The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-18
w THAT do you think! Portals corning-at
IA last!" announced. l had just returned
wv from the post-ofice.
w "Is that SOP" Papa inquired with good


w as that SOP" Papa inquired with good
"Yes; she'll be here Friday, if it's convenient for
daily ff 50 glad she IS coming have always liked
her for her kindness e. you at Bar Harbor the
is the dearest thing She had an immense MN 1se
sash =. IL nicer af tsIs out div
a am only afraid It will be dull for her here" Mama
she WON'T She loves to 90 read and
take long walks She's very intellectual and has lots Of
ing on sociology remember, and she and Dr. Poponof
that young Russian refugee who so onzed used to
Of course they had great deal in common but STILL
I'm sure she will enjoy being h here ..a ,;oh.;n
his pipe-we were out on the porch-and settling his
weight in his arm-eair He weighs over two hundred
,opDed with a'sa Beating .l hear on the Of
veaing the awful secret which Porta had confded in
hss stasf n aoz h Papa inquired in mock surprise
"Whats the matter with the girl? Don't all women
ought to have said in the beginning that live just
halfway between the Fort and the Theological Sem
mary" Twixt scya and charybdis," Papa says for
man with daughter"
do good deal Of the students
near u.s. and take and make calls all around the
neighborhood You see, they have to practice making
70 be quite frank, don't care much for clergymen,
outside Of the pulpit mean young ones-and have
always admired soldiers immensely, at distance, for
never knew single till Portia came. That's just
But return to Portals letter and the paragraph
Il think owe It to our friendship. Constance" she
wrote ito tell you that my religious views have changed
greatly in the past two years frankly am aenos1'c
on all questions Of that nature"
Z And think Of all those studentsl And of Mama-the
xtaunchcst of cnurchWomen!
like criminal ali the time she was planning nm g. so
Papa said, hurriedly, / didn't want to mention
besides, was afraid it might prejudice her against
ITtia Then, there the students # she should get
into sg with Meas D Dond es
the time Dr. Barton quoted Huxley to that MI Au;tm
when they were here at tea.
Papa exploded with laughter.
eyes! Young Barton!" he repeated, still shaking.
.e and Austin came near tearing each other to bits,
didn't they? It would have taken solomon to DECIDE
tween sy you and me, girl hadn't heard much fool talk
in years-and I've heard a lot in my time .r.
pg is aa 9 o1 osss
But what's all this got to do with your friend Por-
, he ,nd s his pipe te the Bottoms ns Of hs
Why, Portia has just written that she has be-
say-almost the only she will meet! OF course,
with her views you can easily see <dsaereeaoe
PAP. laughed long and Loud g Then eoodook;or
chap as Marvin? Too bad! Too bad"
Then ha he ed laughed M,s se Pa1,. he asked
Had the measles - he went on, and the whooping
cough"
soh!" said . little bit offended. ITS quite seri.
ous you. Pora is very intellectual She stood
WEN said Papa. with a sober face, I'D have the
ten Don't tell
friends ineendiary views I'll keep the peace" Wa
know pu ui esse on N.Y. and Dr. Barton
Il egg any mortal on" he said in injured tone.
No, no. little girl" he said, in his kindsst voice,
. happy Rs rsa aa his little
When Porta came, she was bewildering than
ever She is just tearing beauty; tall and 1.-THE, with
the sweetest softest black eyes, OF auburn hair
and complexion like rose-leaves.
And just dear and sweet as ever! Mama tell III
Well things went beautifully.
At the table nobody mentioned person worse than
Matthew Arnold. That was Papa. Ny heart was in
my mouth 9 though e what iar ne bany was ~ 1oy
ship and they all began forthwith to talk ecclesiastical
architecture Pora had read quite lot about and
affairs and candles and vestments ! suppose
must have had anxious expression for Papa gave
me such drol smile and wink after he had launched
thi. conversational bomb that nearly lost gravity
When the students finally said goodnight, saw Mr..
q
tia's girdle-crinson ramblcrs. had seen Mr. Henley
break them OFF and give them to her, and think Mr.
Marvin had too though he hadn't seemed to pay much
attention her. he and Papa having been deep in one
of their usual discussions
As he went out at the gate he called back:
"Oh Major! I've found the very bull-pup you want!
Papa had been looking for Watchdog.
That so?"
Yes. sir I'll bring him the first chance have
You'll like his name
= That so? What is il -
.Huxley!" Mr.. Marvin called back, with laugh
Has such pluclg hshterl"