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Show . :: A LA MODE ..ti'c Comment on Friend's Engagement Engage-ment Probabiy Led to a Lessening Les-sening of Intimacy. M;:':e met Muriel at the matinee one afternoon. They embraced enthusiastically. en-thusiastically. "Oh. dearie," cried Mollie. "I'm so glad to see you! I have scarcely been able ot wait until I could see you to congratulate you on your engagement engage-ment to Harold! Why didn't you give v.iv a hint as to what you expected'.'" "Why," replied Muriel. "1 "Now, don't you dare to teil me," went on Mollie, "that you concealed it from me intentionally!" "Why, 1 didn't, certainly." said Muriel. "I really didn't expect it myself my-self quite so soon, dear." "He is such a charming fellow," continued Mollie. "Weren't you just surprised to death when he proposed to ycu, dearie?" "Why, I can't say I was," replied Muriel. "Why should 1 have been?" "Well." replied the dear friend, "everybody else was." |