Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-31

dirty sheet that you edit, It's gone down from
father to son, and your boy has put mine up to
what he has donel YOU"
My father did not finish his sentence, but
Williams father, dropping William, stepped
toward him, and l think they would have for
gotten themselves had it not been that just at
that moment old Miss Ferguson entered the
house with scream that could be heard a mile
She had a copy of 1.-The Intelligencer" in her
hand, and she was screaming:
"Oh, such cruel scandal! Oh, such
mitigated lie! Who is responsible for this,
Who could saw such terrible things?"
What is it about herr" asked my father of
Williams, and the latter, forgetting that he
was just about to strike my father, dived into
his pocket and brought out copy of The In
telligencer," from which he read aloud:
"AUNT WEEDS HER NEPHEW"
Yes. that's it, that's it, screamed Miss
Ferguson. Oh, the cruelty of the slanderl
Me- Me. who wouldn't marry the best man
living ] shall sue somebody for libel! !
shall"
Yes, yes, Miss Ferguson" said my father
soothingy, it is all mistake. will explain"
Sc" she yelled. lit was you who did it,
itl | thought so. Any man that will desert
his party and preside at political meeting in
the interest of that vile Democrat, Higgins!"
What" yelled my father. He pulled his
copy of the Intelligencer" out of his pocket,
and from the expression on his face | could see
that he had just noticed what Arthur had
printed about him. 1t was the account of
democratic meeting in Boston. and Arthur had
put my fathers name in as presiding instead
of the man who really did.
If DIR. Snodgrass had not arrived Just then
am afraid that would not have lived to tell
this tale. Of course, his coming did not mend
matters, but 1t at least postponed the catas-
trophe that eventually ensued.
| think that DIR. SnodgraSS was If possible,
little more worked up than Miss Ferguson, but
before he had got half way through blaming
Williams father and telling my father what he
thought of him, he was called into the other room
to attend to Mrs. Miller, the minister's wife,
who had come to complain that our news about
stolen property having been found in her hus-
bands possession was untrue, and tainted the
nome. At she entered our house.
This settled it. NV father and William
father took us into inner room, and for
few minutes lost their tempers completely,
with William and me the victims. Then |
was sent up stairs, and William was taken home.
THE door was locked to all callers, and nv
him how it had all happened. l think he would
have laughed if it had not been for that thing
about his running democratic meeting. Oc-
casionally the telephone rang during con-
versation, and he answered it the same way to
most of the people, who included all the promi-
nent residents of Longdale whom we had fiat
tered by notice in The Inteligencer." The
substance of his answers was that the whole
thing was boylsh piece OF foollshness, but that
If thew wanted fuller explanation he would be
pleased to meet them at his house that evening
when the parents of the three editors of the
Intelligence would DC pr sent to arrange
matters. judged that most of them accepted
because after supper-at with | maintained
a discreet silence,-my father and Mr.. Lewis
and Williams father were Juggling chairs into
our parlor and getting ready for quite gather
ing William and Arthur also came over to our
house, but we were sent up to my room, to be