Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-01-31
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"Dogt % itiv cried the man on the
settee?
'H6tent you spt,zny sense At sl7,..
nsited the man who W.. hunting 'sorne.
fhiug In the bookcsssS
I'm amazed at yosw stupidfty,- Of.
fered the third man.
Young Dabbs Appeared frfftsted
-Afs you all crnzyg'' .be Inquired. II
msssiy said, was going to pay my
dinner call hesBafditrmass Why
This PDwrH
DON'T you. &c." s.ad tns man on
the sestss, patiently, "that ~ you 80
Jour can they'll ask you agsin7"
Don't pDu know" asked the man sf
the bookcase, that the easiest way 10
escape social stunts Is 10 be- tssutalIy
1 rudsr
still, sometimes they all radness
engaging eccertricity." saad the rhird
man, pessimistically. Tee h tbs long;
ran e helps some"
1t can't possibly be-" verf. on ne
nssrs ON the ssttss, who ks& b,sn ss-
sxrding the perplsxsd face a young
Dabbss that you enjoy the socisT
act7 know you are young DzbbE.
buttyUu aren't young enough ftr thstr
You must be twenty-ssvsn and there
fore old enough 10 know bettsst In
the kitfness of your heart. you say:
Here ars these good people going To-
all sortk Of trouble gsttfng up diHnsrr'
and card parties and dsnces and: tsas'
and the TssSt can, DO - q pssfsct.
gentleman Is TO immolars myself on
the altar of friendship and acospt.
their invitUticn.' Thus you 90 on en-
courasing them In the mistaken IDEAS
and piling ~ troubie for yourself szsd :
everybody elise instead Of having the
cOgrsss Of your convictions and throw
Ing their cards into your waste baskett'
They'd thanh you In the ondi You'll
don't suppose peOpie enjoy giving parr1
ties, do your
4 never suppose anything aboutr'
IT. said young Dabbs. They enter
tain their friends because tnsy WANT
tn~
Ths. man at thF bookcase gEuaned 7
and. sitting DOWN naEtrded xu1nT |
pabpg seriously
MY boy" hS' sasd, "yuu awE evenT
ysnnger than I thought DoeyUu sup
poss for o minute Chat old 'Backmzni
wuuIdnt fnnnitefy hBve preferred inant'
ing ouf bis pipe and the last maya
ZINE and launching up IN an eaayN chair 1
In che dan by himself for the evening
to climbing tntn snfks-tail co-s4 and
choIy collar and neckttSs that
wouIdnr tie and listening TO ME- en-
ties relate for the fifteenth time how
her parrot accidentally hanged itself?
Do you, In your widest Dreams. think
Mrx. Buchmzn vns eptTsncadF with
spsmdfng tfts day tslsphDufng rz4e1s1
and Gryufnz WIN q cook vino "tfusxr
sxed 30 leave a tn eleventh Nh1uv and
sr1H sxesythmxt Lnun1 yun1 srvpoasd
xfasu the last ono Of you dfszppssr
down ths tnoat. staas .k4 saaas Thank
ecudmns, tttAfsr oe&r
TOT tsn yesrs~ pot Tn tt1b- tdrdt
nrxa, I've obsdtsnxiy t51flsd' around Vol
pxrtts with my wifs and only tDdsv
hxFs. l. tastad the swsstS ot re<hs0nu4 \
Tnsrs vss q card o@xty tontxnt and \
this ncntz8 I NfSnly said'I wo~ldnti 4
gvt I toiA Isabel xhs eousa ithks- my
nephGw. IN my riacsL HsS y01nG and
an cary msxk. Hes having . goodt
time Gnd 90 am and why under ere
alton haysut dune Il 'befOae don
KNOW
= knew O man once, sa4dF the rnaErl
on the settee, who was So gruf and 1
impolite and inconsiderate that 'bAeoS |
pie really quit asking him 10 plscess !
II sounds too good to be true, but it's !
So He led the most pescetul. un
annoyed life and never had to bother |
thinking up excuses! IT, does seem
a shame that DabS here should let
himself sink in so deep, because when |
he does come out of his trance he'll !,
have the dickens of time breaking |
away! Actually paying-a dinner call!
LMnacy!"
said Dabbs. You like 60 go TO places !
az well an the NEXT onel-
NONSENSE" they told him en-,
phatically.
We'll. anyhow, l, suppose you'll all
go to the Beetles supper and theater
party next week. >" Dsbbs insisted.
1.-The Bettles'' asked the manJat the
bookcase, Strengthening mp. ''What
night is II: L hadn't hearn Funny
they'd leave me. Outl"
queer hadn't heard or it, com.
planned the man on the settee. ri
wouldn't have thought II Of Bettlese-
Funny they forgot mel" said the
third man. They never did II be-
forel When-did you get an invitation.
Dabbs2"
Young Dsbbs grinne& Il didn't get
one" he replied. They. aren't giving
any party. I tust wanted to see II
you fellBws,meant what you said about
hating social stunts. And nov ~ 30
and nsakethAt cali On the Buckmansi-
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