The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-23
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Betty has Il weakness for dressing the
part and when / found her last Tuesday
Afternoon arrayed in a blue, hoppy, arts
tic garment and an air of pensiy eness /
shildtleieG. was almost sure that she
had offended the cook. She finds it rath-
er hard to be properly respectful toward
that potentate. But to a cook who has
talent and in the matter of savories pos
tive genius much may be forgiven. Sa
worries are not to be despised, ] sighed.
''Oh. such Il luncheon!" she moaned by
way of greeting.
It was the cook. Y
"When's she going?" asked gloonily.
cts funny thing
Not that sort OF luncheon, you stupid
old boy. Cooks not leaving"
ooh, well'' l said in relieved tone, "if
you will play tricks with our diges-
tom
She stopped me with an indignant
glance.
Dick Ferris lunched with me-" she
remarked.
Dick Ferris.' whistled.
"Do not make that foolish noise," with
great dignity. Eyes, with Dick Ferris.
What of it?''
my DEAR l began confusedly.
DOu Cali ule NY OedI. QO uOl i've
in the suburbs. l had quite enough of
that at luncheon time"
You don't mean to tell me, madam,
that Ferris called you my dearv"
''Of course not. 1t would not have
been half SO bad if he had. He talked to
me as if We're 5O-and plain"
.'Why, l thought he used to-to"-
What" And she regarded me a
trifle more hopefully.
''Well-long ago.
'Not SO very long ago." she murmured.
"Eons ago." l persisted. "He-well.
he was one of the-the-followers."
''I'm not cook" she laughed. "But it
is true. He did-follow, and he has been
supposed to be breaking his heart in
some outlandish place."
"Ah, understand" I said brilliantly.
"His heart is whole again, and you
DON'T
Again was withered by look.
"Am l that kind of person?' she de-
manded wrathfully. Don't always try
to marry off the friends of my unattach-
ed days?"
"Well, perhaps" But she doesn't real
ly like them to get married, and if she
does help on the process notice that the
girls are never wildly enthusiastic over
her.
mo, it wasn't that at all. You are al
together wrong"
Certainly" conceded politely. 81
never thought it was that. But what
was it. then?'
HE has changed so abominably," she
said vigorously. s'He has become SC
conventional, so narrow, $3.50 suburban.
Very different from the Dick I-I"-
"You-er?" I interrogated-
"You know"
| did. knew more than she would
have believed possible.
May have some tea?" asked meek.
l got it and surveyed Betty for a few
seconds. She looked more than pretty
| and as for Dick-bah, thousand Dicks
/ would not me tier!
$50 you fn,' establishment pursuing
| your youthful steps? / inquired, witt
| interest.
"It's all very well for you to sheer,
she said. You have no sentiment il
your nature. Now, don't say it's YOU
| misfortune-not your fault. You sa,
that about everything, from dropping ;
stud to losing 1,000.'
Il wasn't going to say il" l protested
! REALLY. you are treating me very bad
ly."
poor old boy. But the remembrance
| of that idiot lufiles me"
'!,Ehat idiot | said (Which idiot?'
"Dick, of course If you will be s.
stupid
But you were talking of sentiment
What has that to do with stupidity"
"A great deal-sometimes | was stupid
L.. 7 - ..1s.. ~,
and was certainly sentimental this aft
ernoon,' with a half guilty. wholly fas
chatting look at me--"and / will tell you
l was making a thank offering"
"a thank Offering" | repeated genu
inely puzzled. But why should you?
isn't Lent or anything, is it,"
Il when denseness reaches certai
point said my companion oracularly q
should be a capital offense."
what have done now?" / exclaime
despairinsly.
"Who mentioned you? | was speakin
generally Ordinary people. Men, 20
know
That's not the point. l want to kno,
about the thank offering"
"Oh, WE'LL she began guiltily.
At that moment Parker entered til
room. can never rid myself of Il drea,
full suspicion that do not meet wit
! Parkel's approval. She glanced coldl
i at me and said:
"a parcel for you, ma am"
"Open it, Parker" said her mistres
looking amused and slightly mischievous
And Parker, the irreproachable, undi
layer after layer of paper, finally brins
ing to light an deliberately chased silve
| cigar box
you extravagant person. l sai'
what is it?'
She laughed.
''The thank offering"
But what is it, really?"
\ "Dick's wedding present-stupid!" sal
!, my wife.-Black and White.
, Wearing Black Stockings.