Mexico Missouri message., 1902-09-04
Two In a Window.

Copyright. 1ao? by Daily story Pub. Coy
When got on the street car at Elev.
enth street l accidentally seated my
self within hearing distance of an AMI.
mated conversation. At first the
waves of sound that assaulted my
ears were mere irritating noises, but,
unconsciously. grew interested.
In the principal talker recognized
visitor to the national convention of
The Daughters of Rachel, then meet
Ing In our city. She was a big. fiorid
woman, whose ample bosom was
vast pin-cushion stuck full of various.
colored badges and designs. She
wore bird of paradise on her big
velvet hat and lemon-colorcd gloves on
her fat hands. The other woman was
angular and tall, and dressed in
black; in the matter of insignia she
contented herself with only the little
gilt pitcher hung by blue ribbon that
was the delegates badge.
From the conversation judged that
they were old friends-possibly cous-
ins-and met now, in a strange city,
for the first time in years.
"And when was all this?" asked the
thin Rachel.
"A year ago, come May" answered
the fat one. Twas during our street
fair. AS | was saying, Agnes said she
wouldn't do It for nothing in the
world; SO there they were-her pa
begging her and promising her every
thing you could think of from diamond
earrings to a refrigerator; or threat
ening to cut her off with siXpence. But
| knew from the set to Agnes mouth
she wasn't going to do it. She's got
mouth just like her pas. felt real
sorry for Mr.. Fox, too"
Il don't think he could have ex-
his store window" interrupted the
thin Rachel, ''he ought to have given
1t up when he couldn't get anybody
else"
"You don't know Mr.. Fox" rejoined
the other, "he never gives up anything.
or course he hadn't any idea, when he
advertised for couple, that somebody
wouldn't come. being as how he offered
| such grand parlor furniture to the
one would do II. But when Monday
come and no couple and the wedding
promised for Thursday, then he got
scared and told Agnes he was going
to fall back on her If nobody else
turned up, being as how she was going
to be married I'm a month, anyhow.
! Agnes took on awful about it, she
was tender hearted little thing and
she hated to go against her pa; but
she wouldn't give in for long time"
You don't mean to say she gave
in at last?" asked the thin Rachel.
II never have been able to decide
whether she did or not" responded the
stout one doubtfully. "Wednesday
morning-you know the wedding was
set for Thursday at one o'clock-well
Wednesday morning at breakfast her
pa said, real stern-like, Agnes, I'm
tired of all this foolshness. You
are to be married tomorrow in that
window or never with my consent
do you hear?" And Agnes answered,
just as meek as Moses, Yes, sir
You could have knocked me down
with feather. Mr.. Fox looked sorter
surprised himself. He asked her IL
she promised. Yes. papa. she said
over again. declare that man looked
ten years younger. He pattcd her on
the head and told her he had known
all along that she was too good a girl
to hold out against him and that he
wouldn't have made her do it but he'd
maybe strangers had come to the city
partly to see it and he just felt bound
to do 1t; and then he went out to help