The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-25
Bv AGNES SL7RBRZDGE.
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But the club spirit lies dormant in
friends. AS [ sat on my wide veranda
overlooking the lake those summer aft
ernoons, and watched the simmer of
the waves and the coming Of the rosy
sunset, or, later, dreamed there thru
the purpling twilight while Joe smoked
his beloved pipe on the garden seat
nearby, [ thought little Of my new am
billions and felt none of that glow of
enthusiasm which had so absorbed me
during the preceding month. [ was
seeing my happiest days, but, as usual,
I did not know it. This ideal state Of
affairs was at it's best when Joe brought
out letter to me, one hot afternoon,
as he Joined me on the veranda.
whats this, little womans' he
asked, pinching my ear, "You've got
up in the world, :aren It we9 Guess wee
better set up crest ourselves, eha
I think the House OF Henning has as
good a right to one as anybody. Sup
pose you look it up
IT have already, joe I answered,
taking the letter. "AI we we TODD is
to have die made and get some sta
tionery stamped with it, I'd thought
of asking you to have large coat-of-
arms painted for the hail.
"What'l it cost,' he asked.
con, I know woman who gets fifty
dollars from some customers, -" said.
"She I'll do it for me for twenty-five. -
| eco ahead with it, then,'' he an.
his social aspirations. "But why do
| Won not Iraa RI hU0lr lnttar2''
! "It's from Mrs. Theodore Parsons, -
! I said, calmly, as I broke the seal and
i glanced over the letter. 'sShe wants
me to visit her for two weeks at Me
guntic Cove. Sets a date for me to- &C
and all''
"Whew!' and he gave a long
whistle. "When I worked as boy
in Teddy Parsons pork-packing place
I never thought my wife ID be hobnob
/ bling with his on friendly terms-vlslt
ing her with, lot Of swells. Better
90, Johnnie. ~ 3
I hesitated, beginning to be sensible
where danger lay.
s"I'd rather not, Joe, - said, finally
"my place is at home.'
"Nonsense,' he returned. "Noth
ing of the sort. want you to go
You re beginning to look peaked ant
need the change. Such an opportunity
does not come every day: My wife the
/ guest for two weeks Of Mrs. Teddy Par
sons? Well, I guess! Of course, you're
going. Write and tell her 500
/. I said no more, and when he PLACED
a generous roll Of bills in my hant
the next morning for shopping pur
poses, my enthusiasm began Ito grow
"Don't stint yourself, Jack, he
said; 81 want Mrs. Joseph 5Hennin&
to look as well as any of 'em. She :
the handsomest one in the crowd, @ant
if good clothes will set her off, why
here goes!' ~" #
!! I remembered the quarrel we thaf
over my club gowns, and wondered why
a woman may have unlimited mean:
to fit herself for the social strata jus
above her, while decent outfit fo1
club wear is considered extravagant
But I said nothing, and the next weel
I started eastward with WARDROBE,
such as, I had not dreamed Of possess
ing a twelve-month before.
The next fortnight was a gay on
for me. There was plenty of sailin.
and driving and yachting and sociaIlif
variety. This was my first glimpse %
the sea, and it had a strangely dis
!: turbing influence over me, making M
restless and eXcitable and, at time
unhappy. The gorgeous hues Of sunse
reused every dormant faculty., and evel
!: the fading twilight left me with an un
!: wonted desire for activity. IEcould no
sleep with the moaning Of the sea il
my ears, and I could dance all night a
the weekly hops without being tired
Another woman than the domestic per
: son I had been all summer asserte,
herself, and was even more ambition
i and grasping than I had been the pas
winter: For SO it is that we chang
4 with our environments and develo
qualities under certain new condition
s. that we would never recognize in TIL
old.
Up to now had been content wit
, the admiration OF my husband and
few women. But in the midst of thi
Il gay life I tasted the sweets of atten
ton from the opposite sex Phil
sHavenwas guest, too, at the Parsons
/ and before thesfrst day Of mysvisit wa
j lover he was my devoted slave. An e2
ample Of the modern strenuous pastor
he was an enthusiastic golfer and a.
expert sailor From the first he dc
voted himself to me, and before tn
first day was over I'VE were Phil
|, and "Jackie,' = as we had been in th
. days when we went to school togethe
: in Kansas. His growing reputation a
a preacher and writer shed a certai
0 luster upon the woman who had bee
3 his warm friend for years, and soon
: knew that his friendship had raised m
wonderfully in the estimation Of th
summer colony at Meguntic Cow
y E'.That handsome Mrs. Jack Hennin
J, and brilliant DIR. Haven were invite
: everywhere, and no yachting, Collin
e or picnic party was complete will
q Eout us.
r All too soon the fortnight passed
and I was disconsolate at the uea