The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-11-29

the ,tnr, for the dining room was made
| offered her my left arm. though l had
carefully planned beforehand Just what
would do. sshc---without hesitation
and .E I know now. out OF syEnpathy
for ne IA my suffcring--wnS taking
ms 3 rrug arm. when u neshcd on ~"
Tx. a b'ln1ing blow in the face that
I ought to b. 81 tie other side ot her.
I got rcd. ;rippcd I'm the fnr-sprnwlin.
Z trnln ~ Mrs LauEicn. tore u Tightly.
trIrd o. ct 60 ~" other side or Miss
. Eiieryly ~ walking In front OF her. re-.
covered myself somehow stumbled
round b"hiHd her. walked on her TRAIN
I AMI finally arriN Cd nj her lcft side. con
\ srinuS On every rcd-hot atom of mo
! that I wns n,1king Sp-ctacl" OF my
self md that the whole company was
! cni,Nlng II. I must have seemed to
I them ~ ignorant hoor; ~ Tact. ! had
\ been about great deal among people
who iurw how To behave. and had l
never given the matter of how To con-
iuci myssif on that particular occi-
/ sion an lnsiant's thought I should have
4 got on without the least trouble.
! II WIS with n siTh % profound relief
that I sank upoa the Chnir between
4 Miss FlierSly and Mrs Langdon. SAFE
\ from danger or making breaks. 80 |
! hopad. Tor the res; OF the evening. But
Y within e very fcw minutes l realized
\ that ms iii;ic misadvCnturc had un-
ncrvcd nc. ny hands were trembling
go that I could scarcely lift tho SOUP
spoon tu my lips. and my throat hnd
~, go TAR beyond control that ! MA
I fir-ct.lt. in swallowing. Miss Ellcrsiy
/ and Mrs. fauEdon were each busy Win
I th. man uu the other side or her;
7 WAS lsff Ca my own reflections ana
wna not sure whether this male mo
more az less uncomfortable. To aha 10
my tnrm,yt I grew angry. turiousiy
/ anEry. with wys'lG. I looked W. ana
! dawn and 40 ross me big table, noted All
7 these Fclf-sntiy!Fc1 people perfectly *
I their ease. md snid tn INHeli
Y 'VyIaTs ihc riattcr with you. Matt
They're only men ana Women
and los M means the best spec
. linens ar the breed. You've got
Z more brains ih9n nll or 'cm Put to-
I .ethcr. probably; rs there one or inc
Y lo, that could get job at sood wages
\ N thrown ur TIE world? What 10 you
/ care what they think ~ you: It's
| damn sight more important what YOU
4 think ~ thon HR it won't hc many
years before you'll hold everything
! thcy value. everything that makes
\ them 81 consequence. In the hollow az
/ your hand.
\ En,.siy finally turned her face toward
I m, To- indicate that she would bc grac-
I iously plea SEED to listen VI ! had any
\ thing L. communicate. ! felt - "
\ were SLOWLY willing. felt my throat
/ contracting into "a dry twist. What was
, the matter with me? Partly. az course.
my own snobbishness. which lcd me
/ 10 attach the same Importance To- thoSc
\ people that he Fnobbishncss az the
| small md silly had rot them IN thr
| WHy 90 attaching To themselves. but
/ the chic: CauS" OF my Inability was
\ Munsou and his lessons. had thought
/ wag estimating at It's proper value
\ what he was teaching. lSut 81 earnest
/ and serious ann | by nature. and 80
/ earnest and serious wac he about these
\ triNiHl.iics that he had been brought
\ up To regard nF whole OF life. that
\ had uncunScious!y absorbed his atil-
! tudc: I WAS like q fellow who, after
| examining hard for an examination.
! finds that all tho questions put To him
/ are on thirEr he hasn't looked at.
\ had been making an ass OF myself
| and tina: evening ! got the first In
4 stalmcnt OF my sound ana just pun
| ishment. I who had prlded myself on
being ready for anything ar anybody
| I who had laughed contemporary when
| read how men and women. presented
at Euro, can courts. made fools OF
thcmseNes--I was made ridiculous by
4 these people who. m I we'll know, had
nothing TO back their pretensions TO
! superiority but barefaccd blum.
| Perhaps, had thought this out ut the
! table. I shoald have got back To myself
| and my normal ease: but l didn't. and
! that long and terrible dinner was one
! long and terrible agony OF stage fright.
| when tho ladies withdrew tho other
/ men drew together. talking OF people
I did not know and of things l did
| not care about thought then they
\ were avoiding me deliberately a.
! flock OF tame ducks avoids n Wild one
that some wind has accidentally blown
down among them. ! know now that
my forbiAding aspect must have been
| responsible for my isolation. However
/ I sat alone. sullenly resisting oil FL
! lcrsly's constrained efforts to get mo
/ into tho conversation. ana apErily Eus-
/ piclous that Lnngdon was enjoying my
4 discontinue more than tho cigurct he
/ WAS apparently absorbed In.
old Ellersly. growing more and mote
/ nervous before my dark and Bullen look.
| finally seated himself before me. II
hopc you'll stay after the others have
| gone said he They'll leave early.
and We can have "A quiet smoke and
| talk"
All unstrung though ! vas. I yet had
! the desperate courage TO resolve that
/ I'd no; leave defeated iu the Dyes OF
! the one person whose opinion really
| cared about VERY we'll" said !. IN
reply To him.
| Continued Next Weekly
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