The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-02-05
OMISSION CORRECTED,
AN EPISODE" SET OUT.

cultOr - as Tree IRON Uue pOS6l'
bility of being wrong as mortal
man can be, yet o rare, very
rare occasions he has been known
to slip a cog and leave unsaid
those things which he ought to
have said and say those things
he ought not to have said, and
consequently for the time being
he was not ingood health-which
probably was the reason it hap.
pened. But as We said, these
lapses are rare, very rare. How.
ever, when o n e of them does
make an error he never enjoys a
minutes peace OF mind Gf he be
a married mani, until it has been
rectided. And so with these in
troductory remarks we proceed
to square ourselves for the omis.
sion we made from these col.
umns last week of mention OF tho
fact that on the preceding Friday
evening a party of thirteen ladies
and gentleman-three gentlemen
-suffragers Of the local club,
visited their neighboring suffrag.
srs at Colgate. The trip W a
made in the old covered hack
known as the BLACK Mariar,"
but whose original mission was
to convey the country children
between their homes a d the
city schools. The evening was
delightful, though a little cold,
but the company was provided
W th an abundance of robes,
blankets, ETC., and what with the
attentive care Of their male es.
corts, Messrs. Shippy, Wheeler
and Egan, the robes were kept
in place and the ladies suffered
no inconvenience from the frost.
mess of the evening. And right
here was the beginning of an ep.
isode which, to save our neck, we
cannot refrain from relating.
In arranging the robes so that
the sisters might get the best ser.
vice from them, ono Of Attorney
Shippy's hands came in contact.
with another hand. which proved
to have q most soothing effect on.
him-and so he hung on to it.
And at that identical moment
Brother Wheeler's h dun.
der the robe-came in contact
with another hand. which also
seemed to affect him about as did
the hand which our friend Shippy
was hanging on to with so much
satisfaction and affection-both
gentlemen ever and anon giving
their captured hand a gentle but
affectionate squeeze-which. Of
course, met with magnetic re-.
Spouse. And from that time on
for the rest of the down trip
there was a tumultous silence
from the Shippy-Wheeler side of
the bus, 80 much so that there
were anxious inquiries as to the
whyfore. etc., but all eliciting
the reply that they were doing
quite well. thank u,"--and an
other squeeze. And what do you
reckon was the surprise a n d
amazement and chagrin and some
other things of the two old gen.
tlemen when they arrived at the
end of the drive and the robes
we're thrown back, that for six
mortal miles they had been hold.
ing, squeezing, and otherwise at.
fectionately fondling-each the
others hand! All manner o t
excuses were. of course attempt
ed, but it was too good for any
of the party to keep, and so some
of them just naturally leaked,
and the facts finally reached the
editor.
But nevertheless and notwith.
standing the above and forego.
ing, las our friend Shippy would
put it,, the visitors received q
hearty welcome and were delight.
fully entertained. Votes 70 r
women" was the slogan, and
they launched forth to the fray
in the most enthusiastic manner.