Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-11-07

not to drift-tired trying not to try.
and tired trying TO try Oh, dear
sounds like a nonsense verse. doesn't
II: Have you anyone tonight? No?
think | must stay with you till morn
ing. Send some one home to say IN
be here. | can always think so much
better here-and you, dear old thing,
to mother me-"
do. child; I'll send Sandon directly. "
He will go TO the house of mourn
ing"
What's the latest?"
Papa was on the verge of collapse
this morning. and yet he was striving
so bravely and nobly to bear up. No
one knows what that man suffers: il
makes him gloomy all the time about
everything Just before left, he was
saying that, when one considers the
number or American homes in which
green salad is never served one must
he appalled,. Are you appalled,, auntie {?
But that isn't it"
Nothing has happcned?"
We'll, therell be no sensation about
it in the papers tomorrow, but a very
dreadful thing has happened. Papa
has suffered one OF the cruelest blows
OF his life | fancy he didn't sleep at
all last night and he looked thorough
ly bowled over this morning"
But what is it,"
"Well-oh, it's awful!-first of all
there were six dozen of early-bottled
1875 Chateau Lafitte--that was the bit
terest-but he had to see the rest go.
too-Chateau Margeaux of SO-some
terribly ancient port and Madeira-the
dryest kind of sherry-a lot of fine.
full clarets of II and '7S-oh, you can't
know how agoniZing it was to him
I've heard them SO often know them
all myself"
But what on earth about them"
Nothing. only the COSMOPOLITAN
clubs wine cellar-auctioned off you
know. For over a year papa has
looked forward to It. He knew every
bottle of wine in it,. He could
recite the list without looking at
it. Sometimes he sounded like a
French lesson-and he's been un-
der a fearful strain ever since
the announcement was made. Well
the great day came yesterday, and poor
pater simply couldn't bid in a single
drop. 1t needed ready money. Won
know And he had hoped so cheerfuIlv
all the time to do something 1t broke
his heart I'm sure, to see that Cha
teau LATTE go-and only imagine. II
was bid IN by the butler of that odious
Higbee. You should have heard papa
rail about the vulgar nouveaux riches
when he came hOme--he talked quite
like an anarchist. But by tonight he'll
be blaming me for his misfortunes
That's why | chose to stay here with
you"
Poor Horace. Whatever are you
going to do?"
We'll. dearie as for me. it doesn't
look as If | could do anything but one
thing. And here is my ardent young
Croesus coming out of the west"
You called him your athletic Bay
ard once"
The others more to the point at
present. And what else can / do7
on, II some one would just be brave
enough to live the raw. quivering life
with me, | could do it. / give YOU nv
word. ] could let everything go bv the
board-but | am so alone and so help
less and no man is equal to it. now
adays. All of us here seem to be con
tent to order half portion of life "
enid. those dreams are beautiful.
but they're like those flying machines
: mat are constantly being tested by the
credulous inventors. a wheel or a
pinion goes wrong and down the silly
things come tumbling."
Very we'll; then | shall be wise-I
suppose shall bc-and I'll do it
quickly. This fortune of good gold
shall propose marriage 10 me at once.
ana be accepted-so that | shall be
able to look my dear old father in the
face again and then. after I'm mar
|ried-weli don't blame me for any
thing that happens
IN sure you'll be happy with him
its only your silly notions. He's in
love with you"
That makes me hesitate He really
IS a man like him-see this letter.
a long review from the Already Lyre
/ OF the poem he wrote. a poem consist
ing Of 'Ayice Milbrey.' The reviewer
mas been quite enthusiastic over II. too
written from some awful place in
! Montana"
What more could you ask? He'll b.
| kind.
| You don't understand Mutterchen.
! lie seems too decent 10 marry that
way-and yet its the only way could
marry him And after he found mo
out-oh, think Of what marriage is
he'd have TO- find it out couldn't act
IonE-doubtIess he wouldn't even be
/ kind to me then"
You are morbid. chilu.'
/ But ! will do b.. shall. ] will be
a credit TO my training and shall
learn to- hate him and he will have 10
Iearn-WelI. great deal that he