The wageworker., 1910-04-15

chased him for months. I wonder II
any one will send Arthur paper.
Poor boy! It will be such blow to
him! II ever a man was devoted to a
girl he was to me. I'll always feel
that I've ruined his life. He's one
of the constant kind that never gets
over such disappointment. wish
l could decide whether want a white
satin or a 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 I don't see any use of all this fool
ishness in print! Every idiot know'l
be around to see me tomorrow and
tell me how to be happy though mar
ried! Well, 1t 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. 1 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. I wonder If Ethel won't
kind of think when she reads this that
maybe she wasn't so bright after all
running off 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 1t? 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?
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 a smart hat, but
he always does. No. I'm awfully fond
Of Bob, but mercy! 1 never could fall
in love with him! Never! l sup
pose he realized it at last! Poor Bob!
Arthur-Hello! Edith's going to
marry Bob Fairburn! Well, well!
Nice little girl, Edith! Seems to me
I had a crush on her myself once.
She had the biggest brown eyes-no
that wasn't Edith-it was Mabel. l
remember now that Ediths eyes were
blue. Or were they hazel? Where in
creation did I put that tobacco? Hey
Ferguson! Got any tobacco?
Edith)-One by one the roses fall!
So Edith is going to shake us all fol
Bob Fairburn! It 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. Edith'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)-Oh
1
married now-one of my old beaux
No. not that one-Bobbfe 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! I uset
to think rather liked him, but tha
was before you came along! can
imagine why I ever was so foolish
Goodness! What If l had really maj
ried him! l had an awful time work
ing up quarrel with him so as to lie
him down easily. hated to be down
right brutal and drop him, so seize
on the first chance for a fight 1t wa
awfully funny, now that 1 think of it
Well, Bobbie was nice boy in hi
own way. l wonder who she is
I never heard of her.
Edith's Relatives Individually an
collectively suppose thi
means another wedding present.
was perfectly idiotic of grandfather t
start that custom of always giving th
brides in the family solid silver. Som,
thing less expensive would do exac
ly as we'll. 1 suppose Edith will e.
pect a huge tray just because he
cousin got one from us. Maybe "
can strike sale. Anyhow, she
throwing herself away on Bob Fai
burn. His family are simply nobodie
Well, she's 26 and l suppose she ha
to take what she could get.
Bob's Relatives-And when he hs
such a good chance to marry Senat,
Goldmine's daughter! And her shall
social position and her father and al
Why, he's simply burying himse
Bob always was stubborn. What CT
he see in Edith? She simply angle
for him, that's all, and man is
helpless! Poor Bob!
This country could no doubt be r,
a great deal better if it wasn't for Il