The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-06
After the
Wedding

that young person.
Miss Larson opened one sleepy eve.
"Oh, did you step on me?" she droned,
yawning widely and undisguisedly. Il
didn't know II"
Sure did," responded Miss Con
nelly. Il thought I'd better wake you
up and tell you about 1t. You can go
to sleep again now"
Miss Larson opened the other eye.
Il wasn't asleep, Nell Connolly" she
said, Indignantly. Il guess a persons
got right to shut their eyes II 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 I'll
have hair dresser fix my hair up
swell II don't have SO much as a
pork chop to eat for year"
Il thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name" said Miss Larson,
sleepily. 1T always looks like she'd
slept In It,"
Her dress was peach, though,
wasn't it?' said Miss Frizkie. AT
least II would have been II II 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 AZ
Names clothes Tuesday evening and
I felt of It good, and II 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 I said
to the lady that was standin' next To
me when Name came into the parfor
I give her a 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 req as any.
thing. I designed that gown she
says, smiling up her nose at me, mad
as she could be.
Land! Just faded away like I'D
been blown off the landscape"
It's pity you couldn't learn not
to have such rude manners, Jen,
said Miss Connolly.
Il guess II | could just learn TO
shut up and keep shut up 1t would
help some" agreed Miss Frizkie, good
naturally.
Name didn't have such an awful
lot OF presents as | thought she
would" Miss Larson opened her eyes
long enough 10 remark. Il kind OF
thought she'd have lot more'n what
she did"
Some of 'em was expensive,
though, ! guess" said Miss FriZkie
Now, bet that cut glass pitcher and
them glasses cost 500"
mix on that" said Miss Connolly,
decidedly Il picked up every one OF
'em 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 foo!
me-" Miss FriZkie admitted. But
then I'd whole lot rather have a
SNOWY set like 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.
err with the plates with the hand.
painted fruit design up EN-"
"Nothin' much to them" said Miss
Connolly. Il guess they didn't cost
mOre'n about So. They was plated
end IL wasn't first-class plate,
either"
"Plated?' cried Frizkie. How do
you know they were 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 l seen them
on sale last week over TO Green.
burgs for one and a quarter"
MY! I'd hate TO give such ~ "w.
full HIT thing anyway" murm ure d
Miss LaIsCn. II think II was lot
better 10 club together like us girls
did and eve her something big Our
silver tray looked like It could have
bought up everything else she had.
"lncludin' the feller she married,
said Miss Connolly. Say, wasn't he
the farmer, though? ] bet he rented
them clothes. He was afraid to sit
down in EN-, and the way they Mt
was a fright, Did you pipe how he
KEEP hitchin' one shoulder all the