Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-04

DO no less than invite her to every.
ching More than half the time she
stayed away, or rather went home
after seeing everything was as good
as It could be made. But to one aft
ernoon company rather early In the
game she stayed. What she saw de-
termined her to do several things.
She ordered in haste, from the city,
two frocks quite eclipsIng anything
in Hlghview. Next she waved her
hair, and after that she took her
grsndmother's silver and jewelry out
OF the bank, filed her house with
flowers, lights and people, and gave
a final party for the advocate Of
suffrage. "A blow OUT was her own
phrase for 1t, she being Of the sort
that speaks straight as 1t thinks All
this meant, Of course, that she would
be very busy.
Mrs. Austell was charmed at the
thought Of coming. The other wom-
ans name was Vanmere, her home a
true colonial house. full Of antiques.
Moreover, Edith vanmere herself had
appeared very receptive. 1t would be
only less triumph for the cause to
convert her than to take Harleth cap
tive for life.
1t annoyed her a trile TO find that
Miss Vanmere laid heavy commands
on Harleth; also, that he obeyed
them meekly, even when obedience
took him from her presence.
Ed thinks she owns me-and /
reckon she does come near IT," he
explained to the visitor, who did her
best to mask discontinue with an en-
gaging smile. The smile might have
faded had she been able to read the
vanmere mind Edith had seen
.thHoueh b. her Edith would have none
Of hef sort III the family. Moreover,
II William Harleth was by way Of
being fool in some things, he was
gentleman, also helpless-being a
man. Edith must save him. She
was nearly as much interested in
doing it as in the entirely new plum
cake she was evolving for the party.
Many schemes came to her. One
by one she turned them over In her
mind and dismissed them as imprac-
teal. Then all in fash the solu-
ton came-so simple it made her
blush to think she had overlooked it.
Two bodies cannot occupy the same
space, not even when the bodies are
ringers, the space a wedding ring.
The only real salvation for William
Harleth, now that women we're grown
SO bold, was wedding ring, set fast
by law and gospel upon the right
finger.
Harleth was hidden to dine with
her before the party. Notwithstand-
ing it's imminence, notwithstanding
Edith's labors for it, the dinner was
as perfect as a dinner could be. At
the end there were samples of the
delectable plum cake. The response
1t evoked from Harleth was suffi-
cient reward.
Later when the crowd had gathered,
a crowd that held the best of all
Highview, it gasped bit to see Edith
in trailing cloth Of silver, softened
with illusion and old lace, jewels
cleaning upon a neck that was sim
gularly smooth and white, and nod
ding above hair pulled in wavy masses
above a smooth brow. She looked
what she was, grande dame. But
underneath the grandeur there was
the same bubbling good humor. and
-, III wa q
no bar to her special ministrations
when it came to serving supper. She
made three of the richest men pres
ent wait upon Mrs. Austell under her
own direct supervision. When 1t
came to the plum cake Mrs. Austell
exclaimed:
"This is not food-nectar, or maybe
ambrosia, rather! Dear Miss Van
mere, life owes you something for it.
I feel you are going to be one of us.
Pray, pray tell me. what we shall de-
mand for you when we come to our
own in reward for anything so
heavenly"
"oh. nothing" Edith said, laughing
softly.
"Nothing!" Mrs. Austell echoed.
you are unjust to yourself"
II think not-you see have my re
ward" Edith answered saucily, though
her color mounted.
"You see. told Billy-Mr Harleth
tonight, ! shouldn't ever make any
more of this cake until made 1t for
my husband-and he proposed AZ
once"