The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-08

when she came stalking into tne offis |
Not until she had extracted news q. or
clipping from her pocketoook and laid It
On my desh with the STEIN into rogat.t IA,
Did you write that? DID have sus-
ricion OF her Identity. When | saw the !
Article TOR which WAS about to be called
10 account was my grandiose efusi n OF
the Wyatt dinner, c0mprehended tins sit
uation in twinkl.ng. / fe,t pretty nat, !
but put ON a bold front and sad. i dio
madam, with calm politeness. WITH
Chesterneldiau galiantry Sylvester pushe
a chair up beside my own and MISS G.adys
sank therein with a little grunt o, veAa-
ton.
well said she stilly. you ought to
be ashamed OF yourself to print such IL
pels on decent people.
Madam said | cody. your assault
on my integrity is inexplicabe You did
enter;ain at dinner. did you notg'
Miss GLADYS raised one end OF her
1 fur boa and polished the tip OF her nose
/ vigorously Yes. she said. that part OF
/ II Is all right II YOU had stopped there
! I shouldn't have minded. indeed. as am
only human / rather like for my social
ventures to be given prominence, but the
pack of lies that followed the statement
of that one fact was simply apominable.
| don't see how on earth you could ever
have made them UP, They have caused
me no end OF trouble. Through their d.
abolical agency | have suffered a triple
affection. | have been made fool OF.
| have been publicly reprimanded in
church and | have lost a good chance TO
get married.
And Miss GLADYS enumerated the list of
difficulties that had beset her since the
appearance OF the latest issue OF the
Clarion she groaned In sheer heaviness Oh
spirit. and l. realizing the havoc | nad
On wrought her hitherto
peaceful life supplemented her lamenta-
ton with sigh of remorse. ] am very
sorry madam | said, contritely, but
really | do not understand how that mo-
lice which was meant TO be highly com
plimentary, could have thus injured you.
Well, she said, IN explain. Just
take that costume you dressed me VI ~
for instance. Nile green tule and white
French aigrettes Heavens to Betsy
what get-up Why, anybody that ever
saw me would suppose upon reading that,
that | had gone stark. staring mad just
look M me. I'd cut a pretty figure triB-
ged out in green tulle and French aigre'-
tes-whatever they are-wouldn -
II surveyed the dsofyaaneaI snah,
IL surveyed the lady's face and hgure
as commanded, and although there was
a decided charm about her comely ieat-
ures and ample proportions, ! was oounu
70 admit that she was decidedly unlike
the sylph-lik GLADYS | had conlured up
out OF my own imagination and sylVes
, ter's fulsome praises aud that the o,ap"-
anous raiment in which had clothed her
would scarcely be appropriate to her pHl q
ticular style of beauty | admitted that
such was the case I think must nave
been misintormed. | added apoloBetlc-
, ally
40 am glad that you arc at least mas.
unanimous enough TO confess your error
haf
extent of your orfense | could forgive you
hut being made fool Of is the least OF my
: trials Yesterday was rebuked in churcn
: Bor dancing or course ! didn dance
, cant dance don know how and even
If | did ! wouldn't do such a thing tor
consider such caperinB about most SIN
full recreation. but the report having once
, been nut in circulation by so reliable a
news medium as the Clarion. ] bad 10 taih
till | was blue In the face before couio
, convince the pastor and deacons OF my IN
5 noeence. ,,. c,.,ns .o,ovea her sur.
charged soul by a prolonged e1acnlau
Y indicative Of excessive mental anguish
a and again said i am very sorry. was
given to understand by people VINO nave
v seen you In the ballroom, went on
! that YOU were most graceful dancer ani
. the belle OF the balls given in the Crows
n foot town hall
q Miss Gladys flushed Indignantly. tn
o. idea she said That Is the other Gladl'
y Wyatt She Is the daughter OF my cousin
4 Arthur. and that brings 70 me my ihlr
& and by far the most important grievance
+ Ebert Day did not como to see me. II
- never stepped inside OF my house, IL wa
n nv cousin whom he visited He is en-
n gagged to her, even though he is old enougI
3 to he her father, He used to call on mt
h 1t was my little Irritation with him ina
= broke off the engagement between hll
It and my old beau. Horny Campbell. HorT
8 got Jealous and went away In hun, an
p I've been trying for the past ten years I
J. convince him by means Of letters and indl
n rect communication that do not coneide
Ebert Day good enough TO tie his snoe
1t strings. ! had Just about brought MI
d about to the point 81 forgiving me 10
i my former giddiness when what shout
l. you do but print that outlandish motto
* and undo all my untiring efforts to WI
{ him back
ID THE lads bowed her head on pile G
ri proofs at that and sobhed audihly. But
II don't see how ! could possibly have az
X, oompliehed all that mischief ! protested
1t wonderngly.
d D." oh you stupid, where are your eyes
Is your perceptive faculties7' she said. 'Hor
As nv lives down In Indiana now, but he sti
OF subscribes for the Clarion. and when
W read that account 81 the dinner he--he-
is an
I'd Here Miss WAITS voice trailed o
he into a series ~ pathetic gurgles ! too
re her hands and pressed them reassurine
ID ly 4 understand now said softly
will retract the article ~ the next issu
III of the Clarion. viii likewise write
Mr. Campbell and explain
va TITS no use TO do that now inter
posed Miss Gladys. 1T is too late
How too lae? Iasked
ie "'He is already married, she said.
OF soon as he read that had laid out sue
10 hne spread for Ebert he got so ma
TO that he went off and married an Indian
h. girl, Just. for spite. ! had word OF IN
wedding this morning.
4? 1T is really too bad. said sorro"
fully
or Yes. she said. 1T is too bad. an
I'm going to hold You responsible for M
"A loss. I'm going to sue you for damage
W. I've talked the, matter over with friene
=. and lawyers. and they assure me that
" have the plainest case in the worl
against you. I'm going to sue for $40
~ O00.'
ne "At this announcement Sylvester
rs chair in the rear OF the office tipped BAG
'st against the wall with a crash and sa
ay a pair OF very wide-open. blue eyes sta.
er ing at me from round the corner OF u
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