The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-23

MWe49ap under so. many
Y W. obligations, r O.
~ M e o,"-J ulie t
called him Romeo, in her hours Of ease.
His name was John. 81 - "''f'$
There's the Dorohesters and. the
Benning ton -Millers and Basil and
Leonora' and the F. .Geragd,Keenes-
we're under obligations to all Of them. :"
Juliet was not strong in her English
grammar, but in everything else.
&C You follow me-, Romeo?' =
sc Yes, to the death certainly, my
DEAR, he answered her. Where would
he not follow her?. He shifted his po-
siti On nowto get herin q stronger light.
Strong lights were becoming to Juliet.
He unused over her pretty charms and
Thought idly what a fortunate fellow
he was. '.',+'
TITS awful to feel under so many OBJ
legations, Romeo! You feel like that
mah-who was it, in the geography p
who carried the world around on his
back? You remember him, Romeo?"
Yes, he was an old schoolmate of
mine, The said, humorously. Juliet
Laughed.
4.sy ,s3 u Well, then you know how feel, CO.
ing Found with the Dorchesters and the
j B]Be anington-Millers and all the rest on
my poor little back T thinkI've found
awhy to get themoff, Romeo" q !"
'Tes?"-absently.
Yes. Now, stop wool-gathering and
listen. I'm. going to invite them all to
s.Tha nksgiEing dinner" 49,. =. -.
."Py-the4holy Moses, you are!" y
s He was on his feet before her; gaz-
Ing down into her calm little face in
&amdze.
S4!sgs'" ams" Juliet said, serenely. =
ssz Hh continued gazing. Was Juliet 60
ing mad? There Had been-wait!-
THERE had been Wheeler, a generation
Or two back, who was mentally aber-
rated. Juliet was a Wheeler on her
4 mothers side; therefore Juliet was 60
Ing mad. He groaned audibly.
Keep calm, dear; don't allow your
self toto be. agitated," he said. !
%s "Romeo-John"-that was another
{ phase of her name for him" Romeo
4sJohp, sit down here beside me and be
calm yourself. I'm calm enough. I'll
reca pitulate. What I said was that I'm
going to invite all those people we're
under obligations to to Thanksgiving
8din4er with us. That will settle the OBJ
3igations-I suppose you see that,
Romeo?,; Men can't see through look
ing glass! Have you taken that in?
Well, to-day is the 18th. I shall send
the Invitations at once. I've only just
found out copld-safely, you know h
He didn't know. He seemed to know
so few things. Among the few, several
facta arrayed themselves 5flauntingly,
in His CONSCIOUSNESS: He knew that
their income-Juliet's and his-was pa
thetically meager; that it was against
their maxims to run in debt; that their
dinihg-room was ten by thirteen. The
latter fact appeared indomitab bic. He
waved his hand toward the nest little
dining-table before them with IN eIok
quelt gesture, Juliet understood his
gesture perfectly.
Its wee bit dining-room, isn't it.
Romeo? The wee-est bit! And there
are--let's count-two Dorchesters, three
Observation-Disclosures five. Take
your other hand, Romeo-spread out
the fingers-Basil and .Leonora-"
They're one,"e he muttered, docking
them off'on his thumb. Why not? He
and Juliet were one. a
"Two," counted Juliet. impressive-
~, ~andI five f. Gerard Keenes, count
tips the children. Now, how many's
ss.Romec-John was regarding his wide
spread fingers with disfayor. There
were not enough. :. 4, ~
"Twsh :!lhst, \ Romeo. Then
sfhere's mother, Iohn--of. course we
must have mother, J4hnns and the
girls. That's 15-and you and + q !.
Sixteen" he groaned. /, my dear,
s,thes dining room il ten by thirteen.
There are three extra leaves 10 the
table, and i. fsss. s5
{ But III ut az 1ugKtt hiera Juliet TRIMS.
ferred herself lightly to his knee and
covered, hfs, bgargfed 1ips' with both
A little white hands. 81 rs l BIZ ,sssssss
"Poor boy!" she cooed. tHe shan
mott be tQrmented any longer, % he
shan'tr L AN 10 sAall ilS ia ofectshis
.a'1.1 q NH 4soody|. ss'ns e !;
Sss5 II wgA~e sunny little room and
e juliet a fir hair wss golden IS one
81 HE beams of light. n.
|. 4 I'm going to invite them ali, but
They're mono Of them coming. Don't
got re-, you boy II Q easy % roll
lind OTIS 1ogl That's why I'm going
totdo IN I've though IL I'll Owe, and
MT the best way 70 pay 81 olar q llia
81 kfons. It's the most #eccnomiSxl
4 / q hs = II i. 80 omielal,
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