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The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
By JAMES BURTON

, fore. busy making Welsh rabbits and de-
vising excuses TO get her grandmother
out Of the room when Thomas called.
Jane hasn't changed much.'' he said
. to Clara one day. BY the way, is she
enEaged?'
Il am sure don't know said Clara
Il should think you would know he
said. II can't imagine two sisters living
together as you do not knowing so i'm
portantN Va question as that"
Can't your was all the satisfaction
that Clara gave him.
Tom made his business detain him for
several days, and every evening and sew
eral afternoons he took occasion to come
over to the Putnam house. and as usua,
Jane would disappear when he entered
the door, and he would founder about in
uninteresting conversation with Clara.
One day when he had made up his mind
he would insist on seeing Jane, he had
the good fortune to meet her at the door
Il have something dreadful to tell
you." said Jane.
And l have disappointing news for
you," said Tom, mocking her serious
tone. II am going to back down on my
end Of the bargain l can't press my suit
with Clara, even if knew how, because
this time I'm not In love with her I am
in love with some one else
Jane drew back ever so slightly, and
IhomaS tried TO see a look OF disappoint-
ment in her face. You ought = have
told me before" she said slowly, and
then suddenly, more briskly. but sup
pose II is well. for then the news have
for you won't be such & blow. Clara'a
engaged-the minister you met at tea
last night He and Clara have been en-
gagged for a month. She Just told me
and asked me to tell you. She Is very
sorry"
And are you engaged, too. Jane? That
is the only thing care about" Thomas
laid his hand on her arm impulsively. -
have dreaded IL from the first
Jane looked up and laughed "of course
not" she said. II told you there wasn't
any one in Greensville-excepting the
minister. and I didn't consider him" Tom
had taken her two warm hands in his
and looked eagerly into her face till she
turned away from him.
Il am afraid to ask you, Jane 1 am
afraid won't use the right methods, and
you seem to know so much about it-but
Jane, Jane, don't you think that we ara
mighty congenial? Now. tell me how
to begin?"
We'll, Tom" said Jane. now looking at
him honestly, when the girl Is really In
love with you, and doesn't think Il un>
dignified to say SO, any way viii do. Yos
can't make . mistake tssA"
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pheus, got the decision, marched down
stairs, and into tie drawing room,
where he immediateI insisted upon
being the Fife OF the party.
Uncle HeCk moved and seconded
that he sing the swan song from
"Lohengrin," but his idea of a swan
was so much like turkey gobber that
loving friends slipped him the mocca-
sin and elbowed him out of the room.
Then he went out III the buffers
pantry hoping to do an Omar Khayaam
with the grape, but not finding any he
began to recite, Down in the Lehigh
Valley me and my people grew; I was
blacksmith, Cap'n; yes, and a good
one, tool Let me sit down a min
ute, a stones got into my shoe
But it wasn't a stone, and it didn't
get into his shoe. 1t was a potato
salad, and it got into his face when
the Irish cook threw it at him for in
terfering with her work.
I'm discouraged murmured Uncle
Heck, and presently he was sleeping
with magnificent noises on the sofa in
the library.
There were present at the battle in
the drawing room Uncle Peter Grant
and Aunt Martha; Hep Hardy and
his diamond shirt studs; Bunch Jeffer-
son and his wife, Alice; Bud Hawley
and his second wife; Phil Merton and
his third wife; Dave Mason and his
stationary wife; Stub Wilson and his
wife, Jennie, who is Peaches sister,
and a few others who asked to have
their names omitted.
The mad revels were inaugurated by
the Pippin brothers, who attempted to
drag some grouchy music out of gui-
tars that didn't want to give up. The
Pippin brothers part their hair in the
middle and always do the march from
"The Babes in Toyland' on their
mandolins as an encore.
If Victor Herbert ever catches them
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: A MUSICAL EVENING

ence Smith and Lanceiot Diffenberger,
with a violin obligato on the side by
Hector Tompkins.
Never before have / seen music so
roughly handled.
1t looked like a wslk-over for Clar-
ence, but in the fifth round he blew
couple of green notes and Lancelot
got the decision.
Then, for a consolation prize, Hec-
tor led out in the middle of the room,
where he assassinated Mascagn2s
"Cavalleria Rusticana" so thoroughly
that it will never be able to enter a
ffty-cent table d'hote restaurant again.
