The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
he man of the first womas to reach his

the man OF the first woman TO reach his
side"
"A paper one" she ANSWERED. promptly.
mine was a silver one" aid a second.
Mine was paper one" DECLARED a third.
"A paper one!" cried fO4rth. Il would
have heard silver one drAb."
That's right" said the fifsh. struck with
the sound logic of her predecessor. so
would I. Mine was paper aae. of course"
At this point the uninvitsd guest over
head meek little voice at ilis elbow say.
II lost that dollar, but i lwouldn't have
the nerve to so up and clain 1t now. It's
a gold dollar. and / had il s1r luck
1.-The dollar that was foknd." said the
man in the middle of the fio'sc. with a broad
grin. was neither paper nos silver. ladies.
1t was gold one-a relic A. other days"
And the five claimants, looking very cheap,
melted away. The real ownS- of the money
regained her lost coin later On, through the
assistance of some friends.
After careful work on TIE part of the
experts. the score cards w4re returned to
their respective owners and tone OF the card
tables was covered with DINA cups and
vases and several pieces Of sslverware. Then
the ten women having theShighest scores
came forth to be awardes their prizes.
The successful contestant hsying the high
est score of all was given thrst choice OF
the tempting array on thestable and she
didn't hesitate to pick out the finest piece
of silverware there. Thu lady OF the
tournament with the next hiShest was given
second choice. She seemedasomewhat en-
barrassed upon finding herstf the observed
of all observers. and grabbing up the first
article upon which her fing irs fell-it hap
pened to be cheap-lookinS little cup and
saucer-she fed to a place where she would
be less conspicuous. The 1lird prize win
ner was not to be intimidated by the eyes
of her associate players. tShe looked all
of the prizes over very5 carefully and
picked out as her rewardfa large hand
painted PLAGUE of the kind that you hang
on the wall 1t was a icssous thing and
the seven other prize winnefs who followed
after breathed signs of reli3 to see ii go.
The fourth victorious play3r was young
woman who had evidently ATTENDED public
euchre parties before, and v<3s doubtless an
old hand at picking out plies. She pro-
ceeded very leisurely to exs tine the various
articles so as to make certain that there
were no cracks or broken Races in the one
that she selected. At clarity affair OF
this sort the prizes are al donated. and
there is an old saying thS one shouldn't
look gift horse In the isouth. The
naming six prize winners Watched her re-
signedly at first she rsade her pains
taking Investigations, but enally they be-
came very impatient ana one of them
urged her to hurry up 4 bit" At last
the investigator decided lsDon the article
that she had examined irs the beginning.
and withdrew from the cerfer OF the room
happily unconscious of thi fact that she
had made herself heartily soathed ana de-
spised.
In this way the ten prizes were taken.
one by one-all but the lass This last one
was a comical little brown a,up with nick
in it. The tenth prize-winDfr turned up her
nose when she saw what aas left for her,
and, gathering up her wr3ps. started out
for home, after expressings her opinion OF
the cheap, battered-up thinis that had been
offered for prizes and declalIn that, so long
as she lived, she would nevd attend another
charity euchre party-so tsere now,
LOUIs w. JONES.
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