Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

OF the household-and of the world
He was smoking, and his wife sat
upon the arm of his chair and took his
pipe from him.
There! The family duty is done
for another year! Nobody forgotten
! remembered last years troubles and
kept a list. Your folks, and my folks
our servants, our friends"
Our near-friends, and our might-be
foes!" he Interrupted with a little
laugh. 'Ill wager that my good wife
didn't neglect the Bentons, second
cousin Tessie-even Mrs. Winkler!"
The Bentons can harmon help
your business, cousin Tessie might
leave you her fortune, and anyway
she's old and alone; Mrs. Winkler has
a most scandalous tongue, and one
instinctively keeps on her right side,
and she gave us An extravagant wed
ding gift, you know" Walter Thurs
ton nodded his head, and sighed in
unison with his wife.
Il wish one could be quite, quite sin
cere!" she said. II wish we could
give only what and to whom the
heart prompts"
THE head permits-and the purse
makes possible" he finished "Give
me back my pipe, girl! By the way,
what did you send to-Fannie?"
Joanna jumped from her seat and
faced him from the mantel, her little
head high, her pretty face flushed, but
her eye cold, her tongue silent.
sfNpfhipUp cb eaid
deserves nothing She tried to sep.
arate us by her wiles, and her slander
and almost succeeded, as you know!
l don't care if we were brought up
together almost like sisters And her
runaway marriage-and divorce in
three months after, and her indiscre-
tion making everyone talki What.
| would like to know, could l send
herr" Her husbands eyes kindled
with his thought.
What could you send her? How
about the gift of mercy-of forgive
ness. How about the real gifts? l
thought we had both held them in
mind this year?" She stared at him,
bat comprehendingly She had not
thought of forgiving
do you doubt-my love, Jo?" She
came over to his arms, and shook her
head. You surely know | never
cared for her! You are surely above
Jealousy. And she was-very unhap-
py about Bert Fountain. I am sure
she thought you managed to get him
interested in May Saunders, and 80
she told those stories out of pure re-
venge!"
"She was-outrageous." famed the
young wife of hardly two years. But
Walter persisted. He wanted peace,
even with this foolish third cousin.
We'll, nothing is too outrageous to
forgive! and remember that our set
has more or less cut her ever since
and that she did not get Bert whom
she certainly loved. She was more
unfortunate than to blame in her mar
riage, but nobody will forgive her and
take her back to favor until you do"
She's in Europe-What's the diff
ference?"
"No-she's come back. saw It in
the paper this afternoon. She's at the
Burkley. You see she's come home
for Christmas, Jo." He turned his
wifes sweet face so that he could see
IT. but a hard look settled about her
mouth. He made haste to change the
subject, knowing he had said enough,
and that she would remember his
words
How about the dinner tomorrow?
Everybody safe to come? | Just gave
IA L. - a
praise-it may polish on her perfee-
tion as we'll as her good nature!
Who've you got for Bert Fountain to
take out?"
She hesitated. "Youm think me
crazy. but it's May Saunders. They
might make up after all He's like
the man In the vaudeville song tired
OF living alone know the symptoms.
our cozy home makes him sigh for
one like Il. When a mans as desper.
ately lonesome as Bert. almost any
pretty and clever young woman-and
house party will do the rest. Five
couples is about all the house will
hold though there vii be more than
80 Just for ths dinner. The 10 will
simply stay after the others leave
WHY don't you say something"
May saunders" he reelected. You
risk things. 10! / am convinced that
he never really cared for herr / wish
you'd given some one else the chance.
that's an u would have reinstated
Fannie, for Instance iust on her re-.
turn, into the good sraees OF our old
set she will have learned discretion
after this miserable marriage of hers.
which you must admit waa not her
fauli Bert always wanted her"
Joanna opened her mouth 20 argue.
bat the dooFbeIl fang and her husband
rose 90 answer be and save the busY
ssrvanis a moment later be put hia
iurcappsd head Ia g. tay
'aeiHs dDaR street With Robinson .
sbile lll be- back aaau