Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-10

genera neaQ OF UumlllNtlON.
ayes" said the cute girl, curled
gracefully in the wicker chair,
"puncture a mans conceit. make
him ridiculous aud you have him
on the road to regeneration"
The youngest girl sat on the ve'
randa steps with her hands clasped
over her knees aud gazing dreami-
IL across the lawn. ~ wish -"
she began, then stopped an d
sighed gently.
what is it, in~nOcencei' asked
the pOmpadour girl. "Why, you
are blushingl Have the mon
sters been troubling you, toOi
Aren't even the children saiei"
"I'm 49," replied the girl on
the steps, unclasping her hands
and sitting up very straight, land
/ come out next winter"
tFBut you're feaTfully youthful,
Just the same, and il any man or
boy has been mean to you it is the
duty OF old campaigners like US to
stop it. Come, now, what is itf"
"Oh, be hasn't been mean or
anything like that" answered the
youngest with bashful reluctance,
ssonly he is $3.50 kind and so SUI
periOr. Pm sure he classes me
with his small sister. They say
he's scarcely 80, yet the very first
time we met he called me Bessie
as though / we're in short dresses.
Come to think Of it, I was playing
golf with my hair in a braid, but
that was no reason why he should
have kept it mp after be saw me
in that lovely white evening gown.
he might as well have patted me
on the head"
"I suppose you mean MILFORD
English" said the cute girl pa
tiently.
sWhy yes-didn't I say sOi"
"'NO, you simpletOn. Now, that
is just why he behaves as he does.
He can't help seeing that you con-
slider him too splendid for any
thing, and that would make q
saint put on airs"
"Hush, Alice, somebody might
hear you"
"BHt everybody knows 1t al
ready. / tell you, il you eveI
hope to get him'-whispers o.
30, Alice!"-s'n you really think
be is worth while, that is, you
must make him see that you con
slider him quite beneath your no
tice. You might make him d.
anything silly or ridiculous and
then laugh at him. He'd pr0ba
bly, 60 of In 3 huh, to return be
fore long and fawn at your feet
Isn't that so, M~ariorief"
81 think" said the one thu
appealed to, in thoughtful tones
tI think that Tanner No. q wOul'
suit his case admirably"
"'Tamer No. 2'fn
1--WE had several tanners a
school, bat this was the best. Al
ice and I worked it beautiful,
last summer on that cOnceiteI
West Point cadet"
"Oh, Mr.. English isn't conceil
ed. But do tell me about it."
"It's very simple. All 20
need is an Obliging small boy
preferably about 10 years old
and a sOfa-preierably one with
high back. You place the DO
behind the sofa and then afte
making yourself, oh terribl
agreeable to the young man, il
vite him to come and sit besid
you. Then you ask him If b
wouldn't like to learn a new gam
that is all the rage in London {
Paris or any other place you bal
pen to think of. He says yes,
course, whereupOn you take a bi
handkerchief or scarf and blinC
fold him tight. When you're SUI
he can't see, you say: Are 20
readyi' he replies, YES whiC
is the signal for the boy behind
under the sofa, who immediate.
steals around in front and throw
his arms around your conceitC
young mans neck and kiss
him."
Elizabeth's blue eyes had grOv
wider as the recital progresse
30, Marioriel" she cried, che
could yOu do such a thingi he
think it was you'll"
Certainly he woodland VII
do you suppose he would dot"
"I do not know" said Ella
beth, examining the tip OF b
shoe.
eyes you do; the man doesI
exist who, under such proyoC