Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-09-27
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The Social Objections to
Mrs. Trip

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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,
10 be sure, but Still 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 molasses. What's the differ
ence2"
One evening on the train from the
city where Mrs. Mason had been shop
ping she was talking to Mrs. Edwards,
also a member Of the smart set of
Groveton. Mrs Edwards was not only
wealthy, but her family had been
wealthy before her for hundred
years. Mrs. Mason appreciated this
and proposed to lngratiate herself with
the highborn dame by a bit of social
conservatism.
There are some of our set" said
Mrs. Mason-her voice was loud and
harsh-"who are constantly UNFOLDING
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 a dress that
] recognized as having once belonged
to Mrs. Chesborough. She'd so chang
ed and improved it that one would
have scarcely recognized It, Not that
! would deny such people a place
among us, provided they can live as
we do. but they can't. Besides, Mrs
Trip 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 a
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.
MOL Hogan. l believe" lie said,
bending forward and looking Mrs.
Mason In the eye as she turned with
a face alternately white and scarlet.
Il don't know you" she said, draw
ing away with poorly assumed hauteur
Nevertheless you have served me
with antelope steak and flapjacks in
Grlndstone. But see you are chang
cd. heard you had married Mug
Mason that he drove a lot of horses
east just in time to fill big order for
the government before the Spanish
war and that he has been making
money In horsefesh ever since"
Mrs. Mason was taken fat aback.
She made several efforts to clear her
self from the mans imputatlons 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 ladies'
alighted, each taking her carriage to
her home.
Mrs. Atwater, one OF the ladies who
had been helping Mrs. Trip in her
efforts TO keep up position to which
she had been born, gave a ball Mrs.
Mason was there. and Mrs. Tripp was
there. Mrs. Trip startled the assem-
bly, by entering dressed in n 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
introduced as her husband. AS the
couple made their way to speak to the
hostess every eye in the room was
leveled at them.
Where did she get that dress?
Where on earth has the man been?
Wonder II it's another case of get rich
quickT 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
moments, then, making a virtue of ne
cessity. said:
"Hello. Mr. Trippl What are you do
ing hereY
1.-The cut-of's finished Civil engi-
neers are no longer wanted You didn't
finish the dirt moving you undertook.
did you?"
NO" stammered Mason, 81 didn't"
Mrs. Mason, who by this time recog.
nized 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.. Trip.
who had charge Of the cut-on?"
''les, and. besides being engineer in
chief, he took big contract. had
a subcontract under him to, remove
million yards of dirt l found l had
bid too low and left the territory"
There was a brief pause, at the enc
OF which the wife said:
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