The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-08-23

rorlorn, a messenger brought her
most amazing note. 1t was from Jer-
ry Douglas, and it calmly invited Miss
Winthrop to attend a little supper he
was giving at the Empire restaurant
in honor of his promotion. 1t would
be served on the upper floor of the res
taurant at Thursday midnight, after
the. rush was over, and would she
please come, because Mrs. Ned Landers
had agreed to act as chaperon and ev-.
cry one knew that Mrs. Ned was a host
in herself.
Here was n perfectly legitimate ave
nue. Of inquiry which even the Win
throp pride might not hesitate to fol
low, so she bathed her eyes. summoned
the Winthrop brougham and drove to
Mrs. Ned Landers' smart studio apart
ment OF course she could not accept
the Invitation, and she would not de-
cline without making inquiries.
Mrs. Landers, shrewdly reading from
the white, tired face that something
had. gone amiss, made tea directly, and
Harriet slipped it approximately.
"You know, mother is a BIT Old fash
ioned'-
"She even disapproved Of studio fats
instead Of houses" inquired Mrs
Landers, with dancing eyes.
"She thinks YOU are the most won
derful manager in the world. but res
taurant suppey-I mean that particular
sort Of restaurant
! Il understand, and I am just bub-
bling with the secret. I've been wait
ing to tell every one for weeks. but
Jerry Douglas made me cross my. heart
and swear no. Ny dear, he IS 4 hero.
the sort you don't often find in this
days Ct spoiled millionaire sons and
fawniny parasites. When he finished
his college course and started to read
law with>an cid friend of his fathers
down in Virginia he made what wcs
to him an awful discovery. His in
heritance had paid only his bare ex-
penses at college. All the little pleas
ures, accessories. the social end of the
game, his mother had made by her
own handiworll She had been doing
exquisite embroidery for a womahs
exchange and q New York department
store to keep him at college as his ia
Their and grandfather had been Kept be-
fore him
His. first feeling, being a Virginia
man o. chivalric pride. was deep hui
initiation. 1 am afraid he was a bit
hard on the little mother for daring to
10 such q thing. Then he turned his
back on the law and came north, 60
ing straight to the father Of a young
ster he had known at college. the sort
who roll in wealth made in q single
generation. The boys father has all
sorts of commercial interests. includ-
Ing the Empire chain Of quick lunch
counters. ana he promptly offered Jer-
ry the chance to act as cashier in one
Of those dreadful lunch rooms
Harriet was leaning forward, drink
ing in every word oblivious to the
fact that Mrs. Ned was studying her
face with mauonly amusement.
We'll, this particular lunch room
was in q badly disorganized state, and
Jerry not only made changes, but he
fired the cook, who had been making
trouble. andr cooked himself until he
could get.a decent man. He stopped
Quagleiing among the Mattresses
now lie is going to Mexico for the man
who was just trying him out in q
lunch room. and, what is more. he is
going On a most ticklish ana impor-
tant mission"
Harriet leaned back with a SIGH that
might have meant reaction or some
thing deeper.
and 50 he has asked just six'Of rs
to have that little supper, for which he
/ agrees to cook all sorts OF things, from
pancakes to something he calls butter
cakes. Anyhow, It can't be worse for
Our digestion than some Of the New
burg Inesses our friend makes in chat
inc dishes. VIII you go?7
Harriet rose instantly.
IF you won't think me abrupt. I'm
going home this minute to telephone
my acceptance"
Wise Mrs Ned did not suggest that
in her hallway was a telephone instru-
ment, which Harriet had ofttimes used.
and the girl went her way. Later as
She hung Up the telephone receiver in
the Winthrop library her eyes seemed
20 shine like diamonds, and q soft
flush mounted to her pale gold hair.
And from the library she went straight
to her own room. climbed up to
clothespress shelf and lugged forth
two photographs. Then. with her chin
resting il the palms Of her hands, she
sat down, studying them with eyes
that still shone with the light that
once must have frightened the face Of
the ancestral belle at the tournament.