Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-07-24
FIXING
THINGS
Really, I'm sorry" Harold told his
sister. II would il | could.

SlSteT. "oulu IL COulu, |
can't"
who is the girl?" asked Marjory.
IF you must know. it's Dorothy"
responded Harold.
"Then be a dear and call her I'D
Tell her that your own and only sis.
ter entertains the Noyes-Bryce bridal
party on Saturday evening. You, be-
ing the best man, are indispensable.
She won't mind changing her engage
ment with you for another evening
II you are not here who will move the
bridge tables? Who will take the
groom's uninteresting sister in to sup.
per? Who will pass the cigars? Who
will do everything? Without you tho
whole affair will be one dismal fail
ure."
Il hate to refuse you quite as much
as | dislike missing the party But
listen to my thrilling story
-Four weeks ago next Saturday"
related Harold, Dorothy and I had a
theater engagement. You know. moth
er's uncle died on that evenirg had
to act as chief funeral director, so I
was compelled to break my engage.
ment with Dorothy. We decided to 20
on the following Wednesday,
."On that evening my boss came on
from New York. He wanted to dis
cuss with me matters of importance
He was to return to New York tho
next day. Could l say to him, To.
night take the sweetest girl on earth
to the thCater, so ! can't talk bust.
/ .
again to break our engagement The
following Wednesday was amicably
settled upon for real celebration, for
Dorothy is the most obliging girl in
the world
THAT Wednesday was the first day
] had my new auto. You recollect that
! was arrested for scorching | had
| to hang around the police station un.
| I'll II was too late to appear in respect.
able society. Poor Dorothy sat wait.
| Ing for me for hours. We made an.
| other appointment for next Saturday
| Now, do you Insist that | again dnD
! appoint the best OF all girls?"
ut does seem dreadful" sighed Mar.
! jory.
why not change your party to an.
u
utterly out of the question" an.
swcred Marjory. II couldn't change
| the date for my own mother-in-law.
| II | were married Don't ask me to
| do anything so hOpelcsaly impossible"
The next evening brother and sis.
! ter came to the dinner table with
beaming faces.
81 have asked seven girls ard seven
! men to break fourteen engagements
30 my big brother could he Ncnt at
! my party" announced ,IariCT
You are an angel" said Harold.
ION what night is the famous Noyes.
Bryce bridal bridge party going to
take place."
Next Thursday evening. dear"
Marjory answered. swectly
Next Thursday evening? You don't
mean 1t! It's all joke! Speak, Mar
| jory! Tell me it's not TO be Thurs
day evening" roared Harold
What is the II after with Thursday
! evening"" asked his surprised sister
"Everything." declared Harold II
! thought ] he'd acted selfish about that
| blasted affair of yours. so | decided
to do my painful duty closed my
desk at two o'clock. took taxi 10
Dorothy's and explained the situation
to her. That girl has the most irfC.
sistible sense OF humor She laughed
! till the tears rolled down her cheeks
! Then she and ! decided that IL ten OF
! my mothers unclCs died. IL twenty
| bosses Of mine came from New YORK.
! II thirty police courts detained me and
! II forty sisters gave forty parties. We
would go to the theater next Thurs
day evening
81 wish | had Dorothy's Irresistible
sense OF humor for about five min
utes." said Marjory. Let's call her
| up"