American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-13
Inspection

Inspection !
PITY me-" pleaded the newly en-
gased afrl. I'm going next week to
visit Toms family! III an inspection
visit, Of course. though inasmuch as
W are really engaged don't know
what they can do about It II they
don't Ike me. DO you? Still. I dread
u from start to finish. across and back
agaiui II had realised that / had 1t
to 20 through ! never. would
have become engaged"
"Poohi" said the girl who had been
married . rear. That's nothing, abb
solutsly nothing! II you want to 60
through real torture as with pins and
needles 90 visit the family OF the man
you aren't engaged to. but suspect
that o are going to bel You might
not break your heart over losing the
man II the family made him throw
you overheard. but 1t would hurt your
pride. 1t 10 a sort Of matter Of honor
10 win out.
4 don't suppose there IL one man
n 10000 whose family thoroughly and
pnthusiastically approves OF the girl
be picks out to marry. because his
mother and sisters always have the
perfect one already selected. and all
The rest Of their lives they cherish q
drudge against the girl who has upset
their carefully laid plans. Never shall
forget the first visit l paid to Dicks
lamilyi"
Were o engaged to him" asked
.he newly engaged girl. breathlessly.
Il was not!" said the girl who
had been married a year. Dick al
ways declares that l was. but 1t isn't
70. He may have been engaged to
ne. but | wasn't to him! He insists
hat anne to inspect his family, but
I was the other way round.
Frankly. ! was scared to pieces"
related the girl who had been married
/ year. Il did want to make a good
Impression. because. even II I decided
:hat Dick wouldn't do. 1t would have
been comforting to have had the fam
ly eternally regretting my loss. /
wanted to make them feel hat II all
he girls they had ever fancied for
Dick were combined into one the prod
let couldn't begin to equal me. | had
lust got back from a year and a half
n Europe, and had the latest things
n clothes and hats, so I had some
'eason to hope that should make a
lit.
Il arrived late at night and beyond
he impression that the house was
iuge apd the family numerous | reach
I'd no conclusions. The next morning
It breakfast | began to distinguish
myself.
while l had been abroad they had
invented several things In the United
States, among them one particular
breakfast food that was a stranger to
ne, and when found the maid offer
ng me a fine assortment Of little
BALES of hay l took one at random be-
aus l seemed to be expected to do
70. took it nonchalantly and depos.
ted upon the plate before me. Then
vas offered cream and sugar.
so l began with cream. | poured
ind poured. and the cream disappear
I'd from sight. Where 1t went. | can't
imagine. but | know I did begin to
.hink the thing must be a sort of
,ponge.
AT last when l ceased to pour on
,ream Precipitation was standing on
ny brow. Then 1t was that | saw all
he members Of Dicks family solemn
" engaged in tearing their mattresses
10 bits. They faxed the stuff of and
made airy little mounds OF 1t. amid
which the cream circled, as It should
have lone with mine and didn't. They
were trying to look no more panied
than they could help at my display
Of ignorance. nearly choked on the
stun. but l swallowed 1t.
When We arose from the table |
dashed to the piano to relieve the ten
zion and burst into particularly lively
raStime. | could play. and I played
until found the whole family lined
up most apparently waiting politely
tor me to finish so they could proceed
TO the business Of the day.
Dick was nearest to me. and he
was terribly embarrassed.
would you care to Join us?' he
stammered when I paused. startled.
Father always has Scripture reading
after breakfast was much inter
ssted after I got over my perturbation
until It came my turn to rsad-and
rot come verses filed with the most
proper names in the whole
book. yer which stumbled and
and disgraced myself.
Il had to have air after that. so I
on some things and rushed out
or a walk-and l stumbled and fell