The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

I 70 ask three times before ne was heard.
Gone 20 Sunday school" said his
mother shortly, don't bother US
she did not" coutradicted the boy. y
went and forgot ny money and went over
20 her class for some and Miss Orchard
said she hadn't been there"
The telephone rang and Mrs. Seymour
hurried out.
ITS Katy's day out" she said a DIT
Grossly. and you all know Mary Won :
touch the phone I DO think some OF you
children might tend 20 IL when you see
how busy I am
The lovers found the two women still
puzzling over the papers when they came
in an hour later.
It's about time" chided Mrs. Seymour
Ilaughingly. that some people We know
got down to business. These lists simply
must be finished to-day. Jack. did you
remember 70 get your Cincinnati cousins
fun names7'
"Oh, mumsie. dear coaxed her daugh-
ter. do forget il a minute. Il IS so warm.
Meg lost a shoe and we had TO leave her
at the stable and come home on Bryant
car And. oh. mumsle," she laughed, Eve
stopped az the corner drug store for some
soda, and We almost chOked from laugh.
ter. They have a new drink there called
'peachy II. s Labels pasted all over the
windows We tried It and almost died.
It's a regular table d'hote meal The pro-
prietor thinks it's simply grand and told
US the richest tale about how that curly
haired clerk Of his invented Il and named
# after his best girl"
Careful. your father IS sleeping" eau
toned grandmother
Il an not" announced that gentleman
sternly from the library. ''Wiil some one
kindly tell me whose book this is?"
THAR asked Lucetta with a last gig
gle. that's Helena's French grammar
On. dear" she sighed, Il forgot TO help
her last night and her exam. IS to-mOr-
row
Seems TO me most everybody forgets
Helena nowadays. said her father stern
y. and disappeared
Seated on a step-Tadder n the dis
mantled library he puzzled over some bits
Of paper that had slipped from the lesson
book. At the top Of each slip was in
scrIbed IN neat print
'HANAN2S PRESCRIPTION PHARNACT-'
Dear Miss Seymour" he read. =
missed your not coming around Thursday
last. 7 viii be IN the park Sunday, you
know where II It IS too hot for your
Sunday school we might take a short
row on the lake. Yours surely, T. H
The second sheet bore this heading:
TO PEACHY H s.
When you d0a's come around 70 our store
Il SENS &c ne az awful bore.
Il looks as dingy as before
You used 10 cone Miss Seymour
The rUws Of bottles look quite dull.
Whether they are empty are fun;
They surely miss that dainty miss
Fox whom they make 'peachy H. S
IN a sprawling postscript was added:
This about somebody I think about
often"
Nr. Seymour reread this doggerel with
growing rage Suddenly he gave way 70
silent mirth
NO, he called in response TO the fren-
lied cries from the sitting room, Il 90 not
know the HutchiHson's address. but
would Ike 70 know Helena's.
She's gone to Sunday school" cried
Lacetta's coaxing voice; "do be q nice,
sweet old daddy. and come help US finish
these dreadful lists
Why. Sunday school was over hours
ago" said Mrs Seymour. looking up with
startled eyes at her husband. Where do
you suppose that child is? Fred said
something about her not going just as I
was telephoning Margaret" She hurried
to the stairway. "Nell2'' she called.
sharply.
Tn here, mamma" painted the girl.
running Up the front steps
well. whers have x-or beeu -, den, nd
ed her mother. You frightened me sot''
Oh. ell Of you hurry in here" cried
Lrcettz; here's the funniest sighseeEsrs