The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-04-01
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the real Honorable Agatha to make
me marry her She thought, the fool
ish little girl, that she only had to tell
me she was the heiress to make me
love her And she said she was sorry
child. and I forgave her and com
forted her. She'll get over II all
right" and laughing hilariously the
young rascal ran upstairs.
was really vexed with Wilfred
about this | thought II was very un-
kind OF him to keep me in the dark for
| SO long about Agatha F1fths confess
sion. What lot OF time I'd been
| wastingi | resolved that | would re.
turn to Agatha Sixth at the first OPP
portunity, and | felt glad even justi-
fed, that had not told him about that
album which had betrayed the secret
to me. At this moment Agatha Sec
| ond appeared in the doorway.
"Elullo, Mr.. Terhune," she said,
where's Lord Wilfred?'
He went upstairs" | said; 81 don't
| know for what" | could hear him in
the distance singing at the top of his
lusty young voice
Gentlemen rankers all are we-e-e-"
| till an ear.spltting shout from Agatha
Second drowned the song completely.
"O.h-h.h. Freddy" shrieked the
| young lady, with lung power that
equaled Vincents
shivered with indignation at the
liberty Freddy" indeed.
At the third shout he heard her and
| stopped singing to rend the air with
an answering cry.
''For goodness sake, what are you
SO long about?" she called. "Do hur-
| ry up"
Coming" roared Vincent, clatter-
| ing down the two flights Of stairs like
wild horse, and hurried out to
| join Agatha Fifth, my hands over my
ears. Young people are so noisy nova.
| days.
Several evenings later Agatha Fourth
| had arranged to give progressive
| dinner party. She was to be the hos
tess and the rest Of us were her
guests. 1t was an evening-dress affair,
and must say as we sat down to din
ner | never saw a prettier group OF
girls.
Then the fun began. Agatha
Fourth's idea in having a progressive
dinner party was for each Of the girls
to move up one place with each course
so that they could all have turns sit.
ting by us. It was delightful; really,
don't know that ever attended a
jollicr dinner party. Vincent kept
quoting from the Mad Tea Party in
Alice in Wonderland" and the girls
laughed at every single thing he said.
Mrs. Armistead, | am ashamed to say,
was not present; her head ached and
she had dined in her room. am not
naturally noisy or riotous. but the
laughter and jokes of those six girls
to join in with them. Vincent sat at
one end of the table and | at the 9th.
er, with three girls on each side of us
The secretary, of course, was not
present
Agatha Fourth had decorated the
table with some of the yellow roses
and wild fern that grew near the cas-
them many times In our wanderings
and, by the way. she was looking es-
pecally lovely that evening. Tie girls
all wore shmmering white gowns, sim
liar in design. with silver ornaments.
but Agatha Sixth's gown was cream
color with ornaments of gold. and well
did it become her dark beauty
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dinner and had just made the last
change Of places. which left me with
my favorite Agatha Sixth on my right
and Agatha Third on my left.
Suddenly. as the talk died down
and a certain contented silence fell
upon us, Vincent rose to his feet and
bowing to us formally, began to speak:
Ladies and gentleman" he said
making the last word pointedly sin,
eular, while the girls all laughed, II
think you are all with me when | pro-
pose a vote OF thinks to-to-er-our
hostess"-G felt that he had nearly
said Agatha n)-"our hostess,
for giving us so delightful an enter
tainment" He bowed to Agatha
fpuTln anu went on.
IF all progressive tea parties are
termed mad hope may attend many
such. But as | look around me, gen.
tleman and ladies fair across the red
glow of the candle that turns the roses
to radder gold, and as gaze upon the
youth and beauty here assembled, the
like Of which | have never before
looked upon"-he made courtly in
cl.Aation of his head that included
every maid at the table. and they all
sighed heard them-"as look upon
this noble room, this exquisite table
and think of the graciousness of such
hospitality, | am inspired to propose
toast in which | feel confident you
will all JON me-" At this climax Vim
cent raised his glass above his head.
ITO the real Agatha" he cred-"to
the real Honorable Agatha."
There was an instant OF dead 81.
lence, and then to my surprise my
left-hand naighbor, Agatha Third, rose
10 her feet, and, with quivering lips,
started TO say something. But she had
hardly time to rise before the other
tVe girls sprang to their feet. and
raising their glasses. Agatha Third
with the rest, they cried with one
voice: To the Honorable Agatha!"
and although 1t seemed to me that
Agatha Third had very nearly let the
cat out of the bag by rising, as II 10