Almost before the audience had time
to recover, Peaches sister Jennie was
coaxed to sing Tosti's "Good ByeP
I'm very fond of sister Jennie, but
I'm afraid if Mr.. Tosti ever heard her
sing his Good Bye" he would say, The
same to you, and here's your hat"
Before Jennie married and moved
West / remember she had a very pretty
mezzo-concertina voice, but she's been
so long away helping Stub Wilson to
make. Milwaukee famous that nova
days her top notes sound like a cuckoo
clock after its been up all night
/ suppose it's wrong for me to pull
this about our oRn flesh and blood,
but when a married woman with six
fine children, one of them at Yale,
walks sideways up to piano and be-
gins to squeak, "Goodby, summer !
Goodby, summer!" just as if she were
calling the dachshund in to dinner, l
think it's time she declined the nomi-
nation.
Then Bud Hawley, after figuring it
all out that there was no chance of his
getting arrested, sat down on the piano
stool and made a few sad remarks,
which in their original state form the
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| scene-and it was. Everybody in the
room got mad.
When peace was finally restored
Mrs. rockingham informed US that
the rest of the paid" talent had dis
appointed her and she'd have to de-
pend on volunteers. Then she
whispered to Miss Gladiola Hunger-
schnitz, whereupon that young lady
giggled her way over to the piano and
began to knock its teeth out.
The way Gladiola went after one OF
Beethoven's sonatas and slapped its
ears was pitiful.
Gladiola learned to injure a piano at
conservatory of music. She can take
Hungarian rhapsody and turn it into
goulash in about 81 bars.
.. At the finish of the sonata we all
applauded Gladiola just as loudly as
we could, in the hope that she would
faint with surprise and stop playing,
Dut no sucn LUCK
She tied a couple of chords together
and swung that piano like a pair of
Indian clubs.
First she did my Old Kentucky
Home with variations, until every
body who had home began to weep
for fear it might get to be like her
Kentucky home.
The Variations were where she made
a mistake and struck the right note.
Then Gladiola moved up to the
squeaky end of the piano and gave an
imitation of Swiss music box.
1t sounded to me like Swiss cheese.
Presently Giadiola ran out of raw
material and subsided, while we all ap-
plauded her with our fingers crossed,
and two very thoughtful ladies began
TO talk fast to Gladiola so as to take
her mind off the piano.
This excitement was followed by
another catastrophe named Minnehaha
Jones, who picked up a couple Of So
prano songs and screeched them at US.
Minnehaha is one of those fearless
singers who vocalize without a safety
valve. She always keeps her eyes
closed, so she can't tell just when her
audience gets up and leaves the room.
The next treat was a mixed duet on
the flute and trombone between Clar-
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music sheets carefully removed. Wher
Nancy opened her eyes they fell upon tht
shining black face of her servant an4
the meal spread before her.
Dear Aunt Beulahr' cried the girl
delightedly; you are a witch or a good
fairy 1 do belIeve-you said we were out
Of mesl-and here you have placed be-
! fore me a supper fit for queen.
Ummmml How good that tea smells
and beefsteak! and honey! Aunt Beulah,
have you eaten anything yourself?' she
asked sharply.
Use gwine ter eat now. Honey" pro-
tested Aunt Beulah, weakly, for the smell
of the viands had whetted her famished
appetite. "Jes' as soon as / wait on
yo-
Bring a plate and a cup and saucer
and sit right down there-yes, at the
same table with me, Beulah Lee"' or
dered Nancy. sternly. II know mighty
well that you didn't get this food with
the money ! gave youi You're my
friend, Beulah; sit down and eat-well,
this once. anyway
Aunt Beulah protestingly obeyed, sit
ting on the edge of her chair and drink
ing eagerly of the strong tea
Miss Nancy. honey" she mumbled
y
own way-and yo' doan't know yo' place
jes' like Massa Frank-lak two peas"
Nancy grew very pale and dropped her
knife and fork.
Aunt Beulah," she quavered. "What
made you speak of Francis Day."
II was tinkin' erbout him." muttered
Beulah doggedly II was tinkin' IL il
come out dis-erway-dat Massa Frank
want daid, nohow-and he coined yere
ter see us and said his Pah wuz daid an
wouldn't objec' no noah to yo' and Mas-a
Frank bein' mah'ied and-honey, doan
yo' look at me LAX dat!''
Beulah sprang heavily around the table
and supported Nancy, in her stout arms.
The girls white face fell against the
strong shoulder. and her long darn
lashes curIed on her cheek.
such dreams don't come true. Aunt
Beulahr' she sobbed.
Honey, it am come truer' said Aunt
Beulah. gently.
