The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-01-06

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somnolence throughout the world,
will you help me moment,
pleaseS'
Price dropped the pencil with
which he had been butchering the
effuSion Of one of the cubs, upset
the waste-basket and hurried to her
side. She had been part Of the force
three months now, but at her hight
est word Price still dropped some
thing or overturned something, or
both. The cubs snickered over the
habit-in secret. Miss Mcclure
never seemed to notice 1t.
"There we're about twenty-five
parties last night" she said plain
lively. "I'ye written 10 Of them, and
every paragraph Is alike. Can't you
suggest something a little different
from "A merry company of young
people assembled last evening at the
home Of Miss Clementine DUNN
An inspiration that almost choked
him with Its daring seized Price.
"Here, let me show you," he said
hurriedly, and dropped into the
chair she had vacated. "This is
Thursday, isn't it? he asked, and
attacked the typewriter fercely. He
arose with a sigh that ended abrupt
ly in gulp. This is what she read
"Miss Audrey Mcclure enter
tanned a select party at her home
Thursday evening. All who were
expected came, despite the rain"
Notwithstanding her occurrences,
Miss Audrey was a young woman Of
quick perceptions. "That isn't quite
complete" she remarked, matter-Of-
factly, and added to the item:
Fudge and lemonade were served"
The Select party" came, despite
the rain, and thereafter continued to
come twice a week. Some evenings
he was preternaturally silent; others
prodigiously garrulous. He devoured
large quantities of fudge, lemonade,
cake, chocolates which he brought
himself-and popcorn. But he al
ways sat across the room from his
hostess; and when it was time to go
he found his hat in the dim hall by
instinct and fled with a single "Good
night"
One evening, after he had been
coming two months, he stayed a half
hour beyond his limit. The CRATE
fire made the little parlor very cozy.
and Audrey had been unusually en-
crossing. He glanced at his watch,
mumbled a panic-stricken excuse
and galloped out of the house like q
fire engine answering a general
alarm.
Thereupon a strange thing hap
pened in the Mcclure home. Miss
Audrey looked after him, the polite
smile with which we speed the part
ing guest still on her lips. When hii
hurried footsteps had quite died
away, she kicked viciously a sofa
pillow which his departure had dis.
placed, and burst into tears.
The next day the Beauty, Health
and Etiquette" department of the
Telegram received a naive and puz-
zling communication. As usual, Miss
Mcclure called Price in counsel.
The note was in round, school
girl hand. "Dear Miss DeVere," it
began, Dorothy DeVere being the
name under which Audrey conducted
the department, 81 am young lady
almost eighteen. / have a gentle
man friend who calls very frequent
". | esteem him very much.
have known him four months. Sew
cral times he has asked to kiss me.
Shall let himH Pansy."
Miss Mcclure looked up at Price.
There was a hint of laughter in her
eyes.
There was no one else in the Of
flee. Prices heart rose in his throat
to suffocate him. He lunged for
ward crushed her to him and kissed
her on the mouth. Then he STUN
bled out, dazed with delight. A
desk telephone was in his way; it
crashed to the floor, but he did not
stop to pick it up.
On the street chill wind dashed
sleet in his face. He did not feel it.
His pulses were pounding like a
bass drum in a circus band. "She
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