The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1913-01-27
LOOKING OR DINNER


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grasts had arT1Ted
Gy watch nust 5e horribly fast.
Crnnir said 70 himself. unconfortably.
He sat doEn because there was
nothing else % do and looked about
kin. TIE room vas indeed handsome
and probably would appear stiIl more
attractive when all the artistieally
shaded lights were turned on AZ
present only one burned on the vall
near an ozken reading table
4 dead silence reigned- AZ his eyes
grew accustomed 10 the semigloom
cunnir made out the dining-room
table some distance Of in the sdjoin.
inz room. Only the bare mahogany
confronted him. Even mere man
knows that for dinner party the set
ting of the table must come some
minutes before the eating Of the meal
cunnin crossed one foot over ths
other and tried 70 be patient. When
twenty minutes had passed without
another arrival or the appearance o.
his entertainers the unpleasant convic
ton that something was wrong broke
upon him.
Yet Why had he been admitted /
ANYBODY had come down with seri
Gus illness and the dinner had beei
. abandoned7
Just as Cunnlh. in cold perspira
ton, was miserably meditating seizinl
his hat and coat and sneaking out h
heard footsteps on the stairs. Tn
set society smile he at once donne
FOR Mrs. Drummond's delectation froz
], on his face as a girl walked in whor
he had never seen before. She was
+, young woman with a most deliciou
: face and Cunnin observed attractiv
little ouIrks at the corners Of be
. rosy lips.
4 Good evening" she said littl
obviously, as she eyed Cunnin. sh
acted as though she had expecte
:, somebody else. Father has just tel
phoned me from the railroad statiol
A He and mother have arrived IN II
= city from their Thanksgiving yisi
I. They failed to get the earlier trai
> II you can wait TIL eight O'Clock
4 "But." Cunnif stammered, VIII
!, about the dinner party"
] The pretty girl took hold Of
n chair and stood behind It. The
d isn't any" she said mildly. Did
I. father ask you to dinner? He's
,r absurdly absent-minded OCCASIONAL
II Aren't you Mr.. Beckmore. the pre-
- th~ oaH9r
Good gracious, mol" Cunnin 9
\. out, glad OF something tangible to d
Re- pute MY names cunnif and ] a
a supposed to be at a dinner party
,e the Drummonds' at Fiftieth street al
* Underwood avenuel And ! want
se know what has happened to the d.
he ner."
be The pretty girl bent over the chs
back and laughed Why. I'm 50 q
Ii. ryiY she choked It's the Dru
ed monds two doors up! We always 9
40 each others mail and packages, B
in We never got one OF their dim
as. guests before, And you've wait
ne all this time."
te. II don't mind the wait-now." 81