Haitian hour later Aunt Beulah went
downstairs and brought very impa.
tient young man up to the little rooms
under the roof
Nancy. her cheeks sglow with happi-
ness, swayed uncertainty In the door,
way as they came in. Francis Day
caught her in his arms and held her
closely. Presently they looked up and
saw Aunt Beuiah watching them, tears
rolling down her dusky cheeks.
GLORY hallelujah." she triumphed as
she went to her kitchen. Dem chillens
neber will keep dey place!"
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''Yassah-yo' see couldn't go out while
| Miss Nancy war sick and nobody
| wouldn't hev wanted me no-ways wild
paid, sez i, an 1 tak's nah two hans
I an goes out. Miss Nancy tnks 1 been
| traipsin' around lookin' inter de shop
windows and sech foolish carryin's on!''
Aunt Beulah rocked back and forth
chuckling mirthfully.
You are a noble woman, Aunt Beulah
Lee" Francis Day said with deep feel
ing, ''and when say that you are a
noble woman, Aunt Beulah, 1 am only
repeating what my mother would have
said IL she had been here and heard
your story. Now, let US go to Nancy"
I'm spang 'fraid ter go, Massa Frank.
Dat chile is delikit and de surprise would
kill her daid."
Break it to her gently. First, take
this and go to the store and get what you
need. Then after Nancy has had her
supper you can tell her and then meet
me and let me know when I can see her
If all Is well-after that-why, please
God, I'll take you both home with me-
''Oh, Massa Frank - back to de ole
placer
Yes My father is dead, you know,
and / came home. I've been looking
for Nancy. I heard she was in Balti-
more, but couldn't get a trace of her.
I've been making a house-to-house in
quiry-at least I've been to most of the
shops here asking for news of either one
Of you, and when you came into the gro
Gerry tonight l was waiting for an oppor-
tunity to ask the busy shopkeeper il he
had any customers who answered to your
description. Now, take this and 1 viii
wait for you here and help you tote home
your bundles"
Aunt Beulah took the money and lum-
bered away in the direction of the lit
tie grocery, and presently she returned
with a large basket filled with packages.
She would not allow Francis to carry the
basket
''Whut would yore nah say ter see dat
yo' doan't know yo' place no better'n dat,
Massa Frank?" she reproved him, as they
went toward the big house.
She left Francis Day at the foot Of the
steps while she painted up to the little
room under the roof. :, She hummed a
camp meeting song as she moved around
the kitchen, lighting the lamp, stirring
the fire to glowing heat and bringing the
teakettle to a boil.
Presently she entered Nancy's little
room and placed heavily laden tray on
the table. Nancy was curled in a big
chair fast asleep.
lamp was lighted and the scattered
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w at his OtHce at Ieisurely hour
on Monday morning he found hei
sitting there.
''of course you know me-" she said
offering him her bare hand pulled from
her nun. and then with a surprise that
made him almost vince he recognized
Jane Putnam, Clara's sister.
He stammered something about his sur
prise and pleasure, and she went on:
isn't there a private office? I don't like
to make explanations here" She. in
clined her head toward the stenographer
and the office boy. and Tom led her into
his small inner ofice.
Here Tom seated her in his large arm
chair at his desk and drew a small chair
up for himself You were mighty good
to come to see me-" he said, fumbling for
her reason.
"of course it is quite a secret" said
Jane. Clara would have a fit II she
knew, and probably never will know.
Tom bowed his head at the mention OF
Clara's name. 1t had come to be habit
ever since Sne nau given HeE hAioi iSAe0o'
six years ago for him to assume
funereal expression at the thought OF
her name. II poignancy had somewhat
worn on it wasn't that any other name
had taken its place, but simply that time
had defaced the vividness Of IT. As a
matter of fact, he hadn't thought OF
Clara for weeks. possibly for months.
well, Il Is this way" Jane continued,
the color rising to her cheeks It's
dreadfuIly hard to explain. II had
known how hard l don't believe l ever
should have come. told Clara l was
coming in to the city to see some old
school friends. It's this way"
Thomas laughed at James embarrass-
ment and watched with amusement the
color rising in her cheeks. Jane sat up
straight in her chair and explained.
speaking very fast, as If she hao gone
over her speech before and was saying
II from memory.
Its this way OF course, you know
that / know that you asked Clara to
marry her, and i have found out that
you haven't married or become engaged
since. made sure OF that. You told her
you woundn't-I saw il in a letter. And
Clara hasn't married-not because she
wouldn't. but because there isn't anybody
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AS Family Skeleton of the Frothnghams, the Old
Man Proves Fractious- s-After Long Program
for Weird Harmonies Something
Simple Appeals.
