Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-03-10
Mrs. Cali issued ii limitations fora co.

tMrs. Cali issued Invitations for q co.
tillon.. It was to be the. sweetest affair
of the season-the SWEETEST thing ever
given there She invited every one in
our set, even Iay@chaperone, and DELHI
erately left me out. Nice little act,
/ WASH it? OF course, @every one was
tailingsabo lit, andI. tried not to care.
1t seemed to me that she: cut worse
figure; than:I did in. the affair; but all
the same; WASH t pleas It. 81 Mrs: Hill,
my chaperone, was furious. ". She
wouldn't even acllnowl edge the: inyita-
ton, andslots of my friends said they
felt that way, but noticed that none
of them cared enough about it to miss
the affair. ~ 3 =asa5r7'9ss @
''The invitations were out only three
days before the event, and was off
sailing Or coaching those days, so !
didn' t see Bert Call except in passing:
The great night came, and plltson a
swell frocks and went over to dinner as
smiling as you please. After dinner
went back tosthe.cottag eve had a cot
tage right beside the hoteD and gotinto
a duck skirt and shirt waist. ! There
wasn't any use in being dressed up.
shouldn' t wonder if I cried littlesb bit
just. for wrath, but after awhile l
went out and sat in the hammock on
the ,ver;snda and watched the crowd go
by to the dance. They go early up
there, you know; and about half past
ninel the music began i'm the ball room.
I was sitting there thinking dark red
thoughts when a man came up%our
walk. I couldn't ina CINE who it was,
for I thought every one I knew was at
the DANCE. zas> ssss@~. Neg 40 ~
II stared and stared until he came
into the light, and then I nearly
stumbled out of the hammock" The man
was Bert Call.
r, '"'He had on white flannel suit and
straw hat, and; looked as though he
hadn't naidea ,that an elaborate func-
ton. was going on wi thin "a hundred
miles of him. # just opened and shut
my mouth, like fish, and couldn't
say word; but he was as serene as
May morning. + !. 49, +:
"'Anything on hand for this even
ing?' ne asked I managed to say that
I: hadn't. Then J;ou'll take care of me,
won't you? Where's Mrs. Hip
I went in and told Mrs. HILL and she
nearly 5Aad "a. fit, but she came out and
I'VE had a beattiful time. Nobody men
toned the dance, and reckon the ex-
citement wound us up. for it struck me
we were posi- tiyely Brilliant AS for
Mr.. Call, he twinkled, twinkled so that
I hardly knew him I never, in my life,
was better entertained. & %#*
'lIe stayed and stayed and stayed.
Under ordinary circumstances Mrs. Hill
would have sent him home, but she
didn't that hight It grewawfully late,
and finally people began leaving the
party Mrs: Hill and were sitting in
big porch chairs; and Bert Shutdown On
the steps at my feet, where the full
glare; of the ELECTRIC light struck him
and nobody could leave the hotel with
out seeing him. Then he played the
banjo and sang darby ,songs, and
seemed to be having the best sort of a
time. I reckon I got into the spirit
of the thing and helped along. Ac-
tually, people stopped in front of the
house and stared. After every one had
gone home, Bert took up his hat and
said good night; and Mrs. Hill and I
went into the house and Rugged each
other. Talk about feeling good! Iun-
derstood how Br'er Rabbit got up on
him behime. legs and cried Wahoo.'
Oh!''- There. was unutterable content
in that "Oh"
The next morning I put on my best
frock and went over to breakfast.
just walked on air, but tried to look
as if nothing had happened. All the
people were buzzing around, in groups,
and I knew what they were talking
about; butt didn't care that time. /
was:so heavenly happy and triumphant
that I felt like cutting pigeon. wings
across the dining-room.
4 Il heard thatsMrs. Call was furious.
Her maid said sthat Bert and his mother
had an awful row over the invitations.
He said he wouldn't go to- the dance if
wasn't invited, and she told him she'd
cut him out: Of her will. if. he dared to
stay, away. She. went away. the day
after the dance, but he stayed as long,as
We did, D.. =. 'r>-- ~ =. w<:xEs ">H>->
"And you didn't marry him!"
groaned the singer. !
We'll, there was, Dick, you know. He
isn't rich :but I'm sort of fond Of III H.:
I wish. Dick had, been the ,one.to dostf1iat !
thing for me-. - ~ -. -. - =;
e. 4 The ascetic artist with ideals sighed J..
ssI never could have refused that man.
I'd have gone on my knees to him. she
said, grimly. .;...~'.<%...:,, :..,, !
The lily shook her head. ~,