El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-26

bought il I though how well Josephine
would look in one OF those 1ace- y IN
med house gowns Of that color slLSLns
beside me in her little rocker; " nat
was the matter with it, / WONDER 90
sephine never looked at me all evening
without making me conspicuous OF heL
disapprOval of that tie can ASK -He
other fellows without rldlcule, ana q
man who hasn't a mother or sisters
hasn't any way Of finding out LOT
OF things he should know
won't see Josephine tonight sn l
said she would be too tired TO see me-
believe I'll call her up
Those stars represent the
time I spent at the telephone Eer
mother said she had gone 70 q dance!
wonder how much 1 spent last night,
He Is in Raptures.
January 1O-That was all right
about the dance. Josephine called me
up the next morning to explain Jnat
she just had to so 10 give her cousins
a chance to meet some friends ana
that she thought Of me all evening.
Dearest Girl IN the World was so
pleased / sent her a box of American
beauty roses and when I called that
evening I wasn't as mad as IelioW
lElL expect when FOUND DFlDnles
there She went out with him. put e1-
planned TO me In a dark corner OF the
hail that IL was an engagement she had
made a month ago long before she
knew I loved her.
and II that ass OF q Dribbles had stayed
in the parlOr a minute longer know
I could have kissed her he had ner
company all evening, but she left her
heart with me / know that oy me
glance she threw at me over Drlboles
shoulder.
She wouldn't let me come up this
evening. She said her cousins were
going 70 have company and sne couldn'
see me alone il came tell you, Old
Diary. there was comfort IN that she
wants TO see me alone. ] an going up
tomorrow night. She said she would
be so glad to have me take her and
her cousins TO the flower show.
There is such an intimate associa-
ton between flowers and love, don't
you think sO2' she said over the tele-
Deeper and Deeper.
She called me Max ] am getting on,
and she said II with the sweetest lit
tie caressing note in her voice Wish
had been there at the other end OF
the wire when she said it. Flowers
and lOvel Who but q sweet little flow
er-sOuled girl like Josephine would
think OF such a thing2
1 am glad am thirty-eight and have
waited all these years for a girl like
her. I tell you fellow can appreciate
an angel when she comes into his LIE
this late.
find that tOnight's program is
special, and that the tickets are three
dollars for the best seats. That's pref
ty steep, but If a mans any sort OF
man at all he doesn't count expense
when he is in love. I heard Josephine
express that sentiment the other even
ing.
I think it was aimed at Dribbles, who
hangs around there so much She wants
TO let him know she thinks he Is a
sungy old customer, and selfish, and
she dOsn't love him
sent UP orchids next morning, and
found when I called that evening that
Dribbles had sent orchids, too.
January 12-Just a note, Dear Diary.
Dribbles was at the flower show with
another girl. and Josephine was glad
Of i, I know. Cor she never appeared
as happy before. She was Just bub-
cling over with good humOr and looked
at me In q way that made me wild
with love for her. Dribbles saw it. zoo
and I am glad Of Il.
But Tor some reason, when we were
on the way home she was quiet and
half cross, and wouldn't let me hold
her hand, though the cousins couldn't
see me do IT. I think the reason was
that she was tired Of the restraint the
cousins threw on US, and depressed be-
cause she never gets to see me alone.
ConIOund those cousins