The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-02
NEWS FROM
ETHEL

- window of tho breakfast room
Nging 1t . nixAt telegram from her
AehgAtsr 2aF "a 1-- = SS
T, EsWhy do you make such q strange
nanaxk. ElixabstAY- asked- Ethel's
knnt Mary. Ethel hasn't run away
hsm school o. its cloeing week, has
eAsf-
,'-Of course not She says she will
- homo today ON the four o'clock
kxain.- 1-1
Nothing crazy about that" re-
marked Ethel's Aunt Mary. slipping
into her place at the table and wish
Ing that her brother-in-law would
make his appearance SO that breakfast
might be served
J .She has changed her mind" said
Mrs. Roxwell. I'VE expected her to-
morrow. you know. and she has con-
cluded to como today instead"
The mind" observed Ethel's Aunt
Mary diatetcally. ''is not like a gar
ment We can change It without be-
Ing out Of 1t for a single moment II
, woman should be considered crazy
merely because she changed her mind
n good many OF us would be handed
over to the alienists. / must say.
Elizabeth, you are very foolish thus
10 agitate yourself over q trife.
Ethel was coming home on Wednes-
day, she decides to come on Tuesday
Instead. and you are out Of temper be-
cause you will see her "a hours soon
or than you expected. ! am surprised
It you. her own motheri"
ct am paf,. papv,oH Nra Rov-au
Rrritably.
You are not her mothery" inquired
Ethel's Aunt Mary. with lifted eye
brovs.
"Mary. there are times when you
would vex q saint" cried Mrs. Rox-
veil
"Of course" she explained. more
calmly. Il am glad that my. daughter
will be with me sooner than I had ex-
pected her to come. but-well. read
her telegram for yourself"
Ethel's Aunt Mary adjusted her
eyeglasses and read:
Il wish to say will be at home on
Tuesday at four. on the train. The
usual route I changed my mind and
will be at home on Tuesday instead
of Wednesday. I will be there II the
train Is on time. otherwise will take
the consequences. IS. The teachers
are we'll ETHEL"
Mrs. Roxwell waited with n somber
brow while her sister read the tele-
graz
1 1T seems rather-er-lengthy. CON-
mented Ethel's Aunt Mary.
! Lengthy should say So" agreed
Mrs. Roxweii. with considerable indig-
nation. she could have told all that
vas necessary in the usual ten words.
And the loose construction Of I'll
Why. that girl finishes school IN an
other year."
-She has a good deal to learn about
Shs handling OF the English language
Do that time criticised Ethers Aunt
Mary. Schools are not so particular
~ they were In our day. Elizabeth /
cant make out what she means By
those nsures-S5." f.I
She probably thought the train
gets In at x:4s insead OF four. and
put the figures at the end instead OF
where they belong. See how she be-
gins. I wish to. say Naturally she
f"tSh't W Roy OF bHe neGQ
mot have teiegraphed."
1T is doubtless the style now to
take nothing for granted suggested
Ethers Aunt Mary.
1T evidently is assented Mrs Rox-
well. "She says she Is coming on the
train. There is no other way that
she could come. unless she should
walk"
"She may have supposed that you
would expect her to come on an aero
plane" suggested Ethel's Aunt Mary,
with some sarcasm. "She remarks
that II the train is not on time she
will have to take the consequences.
What consequences? Did you Ser
scold her because her train was later"
Certainly not. She simply means
that she will suffer the usual annoy
ance caused by the delay"
Il see. Ethel's idea OF a telegram
seems to be that one should leave
nothing to the Imagination. She says
the teachers are well. Have they been
ill?"
Not that am aware Of. That
sentence seems to have been thrown in
a. q, piece of general information. I
could have waited until she arrives
this afternoon to be apprised OF the
state Of the faculty's health. But here
is Charles. Let US sec what he thinks
of hia oauWhtlr'n tela~ra Dhic alYor< =, Y