The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-01-28
Seeming a Romance

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Did you have birthday or any
thing ll.4ui4ed the girl who was pin
u4..s remnant price tags on di.lerlu Ut
lengths OF riDbon.
:. no--nie. 4 answ cred the young
woman al tie lace counter with the
11-.4.clat.y D4ond hair, "wAy?"
"Oh. dian't know rejoined the
girl at Ghs ribbon counter. "Of course
there was Christmas. You might have
had it ever since then and l not no
ticed it. / only asked"
Whatever are you talking about?"
cried The girl at the lace counter with
t4aLorate carelessness. Really, Julia
Al'ree, l don't soc how you expect
folks 70 understand you when you
don't talk plainer!"
4 never was any hand to crowd iu,'
explained the girl at the ribbons "If
my friends can't tell me things
don't want to 1now-not me! / never
did like to be curious about other
peoples business and you know it. On
ly thought I'd ask. Diamond rings
don't grow on bushes for the picking!
You can't blame a person for noticing
headlight like that!y
'Oh!" said the girl at the lace coun-
ter. with a faint blush. Il didn know
you had seen it. / couldn't nnas.ue
what you meant. Goodness ~ ny
make a fuss over simple thing like
that?"
The girl pinning ribbons gave a sort
of choked crow. Simple she echocd.
well, diamonds aren't SO te.gitag
simple. You talk as Tho sou used
them instead of gravel for ycpt. ais
around your p'latial estate, Matte
Doggett! OF course if psosle 70
better'l ! am choose to put UA airs
that's their own affair! Only my faith
er is a city official instead OF Just
clerk like yours. He's a policeman,
and he's taught us not to put on dogs
Just remember he says to ds often.
that people will find out fast enough
the position / hold without you kids
Boosting about it and don't act MS tho
you were better'n other fcs.es! Be
kind to them
None OF our family would &c
around pretending diamonds was the
dirt under our feet. tho the land
knows we could have diamonds If we
wanted 'em! Not that we'd be foolish
as to spend hard-earned money for
fooliShness like that"
a. Al .ol~v
young woman at the lace counter.
that you are very sensible, Julia
M'ree. Land knows when girl is
so homely she hasn't any chance Of
marrying she is wise to save up for
her old age! Not that I'm saying
bought my ring myself"
Il don't suppose you did!' said her
friend. Il never supposed you ever
saw SO much money at one time in
your life! It's awful being so imprc
vident! Well, if you didn't buy it /
suppose some one gave it to YOU and
must say that what any girl can
see in that sappy, weak-eyed p nhead
of a Percy Fox that floorwall- "a the
next aisle but one ie beyond me! I'm
sorry for the girl that ties up to him
a twoAroom flat for her for tho rest OF
her life."
"Ye-es," agreed the blond young
woman at the lace counted, languidly.
II don't think much of Percy myself"
"Oh!' said the girl at the ribbon
counter, somewhat blankly. Then he
didn't give it to you? don't like to
pry, but / must say have my opinion
of girl who keeps her affairs from
her best friends and never talks about
her steady company. I've told you all
about Oscar long ago, and you never
saying word ANY child would
know that fellow who gives a girl
a diamond ring expects to marry her!
/ don't suppose I'll even be invited to
the wedding! Not that care but
I must say it's shabby way to treat
an old friend!
81 don't want you to think that |
care in the least. Hattie Doggett,
about your affairs! / don't want to
3ut your feenonsay, for he's
not Of the slightest consequence to
me! have plenty Of interesting
things happening to myself to take up
my time. Only girl can't be veIvI
proud Of man she's ashamed to talk
about even il he can affordSt0O xivel
her diamond rings, which isn't any
thing they're in good taste. when
they're AZ big as a chunk 81 ice!,
"You make ne lauehss seld [ tAeI|
blond Young woman, turning her. hand
so that the stone iii question cau gh y
the rays of~tAes are@light ateRess4vlq
does sparkle, doesn't it? I'd just as
soon tell you as not about the rinS1
Julia M'ree. My kid sister got il in al
asreel4Ag fNiS ii caatis ssAd poflepsl
and truck at Christmas party and
maybe It cost ten cents. wore, IL
Just for fun atsi 9usaosuup
eH'nf: isblel odAa.P lshiffs ga de girl
who was pima iaglof saesO on ribbons
NEhxs didn,k you Say : SO befQEe3 II