Middletown transcript., 1906-11-03

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why, laughed Mother, as i
that was an easy one to her, be
means that Sarah has nervous
prostration. and has y twice ~
bad as atiy ordinary woman
That is, If an ordinary woman
ever does have it. I always sup.
posed that nervous prostration
was equal to an afidavy Of ex'
tr'ordin riness Of some sort. But
Sarah always did go in for things
head and heels when she went
for them at all.
OF courseI I went TO Sarah's. a
woman who wouldn't help a cous
ia with double nervous prostra'
ton, wouldn't be worth the name,
Tom met me at the station. he
lived on a pretty street in the
suburbs. AS we walked up the
stone steps to the house, | heard
a great humping of a piano, and
a scraping Of violin, and from
an upper room a girls voice trlll'
ing vahantly. When We got into
the front hall, a young girl was
coming downstairs with music
case in her hand, screeching, A
a-a-ah with all her might.
Tom dropped my hand bags,
pulled out his watch, exclaimed,
Half-past ten I'm off to the
Office. Make yourself at home
Becky and bounced out, Sian
ming the door behind him.
The girl on the stairs hnrried, /,
calling in a high key: OF, ,ffx this
isn't our dearest Becky < You
sweet creature She tripped
along and touched her lips to my
cheek, glngerly. I'm Marie.
Don = : yyooa remember
I remember that one Of you
was named Eor my mother, !
laughed; but her name was just
plain Mary Ann when | left
Cherry Crick this morning.
Dearest Becky, we've all oblig-
ingly forgotten the Ann nows said
Marie, with a coquettish duck.
It's the anguish OF my soul that
Papa will persist in calling me
Mollie. Prue, Sade, here's cous-
in Becky.
The din in the room by the
front door stopped as Marie part
ed the portieres for mel Astout-
ish girl with saialSly/bronze hair
turned ,frol piano with a
Il girl, very fair,
Town with slow,
9ement.
" girl ran up to me and
Vii arms around me and
me on the mouth. You
year she said. I'm as glad
anything to see you again!
z H,i he tail tail girl girl pat laes. head on
one side and said, languidly: /
trust you are quite well, cousin
Rebecca.
Now which is which I? demand
ed the stout girl, with laugh.
I'll bet a cooky you don't know.
You skeezicks | said, pinch
ing her plump arm. AS if ! did
not remember you. You re Prue.
Aud that tall, graceful blonde is
Sade. ! beg your pardon, Miss
Sarah Everton.
Good one on yob, ,Sade. That's
Sade's pose, you know. She
thinks if she poses it long enough
ill get to be second nature. But
I don't know. Mrs. Linn Lyn-
ton says George Eloit was rained
by a pose. But come on and see
Ma.
Cousin Becky, I shall have to
ask you to excuse me for a while.
I have a vocal lesson, and I was
just about to go when you ar.
rived. So glad to have seen you
before went. This from Marie
in a voice which sounded as if
she had a quantity Of very hot
pudding in her mouth.
Go on with you, and get your
new set of squawks, said Prue,
giving Miss Marie a good.natur-
ed push, that rather spoiled the
effect of her elaborate bow.
Moll read the other day that
singersrarely have musicalspeak-
ing voices, and since then her
talk has been q sort of cross be-
tween a falsetto and q natural.
You can go on BY yourself and
rend that aria if you want to,
SADIE; I'm going to take Becky
TO see Ma, Prue said, as she
grasped my arm and marched
me out of the parlor.
What are we going this way
for, Prue I demanded, as we
started down some back stairs.
/ thought your mother was sick.
Yesg returned Prue, with d