The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-26

I could decide whether | want a white
satin or crepe meteor wedding
dress
The Man Himself-Yes, they've got
my name spelled right. after all Gee,
It's something like reading your own
obituary notice. it's so formal! Any.
how, it's nobody's business but ours
and don't see any use Of all this fool.
ishness In print. Every idiot | know1l
be around to see me tomorrow and
tell me how to be happy though mar.
ried! Well, II will settle Mckenzie
all right-he won't be sending Edith
flowers now In that airy, oh.Ive-got.a.
chance'yet way Of his. always want,
ed to kick him Robert Rogerson
Fairburn-yes, that's me. all right
Well. life begins to look real and earn.
est now ] wonder II Ethel won't
kind OF think when she reads this that
maybe she wasn't so bright after all
running OF and marrying Smith Just
because she had quarreled with me
She's had three years of pretty rough
shedding with him. OF course it's all
for the best so far as I'm concerned,
butt wonder!
Lillian-What! You don't tell me
Bob is really engaged to Edith! Well,
what do you think of that! It's most
remarkable how men do these weird
things when they are reduced to des
peration, isn't Il! Poor Bob! OF
course Edith is very nice girl-so
capable and domestic and all that
but. my dear. did you ever see a girl
SO dowdy. and with so little style? |
am sure Mrs. Noah did her hair I'D In
precisely that same way in the days
OF the ark. Bob always did love pref.
ty things-that's one reason he hung
around me so much. Some men never
notice new gown or smart hat. but
he always does. No. I'm awfully fond
OF Bob. but mercy! | never could fall
In love with him! Never! SUP
pose he realized 1t at last! Poor Bob,
Arthur-Hello! Edith's going TO
marry Bob Fairburn! Well well,
Nice little girl. Edith! Seems to me
| had crush on her myself once
She had the biggest brown eyes-no
that wasn't Edith-it was Mabel
remember now that Ediths eyes were
blue. Or were they hazel? Where in
creation did put that tobacco? Hey
Ferguson! Got any tobacco?
Mckenzie (who sent flowers to
Edith)-One by one the roses fall!
SO Edith Is going to shake us all for
Bob Fairburn! 1t was worth the for
lists bills, getting him mad. He
seemed to think that every one was
In conspiracy to take his girl away
from him. Edfth's too quiet for me
But 1t paid to stand in with the family
her fathers tips on the stock mar.
ket were all right
Ethel (who married Smith)-Ob.
Teddy! Guess who's going to get
married now-one Of my old beaux!
No. not that one-Bobbie Fairburn!
Why. of course you remember him!
He took me to that party where |
first met you and was crazy mad be.
cause you had four dances! used
to think ] rather liked him, but that
was before you came along! can't
imagine why ever was so foolish
Goodness! What II l had really mar.
ried him! l had an awful time work.
ing up quarrel with him so as to let
him down easily. hated to be down.
right brutal and drop him, 80 I seized
on the first chance for a fight. Il was
awfully funny, now that / think of It!
Well. Bobbie was nice boy in his
OWL way. wonder. who she is
never heard of her.
I Edith's Relatives Individually and
:ollectiyely)-Well. suppose this
means another wedding present II
was perfectly idiotic Of grandfather to
start that custom Of always giving the
brides in the family solid silver. Some
thing less expensive would do exact.
ly as well. suppose Edith will ex.
pect q huge tray just because her
cousin got one from us. Maybe we
Fan strike sale. Anyhow, she IA
throwing herself away on Bob Fair.
burn. His family are simply nobodies
Well, she's rs and l suppose she had
to take what she could get