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Show EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY. An Old Foint Comfort Belle Who Had Her Self Possession and Spaniel Along. "The most self possessed woman I iver saw is just now one of the belles down at Old Point Comfort," said Arthur Ar-thur Spalding of Bridgeport "She is a perfect Juno as to figure, and half the manly heads of the place have been turned by her, and the other half would give all their hopes of the hereafter to be called as she calls her spaniel-Sweetheart spaniel-Sweetheart The young lady has played no favorites among her admirers, however, how-ever, and an examination of her card at any of the dances would show a list of names as different as those on the register yonder. "The other day she went up for her usual promenade on the ramparts of the fort, and, as usual, was accompanied by her aunt, who is her chaperon, one of her rigid rules being to allow no man to escort her when she takes her morning morn-ing constitutional. By some aggravating aggravat-ing cause she lost an article which is an important part of the feminine apparel. ap-parel. It happened that a bright young devil of an army officer came along and picked it up. He caressed the narrow strip of blue silk, admired the artistic workmanship of the gold contraptions on either end of it, and upon closer examination ex-amination deciphered those initials that agreed with those borne by the charming charm-ing creature who was swaying along the path 100 yards in front of him. With characteristic honesty ho hurried after her, and catching up handed out the article, ar-ticle, with a bow of consummate grace, saying, 'Miss B., pardon me, but I believe be-lieve this property is yours. ' "She thanked him with a cordiality that made him almost stutter, and turning turn-ing to her aunt remarked with apparently apparent-ly unconscious naivete: " 'Sweetheart is such a careless fellow. fel-low. Come here, you rascal. ' Then, as the spaniel responded to her call, she fastened the dainty creation around his neck, and bowing sweetly to the officer passed on, with the wondering animal scampering in front of her. If her pet had been a toy terrier, 6he would have been lost It is scarcely necessary to add that when Sweetheart returned to the hotel he was not sporting a blue 6ilk collar with gold clasps on it" Washington Wash-ington Star. |
