Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-22


~ nri',tions were sent out.
These were delivered verbally
y boardcrS DESTROYS Of seeing their
ricnds present on Friday evening.
Ii was really n scratch party OF no
bodies, and they as. embed as usual
III the draw ir room on thes especial
e"cnlnS t. rs and not TO work. Mrs.
Taine laid aside Ter eternal knitting:
Miss Bull dispensed with her came OF
patience" MIR. Granger sang his one
song Of the early Victorian epoch
sometimes twice when singers were
scarce-aEl Mr.. IIarmer wore his an
tlpuated dress suit. In her black silk
gown Ter lace cap md "thc diamonds
Mrs. Jersey lookcd-so they assured
hcr-quito tie lady
Was she lady? No one ever asked
that leading question. as it would have
provoked an untruth or Il most unplens-
ant reply. she admitted in expansive
moments t. having seen "hetter DAYS"
but what her actual past had been
and from her looks she bad one-none
ever discovered
Few friends presented themselves
on this particular Friday evening, for
! it was extremely foCEy. and none of
them could afford n cab. Even those
who patroniZed the nearest bus line
lad some distance to walk before they
'noched at the Jersey door, and thus
ran chance OF losing their way
Either in Eight or darkness the house
was hard to ind. Tor II occupied the
corner of particularly private square
FAR removed from the oxford street
traffic
II was quite an asylum for old age.
None of the guests was under fifty.
save n newcomer who had arrived the
previous week. and they wondered why
nc came anon; them. He was young,
though plain looking, and he was fash
ionably dressed. though stout. This
was the first time he had been present
nj madame reception, and he was ex-
planning his reasons for coming to
Bloomsbury. Mrs Jersey Introduced
him as Leonard Train, the dlstin-
guishcd novelist" although he had pub
lished only ono book at his own cost.
nd even thlt production was unknown
to the bonrdcrs
"Fnehionahlo noye,ists soid no in q
st;n small v,ica which contros+o,, on.
riously with his massive proportions.
"havc Overdune the business Of society
ana epiGrams. We must revert to the
Dickens stvje hive therefore take,
M nv residence here for - hricr ner,o1
to STUDY old world tyres." Hero he
looked around with bcamipr smile
Il ann al.d to find 50 rich field 10
CLEAN"
This douM.u compliment provoked
week smiles. The Ioardors did not
wish f. Ice ~1te but t.cv felt it was
impo. lille o. approve Of The young
MAIN. N.t1lue sufficiently mo5c,n 10
court u.t.-.o., o-r .ud an d.,. .;ed
,lc iloa o, ....S ",.., in a book" Mrs
r.ine. con. .ous Of her weak grammar,
looked uu". iy ~. Miss Bull. who
smiled Criml5 wi tlou Glared az Train
GRANGER d. " himself up and pulled
ms GRAY uostacno. ,.c was the buck
of the ce. Instrumental Uarmer
nodded. saving. 'Wrll. wr.i. lis USUAL
remark vlVu lie did not understand
what was Going on. Only Mrs. Jersey
spoke. Tran had takcn Il sitting room
as we'll as It lc,lroom. therefore ne
must hc rich and as he had not hag-
clel over terms it WAS necessary that
! he should |, Uttered. Mrs. Jersey saw
a GLANCE of ;..-h.ng money out of him.
"lIOw dei-luful," SIZE snid in her
/ me. hcrly L.aMncr Il hope you VIII SAY
nice Times about Us. Mir. Train
Il shall tell the truth. madame. Tho
! truth does not tlnttcr."
! Mrs. Jersey became still more moth
erly and r.il compliment. THAT de
ponds. Mr.. Train. If the truth were
spoken about YOU. for instance"
1t was really vcrv nice colnpli-
mcnt. but Miss Bun. vi;1 malice nfore-
thought, spoiled it in the utterance by
lau-ning pointedly. Train. who had
alreufv sci his T. 90 for a smile grow
red ana madame dorteI a look ot Mis-
Bull uuilr ont of keeping with her
molLerly muruer More than this. she
smoke her MINT 81 hone Mr. Train.
/ that Won will spcuk the whole truth OF
some of us"
/ Miss Rull shr,ryed her thin shoulders
and in direct contradiction 10 the fradi-
tionS Of the evening produced her pack
of cards. Ia abstain on Friday evenings
always annoyed her. ana since madame
had been rude Miss Bull seized the op-
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