Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-03-16
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DOnt DO III! cried the man on the
settee.
Haven't you got any sense at allT'
asked the man who was hunting some
thing In the bookcase.
I'm amazed at your stupidity" of.
fered the third man.
Young Dabbs appeared irritated.
Are you all crazy?" he inquired. II
merely said | was going to pay my
dinner call at the Buckmans' Why
this row?"
Don't you see," said the man on
the settee. patiently. that II you pay
your call they'll ask you again."
Don't you know" asked the man at
the bookcase. that the easiest way to
escape social stunts is to be brutally
ir6def"
STU. sometimes they call rudensss
engaging eooentrioity," said the third
NAH, pessimistioally. yet in the long
run Il helps some"
1T can't possibly be-" went on the
man on the settee, who had been re-
gArding the perplexed face Of young
Dabbs. that you enjoy the society
actf know you are young. DAbbs,
but you aren't young enough for thatl
You must be twenty-seven and there
fore old enough to know betteT In
tho kindness Of your heart you say:
Here are these good people going to
an sorts Of trouble getting up dinners
and card parties and dances and teas
and the least I can DO 40 q perfect
gentleman is to immediate myself on
the altar Of friendship and accept
their invitation Thus you 60 on en-
eourAging them in the mistaken ideas
and piling up trouble for yourself and
everybody else instead Of having the
courage Of your convictions and throw
ing their cards into your waste basket!
They'd thank you in the end! You
don't suppose people enjoy giving par
tios, do your"
II never suppose anything about
i'll said young Dabbs. They enter
tain their friends because they want
to-"
The man at the bookcase groaned
and, sitting down. regarded young
Dabbs seriously.
my boy" he said, you are even
younger than l thought! Do you sup
pose for q minute that old Buchanan
wouldn't infinitely have preferred hunt
ing out his pipe and the last maya
zine and launching up in an easy chair
in the den by himself for the evening
to climbing into spihe-tail coat and
choky collar and a necktie that
wouldn't tie and listening to Mrs. Git
ties relate for the fifteenth time how
her parrot accidentally hanged itself?
Do you, in your widest dreams, think
Mrs. Buchanan was entranced with
spending the day telephoning caterers
and arguing with a cook who threat
ened to leave at the eleventh hour and
spoil everything? Don't you suppose
when the last one Of you disappear
down the front steps she said: Thank
goodness, that's over?'"
For ten years." put in the third
man, I've obediently trailed around to
parties with my wife and only today
have tasted the sweets Of rebellion!
There was a card party tonight and
this morning l firmly said | wouldn't
go! | told Isabel she could take my
nephew in my place. He's young and
an easy mark, He's having good
time and so am and why under Gre
alton l haven't done 1t before | don't
know"
II knew a man once" said the man
on the settee, who was so grun and
impoite and inconsiderate that peo-
pie really quit asking him to places
It sounds too good TO be true. but It's
so. He led the most peaceful, I'M
annoyed life and never had to bother
thinking up excuses! It does seem
a shame that Dabbs here should let
himself sink in so deep, because when
he does come out of his trance he'll
have the dickens OF a time breaking
away! Actually paying dinner call!
Lunacy!"
"Oh, you fellows make me tired!"
said Dabbs. "You like to 60 TO places
as we'll as the next one!"
"Nonsenssl" they told him en-
phatically.
well. anyhow. suppose you'll al
20 to the Bottles supper and thSaesp
party next week." Dabbs insisted.
"The Bettles?" asked the man 1t the
bookcase, Strengthening up. What
night IL IL? hadn't hoard. Funny
they'd leave me Quit"
Queer I hadn't heard OF H." COM
planned the man on tho sottoe. Il
wouldn't have thought It Of BettIeNi"
Funny they forgot msl". said the
third man. "They never did II be-
fore! When did you get an invitation.
Dabbsi"
Young Dabbs grtnned. II didn't got
one" he replied. They aren't giving
any party Just wanted to see II
you fellows meant what you said about
hating social stunts And now I'll 70