The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-15
PHYLLYs' ROMANCE

Phyiiys Van Haughtey was beautiful
] girl. Wherever she went people mistook
( her for the Venus de Nno Or Nine
! Squee Gee, the celebrated beauty doctor
! Fhyllys had written about jimpIy- fivC
/ letters 10 all the beauty hint editors II
+ the country. and rigidIy followed out
every line Of Instructions which she had
received in reply. She had massaged
+ her face. cut out the blackheads. side
stepped the cFowfeet wrinkles. banishe,l
carmine tin in her nose. and done other
things hidden by the beauty editors. 50
that when ii came 10 the real thing IL
the almost perfection catalogue she was
really it
Added to this Phynys had wealth be-
yond the dream OF a La Sale street stock
broker They fed gold coupons into the
! furnaces that warmed the house wherein
Phyllis lived and she had an automobile
that had run over two nurse-maids and
three policemen.
And vet Phylys Van Haughfey was not
happy.
Today she sat looking listlessly at thu
latest novel, while q slight frown rested
on her fair brow like a balloon over Lin
coin Park ar sunset.
What had come into this beautiful
young life thus TO vez II?
Her automobile even then stood his
sing and seething a the front door. and
three helpless nurse-maids We're at that
very moment wheeling their little charges
across the street. The automobile
wheezed with Joy and tueged AZ its moor
ings as though yearning to dash away TO
the firing line
But stin Phyllys Van Haughtey. the
touch Of whose little white hand could
have caused the automobile to circle
ike the hawk until finally it pounced
with lightning-like rapidity down upon
its helpless prey, sat within the parlor
OF her residence with the dark shadow
still doing business at the same old
stand.
After all she murmured. what viii
it all amount to? Unless she is there to
witness me trump it win be as nothing.
o. 1 cannot endure the thought. She must
be there. She shall be there"
So saying. Phyllys Van Haughtey turn
ed the pages Of her novel and resumed
reading at chapter Il.
What had come into this lovely crea-
lures life to call forth the passionate
words she had just uttered?
It was Easter morning. The fashion
able church was thrOnged with people.
The choir had already sung the first an
them when there was q rusthng noise
heard in the rear Of the church. All the
parishioners kept one eye on the hymnal
but the Otner was carefully turned IN the
direction of the main aisle. as though
expecting something.
Ii came.
Azrayed in a tailor-made gown OF the
impossible kind usually seen only in the
Hints from Paris" pictures. gown
that made men almost shout Hip. hip.
hooray," while the women turned white
with jealousy, Phyllys Van Haughtey
swept down the aisle to her pew. which
i it had been showed forward two feet
would have been on top Of the chanceI
rail.
Phyllys seated herself and dismissed
the usher with a smile that made the or
ganist, who was eagerly watching the
scene. play I'D Leave Ny Happy Home
for You" instead of the usual anthem
She cast a quick glance down at her
stunning toilet and then gave a quick,
nervous look around the church. Ev-
erything seemed TO grow suddenly dark
anG the choir boys turned upside down
and danced on their heads.
Fooled, fOiled, she muttered hoarsely.
1T was of no use. OF no use"
For Isabelle Hightey. whose Chicag go
made dress Phyllis handsome costume
would have made look like the exact half
of 50 cents. had wisely refrained from at
tending church that morning.
tbs the way Of the world.-Richard
Henry Little.