The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02

her head would be q good deal thrown
back. and there would be pillows Of
silk OF satin below her waist. and she
would have her arms and neck barred.
for they're really superb, and-wen.
Eieccher?~ These two last words were
addressed to his valet, who had just ap-
pea-ed 1T the open doorway. Guests
had begun to arrive, and AIolzo hast
cned downstairs 70 receive them Al
most the first greeting he received was
ono from his sister. Mrs. Van Sa1tvoord.
"Lonz.~ she said. what on earth do
voa mean by turning up in that scan
CalOus coat?"
1t isn't ScaldalouS, Kitty; it's repre-
sentative Hc appealed. II his least re
pcsefuI style. % q great lady OF fashion
who stood a. hiS sisters side. I'm IS
suing On edict,- he went on. with that
kind q intimate and hysteric loquacity
by which he had coEtrived 70 shock and
yet ar1use many associates. i intend
saving: Let there be velvet coats at af-
ternoon teas and there shall be velvet
coats.
The lady. a handsome brunette,
Crande dame u her tnger-tips. gave an
obstinate sh2l-e Of her neat-bonneted
head
NO she declared. Il. for one, shan't
agree 70 any rule soro7Tdy.' ''Rovdy,"
shouted AIonso. He caught enc OF her
Cloved hands and peered into her face
with his eyes quizzicelly tyTinkling.
Lily. you're a horrid thing, and I'll
never De friends with you any more
You don't love NE, Lily. you know you
don't.7
L was the madness Of Stiffness and
impe-rinence * we'll Lillian Pough-
keepsie was one OF the leaders Of the
most exclusive set People rarely ad-
dressed her except IN terms Of the
st-ictest courtesy. and her social nod
was potent enough tounb2r for Z strug-
gler the giIded and 6lig-reed gates of
the -Four Hundred.
Ers. Van Sautvoord, who revered Mrs.
Poughkeepsie's position. drew back
with gasp of: ''Oh, Alonzo, how can
your
Ms. PouChl1ecpsie remained speech
less, With hardening face But Alonzo
didn't mind that You see" he ex-
claimed. appealing 70 his sister, Lily
doesn't love ne. and I'm esring to re-
ceive everybody else in my shirt-sleeves-
He took OF the velvet coat and bundled
II under one arm. This" he con-
tiRued- is 70 be ny despairing posture
Tor tie rest Of the afternoon" He
struck 50 ridiculous an attitude that
Mrs POughlceepsie burst into an unwill-
ing scream Of nirth She forgave
hifS- Just as everybody else did-just as
he had been forgiven last week at very
select cCdllon for pretending drunken
ness and tumbling fat on his back In
the middle OF the ballroom And now,
while ne was re-clothing himself, a
number Of people pressed about him,
principally ladies, inquiring what his
Last madness had meant, and prepared
to roar with laughter al it before they
had heard it explained
But . little group remained apart,
and in this was young man who de-
tested him, though glad enough to ap-
pear at his festal summons
'NOh! IFS only some new caddish
prank, said the young man Hes al
ways behaving like that
But he wakes people up so" said a
girl who was not belle and TO whom
he had been kind
You wouldn't say that of me-" re-
piled the young man. IF were to
carry on so Outrageously.r
The girl gave pout and q toss Of the
head you're not Alonzo Lispenard."
ene retorted