Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-04-10
A PAYING REVENGE.
HOW ONE DEAR GIRL GOT THE BET
a. TER OF ANOTHER.

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And Succeeded Into the Bargain
In Regaining the Affections OF a
Young Man Who Had All but For
sworn Allegiance to Her..
"What would you do IL you had RI
val ?" queried the gray eyed girl.
"Speak we'll Of her to the man didn't
want her to marry promptly replied the
girl in the purple hat.
''Of course you would, goosie. l never.
supposed that you would neglect so OBJ
vious thing as that. asked because
well, because you must have noticed that
Ralph was rather attentive to Lucille for
awhile"
II did, dear. Why, he used actually to
repeat her fathers jokes at the club, aud
that Is usually the last thing before the
taking out of the license. BY the way,
though, haven't seen him with her late
w."
"Neither have I, DEAR" demurely re-.
piled the gray eyed girl. "The fact is
have not seen her At all for some time.
I have, however, been very busy, so'-. !
"Would you mind telling me just how
you did it?'' broke in the girl in the pur-
pie hat. 1T will be perfectly safe, you
AuVW, 4ucCuuSe Ncu COuuueu III you. Luc
last time we quarreled, and I am natu-
rally anxious to let bygones remain BY
Cones"
II fancied as much, dear. Well, yes, it
would be kind of relief to tell somebody
all about it, and haven't been able to
confide In SOUL" 4
"Ralph least Of ALL" smiled the girl in
the purple hat. Eyes, you are quite safe
with me. Go on"
II will. In the first place, felt un-
easy when Lucille ceased coming to
| my house twice day. That proved con-
cluSvely to me that she saw Ralph else
where. and the last time they happened
to meet at my house she didn't even leave
when he did!'
mo wonder you were uneasy. Did you
take to returning the arrears of visits
you owed her?'
"Mercy, no! merely wrote her a nice,
affectionate note telling her not to think
anything of it if she didn't see me for a
week, as I had lot of duty visits to
make"
"But what on earth induced
"A great many things, dear. l happen
to know Ralph's grandmother very we'll,
so l went to spend the afternoon with
her."
"Humph! II she talked all the time
about when she was young and how SUI
perior girls were in those days, you must
have enjoyed your afternoon" said the
girl in the purple hat.
"She did, and yet l enjoyed myself
greatly. l talked good deal about Lu-
ellie, and when l came away the old lady
said that from what l had told her Lu-
ellie seemed to be a model girl-one who
would make a splendid wife for any
young man. She added that she meant
to ask her to come to see her and that
she hoped that l, too, would encourage
her friendship, as it could not fail to be
of benefit to me. forgot to tell you
that Ralph came to dinner, and staid
too. His grandmother snubbed me po-
litely all the time and lauded Lucille to
the Skies"
"Pleasant for you, dear. However,
1T was personal---very.. The next day
went to call on Ralph's married sister,"
"And play with the baby! How stupid
| Of you. when
"Nothing of the kind. excused my
self when she invited me to the nursery
and casually mentioned that Lucille
thought the baby had the head Of a poet
and meant to bring him silver cup"
ouL "eIeu yOu CuIFyiuS tuullcI6 lOO
far? I should have
II went further, dear. called on all
Ralph's female relatives, made myself
thoroughly disagrceable and mentioned
the fact that Lucille would probably in
herit fortune from her grandfather in
the west. had plenty Of time to do this,
because Ralph, who had apparently for
gotten my existence. went to see Lucille
twice day."
But don't see how
"You WILL dear. Ralph's grandmother
told him that she would leave him out Of
her will unless he married Lucille. His
sister invited the two to dinner twice a
week and managed to leave them alone in
the library for an hour each time, while
his aunt told him daily that he and Lu.
ellie were made for each other"
And the result was?"
'"That he grew to detest Lucille so COR
daily that felt perfectly safe in saying
mo- the first time he proposed. and that
In itself will give me the upper hand so
long as l e"-Philadcphia North
American.