Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-01-13

GREEN 5TREAKS,' SHE TOLD Us, STOOD
FOR PATIENCE"
chair. slipped out hatpins and dis
posed of the gorgeous picture hat that
crowned blond pompadour.
I'm sure you're an angel, Laura.
Perhaps this poor ghost has got to
heaven"
"Tell me about It," said the other
sympathetically You haven't lost
flesh over it. Anne
The visitor laughed ruefully. "Do
lose flesh over anythingY' she in
quired. But / have taken what Jack
calls my annual vow and swear-off
from clubs. The federation may fed
crate in any town it sees fit. I'll not
go near it. No, I'll notr as her
hostess laughed and refilled her tea
cup This VOW is not to be annually
broken-only annually renewed.
"You see, it was like this: 1t was
worse than an ordinary federation
meeting, for l had Myra Reed Morton
and her daughter Lily's love affairs
on my mind. You know, Professor
Henry of the university has been des-
only he doesn't know 1t, poor soul!
He's so wound up in his 'ologies and
knowledges that he doesn't understand
what he wants"
"And you were trying to help him.
you matchmaking creature" suggested
Laura.
"Of course | was! Isn't Myra Reed
al 9
and isn't Lily the sweetest and best
girl OF her age | know? I've invited
the professor TO my house and listened
to his theories till
"Till you're very, very tired of it,"
agreed the other sympathetically.
The sufferer nodded. i've given
him every chance in the world to be
alone with Lily, and I've tried-well.
1t sounds brutal to put it just that
way-but I've tried TO shield Myra's
little idiosyncrasies from tho son-ln-
law | hoped she would have.
Then along came this miserable fed
Grafton meeting, and the evil one
counseled me to put Myra on the pro-
gram. Some madness led me to think
that she would actually follow instruc-
tions and give me paper on colonial
families of virginia-that for the
Daughters, you know. In my besotted
state of mind l ran and invited the
professor to be present at that partic-
ular meeting. To invite him 1t was
necessary to invite the entire faculty
unless | wanted TO seem desperately
special. Oh. Laura, don't know
whether have fortitude to go on!'
'Yes, you have" her friend insisted.
Take wafer and several long breaths.
Did Susie Allingham faint? l heard
the. most garbled account Of the
thing"
Faint? No more than you or l.
She had promised me to have a paper
on travelling libraries and n full report.
Five minutes before the reading l
asked her how long her paper was
and would she please let me glance
over it, The shameless creature hadn't
the scratch of pen. She said she was
going TO give us a little talk. and she
was shaking like a leaf with stage
fright right then. Oh. yes, she pre-
tended to faint"
"You can't quite say that. can you?
You didn't have n physician present
or test her with redhot iron?'
The president of the Spare Moments
club giggled comfortably. II rather
think the latter. Jane Courtney-you
know what soldier Jane is-oh.
grenadier! Well, perhaps Jane had
been on foot all day looking after the
refreshments and various things that
nobody else wants to, and when she
saw Susie keel over she turned around
and remarked: That Allingham girl
looks sight with her bonnet knocked
over one ear, and her switch is coming
bose. Good gracious, it'll fall off in
another minuter"
There was soft murmur of apprecia-
tion from the other side of the table.
And Susie?"
Susie opened one eye to see who it
was talking, and then she changed her
mind about fainting. My, but she was
mad! She wept. had to I'LL her num-