The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-09
a FORMAL CALL

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~You look sheepish. 1om.~ said Mr..
L.anman enc evening about 10 c'cloek.
as his seventeen yearold son came In. .
little more carefully dressed than usual.
and sat down thoughtfuliy BY the ORA
what Is the matterf Where have you
beenf What has happenedY'
Calling. father" said the COY.
why should that make you lock Ilks
funeralf Didn't you have good
tlmey"
NO Not very. l went 70 Ne fran
ces Davis. Sam went. too, and Frances
cousin from Mercersburg was there
It was too grown-up"
Mr.. IAnman regarded his sou with
some amusement The boy was young
for his years. be reflected. Then sud-
den reminlsceDce 81 an ineidsat when
he himself was under twenty made hlm
smile
TEL me about II. Tom be said
why. we always used 10 have such
Jolly times over az her hoose. She q
lots Of fun. for a girl. and last flme her
.ousln was here everybody said bow
Inc she was, too. But It's all changus,
frances thinks that we have grows
upr'
Il should say you are gro~lng an
not you have grown" suggested Afr.
Lanman
well, she acts as II we had already.
We got there little after sesen-ghey
have supper al SIX. you know. MaExis
came 70 the door. and said that she
would SEQ n Miss Frances was IA. We
knew she was. because she had SAID
she was going 10 BE-; bat Maggie vent
on. and came back 20 shy that Miss
Frances and Miss BROOKS would b.
down soon.
Frames room = lusi over she par
Tor. and we could hear them tranplnx
round. getting ready Why - Il that
girls make 20 much nolHe before they
have their shoes on. and - iiftis ar
Mr.. Lannan shook his had
AT any Sate she came doun. ana
her cousin with her. They were ulcs
10 us. OF eourse. bat Ne szf ~ silR.
y. and didn't hav,l any Enmcs Or any.
hing. Once Sam got doNn on the door
% show how bis Nog plzycd with the
turtle. and my. Thy losz ~ rotf
Hhewl-
Wasn't II a little undlsAsaedY su<.
'csted his father.
Why, yes. supposs u waS oct
pod gracious we've known Frunoes al
ur lives And that wasn't ths worst
bout half past elghf-ouly v seemed
stsr, beeause there wasn't = etee& In
10 rocm-MaKgis came 10 vita aoms
'monade and six mcaniy nttir swe~s
akez-~
why. Tom. you Ought not 10 sp~ak
TAT way about hospitality yca have
JARED
Il know H. ! ouEhfn't % criticize.
~ can't help n Why. oalx tive
ghts ago ne went out oar~slses ana
ado candy. and did an sorts ~ thsnxz
the Kitchen
Perhaps that was why they dldn.t
you 90 again fonixhf.-
Maybe. but they nerds't barr heea
formal about n Her coursn called
I'M 'afr. Wentworth and ~ eouidn't
member her last nsma ~ h. dsdnr
j her anything except orc whrn 10
q 20. and then he pointed AZ her and
Ted Der iabs' Frames Ready usnksd
me after fhaf-bui she Remembered
time. and didn't.
When We went home. tho Didn't
ne 70 the door with m. qua -.
cked out. thinking fhcy we're Knlnx 10
the time. II was horriblsr-
It's one of the things you .str 20
through. my hny.- sail BIZ rnfh.r
did- remember fhe arnf tine that
1r mother PIT on long dscssra- long
ore she or had any hica that she
. going 70 b. ms wife -s'i- e,iied ne
. fsanman. md called her Sis
'lis- That lasted most y we~k.-
rom Frightened M
Then there's some hope se aid
tier All. Franecs Isn't fooiieh. ana
N see how We boys fe~l Good
hfr
Good niEhtf- saId bis f1fhsr
this Companion.