El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-17

EOILIE put on her hat, looked at
NH herself in the mirror. then
Ava slowly drew out the silver pins
and laid the hat on the dressing taDIe.
sMolIie B." she said severely, you
are a vain goose. Miriam said not to
wear that hat again If you were ~
earnest about wanting to be an ola
maid. and here you are putting 1t on
and Drinking as hard as ever; I'm
ashamed of you"
She picked up the offending hat,
gave it a little shake. and then put II
On her curly head at a different angle
and gazed at herself once more
IT'S very becoming hat she
sighed. And the last time l wore IL
Tom said"-
Here MoIlie B. had the grace to
blnsh. and no one but herself and Tom
will ever know just what he did say
A Novice In the Club.
..It,s raining" she went on. present
w land I won't meet a soul end I'm
inst going to wear it no matter what
Miriam says She likes stiff shirt
waists and plain hats and she doesh
know what a temptation 1t is to wear
pretty fluffy things.
Now Mollie B. had just joined the
Old Maids club, and had faltn1ully
promised to discourage the arch enemy,
man-especialIy one particular man
who answered to the name of Tom.
Nature had not intended that Mollie
should be an old maid and had Iash-
toned her in tenderest curves and SOFT
est lines and made her altogether
most desirable young person
But Miriam had said that 1T was mo-
BILE and independent to be an old maid,
ana that all men were unworthy; and
Miriam, being stronger OF Will imam
Ti++1a MO1Iie had won the day.
At won't encourage Toni mean
any man." correcting herself hurriedly;
but I tell you frankly, Miriam, that
I expect it will be rather lonely being
an old maid" And Mollie sighed and
added wistfully, I've seen quite
number of happy married people.
Keep Faith Three Weeks.
For three weeks Mollie had been
very faithful member of the 20. NJ. C."
Today the rain was on her nerves and
she was rebellious.
For three weeks many implor1ng
notes signed tom" had remained un-
answered. Numerous punches of violets
had been ruthlessly handed over to
Mollie's younger sister.
Now, for four days there had been
no notes and no violets.
Mollfe told herself bravely that she
did not care; that she was glad Tom
was taking it sensibly; but the pink
of Mollie's cheeks was growing faint
er. and the blue eyes held wistful
question in their depths.
The rain fell dismally, drearily, and
MoIlie walked in the park.
She walked quickly and with set
purpose "Pn take our own particu-
lar walk, and sit on our own particu-
lar bench; it's so wet no one will be
there" she told herself
But when she turned the jutting
point of rock that sheltered that very
special bench. somebody was already
there.
oh" said Mollie, with soft gasp.
"MOIIIe!" Cried a Young Man.
And ''Mollie," cried the young man
with tone of incredible JOY in his
voice.
'H-just felt like taking a walk.
it's $3.50 Mollie faltered and blush
ed adorably.
Pine OUT finished the young man
obligingly.
yes, that's it," said Mo1lie guile
lessly. Won't you sit down; this UNI
brella is big enough for both Of us"
Then an inquisitive squirrel wit
messed something so remarkable that
he scampered right home to tell NAM
ma and the little squirrels.
IF you'll believe me, my dears," he
chartered excitedly, two of those ex-