The Oakes times., 1914-01-01
Miss Ca1liope's
Cure
The Good Result Of q
Shock
By EUNlcE DRAKE
By EUNIcE DRAKE

Seton 40 she glanced up at the win.
dows Of the Delmore house on the hill.
sLasy Calliope Delmore!'' snifYed her
mother. painting % her too abundant
nesh trudged up the graveled path to
the front door. ''Did you ever see such
q neglected dooryard In all your lifeT'
you're her second cousin. ma. Why
don't you try to give her q mite Of
piece Of your mind-kind Of second
cousins slice?' asked Hester sarcas.
ticaliy.
"And have my head bit off, retort-
ed her mother. II spoke to Calliope
fifteen years ago when Carol Fenton
went Oh and married that city girl.
Says I. Cal. for the lands sake don't
take to your bed (she was acting all
broken up about the matterD: .just turn
your face to the world and act like you
don't care"
"whnt did she sayT" asked Hester
curiously.
"say7 Says she: 'Emmeline Seton.
I'd thank you to mind your own bust
ness: When the rheumatic goes out Of
my legs l reckon I'll get up and walk
with the best Of 'em. amt a-grieving
over Carol Fenton. I'm suffering with
rheumatic! My advice to you 10 that
II you've got any business Of your own
to tend to 1t and let mine alone!' 60
I don't never interfere with Calli0pe
Delmore. She can lay abed till the
judgment day"
"Well. she don't lay abed much, and
you must admit that she's busy as
bee with her fingers from morning till
night She cuts and sells carpet rags
enough to make living for EN-"
"Humph: A woman forty years old
amt no right to be chair rid as l can
see. Knock again. Hester. and II lsa-
bel don't come shall walk right in.''
Hester rnpped loudly and once more
pulled the knob Of the rusty bell wire.
A window sash screeched up. and a
woman's voice called musically: Come
in. whoever you be. Isabel amt to
home"
Mrs. Seton and Hester tried the door
and. finding It locked. walked around
the path to the side entrance. They
pushed open the screen door and walk
ed into Calliope Delmore's sitting
room.
''That you. Emmeline and Hester?
How do you dog" Calliope looked up
from her sewing and motioned them
to comfortable cushioned chairs. "Give
your mother that fan. Hester. and take
OF her bonnet Lay aside your own
hat, child. and II you'll go to the cellar
you'll 6nd some root beer. Isabel made
1t three days ago. and it's Just right
now
"How be you. Calliope?" asked Mrs.
Seton reluctantly. for she made 1t a
point not to acknowledge that anything
was seriously amiss with her second
cousin. She always spoke impatiently
to Calliope. just as IL she would like to
pick her out Of the big Boston rocker
and send her hurrying around the
house In healthy. normal manner.
"Well." said Calliope cheerfully. "it's
dreadful hot. amt 1t. Emp
awful. You must appreciate this
call. It's tuckered me out to climb the
hill" said Mrs. Seton. tanning herself
vigorously. who is the carpet for
now. Calliope?"
"Lida SOper. She's been saving rags
for years for this sitting room carpet. I"
ITS going to be real bright and
pretty" nodded Mrs. Seton over the
glass Of root beer that Hester had
brought to her. "Where's Isabel, CALI
ope?"
"Gone riding with Newton Deane."
said Calliope hardly.
Newton Deane!'' exclaimed Hester
jealousy.
Mrs. Seton blinked rapidly. New
toms half nephew to Carol Fenton.
amt he?"
"You ought to know. EN-" retortet
Calliope dryly. seeing that you almost
married Newton's father"
Mrs. Seton bridled as she threw up
her large pink hands.
Don't get to talking to Hester about
my beaus. Calliope. The child won't
have any respect for her ma IL you
tell her what madcap I was in them
days"
Hester giggled. "You can't cut up
much now. ma" she said wickedly.
II have ho desire to- said Mrs Sc
ton primly. suddenly remembering her
great bulk. I'VE was speaking of Car
rol Fenton. Calliope. was over to
Millerton last week. and saw him.
He's grown considerable old looking"
"Apt to. Don't get any younger with
the years." raped out Calliope In the
crisp phrases she adopted when re-
marks became personal
'Some say his wife's death broke
him up. and others say 1t was bless.
ed relief and that he looks better than
he ever did since he married her. She
kept his nose to the grindstone always.
90 they say: extravngant and nighty
too nighty for a minister's wife"
Ministers wives are only human.
Churches don't pay salaries big enough
to give 'em much Of a good time. I
guess Lena Fenton took what fun she
could as she went along"
Mrs. Seton gasped. 81 didn't expect
you'd be standing up for Carol Fen.