Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-09-02
FAILURE OF A PLOT.

When Carlotta made up her mind to !
stop off at Pittsburg for three days on
her way east to her cousins wedding |
there was an ignoble motive of her
decision. In Pittsburg resides a
young man Of whom Carlotta
approves and also young wo-
man for whom she has no fond
ness. Carlotta considered the lat
ter "dowdy," and the conviction was
borne in upon her mind that II the
young man in question had an oppor-
tunity Of comparing herself, attired in
her latest creation in the way OF
frocks, with the Pittsburg young wo-
man, whose gowns could never be
considered in the light of Creations"
there would still be ground for hope.
Carlotta's stay was to be short, but
she took two trunks The wedding
finery occupied considerable space and
the garments designed for the annihi'
lation of the Pittsburg young woman
did the rest. In a hasty note to her
friends Carlotta asked that these two
acuuaintances be invited to dinner for
the first night of her stay. 1t is to
OhTlOIld
ready to give a rival fair field, yet
taking into account the gown she had
selected for the occasion perhaps she
was not so magnanimous after all.
Carlottas latest fad is independ-
ence Instead Of the clingng, help
less, appealing type of femininity, she
has chosen as her model the resolute,
x-onpu woman Nubo ba.
lieves that If you want thing well
done you must do 1t yourself. She
secuted her brother Toms offer to
look up her train for her and secure
her tickets She packed her trunk
unaided. When the expressman came
| she gave him directions with an au-
| thoritative air which could hardly be
improved upon. Small room at the
| head of the stairs. Two trunks"
yes MISS" said the expressman.
Though Tom went with her to the
station Carlotta insisted on checking
her trunks herself It gave her a sat
isfied feeling to recognize their famil-
lar outlines among the piles Of bag.
gage and she saved the time of the
man who waited on her by pointing
them out to him to start with. Then
she went back to Tom, who was chew
ing his cigar and looking cross.
you might as well understand"
Carlotta told him, that the modern
girl doesn't need a man to look out
for her at every turn. It's the fashion
to be competent and independent
Tom replied with emphasis that in
certain matters he was content to re-
main old-fashioned.
1t was not TIL she came to unlock
her trunks at her friends house in
Pittsburg that Carlotta's complacency
received a frightful blow. Her keys
would not At. She fumbled and fret
ted and grew red in the face. Then all
at once she dropped down on the rug
and gasped.
The trunks she had watched the ex-
pressman carry out and which she had
recognized at the station were not the
two she had packed herself. Indeed,
they had stood in another room at the
head of the stairs One of them con-
tanned a goodly number Of summer
of old suits of Toms which he did
not consider fit for Office wear, though
they were too good to throw away.
The frantic telegram sent to Chi
cago within a quarter Of an hour after
this discovery was too late to be OF
any use as far as Carlottas Pittsbure
visit was concerned. For the dinner
rtx cd hpr nhninn no
wearing her travelling dress and plead
ing indisposition. She choose the lat
ter and the headache given as a rea
:, son for her nonappearance was moi
fictitious, for she had cried till hel
nose was of a most unbecoming red
ness and her temples throbbed.
, The dowdy young woman expressed
her sorrow at not meeting Miss Ray
!, mond and the young man who wa:
= indirectly responsible for the affail
professed similar regrets, plainly
: tempered by his pleasure in beins
|, near the young woman previously
mentioned.
n Since her return from the east Car
a lotta has had little to say on the sub
i ject of feminine independence ant
she even refuses to notice when Ton
remarks that above all things he ad
mires a girl who is capable Of looking
: out for herself AS for the Pittsbur
g young man, there is a rumor that he /
e to be married to the dowdy girl Il
n June and Carlotta still wonders wha
d would have happened if he had see
}. that dinner gown.-Chicago News.
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