By GEORGE w. HOBART
By GEORGE v. HOBART
: Copyright 1918.

and cuddled up in Hep's hair.
Rufus apologized and said he'd dc
the trick over again if some one
would lend him hat, but nothing do.
ing. We all preferred our eggs boiled
Then we had Claribel Montrose in
select recitations She was all the
money.
Claribel grabbed "The Wreck of the
Hesperus" between her pearly teeth
and shook it to death. Then she got
half-Nelson on Poe's Raven and
put it out of business.
Next she tried an imitation of the
balcony scene from Romeo and
Juliet" If Juliet talked like that dame
did no wonder she took poison.
Then Claribel let down her back
hair and started in to give us a mad
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there'll be a couple of shine chord
chokers away to the bad.
When the Pippin brothers took a
bow and backed off into a vase of
flowers we were all invited to listen
to a soprano solo by Imogene Glass
face
When Imogene sings she makes faces
at herself. When she needs a high
note she goes after it like hen after
1adybug. Imogene sang "Sleep,
Sweetly Sleep" and then kept us
awake with her voice.
Then we had Rufus Kellar Smith,
the parlor prestidigitator. Rufus was
a bad boy.
He cooked an omelet in a silk hat
and when he handed the hat back to
Hep Hardy two poached eggs fell out
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~AYi did you ever stray ava,
- from home of an evening anc
go to one of those parlor riots
Friend wife called it a musicale, but
to me it looked more like session OF
the Mexican congress in boiler fac
tory.
They pulled IT of at Mrs. Luella
Frothingham's, over on the Drive.
I like Luella and l like her husband,
Jack rockingham, so it's no secret
conclave of the Anvil Association
when ] whisper them wise that the
next time they give musical evening
my address is Forest Avenue, corner
of Foliage Street, in the woods.
The Frothinghams are nice people
and old friends, and they have more
money than some folks have hay, but
that doesn't give them a license to
spoil one of my perfectly good even
ings by sprinkling a lot of canned
music and fricasseed recitations all
over it.
The Frothinghams have a skeleton
in their closet. Its name is Uncle
Heck, and he weighs 237-not bad for
a skeleton. Uncle Heck is Joe Nor
gan. His sole ambition in life is to
become politely picked and fall asleep
draped over a gold chair in the draw
ing room when there's high-class COM
pany present.
For that reason the Frothinghams
on state occasions put the skids under
Uncle Heck and run him off stage till
after the final curtain.
On some occasions Uncle Heck
breaks through the bars and dashes
into the scene of refinement with merry
quirp and jest, to the confusion of
his relatives and the ill-concealed
amusement of their guests.
This was one of those occasions.
Early in the evening Jack took Uncle
10 his room, sat him in front of a
quart of vintage and left the old
geezer there to slosh around in the
surf until sleep claimed him for its
own.
But before the wine was gone Uncle
Heck put on the gloves with Nor
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tCOryrisht IslG)

tCorgnght l9i3b
VkTHEN Mr.. Thomas Clarke arrived
" at his ONCE at leisurely hour
on Monday morning he found her
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CLUB NOTES

The social event of h week occurred
on Tuesday when the Langdon woman
club held their annual social evening
in that city, the hostesses for the oc-
casion being Mesdames Schulke,, G. M;
Price, Robson Cleary, Pockrandt and
Scadene. The entertainment took the
form of a musical evening, the club
members, their husbands and friends
being invited to hear Professor Lam
pert al the home of Mrs. A. Schulke.
The professor comes from the Wesley
Conservatory of Music at Grand Forks
and he certainly furnished a musical
treat that was greatly appreciated and
enjoyed by those present. Professor
Rowlands, also of the Wesley conserv-
atory, was present as accompanies and
helped greatly in h beautiful inter
probation of Professor Lamperts solos
on the violin. At the close of the
musicale a pleasant social time was
had. During the present year h club
women have been studying the poetry
of Robert Browning and the hostesses
showed their c1everness and originality
nv serving a brown lunch as a finale
to a most enjoyable evening.
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At the Hotels

Everett Evans of Crosby is in the
city.
w. w. RUIZ of Grand Forks was in
the city today.
q w. Parker of Lisbon, the well
known druggist of that city, spent the
day in the city.
