The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-11-17
NEWS FROM
ETHEL

the window of the breakfast room
staring at night telegram from her
daughter
why do you make such strange
remark, Elizabeth" asked Ethel's
Aunt Mary. Ethel hasn't run away
from school on its closing week. has
she?"
"Of course not. She says she will
be home today on the four o'clock
train
Nothing crazy about that" re-
marked Ethels 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.
"She has changed her mind" said
Mrs. Roxwell. I'VE expected her to-
morrow, you know, and she has con-
cluded to come today instead"
1.-THE mind" observed Ethel's Aunt
Mary diatetically, ''is not like a gar
ment. We can change 1t without be-
ing out of it for single moment. II
woman should be considered crazy
merely because she changed her mind
good many of US would be handed
over to the alienists. l must say,
Elizabeth. you are very foolish thus
to agitate yourself over a trifle.
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.
err than you expected. am surprised
at you, her own mother!"
II ain not!" snapped Mrs. RoxWeil.
irritably.
You are not her mother?" inquired
Ethels Aunt Mary, with lifted eye
brows.
Mary. there are times when you
would veX saint" cried Mrs. ROx.
we'll.
"Of course" she explained, more
calmly, II am glad that my daughter
will be with ME sooner than 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. changed my mind and
will be at home on Tuesday instead
of Wednesday. will be there If the
train is on time, otherwise will take
the consequences. As. The teachers
are we'll. ETHEL"
Mrs. RoXwell waited with a somber
brow while her sister read the tele.
gram.
1T seems rather-er-lengthy, com.
mented Ethel's Aunt Mary.
Lengthy! should say So" agreed
Mrs. Roxwell, with considerable indig
nation "She could have told all that
was necessary in the usual ten words
And the loose construction of it!
Why, that girl finishes school in an
other year,"
"She has good deal to learn about
the handling of the English language
In that time," criticised Ethel's Aunt
Mary. Schools are not so particular
as they were in our day, Elizabeth. !
can't make out what she means by
those figures-45."
"She probably thought the train
gets in at 4:45 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
wished to say something or she need
not have te!egraphed.''
1 1T is doubtless the style now to
take nothing for granted" suggested
Ethel's Aunt Mary.
1T evidently u.s. assented Mrs. Rox.
we'll. "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 If the train is not on time she
will have to take the consequences,
What consequences? Did you ever
scold her because her train was late?n
Certainly not. She simply means
that she will suffer the usual annoy.
ance caused by the delay"
Il see. Ethel's idea of telegram
seems to be that one should leave
nothing to the Imagination. She saw
the teachers are well. Have they been
ill?"
mot that am aware of. That
sentence seems to have been thrown in
as piece of general information. /
could have waited until she arrives
this afternoon to be appraised of the
state of the faculty's health. But here
Is Charles. Let us see what he thinks
of his daughters telegraphic effort"
Roxwell laughed when he read Eth.
els communication.
THE little puss was determined to
get the worth of her money he ex.
planned. 1T is one of those tele.
graph letters in which so words can
be sent at night at the rate of ten
words. When you know you are at
liberty to write so many words you've
no idea how difficult 1t is to think
them up. Her figures mean that she
has achieved 45 words up to that
n0int Then che addo <hox .orA~..>