follows:
all Now neither of the young ladies
has an Uncle George. AS in all mys-
teries there IS a woman in the case.
A certain society young man is in
trouble about his iewelry. He has a
supply which he has used when his
little fiirtations reached the serious
/ stage.
He calls it his engagement set 1t
/ consists of an engagement ring, a brace
/ let and a breaStpin. He has used them
/ during several affairs and when they
! were all over the young lady who had
/ DeSn wearing lneIn. was always KIND
enough to return them. He would
/ take them to a jeweler and have them
polished up ready for another cam
paign. Unluckily the next to the last
young lady insisted on having an in
scription in the ring and her initials on
the other pieces of jewelry. The initials
were placed on the bracelet and breast
| pin. and on the ring Mamie from
| Jack 1t sounded so nice. But It was
all over in a few months ard the jew
/ elry came back. In a short time he
again had use for the jewelry. He ac-
cordingly took it to a jeweler and or
| dered the engraving plated over
Everything was lovely until the plating
wore off the inside of the ring and now
the young lady is as mad at Mamie as
a March hare. although she does not
know her. The young man has decided
to sell the jewelry for old gold and buy
a new set.
Last winter a young man and a young
lady went sleigh riding. The young ady
needed something to keep her hands
warm so the young man gave her pain
of very heavy mittens to wear over hel
dainty gloves. The mittens belonged t.
a gentleman friend.
4 Both of them forgot the mittens wher