The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-19
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The Passme oA 4enng Wren
Sa[bbI y NEbaams,


mcnts IN the Midvale Clarion. III
vas for the most part mildly amusing,
tough now ana then there came a
spice of malice Naturally there was
nuch curiosity among Clarion read
crs as tostheTeal name Of Jenny Wren
Eut Editor Bake only smiled at ques-
items outright and shool@ his head
at the willy ones who tried to trap
him into telling.
He was good fellow, Editor
Flake, tail and thin, family stopped,
and beginning to grizzle. He kept
away from women, not through shy
ress, but because they bored him. Al
least the general mass OF them did.
4 There were exceptions.
1 Because Beatrix Henry was the
Youngest and far The prettiest of these
exceptions, moreover, sauciy bright,
ana just the least bit spoiled. more
than half of Midvale said she was
Jenny Wren, and governed itself ac-
oordngly. Beatcix knew the fact
both as cause and effect. She was
asked everywhere, to everything,
through fear of what Jenny Wren
would say or tho greater fear that
she would say nothing.
il was puzzling, however, that Jen
ny often passed over with line oc-
casions at which Bcatrix had been al
I most the bright particular star; also
4 that functions from which She was
I conspicuously absent were either
praised eXtrayagantly or deity ridi
culed
Still with every beau IN town more
or less among her satellites, BeatriX
was in the way Of knowing about al
most everything Yet, for the would
be humorists who addressed her in
public as Jenny Wren, she had fine
scorn that in Itself predicated limo
ceuce Moreover, was not Lily Greer
az bright. as popular and very much
more given to sharp speeches than
sl!eq
Lily. also. disclaimed Jenny Wren
slip, but. somehow, size did it less
convincingly She, too, was among
Blake's exceptions he dropped in to
see her fof half hours in the late af-
/ ternoons when his days work was
4 dcne And all this gave color of reaB
On to the public belief The public
was firmly convinced it was one OF
the wo girls mainly for the re ason
that it could, according to it's mind
be nobody else.
peatrix aud Lily did not love each
other There We those who said
Editor Blake, despite his 5rizalings,
was the cause of the war However
thai may have been, they were, IN
public, so studiously civil to each 9th
er that it was impossible to under
stand how tie land lay Jenny Wren
lueycr mentioned either of the young
women. This made puzzling situa-
tiou.
Midyale never would have believed
it--but ii was as much n puzzle to
! BcatriX and Lily AS to anybody else.
Next to Jenny Wren's identity. Mid
; vale puzzled itself most as to what
Editor Flake did with his money. III
made the Clarion pay its way-it new
er did moie-but aside from that he
! had q tolerable competence. In spite
OF this he lived very simply-saddle
horses were his sole extravaganza
But his income went out Of the bank
as steadily as it came into it. He
neither spent nor gave it away, TO
Midvale's knowledge; he could not
waste it in riot since he stuck by his
work year in and year out. Nor had
he any dependents-at least any vls-
= lille ones-coming, as he did. from a
; 1ich family He gave meagerIy to
. town charities, so meagerly indeed
| that boards Of lady managers were
his most hostile critics.
Mrs. Light, head of the Improve
/ mcut GuiIl said Outright, in face OF
. q Guild meeting. that he was distinct
/. ly a menacei She intimated by this
r lhat his courage of illiherality kept
+, the rest Of Midyale men from going
decp down in thcir pockets
Kcurah Scales. who although she
srwed for a living, belonged to every
thing going and somehow did her
Share, smiled oddly TO herself but
kcp, silent as usual Lily Greer
flushed angrily. but was also silent.
BeatriX sprang up, with eyes light
, ing vividly. Unless you take that
back" She said, trying hard to speak
steadily, u viii quit the suild-and
so. think, viii every other person
Whn hates slahbing IN The dark
"DOu't fly az me so fiercely Jenna
Wren," Mrs Light said, trying to
speak iocoscly, though she was ffown
irg u forgot" Significantly. Il viii
take Il back on condition that you
ask al OF as to The Wedding
And ash, Lily TO he maid of honor,
Mia Jaynes, vice president added
she did not love Lily and wanted to
drag her in
Beatrix gave them a long. steady
look y won't affect to misunderstand
Ncu." she said clearly "But you do
, nc too much honor could not, if !
would marry Alison Blake he is too
intent upon being The knight of all
women ever to think of being the
husband of one
"Amon" kehrah said iL and rev
crently ketuah, who had never be-
lcre raised her voice in public,
She had riseu. Now she continued
in hirk hr athless voice Amen.
and amen. tell YOU You women
cnme together aud talk a little charity
ana heap OF scandal and nag men
folks into giving money that you fool
away. mostly and Alison Blake goes
hh way, doing real good. Never
mind how know do know. Unless
you let him alone all Midyale shah
know Just what happens here-yon
won't like that You won't last long
alter il Is known"
"lndeedi who is 10 make it Known