The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-07-12

ssfIas he On auto?p asked Miss PEN
dleton Ia deep surprise. The last !
heard Of him he couldn't pay his once
rent
He is an extravagant young man,
said Mrs. Bassett.
Philippi arose impuisively. Where
| Is Mr.. Bassett?' she asked amicably
"Out in the barn." answered his
spouse. Smoking dirty old pipe, !
suppose. He can't come in the house
with IT,"
docs Mr.. Raymond smoker" asked
Miss Pendleton archly.
Raymond neither smokes, drinks,
nor plays cards, and think may add,
never swears," said Mrs. Bassett. IT
| i were a young lady / should hesitate
to accept attentions from young men
addicted to those vices"
Philippa chuckled. "Too bad Mr..
Bassett smokes. isn't it?' she commes-
Grated s.And chews, too" she added,
reminiscently I've seen him splitting
all over the flower beds. Does 'em
good, he says
A dull flush stained Mrs. Bassett's
cheek. Il didn't raise Mr.. Bassett,"
she said tartly.
"You married him, though" MUIR
INJURED Philippa as she skipped through
the flower garden and in at the wicket
gate. The Bassett cat, respectable
gray tabby, lay summing herself under
the rose bushes. Philippa "sicked"
Wrinkles on her venomously
After tea Philippa made fetching
toilet. She took down pair OF
French heels and their silk-stocking
mates. The bronze curls she flung up
in loosened abandon, coRKing out the
maddening little ringiets. The new
pink frock was vastly becoming. Her
dimpled elbows were bare, and her
white throat and neck CLEANED
through filmy lace
The appealing toot Of Dicky's auto
mobile Glove the air, and Philippa
gathered up Wrinkles and Haunted out
triumphantly, her giddy heels clacking
over the pavement.
The Bassets were on their porch
Pa Bassett, Mrs Bassett, and Ray
mond, the good-looking young sur
geon, their SON. He glowered on
Philippa's escort and his new automo-
bile with unmitigated hatred.
you're peach, Philippa!" said
Dicky az they drove on.
thank you." answered Philippe de-
murely.
what did you want to go calling on
that old crank fort" he asked.
TO get pointers on Raymond" dim
pied Philippe. HE neither smokes,
chews, CANDLES nor swears."
ssMutt." said Dicky.
'sYou do all those things. Dicky," re-
proved Philippe.
*Two beers is my limit. !" said Dicky.
ssIsnt he the limit?" whispered
Philippa to Wrinkles. "And he swears
q little swear"
aYou never heard me-" retorted
Dicky.
Gwen this auto isn't paid for, and
he has loads of horrid ONCE debts"
said Philippa pensively.
$50 that's IT," said Lambert slowly
you're going to turn me down for
Bassett, and want to rub 1t In"
"Raymond's Q model Of conscious
virtue, said Philippa, with side
glance at Dichy. He turned the ma
chine around In silence, and silently
they slxidded along. The twilight was
deepening az Philippa laid hand on
his arm. He turned to her miserably.
Her mike eyes were fun Of tremu-
lous light. TITS you. Dicky. it's you!"
she cried softly you're to rescue me
from the Bassetts and halo"
Dicky stopped the car abruptly and
took palpitating pink vision in his
arms. Two young lips were crushed
ON his, and Wrinkles sQuirmed out
from strangulation.
Az they turned in at the Carston's.
Philippa Strengthened Dicky's necktie
with an unmistakable air Of posses;
sion Young Bassett. straining his
eyes through the dusk, saw the little
byplay
4 miss Carston called this afternoon"
said Mrs. Bassett acridly.
Pa Bassett bit on the end Of q plug
OF tobacco. He had preserved vigor-
GUS individuality through forty years
of marital vicissitudes. "Ehe's fine
piece Of goods. and SOS her mother.
Ia little kerless now, but the bit and
reinll steady her"
"Such illusions, fatheri" said Mrs.
Bassett, drawing the corners Of her
shawl around her miss Pendieton
was here this afternoon" she said,
turning to her son.
'sYes?s he said without interest.
There's q girl after my own heart"
she replied
Raymond shrugged his shoulders. He
caught the tinkle Of Philippa's man
dolin and ground his teeth impotently.
He. the Woodworking young surgeon
with balance at the bank and a
steadily increasing practice, had lost.
And to what? A penniless young law
yer with nothing but the gift Of CAB