Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
After the
n Wedding

weddin'?" cried Miss Connolly as she
bounced into the car. beg pardon,
Stell, for steppin' on you," she con-
tinued, stumbling over Miss Larson's
feet and lunging into seat next to
that young person.
Miss Larson opened one sleepy eye.
"oh, did you step on me?" she droned,
yawning widely and undisguisedly. Il
didn't know it."
"Sure l did," responded Miss Con.
nelly. 81 thought I'd better wake you
up and tell you about 1t. You can go
70 sleep again now"
Miss Larson opened the other eye.
II wasn't asleep, Nell Connolly" she
said, Indignantly. Il guess a persons
got a right to shut their eyes If they
want to. My eyes amt very strong
and the light hurts EN-"
Don't let's waste our perfectly
good time fightin' with each other
this morning" said Miss Connolly.
"If we do we won't have time to
knock the weddin'."
"Say," began Miss Frizkie eagerly,
didn't you pretty near die over the
way Names hair was fixed? Honest
! to goodness, when / get married Ill
have a hair dresser fix my hair up
swell il / don't have so much as a
pork chop to eat for a year."
II thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name" said Miss Larson,
sleepily. ut always looks like she'd
slept in it,"
"Her dress was peach, though,
wasn't it," said Miss Frizkie. AT
least 1t would have been II 1t had
had any fit to it. All that hand en-
broidery and that bead trimming
must have cost pile"
Hand embroidery" calculated
Miss Connolly. That's all you know
about it, Jen. ! was over to look at
Names clothes Tuesday evening and
/ felt of 1t good, and it wasn't no
more hand embroidery than nothing"
"Well, she must "a got corner on
this years crop Of beads" said Miss
Frizkie. What do you think l said
to the lady that was standin' next to
me when Name came into the parlor?
l give her dig with my elbow and
says, Say says, Name must have
got mixed in her dates and thought
she was a Christmas tree
my! The lady got as red as any
thing. I designed that gown, she
says, shifting up her nose at me, mad
as she could be.
Land! / just faded away like I'd
been blown off the landscape"
Its a pity you couldn't learn not
to have such rude manners, Jen,"
said Miss Connolly.
81 guess If could just learn to
shut up and keep shut up it would
help sope," agreed Miss Frizkie, good
naturally.
"Mame didn't have such an awful
lot of presents as thought she
would" Miss Larson opened her eyes
long enough to remark. Il kind OF
thought she'd have a lot moren what.
she did"
Some of 'em, was expensive,
though. guess" said Miss Frizkie.
"Now, / bet that cut glass pitcher and
them glasses cost 500"
nix on that" said Miss Connolly
decidedly. II picked up every one OF
'sm and run my finger over 'em and
they wasn't sharp like cut glass ought
to be. They was real smooth"
"Well, that shows how you can fool
me-" Miss Frizkie admitted. But
then I'd a whole lot rather have a
snowy get Ike that than some little
dinky piece that wouldn't make no
show at all"
Same here" said Miss Larson.
Anybody would, Of course. guess
Names mas folks are pretty well
fixed anyway. Her mas brother gave
her that dandy set Of knives and
forks that was layin' upon the dress
er with the plates with the hand
painted fruit design up EN-"
"Nothln' much to Them" said Miss
>Connelly. II guess they didn't cost
more'n about IS. They was plated
and it wasn't a first-class plate,
either"
"Plated?" cried Frizkie. "How do
you know they we're plated?"
why, took 'em out and looked at
them" replied Miss Connolly, placid
ly. "You can't fool me. All'the sill
YER things there was plated except
that little pickle fork that the two
Ryan girls give her, and seen them
on sale last week over to Green
burg's for one and a quarter"
my! Id hate to give such an aw-
full little thing anyway" murmured
Miss Larson. II think 1t was a lot
better to club together like US girls
did and give her something big. Our
silver tray looked like 1t could have
bought up everything else she had"
''Includin' the Teller she married,
said Miss Connolly. "Say, wasn't he
the farmer, though? / bet he rented
them clothes. He was afraid to sit
down in 'em, and the way they lit
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