Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-08-24
JTM'S DARLING.


Is it possible to be in love with two
girls at the same time? That was the
| problem which had been tormeRtng Jim
| Harrison for the last six months or more.
| II was the question he asked himself
nervously whenever he happened TO see
| May and Lucy Thompson together.
May and Lucy were cousins, orphans.
who shared home, an aged aunt who
| performed the duties of a chaperOn, and
dress allowance Of $50 per annum.
| May was young and pretty. Now,
| youth and beauty being two of the surest
! of Cupid's darts. Mays youth and good
unfortunately, Lucy was young and
| pretty, too.
MAY was tail and dark. with a Greek
profile. and masses of smooth. blue-black
| hair, arranged in simple coils, regardless
| Of Fashions DEGREES.
| Lucy, on the other hand, was small,
| fair girl, with an aureOle Of fluffy hIlr'
ana the sauciest, nez retrousse III tae
world.
Jim admired tall. dark women. and
| the contemplation Of Greek profile was
| to him source OF mceasing joy.
This would, no doubt. have led him 10
| give the preference to May. had i no:
| been for the fact that an equally ann
| able weakness for Luey's type Of lowell
ness drew him in the opposite direction.
,!i.,'c friends spoke of May as one of
the most accomplished and amlabie crea-
lures they had ever met.
They referred to Lucy in precisely sim
! liar terms.
May locked magnificent in white satin;
| and when Jim saw her iii a ballroom, he
wondered how he could ever have given
| q thought to Lucy.
But then. Lucy was altogether be
! witching III blue linen, and no sooner did
/ IwFR.l N 81
| punt on the river than the vision of
! MAYS charms faded into inSigniiicance.
| To make long story short, Jim's adOra-
! ton of May was only equaled by his de-
| votiou 20 Lucy: and his difficulties were
| in no wise lessened by the fact that both
PARTIES rcciprocated his affection.
The chances are that Jim wGuld have
ended by remaining Il bachelor to his
| dying day hut for the advent Of n fourth
party upon the scene of action. The
fateS selected as their instrument one
BERTHE Thompson, brother TO May, nome
| from school for the summer holidays.
BERTHE, aCtat IA, was n smart lad, with
| somewhat decided views upon the re-
| Spective merits and dement's Of his cOuS-
in and sister. He took in the situation
| at Il glance, and, having no particular
objection to Jim as hrother-in-law, de-
| cided. for reasons to be hereinafter set
forth that May was the girl for jim.
He pondered the subject at meal times,
| and other odd times not occupied by
weighticr matters. After the lapse of
seven days his youthful reflections might
have heen erystalized into some such So
liloauy as this,
Both the girls are dead nuts on Har-
rison, and Harrison is dead nuns on both
the girls. But, then, Harrison's only
seen EN- in their best bibs and fuckers.
| stuck AL over with company manners.
Suppose n caught sight of them mouch-
7 ,,fr ND OF IA. IN, hn
morning he go on being spoons
on them both? Ia back May 4 hundred
to one against Loo. any day. p'rapS
he'd chuck them both, though. But it's
worth riSEng, anyway
Thcreupon BERTHE Matched diab0lical
plot,
As the nearest relative Of the objects
of ,Iim's affections. BERTHE was a pYivi-
legged visitor a Har.son'S room, Jim
eyinced no establishment, therefore. when
BERTHE burst into his den late one Sat
urday night and announced his intention
Of accompanying him on a long-proiectel
bicycle trip or the following morning
''Ycu'H have to pass our show, in any
case said the aStutc BERTHE. so You
might as well pick me up on the way.
Besides. the girls want 10 see You about
a picnic they're getting up next week
This latter argument. an inspiration of
the moment not altogether founded up
on the fact, proved irresistible. and SO it
fell OUT that, punctually AT $3.50 ON the
following day inns rat-a-tat sounded
upon tn" ThompSonS' front door.
Now Nav and Lucy were quite accuS-
toned To the sound of double knocks on
Il Sunday morning. 1t was the sound
: With which certain chmas OF Berries.
the h0ys from next door nut enc, We're
wont to present themselves at the
Thompson doorstep every sabbath with
uafNiliug regularity.
. h..- h, rrt. OIL
, m'ttca Ivy the nmhle Berthe. entered the
Ghmnp>onian domiCile. neither May nor
Iucy was prepared for his arrival.
The Two girls, as BERTHE had taken care
TO ascertain, were engaged, each in her
own way. in killing the time between
: breakfast and dressing for church
Lucy, who Invariably jniulsrd in tea
ana toast in her bedroom. had just
emerged from that Sanctum in scmi-ciV-
ilizcd attire; and when Harrison. az Ber-
! ties nstlSatlcn, entered The drawing
/ room, an unexpected vision met his gaze.
Lucy was seated at the piano. hanging
the keys with one hand, and with the
| Ctner MAINTAINING steady COmmunica-
ton between her mouth and box Of
chocolates, placed within convenient
reach, Sine was CARRIED in an old satin
, skirt no longer in its prime, ana Il much
hetrlled dressing jacket. that must have
been coquettSh in its youth, hut was
now slightly >oiled. \ pair of pink satin
shoes. no longer irreproachaile. com
plgted the costume. Her pretty, fluffy
halr with il di>tracting little poUfS aad
curiS, that Jim considered the most atur-
! all" par; II Lucy, had suffered total
| ecIpSe under mass Of hair-vurlCrS
Jim, having no sisters of his own. was
MuaccuStomed to this last phenomenon.
Who that has ever experienced 1t will
readily forget the shock produced upon
! oeitaie nervous organization n the
hrSt glimpse Of a young and beautiful
woman under the influence Of hair-curl-
!, cIS:
In ton seconds Jim Harrison suffered
all the fortunes of terrible diSilusiou-
ment. Lucy the child Of his dreams.
TipNome. delicate Lucy. with her feath-
cry, golden cprlS. and her Dresden china
4amtine>> faded from his vision. and
there remained very ordinary Young
person in So!led satin skirt and cues,
tionahIe ShoeS-a Young person with n
ttp-uited Rose, who devoured chocolates
wholesale, and owed her chief attrac-
tCn to ,eNtranoous causes commonly
called curiing-pins.