The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03

'1On VIII kindly our
a, end. | shall invite Sidney I" TAX" your
place. at the opera.
Arnold bowed. "Of COURSE" he observed.
maciously using her own expression, 1T is
quite imn,aterial to me-.
WHICH will you have. Mr.. Horgan. cognac or
" apricot brandy?' asked the butler to the
man at NrnOd'S right the bachelor dinner
had come its end.
Its iunia erial to me-, Morgan said. care
lc>>ly. ''whate,er y"u choose.
Morgan. didn't think it of you," blur'ed
Arnold. almost ancrily. "Iou>e got that con
founded expr.sSi"n-'l,s mmat-rial TO me. I'm
sick of it. I've heard il eighteen thousand times
This day and | suppose I'll hear 1t eighteen
thousand times tomorrow The man next to Inc
at the restaurant said it was imnateria to him
W hat breakfast food he had. and on the way
down town in the the conductor said 1t was
iulnlatera to him whether or not somebody else
had told the fat lady her transfer was good II
wasn't: and discussing politics SaIa u
was immaterial 10 them who elected. they
guessed the country would get along: and when
| asked my Sten"grapher If she wanted the WIN
dow open shut She said it iInmat"rial I"
her. and thu, office boy informed me that II was
immateral % him whct her he took his vacation
in June August and the elevator man sand IT
was immat-ral to him whether or not II was
no, or not he had to work about so hard any
way and oh. well. its the stock substitute for
III doesn't matter and Il don't care. and every
body's doing it because il sounds high toned
BY why put your English on the truck driver
level?'
IF the truck driver has grabbed some of
INV stuff" declared IorSan. Il shall let him
have it. but ! shan't drop it myself 'lmmaterial'
is a good little word and merely because it gives
Won the rabies is Reason | should take the
Pasteur treatment for II. What's biting YOU
anyhow"
Nothing. nothing. only that phrase does get
nv goat. 1t has certain aSSociat tons
But here. there much camor the
bridegroom to-be in his place to make his
little speech. Contrary to the usual custom, he
was perfectly sober.
Fellows he said. I'm glad YOU to
nv little party. 1t is good have last
bachelor reunion before man departs to that
state from which returns a bachelor.
There is slight pang of regret at the thought
of the conclusion of ones single blcSSednesS. but
when a fellow * fortunate ], he may be-
pardoned for finding the pang rather one of s"r-
for YOU Others who are still unte'her'd
Soon III he a cncdic'. and 1T Will then ne I'M
material TO me whethr
A RNOLD gave a scream of agony jumped TO his
IA feet. shouted. BILLY. you're shine sprech-
fer: lets all have another drink and toast the
bride and Billy" Which suggestion met with
such immediate and tumultuous applause that the
Grafton snuFcd out and glasses clinked high
the table.
Yet for all the interruption that phrase
came back and back and came back 10
ArnoIds mind the night wore on and when
ne entered he cab he told the cabI'an Sie'i''iy
that il was imma'criai to him where ne went.
and when the cabby. having recognized NM
halted at his door. Arnold remarked that II was
im,nateriaI to him whc; her ne in not
and wavc, away the change with the observation
that IL immatcriaI y" him whether he paid
half a dollar two dollars for his ride Mud IN
the s.cIusior Of his room he eyed Gladys picture
owIiShIv AZ ne declared that IL immaferial
- him which of the two Of her were Gladys be-
cause she didn't really for him. and IL was
imu,a,criaI - him whether she did not So
ne To hcd and slept very material sleep.
broken by n dream in which he found himself
I..;ur served hot ON a platter ~ "a gigantic