Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-02-08

/ looks SlgDt with ner bonnet knocked
over one ear. and her switch Is coming
loose. Good gracious. It'll fall or in
another minuie.'
There was soft mur:nur Of apprecia-
ton from the other side OF the table
And SUSIE
Susie opened one eye to see who II
was talking. and then she changed her
mind about fainting. My. but she was
mad. She wept. | had to I'LL her num-
Der on the program with some music.
didn't care. BY that time II was all
mad. seething. boiling whirlpool OF
managing to make something do for
something else anyhow"
But about Myra:"
oh. yes. Well, Myra came. and so
did all the professors. ! had no idea
those men were so interested In WON
ems clubs. What do you suppose that
woman had done In place OF anything
on earth about colonial virgIniaI'
Something wild. Of course"
Something wild? like your
phrase 1t was bloodcurdling. She
had diagrams. thought should sink
when she drew those diagrams out.
You know. she's fanatic on some new
ism about reforming the world by set
ting down and holding your breath and
thinking about something else"
Not "A bad idea" with carefully pre-
served gravity. And you put IL so lu-
cidly. Anne. think l could do that
myself"
''Oh, well. you know. The kind OF
thing that used to be In the front of
the first readers when you and | were
babies at school. You sit down and
shut your teeth and say. 'l-am-ln-it,
he-is-in-i..' or something like that"
mo. dear It's assertions that you
mean. You build them into your char
acter 10y saying them over that way"
Laura" in tragic tone. you're al
most as bad as she is. don't want TO
build things into my character. You
talk as II 1t was a summer cottage.
acter left since Myra disgraced me =
she did. She got to talking about
things that weren't quite nice. II seem
ed to me. for mixed audience. and
was In agony because l had Lily por-
toned off with the professor there In
the back room,
Il could see the other men trying not
to laugh. and ] felt so apologetic-so
AFFECT. IL could have crawled out
under the seats. busting those mems
boots as | went. | should have been
glad Then came the diagrams. A
large pink thing meant your natural
affections. Laura do you love people
in that shade OF pink: Because. IL you
do, pray never love me any.
"A blue wedge was for your-for
your-intellectual capacity. | think. ]
hadn't ans by the time that came
for patience. but mine was at an end
| pulled the back OF her frock and
whispered to her. Where Is your pa
per on colonial Virginia famiiesT
Laura. that aSgravating creature look
| ed across her shoulder at me ~ serene,
when she runs right over him, and she
said, loud enough for everybody TO
hear: oh. This Is a much more I'M
| portant matter. my dear This con
Germs the source aud origin OF man
and his cosmlc destiny Laura, what
is cosmie destiny? Do you suppose
| you and each have one?"
Her hostess got breath finally from
| the smotheTed laughter that had greet
| cd the diagrams. Never mind your
cosmIc des ny. honey" she counseled.
"Tell me what the professor and Lily
did"
| II was In agony for them. Some Of
Myra's remarks were very plain aud
| hardly the things for young girls to
hear. let alone girls accompanied by
| gentlemen. But there! might have
| spared myself worry. II seems am
only plain fool"
"Oh, no. demonstrated her friend
slyIy. Nobody would ever say that
OF you"
! sid rather be plain fool than q
pretty one" retorted the other. And
| that's what Myra Morton and her like
call me. ] know. 1t seems that Myra
| Is brilliant woman aud that l had
only made trouble and retarded things,
instead OF helping"
How WAS that:'
"Oh. the professor Is deeply interest.
| ed In the particular ism that Myra IS
| exploiting just now. ! suppose he loves
Lily In that shade OF pink and does his
thinking ID blue wedges and has
| streaks Of green patience. Anyhow, be
said that Myra's diagrams were very
| illuminating lie was up in the crowd
| congratulaiing her Oh that aisgracefnl
performance. saw that both he and
Lily looked nightly pleased about
something. and after the thing was
over he told Inc confi.entiaily-l have
been encou: aging bis confidential talks.
you know. during the past year-that
the hearing Of that PAPER had removed
the last sh. dow OF a barrier between
himself and Myra's daughter"
Barrier
''Oh. yes; have been trying to tell
him about Myra and prepare him fol-
what be might expect. and suppose
my opinion of her crankisTn and Pro
fessor Henry's don't precisely agree"
..They wouldn't naturally" slipped
from Lauras lips. and then was re
GREETED.
Don't you tell me that / mean wellr
turning sharply iii bear anything
but that No doubt it's what the pro
fessor and Lily aud Myra Reed Morton
are saying of me this minute. They
are sitting and holding their breathi
and thinking about something else ant
saying that am well meaning cres
ture who Lacks sense"
.sTalI y com r,enfpd her friend crian