Middletown transcript., 1909-01-02

TOn ma Oubg
TO be sure; il takes me to find
,ut, and she tossed her head in
triumph. They win have the
linner as usual But Mrs. Ber-
RE, not being acquainted, could
not write the invitations alone;
and Mr.. Berrie could not help
her until today.
%, yes. cried Mrs. Wilton, that
accounts for il all. Well, we are
ready and will be delighted to
help turn the new leaf this year,
because Of the sweet hostess.
She was wonderfully elated,
though, over the philanthropic
work, and Mrs. Goldwaite rolled |
up her eyes in mock seriousness.
Both ladies giggled and clapped |
their hands, immensely amused
at the adroitness of their feint"
and its success.
The expectant "firstsh were
all agog for a few days, looking
for invitations; but, strange to
say, not one Of them received the
familiar square envelope with the
Berrie coat-of-arms in the corner
and things we're once more fast
assuming the>mysterious.
! But everything was made ex.
ceedingly plain, finally, By the.
buxom Mrs. Regis, washer woman
for trio of the immaculate set.
| And it's me and mine who are
goin to have a fine dinner on
New Years day! she boasted to
Mrs. Wilton on the next Monday
morning, as she ran her broad
hand through the steaming snds.
Some one is going to send you
q nice basket? queried Mrs. VIII
ton, thinking at once of the be-
nevolent president to be.
Nav! yer away off! laughed the
woman of labor. We've an inyi.
tation TO the Near Years dinner
at Shelly Farms; got. it in q fine
! cover with the Berrie army coat
} blazed onto the corner of it.
Why Mrs. Balinda Regis! ex'
) claimed the astonished Mrs. Viii.
} ton, you are not joking mes
} No, ma'am, I'm not, giving the
| handle of the Wringer an en-
3 phatic yank; it's the Bible truth
And l was so tickled at what SHE
! writ onto the gold -aiged card she
/. isent me.
What was that? asked Mrs
c Wilton, desperately, the awful
t ness of a philanthropic "move
mentr gripping her heartstrings
Why, she writ that she ant
! her husband would turn the nev
! leaf themselves this time ant
invite the worthy poor to din,
with them on New Years day.
) And now, dropping her voice tt
d one Of pleasant interrogative
D where be you agoin' to dine, New
Years, ma'am?
/ hardly know yet, ansWere'
) Mrs. Wilton, truthfully; then sh
!. fled to The closet and studied th,
I tine, new dinner dress, with con
d fiicting thoughts.
Z For q young chit from colleg
i to come lording it into their mids
aud make such unheard of snuh
v bing plans in her endeavor to ap
b pear peculiar, was simply out
3 rageons! The Shelly Farms
}. new leaf was perfectly abomina
!. BILE! Something would have !
il be done to Offset this disgusting
It philanthrophy.
It By four o'clock that afternoo
d Mrs. Wilton had made the round
/ Of the insulted elite Of the county
= side; and swell dinner party ha
:. been arranged for, at Mrs. Cole
). waite's, for three solid reasons
D. First, toair their new toilettes
ID second, to soothe one another i
at their common grievance, an
81 third, the Goldwaite cottage wa
d. 50 situated that they could easil
1t see the coarse tide of the ''set
X onds'- and possibly the thirds
II g. flow to the Farms.
r Panctually at the appointe
in time the outraged upper currer
J? gathered at the appointed plac
a. to see the outrageous under cul
81 rent set toward the philanthropi
y president.
,e By three o'clock all theindiger
id but respectable people Of th
le neighborhood had gone by !
4" their Sunday best.
ID Onions and sauerkraut! draWle
ID Mr.. Wilton, as a German famil
ID passed on foot.
le Our white necktie brigade, con
lneuted another "first," as Ii
/ pastor of a poor church, d mi
ID away, and the superintendent |
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