The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-31

Cautiously in at Her Mothers Door.
Isn't it exasperating to think of that
gorgeous creature loose here in the
streets, and times so dull in the sum-
mer? There were only three men at
the Country club last night and they
were grumpy and attentioned to
death So glad you weren't there, for
it was bad enough without you"
Are you sure you saw him?" ven
tured Miss Cynthia with no more than
a polite show of interest.
Sure? Well, Alan Kent is entirely
too distingue a man for anybody to
forget My dear, he is most attrac-
tive-and it is so romantic about his
father and all The old man is a
lumber king and refuses to have any
thing to do with him as long as he
paints. And there the poor dear goes
along and prefers paltry little $4,000
contracts to decorate guild halls to
the old fellows millions. Where do
you suppose he can be? had Harold
telephone all the hotels, and he is
not at one of them. | must have him
at my dinner-dance on the goth, dead
or alive Though do dread his meet
Eng you-the impression l made was
zoo slight to run such a risk.
doubt if he remembers"
81 am sure you needn't mind about
lie at all. / feel he won't be inter-
ested-"
Dearest, don't trust you! Well,
l must say good-by. You are not SO
interested in finding the dear creature
as ] thought you would be. How is
your mother?-Oh,. am so sorry!
Give her my love. And has Grasse
sent your pink gown home yet?-De-
lightful! Well, good-by again."
The moment Miss Cynthia had hung
up the receiver she realized that she
had deliberately withheld valuable in
formation from her best friend-in
perfect cold blood. And why? She
picked up the pink-rose hat and fed
down the hill to the bluff.
When she was just in front of Mrs
Kinney's she saw the delicious" one
leave the barn and descend over the
bluff to the river, kit in hand. With.
out acknowledging it to herself. she
would have liked to lock him In the
barn-out of harms way. Well, harm
was a rather emphatic name for Eve
lyn-but she was very lovely thing
especially at dinner-dance times
Miss Cynthia finally reached the door
of the grocery and paused a moment
on the steps. Nobody being in sight.
she called softly.
Miss Selma Lue poked her head
out of her little lean-to- bedroom and
greeted her in a voice of bustling ex-
element. "Tll be there in a minute.
Miss Cynthia, honey. Mr. Dobbs have
got a holiday and he wants us to go
up to the Lock with him to three
o'clock meeting on the gospel-boat
what's tied up there this week Set
down in the cool till GOMEZ"
Miss Cynthia smiled as she seated
herself upon the steps, for she knew
how seldom Miss Selma Lue went out
of calling distance of the grocery
door. She rarely went to town and
then only on the most urgent bust.
ness. She had decided aversion to
the cars even with Mr.. Flarity and
Mr., Jim Peters motoring and con-
Quoting.
Not that they amt good drivers"
she always FASTENED to say, but l
prefer to travel with a thinking crit.
ter a-puliing Of me, instead of being
druV by little box of lightning that
amt got no conscience about running
away with me. Besides, there are
more ways in the city to git killed two
or three times a minute than a body
could dream up In week. should
think all the town folks would be
mighty good, and live lives prepared
to go never draw a free breath
hardly, with being snatched to the
top of houses with seventeen stories
and coming down all the time trying
to swoller my heart"