The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-03-04


ucally, clasping the hand tighter than
ever.
81 blame the woman" announced
Polly.
(Which woman Polly?' said /. "The
other wOmanW
"Why, no. said Polly; "thc other
that is. both of them. Now if they
would only join hands"
"What" exclaimed "Two vomcnw
"And cooperate for the punishment
and confusion Of the man"
"Polly Lee" ! asked tragically,
would you undermine the whole
social system? Why, cooperation be.
tween two women would be worse than
the servant girls union. Ever since
there has been two women ana n man
Oh earth there has been feminine war
fare"
And that" said Polly, "has been the
cause Of most of the masculine sins.
IL Is always ease of woman against
woman. You fnd IL everywhere. from
the nursery To the divorce court. when
Bobby is a small boy he promises Mar
iOric and Oracle each his box Of candy.
When Marjorie and Oracle find ont his
pCr6dy, instead OF uniting against him.
and taking il out of him, they begin
10y pulling each others hair and
scratching at each others eyes, ana
Bobby walks scrcnely off and gives the
candy TO little Mary Anne around the
corner When he grows mp Bobby may
have as many wives as Solomon, but
when he is brought into court there are
always half of them dying 10 send
him TO prison and the other half aching
to take him back 10 their arms again,
and all Of them glaring daggers at one
another"
"And," added, "thcrc s always still
another woman waiting round the
corner with n heart full OF sympathy"
And such fascinations as peroxide
hair"
"Is IL absolutely necessary that the
other woman have peroxide hair,
Polly" | inquired
"Oh, that's way with other
women" said Polly
And yet" ! remarked, gliding along
meditatively. 81 once knew another
woman-who didn't dye her hair"
Polly wrigglcd her hand out Of mine
and tucked il in her nun.
at was-lct me sec-abOut the time
announced my engagement" ! went
on, reneCtively.
Polly turned and struck out for IN,
shore with d spurt of which ! had not
thought her capable
"She was" continued, "a girl In
your own set
IL do believe that the sun is going
down. Mr.. Hcavyfeather,' remarked
Polly. slowing up pcrccptibly.
For reasons of my own did not at
tempt TO carry on the conversation.
After few moments silence WIN; ]
expected happened.
who" said Polly. family, "was the
girl in my scty'
"Why, the other woman, Of course,
I replied "She had hardly observed
my existence before the day that my
engagement was announced. The very
next evening she asked her brother 10
invite me up To dnnerW
fancied Polly said something ikc
"Contcmptiblc!' but | must have been
mistaken.
"Of course you didn't 80. Mr.. Heavy
| feather" she remarked, aloud,
I'm afraid | did" l confessed rue
| fully. You see. | didn't exactly un.
derstand things then. rs do since you
and ! have been engaged for some
time. And the girl was very pretty
and alluring.'
Polly gave little gasp and sped on.
"And," | continued, keeping bcSid,
her. when she invited me for
slclghing party on the following nigh
and named n nice girl"
Polly stopped short in the middle o
the ice.
81 accepted" finished
"You-went-JaC Heavyfeathcr"
| Polly's voice would have been awtu
If il had not threatened to he teary.
"Oh, no." | answered quickly. .
didn't 60 You see the snow melte
next morning and she sent me aroun
/, | llllt Illk hVNN w N"N AAN' 'h' 'NH'
; be az home. anyhow"
II know whom you mean" sal
) Polly. striking out for shore once more
, 1T was that Edgerly girl-ihc one VIII
E rogues and wears such awful hats
"Oh. no-not the Edgcrly girl
b said scornfully. ut was
r Then" declared Polly. III must hay
T been Alicia Brown. That's her Cnl
4 method Of getting attention. NJ
g Heavyfeather She keeps a little li'
9 of eligible men on her dressing tabl
o Doubtless you are on the list. | thin
d though. il is rather detestablc Of h'
e 60 treat me 50 sweetly---'
X "But you don't blame me, do yo
Is PollyT
e mot II IL was Alicia Brown" 50
Ie Polly sarcastically. You couldn't pc
n sibly have escaped her. Mr.. Hea~
a feather No man could
b But il wasn't Alicia | explained {
Q, knelt down 10 unfasten Pslly
10 skates. 1T couldn't have been. "
Pr know because. at the time. Alicia VI
= my fancee."