Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-07-16
After the
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edding
Well. what did you think OF the
weddin'?" cried Miss Connolly as she
bounced into the car. beg pardon.
steu. for steppin' on you." she contin-
ued, 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. II
didn't know it, :, FL. .z:..5
"Sure I did," responded Miss Con.
nelly. II thought I'd better wake you
up and tell you about it. You can 60
to sleep again now" @ s
Miss Larson opened the other eye.
Il wasn't sleep, Nell Connolly" she
said. Indignantly. Il guess q persons
got right to shut their eyes II they
want to. My eyes ain't very strong
and the light hurts EN-" 1*.
Don't let's waste our perfectly
good time flghtin' with each other this
morning" said Miss Connolly. III we
! do we won't have any time left to
knock the wedd1n'." ...
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 I don't have 80 much as q pork
chop to eat for a year."
; II thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name said Miss Larson,
sleepily. 1T always looks like she'd
slept in It" :s<.-- y.
''Her dress was peach, though,
wasn't it," said Miss Frizkie. AT
least it would have been If it had any
at to it. All that hand embroidery and
that bead trimming must have cost
pile" ..> - ~ I
Hand embroidery calculated Miss
Connolly. "That's all you know about
1t, Jen. was over to look at Names
clothes Toosday evening and felt OF it
l 6OOND eA4AA ~ Who'll ~ UxOI0 0t4uO Clio
bro1dery than nothing" 80.
We'll, she must "a goth corner on
this years crop Of beads" said Miss
Frizk1e. What do you think said to
the lady that was standln' next to me
when Name came into the parlor? 1
give her dig with my elbow and 1
says, Say says, Name must have
got mixed In her dates and thought
she was Christmas tree
my! The lady got as red as any,
thing. I designed that gown she says,
smiling up her nose at me, mad as she
could be. It's modelled after a gown
that was imported straight from Paris
and you couldn't find it's duplicate In
Chicago. I'm hgh-priced modesto
she says, besides being Miss Peter
sons own aunt
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. z- - =, ~ ~
Il guess ii could just learn to shut
up and keep shut up it would help
some," agreed Miss Frizk1e. good.na-
turedly.
Name 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 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 twenty dollars"
mix on that" said Miss Connolly,
decidedly. Il picked up every one OF
EN- and run my finger over 'em, and
they wasn't sharp like cut glass ought
to be. They was neal smooth"
well, that shows how you can fool
me" Miss Fr1zkie admitted. but then
I'd a 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 dresser 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 five dollars. They was
plated and it wasn't t1rst-class plate,
either" .a -
"Plated?" cried Miss FrIzkie. "Ho~
do you know they was plated?"
why, I took EN- out and looked at
them," replied Miss Connolly, placldly.
you can't fool me. All the silver
things there was plated except that
little pickle fork that the two Ryan
girls gave her" Co., { vs..
my! I'd hate to give such an awful
little thing, anyway" murmured Miss
Larson. II think it was a lot better
to club together like us girls did and
give her something big. Our silver
tray looked like it could have bought
mp everything else she had"
"1ncludin' 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 at was
q fright. Did you pipe how he KEEP
httchin' one shoulder all the time the
preacher was talkin'?" z s...
NO" said Miss Frizkie, IT didn't.
was too busy tryin' to count the beads