The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-21
The Socis Objections to
. Mrs.. IIipp
-EAIss


Mrs. MugGleoou MASON was one OF
the elite OF GFoveton. There were
disadvantages 70 be overcome In at
taining and maintaining this position,
but Mrs. Mason possessed the especial
faculties required to overcome them.
For instance, her husband was a horse
trader-a horse trader ON a large scale,
to be sure but stilI a horse trader.
When the wife Of wholesale grocer
threw this in the face Of Mrs. Mason,
that lady retorted: My husband buys
and sells horses; your husband buys
and sells molRsses- What's the diner
enceY
one evening on the train from the
city where Mrs. Mason had been shop
ping she was talking to Mrs. Edwards,
also member OF the smart set OF
GrovetOn. Mrs. Edwards was not only
wealthy. but her family had been
wealthy before her for a hundred
years. Mrs. Mason appreciated TINS
and proposed to fngratiate herself win
the hishborn dame by bit of social
conservatism.
There are some of our set" said
Mrs. AIason-her voice was loud ana
b,lrsh-"yyho are constantly upholding
some one trying to get in with us who
doesn't belong with us. Several of our
best ladies' are visiting with that young
Mrs. Trip, whose efforts to appear re
spectacle are absurd. At the Airing
tons reception she wore dress that
1 recognized as having once belonged
to Mrs. Chesborough. She'd SO chang
ed and Improved 1t that one would
have scarcely recognized It Not that
would deny such people place
among us, provided they can live as
we do, but they can't Besides, Mrs.
Tripp doesn't give a very satisfactory
account of her husbands continued
absence. Land knows whether she's
married at all or not"
Behind the two ladies sat man In
broad brImmed hat and wooden shirt
under coat much the worse for wear,
but his features belied his costume.
Notwithstanding an appearance Of
hard work they We're Intellectual.
''AiolI Hogan, I believe" he said,
bending forward and looking Mrs.
Mason in the eye as she turned, with
a face alternately white and scarlet.
81 don't know you,' she said, draw
ing away with poorly assumed hauteur.
Nevertheless you have served me
with antelope steak and Adapjacks in
Grindstone. But see ySl are chang
ed. I heard you had married Mug
east Just in time to I'LL big order for
the government before the Spanish
war and that he has beey making
money in horsefesh ever since"
AIRS. Mason was taken fat aback.
She made several efforts to clear her
self from the mans imputations and
finally muttered that he had got her
mixed with some one else. Then she
turned her back on him and said to
Mrs. Edwards:
"He is some enemy who has an OBJ
ject, but can't guess what 1t is"
The train was at the moment stop
ping at station. The two Indies
alighted, each taking her carriage to
her home.
Mrs. Atwater, one of the Indies who
had been helping Mrs. Tripp in her
efforts to keep up position to which
she had been born. gave ball. Mrs.
Mason was there, and Mrs. Tripp was
there. Mrs. Trlpp startled the assem-
bly, by entering dressed in gown
fresh from the hands of Its maker, but |
this was not the most surprising fea- |
ture about Mrs. Trips entrance. She |
leaned on the arm of gentleman I'M
known to the GrovetonIans, whom She |
as her husband. As the |
couple made their way to speak to the
hostess every eye in the room was |
Ieveled at them.
''where did she get that dress?
Where on earth has the man been?
Wonder II it's another case Of get rich
luIck?" were some of the questions
the guests asked of each other.
AS Mr., and Mrs. Trip walked away
from the hostess they met Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason walking up to her.
Hello. Mason"'
Mason stared at the speaker for some
then, making a virtue of ne
,pssity, said:
Hello, Mr.. Tripp! What are you do
',rhe cut-ofs finished. Civil engi-
reers are no longer wanted. You didn't
finish the dirt moving you undertook.
lid you:"
NO" stnmmered Mason. II didn't"
Mrs. Mason, who by this time recoG-
nlzed under his evening dress the rough
looking man who had spoken to her In
the car. pulled her husband on.
Goodness gracious. Is that Mr.. TriPp'
who had charge of the cut-ofT"
Yves, and. besides being engineer in
chief, he took a big contract / had
a suDcontract under him to remove
million yards of dirt. I found had
bid too low and left the territory"
There was n brief pause, ut the end
Of which the wife said:
Hes the man l told you about who
knew me when slunE hash in Grind
stone. I see it all now. was OBJ
iectlng to his wife being received In
this society, and he overheard me. He
hasn't any cause to love us since you
,b,o,,, ,,yo I,oy1v- cnntrnct md left him in