Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-08
THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED

ping bowl, with yard of Ostrich
plume on one side, hailed with
excitement the girl whose head
gear reminded one of a rosebush
! on a rampage.
Have you heard 2 began the
| first girl, breathlessly. How
| in the world did she ever attract
| him? Why, her complexion is
atrocious-"
What in the world are you
talking about?' dema nded the
other girl.
Pm talking about Bertha s
engagement to Richard Start
mount -
my gracious!" cried the young
woman in the flower hat, putting
down her packages hurriedly and
looking for a chair. "You don t
mean it. Well, there's nothing
like perseverance, is there? Good
ness three years!'
but to that lovely Startmount
man. mourned the girl in the
dropping hat. When there were
so many other girls so much
better suited to him-and so
much prettier-"
But she's not even pretty at
all p objected the second girl
aggrievedly. And as tor style
-Kertha may mean we'll, but has
about as much stvle as dress
reformer! What could he see in
her?"
Isn't it absolutely funny!"
agreed the girl in the large hat.
l should think he could see
the contrast between her and
and others. Of course, when
Richard used TO call on me so
much l never really went to any
extra trouble to entertain him
though did manage to show
him how pleasant a girl with
some originality could make it
for a man. Not that l claim to
be brilliant, but"
"Oh, it must be hard for you,'
broke in the girl with the bower
hat sympathet ically. Il had for
gotten how infatuated you were
that is, of course. you didn't
realize it, dear, but you really
made a dreadful goose of your
self over Richard Startmoupt. 1
always defended you when peo-
pie said you ran after him.
That was sweet of you," said
the girl in the big hat, with
daggers in her voice. "Of course,
you judged by yourself and could
not realize it was quite the other
way round. Naturally you could
sympathize with such situation
had it been true, after the way
you got laughed at about young
Smith. He married a Boston
girl, didn't he? AS soon as he
could escape from you
Really, dear" interrupted her
friend, languidly, you have
mixed me with some one else. l
can't imagine what you are talk
ing about. Young Smith always
bored me. But l can't get over
my surprise at Bertha's captur-
ing Richard Startmount. Why,
she'll look positively insignifi-
can't in that huge touring car of
his! | should think he'd like a
wife who was at least attractive!
You ought to see my new auto
mobile hat and veil ~
It's too bad you won't get a
chance to use them now," said
the girl in the big hat. Il don't
suppose Bertha will let Richard
take any one out
Il have other acquaintance, y
said the girl in the lowered
headgear tartly, besides that
Startmount man who owns auto
mobiles. 1t really doesn't matter
in the least to me if he has got
engaged to dozen girls. / don't
see why you should be so worked
up over it, though Of course,
suppose l can't appreciate the
surprise and unpleasantness o.
having perfectly insignificant
girl walk off with a man from
under ones very nose when on,
had planned and sngfed ant
worked for months"
/ really don't know" said TIL
girl in the large hat, icily, ''wh,
could appreciate a situation lik
that better than Yourself Va,