Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-09-06
SHE KNEWLGHE SYMPTOMS
The tSSason a TsvideRwnke Girl Was
SeIectinri Her Trousseuu.

SeIecttnS hcr IrOuSSeuu.
They happened to meet in a shop the
other day. and they had & conversa-
| ton which senr-0ne of them away with
Hoods of light Illuminating her soul,
EShe Smas,..ols OF these girls who are
adored by old ladies and constantly In
yltoG to tea by them to meet bachelor
SONS and who count all the beaus they
ever had on the tingers OF one. hand.
| The other - well, she was different.
| She was one OF those maddening crea-
tures who are always mysteriously
supplied WITH roses and bonbons and
escorted to the theater on first nights
In spite of the fact that all the other
girls are agreed that there Is abso-
lutely nothing In her" The latter
young woman was meditating over
some silks when the other one greeted
her .
81 suppose you. are trying to decide
between the old rose and the pale
green she said.
We'll. no." replied the other girl
frankly. lyon see, am getting my
wedding things. and think I'll have
both" Then she gazed down TO blush
and looked up to see the effect of her
words 49,
us 1t possible? r. lfIf
ayes, dear, and you can't Imagine
how nervous am
~ only hope you
"Will be happy? OF course shall.
why. can always ltake him do just
what choose"
The other girl pursed up her lips and
looked enyious. "Oh, l shouldn't like
that-at an. The NAV Iimarry must be
one that can obey"
Not at all, my dear. 1t is all very
nice to talk that way to the men
They liNe it and It sounds pretty, be-
sides doing no harm, until you are
really going to marry one of them,
when you want your own way. just
like any other sensible woman"
"Well do tell me hOw he began
the other slrl dreamlly.
proposed? ~oh, but he hasn't done
it yet"
But | thought that YOU
"Were selecting a rousseau? So
am. goOsie. You see it is just this way;
He will call at s this evening. and by .
at,latest we will he formally engaged"
but how do you know" helplessly
asked the other girl.
simply by precedent When man
asks you i'm an anxious tone IL you
think Il married man ought &c give up
his club, yos may know that his III
tentiOns are serious, and when he fol-
lows it up a few days later by asking
you if you don't think man has Il
right to smoke all over his own house
it is high time to decide when the we'd
ding shall be-"
MY goodness
Eyes, but that wasn't what convinced
me-"
-'Oh, do-tell me about It,"
NO it was simply this: met him
IN. the street yesterday. and he was
reading paper so intently that he
didn't even see me until | spoke. Then
he blushed violently and in great con
fusion thrust his paper into lis coat
pocket. Well, he went home with me,
and-nOw. you must never tell this as
long as you live"
Il never. never will"
''Well. | was so curious to see what |
he had been reading that confused him
that | made an excuse to slip out into |
the hall where his coat was hanging |
and took the paper out Of his pocket. |
and what 60 you tllik 1t wasp
"Oh. can't imagine"
ut was a household paper, and the
article that he had been reading was
one which proved conclusvely that two |
people could live a good deal more !
cheaply than one. Now do you see
why | am commencing to select my |
she asked triumpbantly.
Eyes, / do" meel1y replied the other
Tit-Bits.