Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-03
Her Unlucky
Star

rather tragically OF Helen, who was
calling on her. "the time we sorority
girls rented a cottage for a month
at Robinsdale and / endoavored with
my most persuasive arts to engage the
wealthy landed proprietress TO do our
houseworkf Perhaps you recall how I
labored with her under the mistaken
| idea that she was a newcomer In this
land OF the free and that she was
looking for job as cook when she
came TO see us7'' go
Yes, / remember" answered Helen,
with reminiscent giggle. I'm sure
II I hadn't had the presence of mind
to explain to her that you were so pit
iably near sighted you could scarcely
distinguish the faces OF your most In
innate friends she would have turned
US all out Of the cottage in her indig-
nation. hope I shall be forgiven
that very helpful little fiction about
your detective sight - si tSAfi
s..Do YOU teecllect,'s inquired Laura
sternlygl Tthsts ofberz occaspu whensI
t6Id the girl &ho ffeerpsd next 10 ub
atsSt Agnes' school thas I had aimoss
perished dprsag The sermon. Of the
long. windei stranger rrea cher whe
had been safieted on lus IN the chapel
one nerning2r ,.,.s,,,,..=... a.. -.
ia.Tesf responded Helen, cheertly,
sana abe told syon With naneasssAr5
stnphssis that the visiting ciergymsn
was her fatherl ! haven't forgotten
your expression Of dishay 1t vas
too eonicai And the enormous guam.
titles Of our precious goodies that you
lavished upon hsFsfailsd to soothe her
injured feelings. n FL i1sf
odd 'Isever tell yon," laura asked
again with q grim cpunfenanee. how
last summer I grataitously and force
fully favored a Princeton freshman
with my scathtng opinion OF any boy
who couldn't pass bis college en-
trance exaniinatiops7 II did tell you
! must have. added that. found out
later That be was conditioned on three
studies. OF course the bright little
summer Irritation with him, that / had
dreamed Of promptly Ehfiyeled into .
mere frigid acquaintance.'' IS \ 49,
why do you indulge In these pain.
Because OF all the many malapro-
pos things / have ever said or done
there is none other that equals my
latest Helen, behold In me a CULVER.
ing mass Of contritioni I am think.
ing Of having my horoscope cast by
some professional wizard in the hope
Of discovering under which planet
am especially prone to make unfortu-
nate remarks TO the horror of myself
and the indignation of my acquaint
ances. Then l could either have my
self gagged or I could retire from so
ciety during that destructive period"
Your latest unfortunate remark
must have been even worse than the
one you made that time when you
/ mentioned 10 Mrs. Ackers out at the
golf club that you had greatly Ell.
joyed being In a foursome with her
son and she thereupon icily informed
you that she had no son and that
Mr.. Acker was her husband"
"Oh, that was a mere pleasantly
compared to the thorough manner In
which have forever 10. d myself
in the opinion Of my cousin, Tom Bur.
rows. You know that I have always
adored dear old Tom and when he
confided to me a week ago that he was
engaged l was tremendously excited.
| I begged him 10 tell me the name OF
the lucky girl. He described all her
charms glowingly but refused to d.
vulge her name-just to tease me, ]
supposed, for Tom has always been an
incorrigible tease.
Well. last evening at the Montrose
dance Tom came to me and said that
the fine had come for the great meet
ing y his favo-ifs cousin and his
uyeethoart.
I eagerly followed him across the
floor 70 the side OF 2 most attractive
looking Pirl. Then Tom actually in.
troducsd her % me as Miss sniclrie.
fritz
on Toni I exclaimed, reproach.
fully, How herrid Of your
Then ! turned to tho girl and said,
'Of course you've learned already that
my cousin always has to have bis lit
tie Joke under eli imaginable circuu-
stances
Tom glared at me furiousjY, but I
couldn't understand why, 50 I con
timed IS pleasantly a. could, Please
tell mo your real name
'Snlcklefritz,' she murmured.
81 almost collapsed. Do you wonder
that feel & is Necessary for me to-
take some kind OF a cure? l suppose
Tom Wit never forgive me"
Most certainly not, Laura, wss
HeIen's none TOO comforting assur.
anoe. How could ne, when the name
Is dcabtless g thorn n his feshg
Snicklefritzl Isn't it dreadful How
delighted she viii be to change her
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