The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-20
All About
a Discord


Having slammed the front door Wig
orously, Kate burst into the library,
where Mary and Janet we're embroi-
dering linen towels before the crate
| fire. She threw her muff on the dav-
export at the other end of the library,
| Topped her music roll down on the ta-
BILE and then slid weakly into a big
chair.
There are times" she began ON
inously, when I'd marry Sioux In
dian, war paint and all"
Il heard OF a girl" Janet's tone
was conciliatory
"Everything's wrong" Kate was not
| to be stopped. Il hate a career.
loathe music. ! hate the professor,
! abominate my OIL. No, I'll never
say that, but [ abhor Gounod for writ
ing Romeo and Juliet He's at the
| bottom of all this trouble"
Poor Gounod," said Mary. What
| did"
That's right. Sympathze with the
| old dead demon instead Of me. No
! body loves mel"
"Gracious!" Mary was moved out OF
her absorption in the careful turning
OF an M" What's the matter.
child?"
Kate was serious "Is 1t nice to be
engaged, Molly? Do you feel as IL
| you were In harbor safe from the
cold, unappreciative world"
Mary blushed, dropped the towel
and smiled into the fire with an abb
stracted expression.
Janet came to the rescue. Some
one called you on the phone"
Well" interrupted Kate, quite OBJ
livious to Janet's voice, 81 simply sail
ed over the first page Of the Waltz
Song you know I've practiced on
| those grace notes and thrills until my
voice actually suffers when | try
to sing straight. That the professor
said, is good business Just think!
felt good clear down to the roots
Of my teeth. He said | looked as If /
really wanted to dance, and you know
my facial expression usually sets him
| Wild always look too absorbed and
| serious"
IF he could only see you now!"
murmured Mary,
"Of course was feeling tremendous
| ly encouraged and then | got to that
awful chromatic scale from A to A,
and he made a dreadful discord on
the piano and said ! was off key, and
| | wasn't-wasnt! Wasn't" Kate
beat her gloves on the chair emphat-
! ically.
But | didn't tell him so abruptly.
lust remarked soothingly that GER
tain critics said Geraldine Farrar sang
off key and stood with her toes In,
and didn't care If / did OF course,
girls, do care, but | just couldn't
! say So
ON the lull Mary made another at
tempt, Poor child! Somebody tele-
| phoned-"
and then he exploded" sputtered
| Kate, because he thinks Farrars
perfection. | cried spasmodcally all
! the way home"
Two big tears rolled down Kate's
plump, flushed cheeks Mary and
Janet patted her. consigning the pro-
| fessor and all his works to realms
unspeakable.
You're both angels" Kate sat UP
and rubbed her cheeks vigorously.
"Tve got to stop crying, because it's
b-bad for my v-voice and I'm going to
practice that old scale all night"
Taking the hatpins from her hat.
she added: Il don't mind never eat
ing candy or cake or pie or pickles
or anything else that's good and al
ways going to bed at nine o'clock and
trottng out for an airing 50 many
mlautes every day to keep my
voice nice, but when he tells me that
! I'm off key
She sat down at the piano and crash
cd out few chords
III Billy Collirs comes over to-
| uight for goodness sake tell him I'm
not at home, for just as sure as he
proposes I'll accept him."
Great ideal" Mary was enthusiasts
| tie. 1t was her table linen to be that
| she and Janet were embrodering.
Turning from the window toward
Janet. Mary, with a surrepttlous ges.
| ture, indicated Billy Collins swing
ing down the street,
by the way" said Mary. BILLY Col.
| Inns phoned just before you came In
that he was coming over to take you
! somewhere"
81 won't 60" Kate was quite de-
| termlned. I've got TO practice that
scale and. anyway, l might catch
| cold"
Cold nothIngl He's about to ring
the door bell now. III lend you my
| hat with the red roses" This was
pure bribery.
The bell gave a strident cang. Kate
| dived about for her belongings, re-
marking meanwhile in n stage whis-
per: Il won't see him. | won't go. /
WON'T | WON'T"
But when Mary came back from the
| door Kate smoothed her hair meekly
and went In. Conversation never Ian.
| gushed with Billy.
Get on your buds and come with
me-" he said.
A few bars OF the WALTZ Song"
sounded on the piano. Through them
came rather muilled, not too deter
mined voice: Thanks. but can't I
have TO practice"