The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1905-12-29

size WILL LOOK AFTER MI HER.
&ELF-OR, THAT Is TO Say
voices began to whisper In the ears
If those whose habits were most reg.
ular. warning them that It was high
time they hetook themselves 10 bed.
the plans for the morrow were fairly
complete
The day dawncd bright and clear,
The snow was fine and hard AMI gave
back thousand sparklcs for every
glance from the bedroom window OF
the early riser The ladies of Swan
puckct knew nothing of what was IN
store for them, but rose early TO finish
their New Years cake and candy max
InE and 10 attend to the thousand de
tails Of this day nf mt cracking and
corn popping, and apple baking soon
after breakfast numerous tab and som
Der figures, but all with sprightly Gaits,
might have been seen vending their
way % common rendezvous at the
Bachelor club. ana doubtless they were
noticed by many. but the real alarm
I'D not begin 10 l." sounded by Swan.
puckct society until N" doorbells be
gan Jingle, tinrlc. tlnglc that grew
more frequent as the day wore on.
Her inst caller took Miss Clarlssa
Frey entirely by surprise. AS she aft.
crwarus explained, che felt AS II the
tide of time had taken her M bodily
and set her back 30 years When the
doorbell rang she was not prepared
Tor callers, being dressed, indeed. In
her wrapper; but when a peek through
a sid" window had revealed the fact
that her caller tworld on cndD was
MIR Emmett Kccno dressed in keeping
with a bygono style Of chivalry which
she well remembered. even to the FLAIR.
ing white collar and black tie and the
gOld-hcadod cane abe flew with maid
emily agitation TO the very garnet leav-
Ing his admittnnCo to Others while she,
nlivc 10 the spirit of the occasion,
decked herself out with a wonder of a
hoop skirt which her niece Phoebe
had planned 20 wear that very night
nj Now Years amateur play. Emmett
keene never had got ahead Of Clarissa
Frey. ami he wouldn't do so at this
late day II she could help It.
Mr.. Keeno was somewhat taken attack
when, after n considerable delay, there
entered the dra9inR-room an apparl-
tion that seemed to have double I'm
the storehouse of his memory. He
tried To account for 30 years gone by.
but for the life OF him could not make
1t moro than 90 in the figure before
him. He had 10 admit, as he had done
In times past, that Clarissa Frey was
remarkable woman. After the ex.
change OF New Years greetings and
gossip Mr. Kecne tried TO explain the
organization and purposes Of the new
bureau OF chivalry. "a new--er-ds-
parture of the Bachelor club" as he
explained with nervousness. Bu,
somehow the point didn't carry. By
inadvertent mention OF the fact that
the departure was founded upon the
much discussed plea for protection
from Mrs. Dexter Bloom, be found
himself launched upon a deep and
ethical discussion OF women's clubs
which ended only with tho tingle OF
the doorbell announcing the arriva
of fellow clubman, and indicating
that Mr. Keene was not properly ap.
portioning the time at his disposal
among tho members OF the fair SCI
on his Hat
Mrs Dexter Bloom was widow Of
| considerable dignity and aggressive
intellect. II cannot be said that she
revealed any signs of agitation wher
Gen Friesbie Virgins was announced