Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-13
TheEveniing Story
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D. JOHN cALLAcER R

D. JOHN cAlLAcER R
After my admissian 70 the bar
friend Of Mr.. LAfk1ns. Of the law nrm
Of Larkius, Larrabee q lincoln, gave
me letter to him recommending mo
for ealaried position IN his ONCE. I
was advised to re Mr.. Larkins at his
house, whore I would receive moro
friendly attention than IN his once.
I called about I o'clock, expecting TO
find him returned from his ONCE, but
since he had bsen detained thsre latsr
than usual I concluded to wait for
him. was shown into large draw
Ing room ~ dimly lighted - those Of
most city dwellings. Indeed, since It
was winter and the days were short
there was hardly any Light ct AL be-
cause Of hsavy window drapery.
A door opened Into q conservatory.
and while sitting In profound silence
/ heard q succession Of oaths. There
were two incongruitiss connected with
the matter. In the ilrst place. the pro
family came from out profusion Of
flowers and, in the second. was spoken
in Z woman's muslcal voice. Further
more, they did not express irritation.
the lady who spoke them seeming to
bs simply rolling them out Just to
hear them. In other words, ~ they
were uttered there was no meaning to
them.
They soon stopped and were followed
BY . few notes Of song, IN the same
sweet voice a. the oaths. Then .
young girl came ont Of the conserva-
tory. passed through the drawing room,
unconscious Of my presence. ana,
Swearing like trooper ~ she went.
passed out into the hail and upstairs.
I got a view Of her ~ she passed q
gas Jet that had Just been lighted,
and her face was as innocent Of guile
as her tongue was denlsd.
| was especially pleased that she did
not see me, for she would doubtless
have been deeply mortified. Mr.. Lar
kins came In presently, and I presented
my note Of Introduction. which was In
strumental In securing for me the
place l coveted. soon learned that
he had daughter who was considered
beautiful girl, and inferred that she
was the one I had heard uttering pro-
family. was curious about her, for I
could not understand how a refined
woman could have fancy for listen
ing to oaths uttered by herself.
I had not been long In the employ Of
Larkins, Larrabee 4 Lincoln when
Mr.. Larkins invited me to dine at his
house. I accepted gladly and on the
evening appointed appeared at the
house In evening dress and wearing
my best expression. It seemed singu-
lar that should be DESTROYS Of i'm
pressing a girl who could swear like
an army in Flanders" but such was
| the case. When introduced to her !
found It difhcult to repress 4 smile,
thinking as did how shocked she
would be did she know that had
heard her at her worst.
can't say that Miss Laura Larkins
was q demure young lady, but she
gave one the impression Of being very
refined, modest. pure. Indeed, she was
the, last person would have supposed
would indulge In the unladylike habit
Of swearing. To tell the truth. there
was something SO novel, In such mark
ed contrast, in hearing a lovely girl
with a sweet voice utterlng profanity
that I wished she would do 1t again.
But instead her words were well cho.
sen and pure English, there was not q
bit Of slang. and everything she said
was refined.
This Introduction at the house Of my
employer resulted In a love affair be-
tween me and Miss LarkinS. After
awhile was made junior member OF
the law arm where was employed
and, being approved by Mr.. Larkins al
a son-in-law, was accepted and duly
engaged. While l had been fascinated
by the incongruity Of oaths spoken In 4
melodious voice, was at times trou'
bled BY this peculiarly. Might not CIR
who would give vent to such expletivea
have something bad about her inner
self which some day would crop Out
to shock me? wished to tell her that
had heard her swear and hear her
Explanation, but could not bring myself
to do SO. 30 went on, subject to oc
casional flts Of terror lest would mar
~ one whose devilish nature might
burst forth at any moment
My dnncee was at the time met hel
Ia college girl. One day I took mp IN
her house the book Of a play In which
she had acted a. an undergraduate
One part, that Of man. was marked
Throughout. While reading 1t came
upon the very oaths l had heard her
utter. Here was an explanation. She
had performed this part
A moment later when she entered the
room I fired them at her.
"Oh," she said. '.you have been read
Ing the part played at college. We
girls were expected to leave those