The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-18
A PsRFIpIous AMBASSADOR.

| Joe Rogers says Bert Sellers IS a traitor
! and not TO be trusted any farther than
/ one can heave a freight car with one
/ hand Bert Sellers smiles pityingly and
/ says that all is fair IN love and war.
| Pretty little Mrs. Sellers, until few days
| ago Nellie Miller losses her roguish head
/ and says she thinks Joe Rogers might
| have sent her a wedding present Beyond
I these limited and somewhat vague ex-
pressions none of them viii talk. so the
reader must weigh the facts in the case
and judge which Of the three is right.
Joe Rogers and Bert Sellers are fellow
clerks II a big establishment. One Sat
urday afternoon recently, as they were
| preparing TO depart for the customary
half-holiday. Joe drew his friend aside
and asked for few minutes OF his time
for a confidential talk. Its like this,
joe" he said, as soon IS they reached the
seclusion OF a side street. I've got a
hard proposition-thst is. It is hard for
me-but with your bland assurance and
supreme gall it should be only trifing
thing for you TO undertake
We'll, I like that pretty wall" said
Bert, but go ahead with your PROPOSE
ton. Want to strike the old man for
more salary, I suppose?
You're away of. No, this Is something
more serious. You know how I feel 20
ward Nellie Miller-fact is, I guess Tn
what they call in love with her"
Don't blame you, old man; we all are.
Nellie is all right She can throw my
watch into the lake"
Yes, but she doesn't want TO. Now,
here is the proposition. You know have
been going up to Nellie'S house pretty
steadily for three years. but I have never
brought myself TO the point of asking her
when she would change ner name to Rog-
ers. Fact is. old man, I'm not just sure
where I'm at
We'll, you're certainly swift II you
have not learned 10 read the thermometer
in three years; why, all I'd ask is three
weeks, or three days
mot with Nellie. She's different from
the rest Now I feel pretty sure that m
the only boy for Nellie. but I want 10
be dead sure before I get down on the
administer and make my talk about love
in 8 cottage or a four-rOOm fat and all
that; don't want to take any chances on
a throw-down, you understand?
Perfectly; but you should never send
a boy TO do a mans work. You want me
to sound some Of her girl friends?"
NO I want you to put on your glad
rags and go up TO Nellies house TINS
evening and sound her yourself Tell her
I am delayed at the office, or sent out OF
town, or any old thing. I'll trust your
smooth palaver to do the work all right.
Just find out how strong Joe Rogers is
up there, will your
"Certainly-er-you don't mind If 7
make little love to Nellie just to get her
talking in the right strain, do your
That's Just what I want you to do"
What if sch falls in love with me?'
mo danger. You are too giddy
butterfly for Nellie. She prefers man
of settled principles"
Like you, I suppose. However, I give
you fair warning. II she will stand for
At I'm going to make desperate love to
her"
"san right in You'll land along with
Bonnibert and the other pikers In the
Derby"
This is how IL happened that Bert Sell
lers found himself sitting on the verarda
with Nellie Miller that evening, synApa-
thizing with her over the fact that Joe
Rogers had been sent out of town by u
firm Nellie seemed 70 bear Up well IN
der the shock, inasmuch as Bert in
formed her repeatedly that she was look
ing especially well. When he said good
night she insisted upon pinning carna-
ton upon his coat. Sunday afternoon
foShd him on the veranda again, and he
remarked that he had never seen Nellie
more becomingly attired than in the
fluffy white and blue dimity gown, where
at the roses IN her cheeks grew redder.
Then they took a stroll in the evening,
and when Bert reached his room, with his
head In a Whirl and his he8rt IN tefrluc |
futter. he discovered that Nellie had tied |
one Of her sleeve ribbons to his cane.
Meanwhile Joe Rogers funed and stew |
ed and waited for his ambassador TO come |
In and file q detailed report. Officially !
he was out of town, so he had 10 choke |
down the desire to walk by Nellie's home !
iust to see If she were sitting by the win /
dow and weeping over his absence Mon |
dav morning he received very unsatis- /
factory telephone message from Bert, an
that he and Nellie were TO join /
a fishing party up the river that day. and /
he would be obliged to Joe If he would \
tell the proprietor that Bert was IN and |
unable to work. He was still indisposed /
Tuesday, but rallied sufficiently to &C
company Nellie to a lawn party that /
evening.
Wednesday he bounced into the Office /
and found Joe suffering a violent attack
IF the megrims. ''Well. Ike your style
he began. waving aside the pronered I
hand. at took you a long time to find
put what 1 wanted to know
II found out all right" said Bert
'Well, what did you find outY'
You'll have to get another girl. Nellie
S not for you"
'eWhy-I-I-don't Just understand"
said Joe, suddenly growing white. rs
here any particular reason why she
won't marry me2'
Yes. I'm free to say there is.'
What is it,
THE principal reason is that she is go
ng to become Mrs. Bertram Eugene Sell
ers one month from today."-Edward +.
Younger.