Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-12-24
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How 1T Proved a Boomerang

did not like Burilla Bischoff was due
almost entirely to Burilla herself.
Vance Edmonston epitomized the sit
uation when he declared that she
had polar temperament and an
equatorial temper, a rcAlaril which
indirectly reached Buril0 ears and
caused that young woman to vow
vengeance upon Vance
Vance had been at the Wave house
only two weeks. He had given up his
vacation the previous year because
Elsie Tabor was in Europe. What
was vacation without Elsie?
This season he had four weeks at
the shore. The Wave house was an
ultrafashionable hotel, adopting the
more quiet designation through os-
tentatious modesty. Vance hated the
place, but Mrs. Tabor had settled
herself there for the summer and
thither he went
The chances are that Mrs. Tabor
would have left on his arrival, for
She was not minded to permit an in
eligible person like Vance any greater
opportunity than she could help,
but Taylor Phelps was also a guest
at the Wave house, and it was Mrs.
Tabor's intention to land him for a
son-in-law before the season closed.
Elsie and Phelps were good
friends, and Mrs Tabor made the
best of bad situation by hoping that
Vance's attentions might spur
Phelps on to greater enterprise. So
far the young millionaire had seemed
content to idle along with Elsie as
the companion Of his sailing and mo-
toring trips.
With the arrival of Vance and of
Alva Wynn, however, the duo be-
came quartette and a quartette that
Burilla particularly despised. They
frankly showed that they had no de-
sire for further additions to the lit
tie company and Miss Bischoff raved
inwardly while her outward demon
STATIONS of friendship were as pro-
fuse as they We're insincere.
Alva Wynn was designer, wage
Garner, just as Vance Edmonston was
the manager of one of the branches
of the Sixteenth National bank and
Taylor Phelps was multi-millionaire.
The rest of the permanent board
ers at the Wave house looked on in
glee at the maneuvers of Mrs. Tabor,
with the possible exception of some
half dozen mammals with eligible
daughters who wanted Phelps for their
own son-in-law.
To their number was added Blu
rilla, who had enjoyed a monopoly
of Phelps company before the arrival
of the Tabors.
That this was largely due to the
fact that Phelps was too lazy to seek
to evade her schemes Burilla could
not realize. and she was convinced
that Elsie Tabor had cut her out
When Vance added to the score by
his apt description, she gave herself
no rest in her search for vengeance
But three weeks passed before the
opportunity came. 1t would not be
polite to say that Burilla deliberately
spied upon the quartette, but it was
certain that she almost invariably
found herself in their vicinity with
out making her presence unduly prom
inent. She was soft of movement
and she wore dresses of the soft
clinging kind that did not rustic.
Burilla was always called upol
for parlor entertainment at the week
ly hops and other functions, and nov
she planned to put to use her mimic
gifts.
Some of the leaders of the fash
ionable set were getting up an enter
tainment for the benefit of a pet char
ty, and Burilla was to be made the stal
TN an Entirely New Offering" wa
the announcement upon the hanC
painted posters that advertised tn
event upon the piazza, and very mys
FERROUS was Burilla when question:
regarding her new Offering.
1t does not require much to eXcit
group of bored summer sojourners
and when at last Burilla tripped Oh
upon the inlprovised stage a hush fe
over the crowd following the buzz c
whispering that preceded her Ell
trance.
81 will offer an original monologu
entitled ON the Porch" announce
Burilla, and forthwith she plunge
into little monologue in which, d.
spite the substitution of other names
The entire summer colony recognize
the quartette.
Burilla was really a clever mimic
and so closely did she copy the voice
of the four that names were unnece.
sary For the first time the rest c
the colonists realized that Phelp
loved Alva Wynn and that Vance EC
monston was determined to MARI
Elsie.
All eyes were turned upon Mr.!
Tabor, but that woman wrested tr
umph from defeat.
Miss Bischoff spoiled the little su,
prise in store for you" she said
as the guests crowded into the suppe
room Il think it a most suiJabl
match, and | am almost as muc
pleased over Mr.. Phelps engagement
He has been almost like d son to N
-ipca bic ,ootbor diad