Palph /. Miller of Melville was in
the city today on business.
crank L. Goebel of B~ottineau was a
business visitor in the city today.
r a. White of Edgeley was a Fargo
business caller today.
cast Herman of Tolna spent the day
in the business district.
Charles i. Thurber of Chatield min
pIed in Fargo business circles today.
A. S. Peterson Of Verona is in the
city.
Miss Ethel Chapman Of Tower City
ia q guest at the Gardner hotel.
Miss Anna husband Of Klaten spent
the day in the shopping district
J. C. Reed of jamestown was a BUSH
ness visitor to the city today and Is q
guest at the Webster.
John McFall and Albert Mickey Of the
town of Arthur were registered at one
Of the city hotels over night.
u. and william Hoff of Dangler have
arrived in the city and are guests at
the Metropole.
Homer Hyart of the town OF Steele
arrived In the city this morning to
look after business matters.
Miss M. Haas and Miss y. Linchner
| az New Rockford are spending the day
at n OF the city hotels.
!. r. Berg and wife of Rock Lake.
Mimi, are visiting their city friends
and doing shopping today.
Joseph and olga Christ Of New Rock
sord nave arrived in the city to do some
shopping and visiting.
Miss Mabel Il. Henry OF Wahpet IN
| has arrived In the city for a stay OF d
day or two at one of h hotels.
Mr.. and Mrs. MiIburn OF Jamestown
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have arrived in the city and are guests
at the new Annex.
c. r. Larson of the town of Maddox
Is a business visitor to the city and
Is at h Waldorf.
r. c. Martin and wife Of Wimbledon
have arrived in the city for shopping
and calling on friends,
Mrs. G. F. Majors of Tower City ar
rived in the city last evening and is a
guest at the Waldorf.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Pares of Binford
are shopping in the city and visiting
friends.
Miss Annette Hoelzlo Of Wimbledon
is visiting her friends in the city to-
day and shopping.
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STATE WEDDINGS

A very pretty wedding occurred al
the Blkwood Lutheran church on Wed
nesday afternoon, Jan. 20, when Miss
Mabel Erickson became the bride OF
william Tessman, of Frazee, Mimi.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
r. ~Jorgensen' of Grand Forks.
At the home of Mrs. Ida Rogers near
Iona, on Feb, s, occurred the marriage
Of her daughter. Nellie, TO David Kins-
father of Opheim, Mont, the service
being read by Elder Sparkling of Minot.
on a wedding trip through the Canad-
ian northwest by way of Grand Forks,
Winnipeg n Regina, where they will
visit friends, their final destination be-
ing their Montana home.
Pleasantly surprising news was re-
ceiyed late this week Of the marriage
on Feb. II, of Miss Bessie Delameter
Of Erie to Arthur Forkert of Verona
vicinity.
Bernhard Hoyum and Miss Minnie p.
Bolme, both of Christine, were Joined
in marriage at the county court rooms
In Wahpeton Monday morning by
At the home Of MI. and Mrs. Hans
o. Reiten last Friday at Petersburg,
occurred the marriage of their daugh-
GCAB Vii ASLlAlSJ " hldEllH w.. LOhSls rev.
Mr.. Ringstad performing the ceremony.
On Monday, Feb. 40, at the Methodist
parsonage at Grafton, Rev. G. Z. Stin-
son united in marriage Miss Bessie
Evelyn Mcfarland of Acton township,
and Marion j. Munich, of Seattle, Wash.
The bridegroom Is a civil engineer who
has been residing at Seattle for sOme
time, but who has just accepted a
position on the government dam at
Keokuk, Ia. The couple will reside
at Keokuk.
Hankinson friends this week receiv-
ed announcements of the marriage of
Miss Pearl Dougherty of Paramount to
DIR. Herbert b. Wentz of Verona. The
wedding took place Jan. 20, and was
a complete surprise to most of their
friends. After a tour of the southern
states DIR. and Mrs. Wentz will be at
home at Verona after Feb. Is.
At the country residence of the BRIDE
groom's parents, near Devils Lake, the
wedding OF Miss Cora Oline Wollan,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Wollan
Of Glenwood, Mimi, and William Har-
old Goozee was celebrated, the Rev. A.
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e. CIattenberg OF the Episcopal church
officiating.
STATE EVENTS

Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. oertli of Havana
entertained at a 6 o'clock dinner on
Thursday of this week at their home in
that city. After the dinner, which was
thoroughly. enjoyed, the evening was
game. The guest list included Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. KriegeT, Mr.. and Mrs. S. f..
E%Ilingson and MI. and Mrs. Frank
Powers.