The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
BY MARIA LINDSEY.
(Copyrighted.)

Miss Smith-Don't let them in at all
Miss Flint Gushing and smiIing1-T
move an amendment that the word ''un
married" may be inserted before the
word man, and the word "'matrimoDv''
be substituted for death"
Better and better" cried Myra in
unholy glee. Il accept the amendment"
The motion as amended was uproar-
iously carried.
BY this time the warm spring wealth
er and the informal discussion had so
heated the room that Miss Virginia
PINK and breathlesS. requested Marcia
to open the side door,
But 1t is locked, Aunt Virginia"
said Marcia. Il knew the chairs would
| nave TO be placed against it, so l locked
II this morning.
Locked" exclaimed Miss Virginia.
She looked from one pair of portieres
to the other, then to the high, Old-fash-
Toned windows. Finally her gaze came
back to the curtains that screened my
paipitatng self. Locked" said Miss
Virginia again, mechanically.
Meanwhile Marcia had moved about
opening windows, land the club now
settled dOw8 to regular business.
Miss White will now read a paper
on the GTecian Art of the Third Pc
Rod said the president "and at the
will draw aside the pOrtieres before the
alcOve and show us a cast of that mas
terpiece of Praxiteles, the Marble
Faun.'
1 knew then how a criminal feels
before execution, and my last hope de-
serted me when Miss Virginia got I'D
hurriedly and left the room.
Miss White read on and on and I
hoped she would go on forever.
thought of earthquakes and yearned
for cyclones, but we were singularly
exempt from these casualties in Pleas
ureville. But at length Miss White con-
cluded her paper III a burst of feminine
eloquenee.
Marcia approached the alcove: her
hand was on the curtain. She turned
and paused. Il will ask you first" she
said, Ito put yourself in harmony with
the Grecian appreciation of physical
perfection. This curtain conceals their
ideal of manly beauty, grace and mirth.
Note the easy posture of the figure and
the playful expression of the fea-
lures"
I closed my eyes and was hoping to
swoOn when a wild shout of Fire
Fire. Fire." smOte the air. 1t was
poor. feeble-minded BiIy's inspiring
shout.
Fire! Fire" responded the shrin
treble voices OF the club.
Presto, Change. The ladies, arising
as one. sped through the door out of
the garden and up the street in Billy's
wake. Many voices took up the cry,
the bell changed wildly, and even my
own legs twitched to be out and run
ming. Not d petticoat was in sight. 1
sprang out of the alcove and nearly up
set Miss Virginia entering.
Where is it," 1 yelled.
WHAT"
The fire"
Nowhere" she said family as she
sank feebly into the nearest chair.
Nowhere, my dear lady; what do
you mean?"
She laughed Historically. oh don't
you understand, Colonel? / told Billy
to cry 'Firer and I pointed to the dis
tillery smoke a mile away"
You did this for me?" 1 cried.
For us" she said. You know 1
had a paper to read, Colonel"
But you thought of me?" said Il 1
took her hand.
There was a bylaw passed this af~
ternOon.Y L said earnestly.
But in jest" said Miss Virginia has
tily.
Never mind that" said 1. Let US
carry il into effect"
But you don't APPROVE of clubs"
said Miss Virginia.
Il would never allow my wife TO be-
long to one" said | firmly.
oh" began Miss Virginia There
was a cautious football in the hall. We
looked up. Myra was standing in the
doorway softly ciapping her hands