Putnam patriot., 1910-04-08

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 soh eeu.t gp oH telling me what yau bsYent eof Bash up anything Aagf some saudm.iehe. if you can't do t'-t ter 0uly don't come to me win yaui troubles. In uo chef But I'm golna to have some friends here tonight. aud l slIaii expect you e feed tbem. That's what you're here for. isn't itf''
 "Ye-e-e-es. sir. Al what hour. slrY'
 '=Elsbt-thirty. sharp
 And h9@-how many plates. girT-
 T don't know. Ten or ffteen ot twenty Better make It twenty. and tbep you eau discard.
 I'll ds my best. sir
 'eTbai's the way to talk. Eppings
 Having mnae these onhand prepara. Hons Alr Heglue sat himself down on The eerHnda He beard step and looked up to zee before him tbe afis taef4fIe hzure of the Countess Necehfs father Mr Hewlngt9u seemed some what aNIiafed
 "iau masi pardon me. sir. for seeminz la eeeliaeaee be began. ebnt 1 mfe inf learned by accident that seH contemplate sislag il party her. tonight. is t ii faeffs
 Ar Devlae nasiaed Just n few frieuds. q dozen or sn"
 sAh. Friends af yonrsT' Mir. Hew iugtou gave the words significant emphasis. tTheH would If noi be-ef
 prudent pef haps dlsf rect K the bel fer word for my daughter to 20 else where for tue nieht@to the hotel fn tbe village perhnpsfF
 There WIS I twinkle h the Ghcrub,s blue eyes as he responded. Afraid of Il rough house. are you 2''
 My daughter. air. Is not exactly ae. eustomed to-er-~the kind of persons who might"~
 .oh. l see Well. suit yourself about it-snit yourself But il isn't al all necessary. shall try 10 keep them quiet There are 10 be only few nelghhors Walloways and'-
 .srhe Walioways.'
 Yes. and the Wllburs and the Mill ler.Trefsways and old Bishop Horton and | stray baron or two"
 "Blshop Iiertoni Is Bishop Horton somlugf Coming herefe
 Why. yes. The bishops q friend of mine. Know him. do yonfs
 We were college classmates. Mir pesine." said Nr Hcwingtea.
 That SO 1 never went to college with the bishop. but I've crossed the ocean with hIm twice. and once held his hat while he made n speech
 Extraordinary said Mir Hewing- Ion.
 Think so? II may seem little queer to you. hut the bishop deesn.t appear Co look al Il that way Come down and meet him and the rest of the fatks. won't you? We're to have little supper about half past K And. say. bring he countess that Is. unless you're afraid uf The crowd"
 This last was a violation of para etht's. paragraph which read. When the other fellows down and ont don't rub it tu" Hut the words had escaped before he knew l. Fortunately Mir. iiewington dld not seem te notice the aliusioh. for he retired, repeattn in an undertohe. "fhc walloways, Bishop Horton. Tho Miller rremways..
 And sure enough. eGTsy ia the even ing tue big rooms of the great house began to echo with the lively chatter of many guests. There was the pertly Mrs. WatlaMas. whose dinner dances gre always such brilliant affairs. there were the naughty Milhurs. the hypheb- Hle1 Tremways md half dozen oth ers without whose names and pie tnees the Sunday supplements would be incomplete
 They were somewhat disposed h lock enrlously upon Mr Gheeuh he vine af first. hut NJ ben the hishna had paued hlm aifeetlanaieiy en the sAeal- ter amt the baron had e4uslyels em hFaced hlln the atmosphere thawea perveptihiy.
 The one person who was least at his ease was young Mir NallewaS For awhile he uas sflfler than ever. apd he had The air af one wAa expects some thing vert embarrassing te happen
 nut the cberuh was undistereei Thus far he had gained bis peiut Whether Nick Wallewas had been tn hueneed hs that suggestion et future business or whether he had acted pare lv fr0m motives of good fellowship he car..l no,. The thing bad been done. Tue program which the therah had so hastily outlined that moruing was being carried out. Moreover, hls guests appeared to he enjoying the novelty h The course ef half an hour eveu Nick Nailoway seensed to have heN come rvaSsugsa that nothing unt0wari was about to happea As matter ef fact Mir Dcsine was aequiItlAg ain. self eresiitaely,
 "tsu't he uniques So charminge naiser' whsperel Mrs. Miller frem way.
 .rerfectly dellshtfulr' asSeateti Mrs Wilbur. He says such osid things 'sSo glad you're to be neighber ef ours.~ the latter assured Mir hevtne Aud haw do you like iewlnSEea Acres r
 '.oh. it's soess deal ike living h Central park. uhservrt tho Cherue; .,xrass locks SIS If is had had \ shave . halr cut and shamps~A You know All the place lacks are sone benches and nurses and baby carrAages. aAAs have to bring those ap here until ser used tc it.
 .is 1t true. Ar. pevine.~ demanded Mrs. waileway. that you started on x-...x aran.aal .eanx>.Ax sxllh ..salN a f..sx