Show i i WHY HE WAS BASHFUL Kansas City Journal A Hutchinson girl declares this story is true She was visiting at a small Kan Kansas Kansas Kansas sas town recently and while there her hostess gave a party in her honor and Invited the pick of the whole country countr countryside countryside side Among the guests was a boy who had been ocen to Topeka so she had heard She Sho had acquaintances in Topeka and tried to draw him out inquiring How did you like Topeka The young fellow blushed and looked down before he Ie murmured Oh pretty well there she i Do you know many people continued d trying to get him Interested and attributing his reticence to bashful bashfulness ness Why not many he said tugging at athis athis athis his collar as if It were strangling him himI I suppose you went to the tho park when you ou were there she asked No he replied I did not attend any of the affairs at the park She talked about other things and later when an opportunity came asked the hostess why that boy had been so reticent about talking about Topeka Tho The hostess threw up her hands We simply had to Invite him she sho replied He belongs to a good family As a matter of fact he has just returned from Topeka where he has been In the tho reform school |