The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-03
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Portable but Miss II llis was notS in'
the glightest. 81 st generous and for.
giving person la The man Sther 81. and
/ he glared at me 81 but IL treated
him with ldeser wing cont tenn 81. fterI
about ten mi tltes of. ideslllt tory chat
ter he took ahi mselff
isss wat ched3 the door close
behind him and then suddenly turn
SingHt o me she stretcher out her hand
and said: S.ss
III " ll dear erald, how can Il thank
you IL
9s confess, that was co 1, erably
taken back. s ss3ss fss,
think lsk cont nued Wills, without
noticing my surp that YOU are
the most generous and forgiYing per-
son in the world u. e y s5
was raid, '' said d, that YOU
were Offend led with me; but you are
not llat are you, since you've asked NE to
come q, n
fs5a ffended !!''' said Miss Phyllis. 'My
dear Gerald SWhateVe YER made you think
that !? You're a dear. See, I've got ii
# s S5BS .& T E 5#5
MINI did see. and to my horror I real
lied for the first time that the glisten-
ing object which had been admiring
so much In His chiffon was the
brooch u had ordered for Laura Z
hat, 81 gasped. 8.ttis little memen-
to OF our-o my engagement! }s
~ * es, said Ply Ills, smiling, II con-.
slider myself really engaged now. !,
ous don I mean to say. I stam-
mered that -- - z .3H. #
Oh, but T do! she interrupted
Really really ! doY' And her eyes
ssparkled. 5. n a q #s s5
here is q mistake somewhere, !" Il
explained, confused % = THAT is.
you'll mean I am engaged H
Naturally said Miss Phyllis, rails
ing her eyebrows. I've are both en-
gagged isn't it splendid?,'' MI
.# But,,''' I managed to calculate at
last, with more force than politeness,
I'm engage. to some one else, not to
you. ''3j "a 55s5 u lss s. f-,t9M
This speech, blunt and plain enough
IN its way seemed to afford Phyllis
infinite amusement. She curled her
self up more tightly in her chair and
fairly quivered with suppressed merri-
mentsss i H 81 q 81 s5z s9sss $.
s.ss@.'.'' Don you understand I explained.
& am engaged to Miss Ainesly-Lau
Amnesty, and course, I'm awfully
sorry, but that was sent you by mis-
take. . ,$es .Ss 4 Il 455s$25s: g.&~
Phyllis managed to subdue her
laughter. #3& s -
'.My dear Gerald, please don't look
like that" she said, wiping the tears
from her eyes with an. absurd little
pocket handkerchief. You needn't
look so Woebegone, even If you did
think I was going to accept you. I
promise not to marry you. Can't you
see? You went into Somertons and
ordered this brooch and told til EN- I'd
send 1t direct to the lady's house
1T never seemed to have occurred
to you to mention her name, and as
they had made something for me at
your order IN ages past they naturally
concluded that this was. for me, too,
and sent it on by a messenger with
your card. I knew it was a mistake,
SO ! sent my maid down to inquire.
It was not difficult to guess the truth. z
ooh! said lamely.. fT ssSES#5. +
There, here: you are, you silly boy!"
she said. holding out the brooch.
Run away to Laura with it, and for
give me for playing a practical joke
on you, but you did look such pic
ture Of dismay Is ii Il
ont you keep It, please?'', said !
humbly. 7 ought to pay q penalty for
my stupidity I:
Its awfully good. Of you, Gerald,
and It's very pretty, but don't know
that Il ought to. a I've been engaged
since Wednesd ay, you see, to Captain
Mahon.''' a. sst5E 3sf IN.
he very thing cried, turning
70 t1S2 ASaOdChsh&E5l w as
engaged o. Wednesday, too; see, here's
the date. WA :.
Phyllis looked q
#s''.It does seem to At il nicely she
said. May 4 really keep It ~? ?'s n. ~
lease do said and II he says
anything tell him it was premature
Christmas Offering ''' i
5 Lam glad the mistake happened
after ali ], for 4 am very fond Of Phyllis.
/ And well, Captain Mahon, or what
ever his shame is is q very lucky man.
Pc Reszkes in Coon'' Songs. hi gs &.
The fellow passengers Of the De
Reszkes on board the trans Atlantic
liner which carried these famous lyric
artists home after til cir season In
grand opera in this company had the
unique experience Of hearing the mag
nifcent voices Of these n twin brother
OF the opera in a report lire OF coon,
songs Two yollng "a nnerican .Vaude-
Villists were on board, \ and, being ac-