Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-26
JUST a SLIGHT ERROR
ONE, MOREOVER, THAT ANY PERSON
IS LIABLE TO MAKE.

Dut w hEh ~ huppVab W hoA A7cEboA-
ally You Are as Likely TO Bo Angry
over 1t as the Man In This stcry
Was.
$50 you and Ned went to his broth
er's wedding. did your qusried the
girl with the appealing eyes. do tell
me all about it, Was the BRIDE
"I--et--I was not there" sighed the
young woman in the tailor made gown.
you see, r.
~ see, you poor darling. Ned wouldn't
give you new gowE for the occasion,
and you very properly refused to-
IL did nothing OF the kind; neither
did Ned Even the dressmaker was
nice. / took the precaution of telling
her that the wedding was to tnkc place
As hours earlier than the invitations
announced it. and, in consequence,
she'--
SCOT it home Just in time? I know
it. And yet they tell us that truth
ls"--
"The best policy? / know it, dear.
Well, that gown fitted me so we'll that
could not grudge even the money for
the present Ned had given them. You
see, | wanted TO look especially well,
because"-
'You wanted everybody to say that
Ned's wife was handsomer than his
brothers bride. OF course, you needn't
have mentioned such an obvious wish.'
1T wasn't SO much that, dear, as tie
fact that the brides brother once de-
clared that he would shoot himself If
didn't marry him, and"-
Didn't do It? see"
"He didn't. Instead he married a
girl with n lot of money and actually
had the--the bad taste to be happy
with her."
Console yourself. dear. You could
never have been happy with a person
who
"Who didn't even keep his word. l
know 1t. Still, wanted to look my
best when he saw me for the first time
since his marriage. The bride lives in
Rochester, and Ned could not arrange
to get off In time for any but the last
train, which would reach there in time
for the ceremony. OF course l refused
to so on ahead, BECAUSE"
You were afraid you'd have to buy
your own ticket. OF course"
Not that. dear. Ned doesn't care
much to have me do that. always
make him pay me back, and sometimes
| forget just how much | have spent
and make him pay more. No, 1t wasn't
that, IL didn't want Stuart-that is
the brides brother--to see me without
Ned, for fear he'd think we-well
weren't quite as happy as wrote him
while on our wedding trip"
"H'mw said the girl with the ap-
peallng eyes. "That wouldn't be half
as bad as IL he lived next door to you
My sister Bess lives right next door to
the man she used to be engaged to, and
she dares not say n sharp word &c
Dick, because the party wall is so thin
that she might as well shout it through
a megaphone.'
"But the man she was engaged to Is
married, too, isn't he? Them
HE is--to deaf mute. But go or
with your story, dear. What did Stu
art say when he saw you? Did,
"I-er-Ill tell you all about IT," sigh
ed the young woman in the tailor made
gown. ~ haven't been out anywhere
for several days, and Ned has been sc
quiet that am glad TO have somebody
to talk to. | don't know why it Is, bu
Ned has an idea that don't appreclat, t,
the value of time. To be sure, some
times keep him waiting, but r.
always have good excuse? O
course yCu lave. Did he take yol
down TO the train an hour ahead o
t!meW
"N-no. You see, he went down L
business as usual warning me to be n
| the station on time, as he would G.
alone II was not there to meet him.
knew what Stuart would think If h
saw Ned alone, so ran into the din
/ ing room as soon as Ned left and sc
, my watch"
~ only hope you remembered t
wind 1t UP, dear. Because
II "Of course remembered. You don
q suppose I'D do anything so silly a
that. do you;"
/. "H'm! Perhaps not. Well, tell m
: all about the wedding. Was"-
. II wish you'd let me finish one thin
| at time" said the young woman
O the tailor made gown. with great dii
nifty. swell, sent of our luggage
plenty OF time, and even put on M
hat so early that had to sit and wa
6 20 minutes before II was time TO star
S l never knew such q long day. An
5 when reached the station r.
h "Found that Ned wasn't there? Ho'
provoking! When"--
i "Hc was not. Neither was the trail
1t had gone half an hour before. an
Q IL couldn't persuade the officials th'
d they had made mistake"
l. $50 you didn't go to the weddin
after all? But how could that happe