The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-07
MEMORABLE EVENING
81 SARAH o'sULLIVAN.

asked Lester walking impatiently up (
and down the room TITS getting late
and ! have a pressing engagement To- {
night
TN Just few minutes" answered I
Mrs. Randall. But do you know /
was thinking today that you are al /
ways having pressing engagements.
Tt is a rare occasion for you to pass
an evening at home with the family
BBy George, believe you're right,
mother returned her son. 'It never +
struck me before how much | have
been gadding about, But I'M stay at
home seme evening very soon. Sure
j viii"
you'd better set the memorable
evening now" put in his sister Mar
jory. IF you don't you are liable to
forget your resolution"
That's a 10. Let me see-I have
very important engagement for to-
morrow and one also for Wednesday
evening Thursday is Georges stag
party. For Friday I have opera tick.
cts. Saturday well no fellow stays
at home Saturday evening Sunday
you always have a million Of the rela
tions over, 80 there's nothing doing
Tor that night. How's Monday? Mon
day suits me-
Nov" proclaimed Lester you all
hear that one week from tonight !
snail be delighted to pass an evening
IN the bosom Of my family. ! shall
consider It an engagement Of para
mount Importance ! shall anticipate
that evenings pleasure with the great.
est possible eagerness. How shall ]
pass the weary hours until that en-
trancing moment?'
an wager you dollars to doughnuts
that you'll forget all about 1t before
next Monday declared Marjory
Forget? Indeed mott How you
wrong mel If do not remember, III
/ present each OF you with a half dozen
4 pairs Of the finest kid gloves Forget?
4 should say notl' Lester glowed with
indignation.
The following Monday Marjory
made batch Of fudge for Testers
evening at home. Mira. Randall baked
i his favcrite molasses cookies and put
u the homemade grape juice on ice. His
smoking jacket and slippers, which
had been out of service for a consider
able time, she placed within cas-!
reach
The evening came, Lester, sittinl
down to the dinner table, exclaimed
Its downright annoyingl Here,
know have some engagement for tC
night. and yet for the life Of me | can
think what it is. 1t has been WORRY
ing me all day. Such thing has ne'
er happened to me before. Proyol
ingl"
Mrs. Randall and her daughter e.
changed glanees. but said nothing
Cant you people help me outi
asked the worried young man.
Both maintained a discreet silenc
''Wen, III get shaved and dresst
and BY that time may remember
he said hopefully.
In little while Lester re-entere
.he library saying I'm going to u
Cub. Maybe some OF the fellows ovl
there can put me next. II any oI
phones. tell him to call me up at 4
club"
An hour later Marjory phoned
her brother, saying sweetly: "Ha'
you thought Of your engagement yet
mo. I haven't" he answered, eros
~
Wen. how about the evening y
we're anticipating with such eag
ness? That evening YOU said y
s would be delighted to pass in t
bosom Of your family?"
The telephone receiver was hu
up with a bang
A few minutes later Lester crept
q his room and put on his smoki
jacket and slippers. He entered
library, threw himself on the cou
and asked in a sheepish way wv
what size gloves do you wear?'