Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-15


eore," she said, indicating her we'll
allied plate with pathetic smile.
II have a fellow-feeling," she con-
t1nued, "for that old gentleman who
said that the wing Of the chicken was
doubtless the very incest portion Of
all, but that he had never tasted It.
When he was young the old people
were supposed to monopolize 1t, and
now that he had grown old, he said, It
had to be reserved for the young. Ny
dear he lamented, I have never tast-
ed the wing Of the chicken!' Tragic,
wasn't it?'
1T was dastardlyw The fne-looking
white-mustached gentleman on her
right hand stihed snort Of indigna-
ton.
Nothing gets away from the young
Sters Of to-day" he growled. "I'm only
a bare 50, you know"
"Yes-I remember you were always
just five years ahead" the sweet-faced
little lady smiled sympathetically.
"Fifty-nine years, Mrs. Merrydew!
and to Judge from the attitude Of the
young fledgelings in this hotel, one
would say I was a relic Of the stone
age-belonged somewhere, unclassif1ed,
with the pyramids and Rameses H.
his genial face took on a sudden null
berry hue; "dastardly, I repeatl You
can't plead the most trivial sensa ton
OF indigestion nowadays, even just a
plain ordinary headache, but It's put
down to incipient senility-I meet it
on all sides, can tell your
II know know!' responded his
fair listener, approximately. "And
that rosy-cheeked girl from the acad-
envy prefaces every other remark to
me with In your day" It does come
hard, certainly, when one is still in a
fair state Of preservation, and can yet
maintain ordinary conversation"
Conversation, humph! merely the
last expiring efforts Of once powerful
antellect, my dear madam" quoted the
elderly gentleman, savagely.
The pretty little widow giggled out
right at this-she could look very
charming when a smile dispelled her
naturally pensive expression. Really,
ats comfort to meet you again, after
90 many years." she confded, "let's go
over to that window seat where we
can Sympathize. I feel quite as young
az did twenty-five years back-and
younger; but there is always such an
unreasoning prejudice regarding gray
hair-it's public opinion concerning it
that harrows up your SOUL"
''Gray hair Is most becoming over q
youthful face" put in the gentleman,
with gallant bow, while they both
withdrew to friendly alcove. "Oh,
thank you for not saying still youth
eul! That still is such a paralyzing
wordv' the little lady shuddered. "They
might as well say: Mrs. M. still re-
tains her intelligent expression It Is
all very unnerving"
He chuckled, and moved his chair a
trihe closer.
II say, this Judging Of age by years
70 the most outrageous procedure ever,
ISN'T It now? I maintain that 1t is
primitive and unworthy OF our social
cd civilization. One might as we'll
Judge by rheumatism, Of which babes
in arms are our most prominent expo
nents in these days. Why, that young
cub out yon6er at tennis is barely a
Self-confessed twenty-four, and yet his
mamma (the stout, be-diamond per-
son, with three chins) Is sore put to It
TO extricate him from his considerable
and hourishing crop of wild oats (regu-
lar horse-chestnuts they are, too, be-
NeveD. My dear young friend, you and
might be styled mere babes in the
wood by comparison with this world
weary YOUTH And yet'-the white
mustache went upward with a twist
OF fierce exasperation-"he wanted to
know what colleges they had in my
day, and were telephones and horse
cars invented"
The lady laughed 80 heartily that
the irate speaker joined in perforce
after while.
"Im so glad you came" she remark
ed prettily; II am getting demoralized
here alone by myself. OF course my
daughter comes at times, but then
am more than ever guiltily conscious
of my shortcomings. If as much as
mention wearing my brooch or tortoise
shell comb down to dinner I feel that
It Is almost personal insult to her,
and sometimes just long to take up
the baby and soothe and pet him when
he Is hungry or fretful, but l am
promptly Informed that the best grand
mothers do not do 1t. OF course It is
all for my best good, for she says 1t
all in love, and 1t hurts her more than
1t does me Tor she thinks 1t does). AS
for an eardrop, an eardrop is an an
achronisml I don't mind any Of these
things 80 much, but in my little parlor
at home there are my pretty colored
wreathA and that quaint shell work
father MADE, and the Tides ] worked