The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-31
GAME is TOO STRENUOUS
KEEPING TWO MEN ON STRING
AT ONCE A DELICATE TASK
Girl Tries to Do 1t automatically, but
Is Undone by Forgetting to Change
Lockets Which Dick and Jack Had
Given Her-Experiment Proves Haz-
ardous and Unlucky.

r Even though it be acknowledged
that women are born diplomats, es-
pecially when it comes to the manage
ment of the opposite sex in affairs of
the heart, there are times when they
Overreach themselves. A st. Paul girl
who thought herself an excellent man
ager-and she had reason-is now los
ing faith in her own ability. There
were two young men whom she liked
exceedingly, and who, it is needless to
add, liked her. She had always argued
to herself that whom you are in love,
you know it, but for the life of her she
could not say which of the two she
liked the better-a very good proof that
she loved neither if she only knew it.
They were both agreeable, we'll do,
eligible, and neither of them had
strenuous past as far as she knew. For
six months she had successfully kept
them anart, not once had they met at
her house, but they had heard rumors
of each other and each was becoming
painfully aware of the others exist
ence. But the girl was certain that all
was going smoothly. She had the self
confidence which almost amounts to
genius.
Each of the young men had discov-
cred that she was fond of heart shaped
lockets that hang around the necks Of
the very young. So each of them pre-
sented her with locket in which the
countenance of each was embalmed.
One was gold, and the other was silver,
but each had her monogram on the
outside. She heaved a sigh of gratitude
that they were not exactly alike, but it
took considerable presence of mind to
remember which was which. In fact
life became dizzy round of changing
lockets. On Monday evening she wors
a gold locket, with Jacks" picture
Wi iYoo
was of silver in which Dicks" hand
some countenance was enshrined.
Every morning, instead of looking at
her calendar to see what day it was,
she would glance at her locket and
know that it was Dicks day, as last
evening she had worn Jacks locket
The ethics Of this story may not be
quite plan, but what's poor girl to do?
If she is not sure she must be given
time, for matrimony is a momentous
affair, though not quite so lasting in
our best families as formerly. So this
astute young woman justified her con-
duct to herself, and there were no COM
plants from Jack or Dick.
But alas, there came an evening last
week when she lost count. Busy all
day on the golf links, and returning
home late. she dressed hurriedly and
slipping the chain round her neck in
moment of absent mindednesS, she
went down stairs to greet Dick with
Jacks locket in plain view. Dick did
not see it for an hour; finally his eye
rested upon it, and he remarked that
he was under the impression that he
had given her d gold locket. She clutch
ed the silver heart with a shiver but
it was too late! Then she attempted
to explain, but Jack became deaf and
dumb and stupid; he could not see it.
He made her open the locket and he
EaZeQ upon the features of his rival
There is no use of going further into it;
she lost Jack, and then made up her
mind that Jack was the man after all.
So now she has snubbed Dick, and is
spending a few weeks IN the country
Jacks heart seems to have been caught
in the rebound, for he is devoting HIM
self to another girl.
Almeric Hugh Paget has been in
town for a few days on business. He
stopped at the Minnesota club. Mr..
Paget was a well known business man