Life — September 14, 1899 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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My Lady’s Face. Y Lady's face is liko a pago Whercon ono reads of many things ‘Whose meanings charm, enchant, enrage— My Lady’s faco is like a page. Yet, though I con it for an age, No knowledge to my poor heart springs. My Lady’s faco is like a pago Whercon one reads of many things, Theodosia Lickering Garrison, The Runaway Trunk. (A FABLE.) TRUNK that had not seen much of tho world mvt a dapper dress-suit Caso on a railway station where both were wait- ing for tho next train, They bad missed tho oxpress, which had gone on just before, and tho Trunk, which was a giddy young thing, was only too eager to respond to the advances of the Caso when she saw it was covered with foreign labels, “This is @ lark!” said tho Case, “I CHICKSVILLE-BY.THE-SEA, A WINDY DAY ON THE BOARD-WALK. belong to Barrington Chubb, the young lawyer who has gono to the Berkshires to play golf. I have his other clothes, and ho won't do a thing to the man when ho gots there, Who are yon?” I belong to Miss Birdie. Whistleton, who is on her way toa danco at Lenox to- night, I have tho gown sho had mado specially for the occasion, She'll kill that maid!” “Til tell you what let's do,” suggested the Case. “ Let’s takoa run off on ono of these accommodations and get thrown off somewhere, Hunting us up will bring those two young people together, and they'll nover forget us for it, What do you say?" “Lovely!” said the Trunk, with a leath- ery giggle, and not so much as a glimmer of conscience, 80 off they went on tho next train and wero thrown off in a ditch at Holy-8mokus-by-the-Tunnel, That night Barrington Chubb in his golf clothes was swearing In seven languages at a Lenox hotel, when ho sawa lovely girl ina ARE YOU READY? gray traveling dross and a shirt-waist sit- ting on tho plazza, Tuking a Duchesso lace handkerchief, of which he always carried a supply, ho approached the young lady and asked hor if abo had dropped it, apologizing in most courtly manner for addressing her. Birdio thanked him, blushed, and tucked it carelesaly in her bolt. They talked in- cohorently for a while, and soon discovered that thoy had both boon invited to thesamno dance that evening, but wero prevented from going on account of lost luggage. Tho wedding took placo early that full, and tho young people were ablo to furnish a luxurious flat from what Chubb recov- cred from the express company. Tho Trunk and tho Caso were picked up by a farmer who took them homo to bis wife, Sho didn't know much, but she knew too much to put on pink tulle and apple- blossoms at her ago, 80 sho put the things away. Tho Case they sold to a drummer for a quarter, and thoy mado a dog-bouso out of the Trunk, MORAL: Always loso your luggage when you travel if you aro fond of romance, On tho other hand, if you aro Trunk, try to live a cor- rect life, and don’t allow your gayoty of dic- position to assert itself too oxuberantly. Kate Masterson,