Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-06

watched her hostess. The latter de-
| liberately hunted out her best Paris
hatpins and a fresh pair of white
gloves. Then she brushed her new
tailor suit.
why" gasped the young woman
who was visiting, 81 thought you said
you were just going to run around the
corner to the grocery, and here you
are putting on all your afternoon tea
| clothes"
You are mistaken" said her hostess
firmly. Heretofore have had best
clothes and second-best clothes and
rainy day garments, but from now on
| shall have but one outfit, and that
my best! made my mind up to that
after last Wednesday.
You see, had dressmaker in the
house and was attired in kimono
and my hair was on the verge of
tumbling down from my frantic en-
deayors to help sew. can sit abso-
lutely still and Just sew and in an
hour ! will look like worse wreck
than II had gone through bargain
sale fight! At that precise moment
Miss Downs discovered that she had
to have n yard and a half more lace
and had to go downtown to get II.
Since 1t was just before lunch time
| figured that all the women who in
tended to go downtown that morning
had already gone and 1t was too early
for me to meet any of them returning,
so ! shouldn't run into a soul | know
and 1t wasn't worth while to make a
careful toilet
81 noticed that my face needed
powdering and my hair needed doing
up and curling. In short looked
fright, all tag ends and with worried
frown between my eyebrows Still, |
got into an old suit that needed press
ing badly and didn't change the
shabby pumps | had on that were all
scuffed at the toes. ! found after ]
started In u rush to catch the subur-
ban train that I had grabbed pair
Of gloves with ripped finger ends.
when rushed breathless into the
last car and sank into seat found
when raised my eyes that Sally
Homestead was sitting opposite. She
was gazing at me with the virtuous
expression engendered by knowledge
that she had on new 1925 suit, 1850
] hat. immaculate boots and gloves and
a cerefully massaged complexion.
| "She took in every detail of my out
, rageous attire with placidly commits
Grating eyes as she informed me that
she was going to luncheon party She
said II kindly AS though she knew /,
Of course, never had social occasions
proffered me. Just before was ready
to break loose and kill her on the spot
she got of.
My station was next and had Just
/ caught my breath, stilled my rage and
bitterly prepared to face the world
and made n dash for the back door
of the store ! wanted. | stepped of
the car into the full glare OF the noon
sun and gazed straight into the face
| of man | haven't seen for ten years.
! almost married him once-and you
/ N"o" sou Always nave SOIt vi sehtl-
mental regard for the men you almost
married but didn't.
i had often wondered idly what
had become OF him and where he was
ana sighed over him pityingly, for he
really thought lot OF me ten years
ago.
All these years Id fanCied his car
rying memories OF me as the fair
haired lovely girl internationally en-
shrlned within his heart, and ! was
quite certain that no matter II he did
ever fall In love again and marry he
wouldn't really mean IT,
We'll, there he was. We Just stared
mt each other. ] was so furious that
he should see me looking as | did
that | glared nj him as though II was
every bit his falkland he was so
amazed that he stood there with his
mouth open. ! don't wonder, for |
was IA sight.
Il suppose he was mentally dispos-
ing forever OF the fair-haired, lovely
girl and thanking his stars that | had
refused him, Anyhow, neither of us
had sense enough to speak and when
| came to | rushed on, simply boiling