Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-26


really. wonderful and most interesting,
as / shall find out if | see it. | wish
I could, but / suppose | shan't. as |
came over to visit Mrs. Ess Kay, not
to do sightseeing.
The second day after we came back
from West Point. as went downstairs
the first thing ii the morning. | heard
Mrs Ess Kay at the telephone. which
Is i'm little room along corridor OF
the fountain court.
She was having Il long conversation
with some one. laughing and chatting
just as IL she were talking to VS.
itor, and presently my name came in.
.'Yes, Lady Betty Blu; no. not pro-
nounced that way. my child. As If it
were spelled B-UC-K-yes, that's
right. Such pretty girl, a perfect
dear. l expect the men will be wild
about her at Newport Potter raves
over her. Ha, ha. ha! Do you think
so? We'll, perhaps. I've known strain
ger things to happen. No, it's not her
father, but her brother, who's the duke.
Awfully good looking. l wish he could
have come too. But you see Sally
wouldn't You know what Sally is.
No.. she's never got over that old af-
fair Southern women are so romantic.
Yes, I'll bring dear little Betty with
me If 1t won't tire you. She
Then / began to think l ought TO let
her know I was there. for one hates to
eavesdrop. SO L yelled at the top Of
my lungs that | was in the hall wait
ing to go to breakfast and couldn't
help hearing every word she said.
However, she didn't mind bit and
called to me to come into the telephone
room.
I'm talking to friend of mine who
has just been moved back to her own
apartment after getting over appendi-
citis." she explained. Poor thing,
she's such an interchangeable society
woman. and she does SO hate being
stuck in the city at this season. I've
just been promising to run i'll and see
her this afternoon. and I'd like to take
you If you'll go Shed love to see YOU
I'll introduce you now by phone"
With that she began TO chat into the
thing again in Il chummy sort of way
which seemed quite uncanny. as 1
have always looked upon telephone
as an official kind of machine which
you prepared for with fasting and
prayer and only had recourse to when
strictly necessary for important bust
ness. Here's Lady Betty" said Mrs.
Ess Kay. I'm going to intrCduce you.
Now. Betty, take hold of the
| "Oh. l can't. | don't know how.
never did" l objected. feeling as :
she were going to force me into TAX
| ing gas against my win.
| She would have me try, so ! did. as
it's very difficult to oppose Mrs. Ess
Kay even in the Smallest thing. But
couldn't hear Il word; only a horrid
buzzlng. so she had to let me off and
Just tell me that the lady we We're to
can on was Mrs. Harvey Richmuunt
Taylour. - -
IF you're going to stay long in
America you'll have to get used to the
phone" said she. I'VE do half our
shopping and some of our calling and
make about all our appointments that
way. If we didn't there'd be NOR
cases of nervous prostration than Their
are, and goodness knows there ar
| enough now even since blue ray
have come ill., Many love affairs ar
carried on. practically entirely b.
phone, and I've heard that in case o
necessity marriage ceremonies can b
performed by it,
How about tlivorces?" | asked. An,
l was quite serious, but Mrs. Ess IA.
didn't seem to think the question
worth an answer, So she switche,
off her friend and rang up two o
three tradespeople of whom she order
ed scent and chocolates and some nev
books and told a manicure to cal
Then we went in to breakfast.
1t appears that the manicure perso
is a great catch, and you are lucky t
get him without making an appoint
ment long beforehand. He does thing
to your feet, too, though l dared nc
ask what, and Mrs. Ess Kay intende
to stop in for him all the morning.
While she was talking about thi
Sally was glancing over letters, an
there was one in which she SCENE
particularly interested. She looked u
from it suddenly when Mrs. Ess IA
said she was not going out and e,
claimed: ooh, then 1 may have Bett.
How nice! do so want to show he
the park"
"I'll go with you," Potter broke
quickly, but Sally shook her head.
mo, I want her to myself, than
you-just for this once
Potter looked cross, but said Il
more, and it was arranged that Sail
and l should start in about an hou
Mrs. Ess Kay thought we ought
get off at once. as it would be coole
But for some reason Sally did not liz
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