Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-12
COprighi, BY LothrOp Publishing Company.
CHAPTER IIL.-COxT1HUED.

Virtuous and stalWart west against an
east that he alleged to be effete and
depraved, has now resorted to sar-
Casm-a thing that Mr. Carlyle thought
was as COCA as the language of the
devil.
And here, now, how about this
dog-luncheon?" he continued, glancing
at a New York newspaper clutched
accpsingly in his hand. 1T was give,
! see, by one of your Newport cronies.
Now, that's healthy doin's fur a two
listed Christian, amt It? | want 70
know. Shappyronging a select COM
pany Of lady and gentlemen dogs from
soup to coffee; pressing a little more
Of the dog-biscuit on this one, and
seem that the other don't misplay is
finger-bowl no way. How would love
to read OF Bines standin' up, all in,
purity velvet pants, most likely, to re-
ceive at one of them bow-wow func-
tions-functions, believe, is the name
Of it?" he ended, in polite inquiry.
There, there, Uncle Peter!" the
young man broke in, soothingly; you
mustn't take those Sunday newspapers
as gospel truth; those stories are print
ed for just such rampant old tender
foots as you are; and even If there is
one foolish freak, he doesn't represent
all society in the better sense of the
term"
Yes, and you'll" Uncle Peter broke
ance. you know we'll enough your
true name is Peter-Pete and Petite
wnen you was a baby, and Peter when
you left for college. And you're
ashamed of what you've done, too, for
you tried to hide them calm cards |
from me the other day, only you want |
quick enough. Bring 'em out! I'm
bound your mother and Pish shall see
'em. Out with 'em!"
The young man, not without embar-
rassment, drew forth Russia leather
card case which the old man took from
him as one having authority. !
Here you are, Marthy Bines!" he
exclaimed, handing her a card; here
you are! read it! Mr.. P. Perclval
Bines.' Now don't you feel proud of
haEyin' stuck out for PsTciyal when you
Gee Il In cold printH You know mighty |
we'll his pa and me agreed to Percival |
only fur a middle name, Jest to please
you-and he want to be called by It;
only Jest Peter or Peter p at most;
and now look at the way he's gone and
garEled his good name"
Mr.. p Percival Bines blushed fu-
Tiously here, but reioined nevertheless,
with quiet dignity, that a mans name
was something about which he should
have the ruling voice, especially where
it was possible for him to reetIfy or
conceal the unhappy choice Of his par
ents.
And while we're on Names" he
continued, do try to remember in case
you ever get among people, that Sis
name is Psyche, and not Pish."
The blond and cOmplacent Miss
Bines here moved uneasily in her pat
ent blue plush rocker and spoke for the
first time, with grateful glance at her
brother.
Eyes, Uncle Peter, for mercy's sake,
do try! Don't make us a laughing
stock!"
But your name is Pish. A persons
name is what their folks name em,
amt 1t? Your ma comes acrost
name In a book thtt she likes the
looks of, and she takes it to spell Pish.
and she ups and names you Plsh, and
we all calls you Pish and Pishy. and
then when you toddle OF to public
school and let 'em know how you spell
1t they tell you it's something else
an outlandish name IL spellin' means
anything. II 1t comes to that you
ought to change the spellin' instead of
the name that your poor pa loved"
Yet the old man had come to know
that he was lighting lost hght-lost
before IL had ever begun.
1T win be good chance" ventured
Mrs. Blnes, timidly, "for Pishy-I
mean Sike- sicky-tO meet the right
sort Of people"
yes, / should say-and the wrong
sort The ingagin' host Of them lady
and gentlemen dogs, fur instance"
but, Uncle Peter" broke in the
young man, ''you shouldn't expect
girl Of Psyche's beauty and fortune to
Yegetate in Montana City all her life.
Why, any sort Of brilliant marriage is
possible to her II she goes among the
right people. Don't you want the fam
ily to amount to something socially?
Is our money TO do us no good? And
DO you think I'm going to stay here
and be q mossbaek and raise chin whis-
gers ana work myself 70 death the way
my father dldgp
mo, MOI replied the old man, with
; glance a. the mother; mot Jest the
way your pc did. you might do some
different and some better; but all the
zasne, you won't do any bsttsr'n he did
any way you'll learn 70 live "a New
York. Dnleas you was 70 80 broke
lhere.3 be added, thoughtluliys n
hat cnse you got the stun IN you and
t'd come out; but gau got 100 nnch !
noney 70 60 broke"