The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-28

Men Can Play the Game, but Women
Generally Want the Cards
Stacked.

Generally Want the Card.
When it became apparent TO the top
| floor girl and the nice young man, it
was apparent to everybody else that
they had reached the sentimental stage
and the top floor said it was time to
reform. says the New York Herald.
You mustn't come to see me SO Of
ten she said. I'VE don't want peo-
pie to think we are pair Of Stiles
Il don't see anything silly about our
liking each other said the nice young
man
Well. l do" she said. 1T makes me
feel very foolish to know that every
body is saying that I am in love. We
must try to counteract that impress
sion Hereafter. when you come to
see me, I am going to let on to the
other girls that 1 don't care a straw
whether you come or not and you must
pretend to the boys that you would
good deal rather stay with them and
| smoke or play cards than come
and see me, only you have an engage
ment, and feel duty bound to keep it"
The nice young man emphatically
disapproved of this cryptic scheme for
| outwitting the general public, but the
| top floor girl prevailed. as usual, and
| they parted with the understanding
| that the next time he called each was
| to act as il the society Of the other
was endured only under actual COM
pulsion.
| The following Wednesday, the top
| floor girl was urged by three other
girls to accompany them to the thea
ter. Before rejecting the invitation
she called into requisition her most
pensive manner.
| "Oh. dear" she said, 81 wish that /
could, but l am afraid I'll have to stay
at home. I rather think that Ernest
| Wilson is coming this evening. OF
| course I wish he were not, for I'd ever
50 much rather go with you girls than
stay here md talk with him, but he
| said he might come. and it would not
| look very we'll for me to run away and
leave nobody here to entertain him.
/ oh of course, we all understand all
about that said the tall girl, sympa-
/ thetically. But really, my dear, l do
not think you need to stay at home on
his account. I don't think he will
come"
Il why not?" asked the top floor girl
\ because he has another engage
ment. My brother saw him in tie Of
4 flee this afternoon and wanted him to
take hand in a poker game this eve
i ming but he said he had a previous
engagement. He didn't want to go
though. My brother said he seemed
L awfully cut up about it. The girl, En-
nest said, was a good deal of a bore
but he had promised to call and could
not very we'll back out. You can inn
agine she must be stupid when a nice
Il young man like Ernest talks that way
And so that lets you out for it is evil
dent he didn't have you in mind. And
so you might as we'll come with us in
stead Of staying here and moping.
The theater, however, had no charm
for the top floor girl then.
mo. thank YOU she said. Il think
prefer to NOPE"
She moped until o'clock The nice
young man came then.
II think" was the girls greeting
that you are getting to be very unre-
liable. I don't think it is at all nice OF
you to make two engagements for one
evening.
who made two engagements fol-
one evening"" asked the astonished
young man.
you did. If you promised that other
girl to go and see her. why don't you:
I will excuse you. I'll excuse you. I'll
excuse you for good. if you like
| What other girl?" he asked.
Il don't know who she is. The one
you had an engagement with
| But 1 had no engagement except
this"
| "Parodn me, but you must have had
You told Jessie Bells brother you had
You said you hated like everything to
go because the girl is such a bore but
YOU had promised. and couldn't get out
of it,
ooh, Lord!" said the young man
did that get around to you already
I said it. of course. but there was nc
other girl. I said it about YOU
| about me-" almost screamed the
top floor girl. You said those things
about me?"
The nice young man wilted.
why. yes" he faltered. ut was q
part of our plan. You told me to- You
said
"Oh, keep STILL" she commanded
This is terrible. So, l am a bore. am
II? Horribly stupid. am I? O-O-O-h
How dare YOU say such things about
me-
Well" said the young man. with g
sudden show Of spunk. I'm bet it Is
no worse than you said about me- II
bet YOU told the girls you wished tina
ii wouldn't come. and a lot of Othel
stuff to the same tune"
| The top floor girl threw back hel
head, loftily. 'Oh, WE'LL she said
that is different"