Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17

,grOaned the tenor as he went to get
his hat. and the bass said things =
himself in dark corner.
The soprano invited them in. and
they found her mother sitting up in
a big chair, and they had tea and muf-
fins served by the angelic hands of the
soprano who seemed more desirable
than ever in this setting of domestic
ity.
I'VE might as well meet it like men,"
the bass told the tenor as they went
home afterward. ''We both love her
and if we are ever going to get a
chance to ask her one of us will have
to stay away next Sunday night. and
the other one can take her home"
well" the tenor agreed, "but how
shall we decide who will take her,?
t'I'll toss Nickel" said the bass.
Heads l win" And he forthwith
tipped one. and it turned up tails.
''Just my luck" said the bass gloom
lily, ''but if you have the good looks
I have the brains, and l shall know
how to plead my case when the time
comes
The tenor was jubilant
Il shall have first chance" he said.
When he talked to the contralto on
Sunday morning the bass was not san
guine. 1.-The tenor is young and hand
some, and 1 won't be in it,
The contralto cOmforted him.
IF / had the choosing should pick
you out" she said, and something in
her voice made the bass turn and look
at her. She had on her new summer
hat, and her hair was prettily brown
where it 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 a duet
with the tenor.
In the solo part the tenors 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, 81 love,
love, lover 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 ii in church.
'How beautifully he sings" she said
to the contralto. and the contraltO
agreed. Yes, DEAR" but her eyes We're
on the bass. who now took UP the
strain.
When the tenor sat down. the So
prano whispered in the shelter of the
curtain. How beautifully you sangr
And the tenor said Il sang to YOU"
and between them dashed z glance
that made the bass @roan. aad he mar
INJURED to the ccptralto: THE game is
up" have lost. They are talking
love in church"
Its rs good 4 place as any" said
the c0ntralto. There's nothing half
SO sweet IL life as loves yo:ne dream"
She wiped her ewes - she said it. and
the bass found himself askiar
DO you really think tllat yoaa@ love
is as steadfast as the love Al old
friends?"
Have you. JUST found that cut.
Billy" the conualto 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
''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.