The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-09-20
KannewiCk Courier
Friday, September 20, 1907

cnairs TO get 10 ner.
"Why not both Of you? SAID Tue
scprano. Its on your way nome anu
YOU will be company for each other
the rest Of the way"
"Oh, the aggravah N OF nHE'
~roaned the tenor as he went to get
his hat and the bass said thihss !"
himself in a dark corner.
The soprano invited them H. anu
tbev found her mother sitting up III
q hip chair and they had tea and mu1-
fms served by the angelic hands OF the
soprano, who seemed more uesir"uie
.,,.r over in this setting Of domestic
/ ity. M, ,,"
/ I'VE might as we'll meet it like men,
tho bass told the tenor as they went
, homo afterward. I'VE both love her'
and If we are ever going to get
chance to ask her one of us Will nave
to stay away next Sunday Night anu
the other one can take her home.
"Well." the tenor agreed. but now
shall we decide who will take her!
L "ru toss a nickel" said the bass.
>,,ads l win" And he forthwith
.,,. - one and it turned up tails.
f1inpeo " luck said the bass gloom
lust n you have the good looks
ur .hut r. 1nrains, and l shall know
1 have the land Case "Ne1 "
how to plead n. >,uon+
comes" H., so,a
The tenor was ju. enee, n ne sa,u on
Il shall have first CHI ns not can.
When he talked to tn eord hand.
Sunday morning the bass ~
guine. 1.-THE tenor is youngS u
some. and l won't be in it," An,c,,
The cOntralto comfOrted him. >,r
IF had the choosing l should
you out" she said, and something l.
her voice made the bass turn and look
at her. She had on her new summer
hat, and her hair was prettily brown
where 1t had grown out and there was
about her an effect Of youth and
jauntiness that belied her forty years.
and that made the bass, with his
weight Of forty-five, feel old
You are always my good friend"
he said and squeezed her hand ever
SO slightly as he rose to sing duet .
with the tenor. .
In the solo part the tenor's voice rang
out with such a note of triumph that
the soprano caught her breath as she
heard it. 1t was as if he sang, Il love,
love, love" and yet the words were
sacred. Within the breast Of the little
soprano something new stirred, some
thing that was touched with the breath .
of divinity, so that it seemed no sac .
rilege for her to think Of it in church.
How beautifully he singsv' she said
to the contralto, and the contralto
agreed, Yes, DEAR" but her eyes were
on the bass, who now took I'D the
strain.
When the tenor sat down, the So
prano whispered in the shelter Of the
curtain, How beautifully you sangw
And the tenor said, II sang to YOU"
and between them flashed a glance
that made the bass groan, and he MUIR
INJURED to the contractor 1.-THE game is
up. l have lost. They are talking
love in church"
ITS as good place as any," said
the contralto. There's nothing half
SO sweet in life as loves young dream"
She wiped her eyes as she said it, and
the bass found himself asking, =
do you really think that young love =
is as steadfast as the love Of old
friends?"
Have you just found that out,
Billy?" the contralto questioned.
"You have helped me to find it out"
said the bass and squeezed her hand
under the hymn book
And under the hymn book of the So =
prano the hands of the two young low =
ers met.
1.-THE beautiful part is that you told
me in church," said the soprano, with
her blue eyes lighted with divine fire.
YES, that is the beautiful part"
said the tenor as, regardless of the
contralto and the bass, he kissed her
beneath the green baize curtain.