The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
THE EVENING STOR r


Deception.
The girl with the purple veil looked
critically at her friend in the tilted hat
that seemed TO be on the point OF slio-
ing down across her nose from an ele-
walton about a foot above her back
4 believe you are getting thin" she
The girl in the tilted hat sighed gent
~ Nobody but a person with ad-
amantine feelings and an iron consul
tuition could help it, she said. EVER
since I told my family I was going to
marry LaClaire-
you don't mean to say you're en-
gagged to himl" broke out the girl IN
the purple veil with volumes of nor
ror in her voice, that traiied off into
an imitation of polite surprise Wnen lle
girl in the hat gave her a look. Il had
no idea-I didn't drean-are you
SURE
kindred souls said the girl in the
hat with the patience of a superior IN
tellect, do not waste time wondering
LeClaire and why, we knew We
were made for each other. We've oIten
talked of it. He had just that sudden,
binding mental illumination when we
first met that I did. 1t was
They had just served the oyster pate
at the club dance when you were m
troduced to him." supplied the girl IN
the purple veil cruelty, And he had
just taken a forlzfuL It was very fun
N.Y.
1T was a great moment corrected
her friend, coldly. He may have been
eating oysters, but his mind was above
them. He says that is one hard thing
he has to bear-the obtuseness OF the
world in general in always taking the
materialistic view. He has the ideal
point of view, you knOW-and It seems
to infuriate my family. They have done
nothing but storm and scold, but bear
with them. In time they will come to
see the beauty and. fneness of his nature.
1t positively makes me Shudder TO near
papa ask in his most nasal tone Il LIE
Claire has got respectable situation
yet. AS though he sold collar buttons
on the curbing! He is private secretary
to man who writes advertising. poetry.
| OF course, the man can't pay much, but
I LeClaire says he is willing to sacrlnce
paltry money to atmosphere, and he
couldn't bear commercial surroundings.
You know-he is to be-a poet some
day"
.Indeed!'' said the girl in the purple
veil How NIGEL"
isn't it," breathed her friend, rap
/ turousIy Think of being a poets wife
his inspiration, his encourager when
adverse
THAT'S all very well, but what about
the grocer's boy with the bill at the
back door?' inquired the girl in the pur-
pie veil.
/ s.That sounds like mamma admitted
the girl in the tilted hat. I have mind
above worrying over such sordid things
/ IeCIaire-isn't it a beautiful name has
always been very popular He mas TOTO
me all about the girls who nave thrown
themselves at his head, but, OF course
! it wasn't the dear boys fault lie never
cared for any of them. There was one
girl, when he was very young
How old is he now" asked the CIR
in the purple veil, meekly.
''Oh, at least 23l Well, he was engag-
ed to this girl and might have married
her and ruined his whole life, only she
was so Jealous. She could not compre-
bend how a mind like his found pleas
Ire in a multitude of friends. And, OF
( course. he had to be civil to the many
who surrounded him everywhere rs
said he explained it carefully TO netl
! but she was not able to understand. lie
/ realized that she was of the earth ano
that It was a happy release He never
really cared for any one till ne met me
( but YOU see I understand him so Won
derfully we'll I don't think 1 could oe
! Jealous of hint would be an insult
/ If he talks to another girl nave sense
/ enough TO realize it isn't because ne mas
/ fallen in love with her-she has Droba-
bIv displayed some phase of character
that interests him. Literary men, vol
| know, must have subjects
How noble of you" cOoed the girl II
sensible and broad-minded. I suppose
| YOU know he was over at the picture
exhibit this morning with that pretty
little blonde girl. Jessie Prinkins? 10
/ seemed more interested in her than II
the pictures and they were going on t
lunch somewhere
The girl in the tilted hat was a pic
ture herself-a lively representation O.
wrath revenge and excitement "Ant
I he told me he had to work this morn
ing. And couldn't possibly go shop
ping with me to match those silks. And
he always has claimed to dislike blond.
hair. Of all deceitful creatures-and
trusted him So"
But" said the girl in the purple
veil, with prettfly wrinkled forehead
1T wasn't her blonde hair; it was prob
bly, some phase of character she hat
displayed that interested him. dom
See
''That's all very wen for you hal
wept the girl in the tilted hat, *but j.
you were engaged to anybody, or evel
had show of being. you'd understand
My heart is bro-o-ken! III never SCI
him again as long as I l-l-live.'
That's better said the girl with th'
purple veil Il wouldn't either. AnC
in the meantime, come with me to thu
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