Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-20

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and comuicte subineatlon of the
young men. aapialnlng the while
that she isau contracted such q friaht.
ful cold In the Pullman.
Now even md cold that would
cause huskIness Of voice, may be a..
stunned and the knowledge OF the pos
rfbllllv OF the eNiateree Of such ana
adrolt turn. together with the fact
that lsn owners hands and feet.
though not as large as banana stalks
or snow shoes. we're stiii wee blt
more forceful looking than tho petite
damnol would usually possess. may
be enough to set two otherwise very
sodate and unsusplslons young men
10 suspeotine that the fair creature
under their scrutiny with the baby
blue eyes and this glrilsh manner.
and doing 80 much to be captivating,
may not be- 30 feminine as she seems
And this even though n was met In
tha most reremonlous manner In the
formal and dlanisled parlor OF a most
formal and dlanlfled young lady
Hut young men. even though not
very Suspicious. are some times very
observ. -. and IN the course of the
evening Il was seen that 1T never
pa,ted It's hair. nor felt OF its belt.
never glggled and rarely talked that
IT slyiy, yet perslutently. but hope
lassly reached for that satisfying
haven Of an embarrassed hand.
though ITS hips were draped with
SILK and satin rather than with wool
en- trousers; that IN became 80 pro-
vOked when mallciOusly designed
carelessneas spilled some punch on
ITS stunning gown an 60 snap out u
very masculine expletive. and la reply
10 polite. ~ beg your pardon very
sweetiy said that ''lt was 10 hot"
But what could the young men
have done but give Il the benehe Of
the doubty Would Il have been ex-
I actly according TO HOyle for a fellow
20 have said 90 a vision In silk and
lace and chiffon and satin. "Iiavo a
| cigar. old man." or TO have slapped 1T
on the knee ana said "Betcher ave
TAFT gets beat" or II SAL. old chap
pie. let me remove your wig" Ana,
too. there IL always the possibility
that ones nOuiess u trying e. catch
thp, other fellems aud wants you 20
help play the game. ~ any rate
ieeye was taken, atili most dienIuedly
aud formally, without the hoBteaaep
being sure that the guests we're on.
The next morning, however. they
were disiilusloned, for there appeared
an a news item In the paper that Msna
Franz. "a charming Denver society
girl" war In tho city for n few days
visit 10 Miss 49,. None of the par
Ties concerned could object TO this
free use OF the visitors name. for had
not two perfectly reliable witnesses
heard the hOstesscH make this Same
statement? The result OF this pub-
llshed Information was, besides bee
ing the source OF Information OF your
society editor. that the hostess was
| required u spend most of her time
al the phone next morning. declining
Invitations for her Granville guest for
| the reason that she had been sudden
BY called away, etc; yer. she was
very sorry that sto could not havs
kept her longer. etc. etc, etc.
40. you sec. the Joke had already
begun 10 work both ways, and the
situation grew rapidly worse. when a
supposed long distance telephone call
WAS answered by ths young ladies,
who were somewhat startled 20 hear
the voice OF supposed PiRkert0n
detective over tue phone from Den
yer. The detective asked brusquely
for Information as to the Miss Frans
In question. saying she had dlsap-
poarud from Denver after being Inn
plleated In big jewel robbery, and
that heavy reward was offered for
her apprehension. No one knows Just
how the hostess OF the charming
Denver girl did explain a; bus now
that Il has got 50 far past tho joke
stage. we will leave the reader 10
imagine for himself the anal out
qome.