The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-08-14

getically and Mrs Hector aiighted
and pressed cracking greenback
into his reluctant hand and followed
his direction down the road to the
beach where he said she would find
the Mothers club in session There
were voices and much laughter and
the tinkle of crockery mingled with
the rush of the incoming tide as Mrs
Hibberd Hector In all the glory Of her
summer apparel went down the road
TO the beach All at once she paused
and drew into the shadow of a beach
plum tree and stared amazedly
II this was a meeting of the Moth
ers' Club-it was informal indeed!
Scattered over the sands or playing
In the water were a score Of children
In bathing suits. happy looking. sun
burned healthy looking boys and girls.
Farther up the beach in the shade Of
several wind-blown cedars. a dozen
women we're engaged in spreading a
picnic meal. They. too. were CARRIED
most informally in bathing dresses Of
every description and they were gay
and laughing and thinking Of every
thing else except Mrs. Hibberd Hec-
tor when she walked into their midst.
charmingly gowned. smiling tolerant
ly. yet with an air Of offended dignity
pervading her whole bearing. Never
before had this high official Of the
State Union Of Mothers clubs been
SO received when she honored an or
ganization with her presence.
Mrs. Armstrong;" she asked sweet
ly
From the group Of startled women
there came . tall. well-proportioned
young woman. with a calm self-pos-
sessed manner and steady gray eyes
that searched Mrs. Hibberd Hector's
handsome cOuntenance with puzzled
Inquiry In their depths. She wore her
bathing dress with unconscious grace
and she held out q slender. sun-tanned
hand to the visitor.
How do you dot" she asked courte-
ously.
II am Mrs. Hibberd Hector" ex-
planned that lady. II rather expected
-a-different sort Of a reception. you
know. dear Mrs. Armstrong. More for
NAL. you know!"
"Of course you would have received
It. Mrs. Hector" said Mrs. Armstrong
quietly. IF we had expected you to-
day. l assure you we have made ev-
cry preparation for tomorrow"
Tomorrow" repeated Mrs. Hib-
herd Hector. feeling for her notebook
and adjusting her lorgnette. I'm sure
the date was for today-the twenty
eighth-dear me. l can't tell whether
this is an eight or q nine-so provok-
lng!" She peered nearsightedly at
her own hieroglyphics.
Your date was for the twenty-ninth
Il am SO sorry you have been incon-
venienced. Mrs. Hector; but 1t is not
too late for US to arrange the meeting
for this afternoon. There are some
details of the entertainment that will
be lacking but our welcome will be
Just as cordial and We shall enjoy
your talk. Let me present the mem
bers Of the Mothers club"
Mrs. Hibberd Hector graciously
shook hands with the members Of the
Mothers club and remembered the
names. too. They were a hearty.
healthy, handsome looking lot of
women, too, she admitted to herself
and they looked as II they had al
ready solved some of the problems
over which she still knitted her
brows When 1t was suggested that
they all return to bennington and
hold the meeting as planned. and as
worthy of their honored guest, Mrs.
Hibberd Hector vetoed the idea and
offered to talk to them there ON the
beach after the luncheon was served.
1t was an unusual occasion for
Mrs. Hibberd Hector and she gradu-
ally unbent to meet these simple
hearted, well hammered women on
their own ground. She was persuad-
ed to don an extra bathing dress that
had been brought along and she. too.
sported in the rising tide and became
Intimately acquainted with more chf1
dren in an hour than she had ever
done in her life before. Mrs. Hibberd
Hector submitted to being ducked un-
der the water; Mrs. Hector played
duck-on-a-rock and learned to skip
nat stones on the water.
All this happened altar the tooth