Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-31

! WIS tctflDic- Dut IL WAS not TOO late
There were still few hours. She would
/ yet be able to get her nephews to dinner
on Christmas day, and to celebrate it be-
( commgly. She was full OF energy.
And cook stood before here cook was
& small, competent woman.
/ Cook, tomouow's Christmas dav. !
am not always quito correct about dates
and | had imagined that it was on the
SD OF the month"
/ Cook did not move one muscle of her
face.
/ I'm telegaphing at once TO Mr.. Rob
crt and Mr. Charles. to ask them 10 cogne
/ with their families. The rooms must be
got read,. I'm sending James into Had
/ di7loW this morning with the kilograms
I On second thought he had better take the
cart and bring back anything you may
want"
Yes, m'lady. Does Your ladyshin
/ know how many viii be coming?"
Il really don't. Not till / GET the an
,wer 10 my kilograms ] hope they1I an
come. BE prepared for all of them. And
/ /, :iu~i - quite the regulation Christmas
} dinner Turkeys, YOU know. and roast
beef. and-er pancakes. | hate pan
cakes myself, but want everything sea
sonable'
Pancakes. my lady?' said cook hest
tatingly. "Of course if your ladyship
wishes it, but pancakes is Shove Tues
day"
"Of course Of coursew said her lady
ship. with ore hand to her forehead ITS
not pancakes, it's-well, you'll get it,
won't you?"
Certainly, my lady
And you've got plenty of holly al
ready, | suppose, to put up about the
house?'
We've plenty of the other evcrgreens.
But Mr.. Smith is little difficult about
holly. There's so few hollies in the
place, and so slow growing, and so much
cut into last year.
But we must have lots OF holly. with
berries on it. Tell Smith from me to-
no, III see him myself. Now. YOU must
be off at once. cook, and make a list of
everything you can possibly want, and
james shall take it with my kilograms"
Her first telegram was to Rev Robert
Pennifold, The Reetory, Tavertoa:
Owing to my mistake invitation has
not reached you before, but OF course you
and Alice and all the children must come
at once to spend Christmas ] beg you
rot to disappoint me. Reply which train
the carriage shall meet With much love
AID heartiest Christmas wishes.
"AUNT AGATHAs
Her second telegram extended similar
invitation to Charles Pcnnifold. Esq. J
F., his wife, Ellen, and his numerous Off
spring.
II seemed a long time to wait for Tie
replies, but they came at last, with weird
charges for portera9e from Haddislow
The first ran: Deeply regret, impossi-
bic; we have already accepted other in
Yitation. Love and best wishes Robert
ana Alice And the second was as fol
lows: shall have visitors here So
sorry, unable TO come Thousand thanks
sand best of wishes Charles and Nelly"
For the Robert Pcnnifolds had arranged
to dine with the Charles Pennifolds on
Christmas day.
The prospects Of a correct and hos
pitablc Christmas were severely Iessened.
She had only herself to blame; ten min
utes' notice is not enough for a Christ
mas invitation. even if it is quite in tbs
family. She had many friends, but none
whom she could ask. There was a gorilla
faced professor. single and elderly, but
ne thappy mani was tusking about after
buried antiquities in Egypt There was
another professor, fat and well liking,
but he was married. and his Christmas
would be duly and with a touch of Sc
verify, arranged for him by his wife. /
There were hundreds and hundreds of
people, but all open to the same obiec-
ton YOU could not ask them TO dine ON
Christmas day by telegram sent the
afternoon OF the day before; at any rate.
you could not do it effectively. There
was always Mr.. Evans, the curatc, of
course. As She thought OF him. the old
lady's face coudcd.
And who are youy" she asked savage
IT, speaking aloud though she was speak |
iug To herself ''Who are YOU that ven !
should be 50 mighty superior? Have YOU
ever done hall the good in the world that !
AIR. Evans has, He may not be gifted |
ami IN some respects he is unfortunate. |
| But what's that got to do with it? He'd |
GIVE hl~ large ears To come. and it's !
Christmas, and youl ask him. Now |
then"
Mg' EFaa, was, speaking plainly, a pig |
aad 81 bouudcr
The old lady did not telegraph ar
write; ~hc would ask him verbally after
the rerming service and drive him home |
with htr Somewhere at the back of her
mystic mind she had vague idea that
10y SO dong She was po~tponing the evil |
.dal.
She caught the curate accordingly on
Christmas day, as he emerged from the |
'est'.. ard said how kind it would be
81 mW At he would save her from soil |
tml dinner. His face fell
tlu> i too veNing and ANNOYING" he |
said. lie rarely n-p0 ana word ,,.b.p,, |