The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-01

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Joe s-tAlnGUered.
BE Oft" said l. asids. 70 him. Get
the nearest preacher and hustle him
here with his tools.
had one eye on Anita all the time.
and / saw her gaze follow Joe as he
hurried out; and her expression made
my heart ache. | heard him saying IN
the hall. Go in, Allie. It's o. X"
heard the door slam. knew We should
soon ave ONE sort of minister with
us.
Allie entered Ne drawing room. l
had not seen her in Sin years. / re-
membered her unpleasantly as a great,
bony, f!orid child. unable to stand
still or to sit still, o. TO keep her
tongue still, full of aimless questions
and giggles and silly remarks that she
and her mother thought funny. l saw
her now, grown n q handsome young
woman, with enough beauty points for
an honorable mention, if not for a
prize-straight and strong and round
ed. with a brow and a keen look ont OF
the ayes which it seemed a pity should
be wasted on a oma Her mothers
looks, her fathers good sense, q per-
s~onaiity apparently got from neither,
but all her OWN, and unusual n in
teresting. No wonder the Balls felt
toward her much as a pair of barn
swallows would feel if they We're to
hatch out an eaglet. These quiet,
tame American parents that are al
ways finding their suppressed selves.
the bold fantastic, unadmitted dreams
of their youth s~tartlingly confronting
them in the flesh as their own chill
dreni
From what Mr.. Ball said"-N1rs.
Ball was gushing affectedly TO Anita
Il got an idea that-well, really, /
didn't know what to think"
Anita looked as if she We're about to
suffocate. Allie came to the rescue.
Not Very complimentary to Mr.. Black
lock, mother said she good humored-
friendiiness there was no resisting:
Wouldn't you like to come up to my
room for q few minutes?"
"Oh, thank you'll" responded Anita,
after a quick, but thorough inspection
of Alva's face, to make sure she wa
this; l had been assuming that Anita
would not be out of my sight until we
We're married. 1t was on the tip of my
tongue to Interfere when she looked
at me--for permission to go! Don't
keep her too long" said l to Aiva, and
they We're gone.
You can't blame me-reaily YOU
can't, Ir. Blackjack" Mrs. Bali be-
gan to plead for herself, as soon as
they were safely out of hearing. Aft
er some things-mere hints. YOU UNI
derstand-for I'm careful what | per-
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married people cannot be too respect
full of each other. / never tolerate vul-
garity."
No doubt, Joe has made me out a
very vulgar person." said /, forgetting
her lack OF humor.
oh, not at all. not at all. Mr.. Black
lock-" she protested, in a panic lest
she had done her husband damage with
me. Il understand. men will be men,
though as a pule-minded woman, I'm
sure | can't imagine why they should
be-"
How far off is the nearest church,"
I cut in.
only two blocks-that is. the Meth
odist church." she replied. But I
know Mr.. Bal will bring an Episco-
p%alian."
Why, / thought you We're a devoted
presbyterian said |, recalling how in
their Brooklyn days she used to insist
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sleep through long sermons.
She looked uncomfortable. Il was
reared Presbyterian" she explained
confusedls, but you know how
we came to live here, We
got out Of the habit of churchgoing.
And all Alvas little friends We're Eris-
c%opalians. SO l drifted toward that
church. | fird the service so satisfying
--so-elegant And-ome sees there the
people one sees socially"
"Eow is YOUR culture class" 1 in
CURED, deliberately malicious, in my
impatiencc i Nervousness. And 90
you still take conversation ~lessonso?"
She was furiously annoyed. oh.
those old jokes OF Joe's.' she said, af-
fsctiag dislainful amusement.
In fact. they We're anything but jokes,
On Mondays and Thursdays she used
to attend q class for women Who, like
herself, wished to be up TO da1e on
culture u all that sort of thing" they
hired q teacher to cram them with odds
and ends about ar; and politics and the
latest literature, heavy and light on
Tuesdays and Fridays she had an 'in-
digcnt gentlewonaan," whatever that
may be. comb to hcr to teach her how
to converse and otherwise conduct her
self according to the 'standards of po-
lite society,"" Joe used to give imita-
lions OF those conversation lessons that
raised roars of laughter round the POI
ker table. the louder because SO many
of the other men had wives With the
same ambitions and the same methods
of attaining them.
Mrs. Ball came back to the subject
OF Anita.
Il am glad you are going to settle
with such a charming girl. She comes
Of such Il charming family. | have
never happened to MEG. any OF them.
We are in the west side set, you know,
while they move in the east side set,
and New York is so large that one all
most nev meets anyone outside ones
own set" This smooth snobbishness,
said in the affected society tone. was
as out of place in her as rouge n
hair dye in a wholesome, honest old
grandmother.
L began to pace the floor Can it be-
I fretted aloud, that Joe's racing round
looking for an E~piscopalian preacher.
when there was q Methodist at hand?'
Pm sure he wouldn't bring anything
but q Church of England priest" Mrs.
Ball assured me loftily. why. Miss
Enersly wouldn't think she was mar
ried, if she hadn't d priest of her own
church,"
My temper got the bit in its teeth. I
stopped before her, n fixed her With
AN eve tSat must have had Soma finn