Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-09

bring Lucy Ann up to the eor,,.,.
the dinner was over.
you can Imagine. taat..
furry there was during tbs =, What
mencement week. sakes si,,s9ia
Ann had five lovely new 49,
sides all the other finerv ana s,e9
Although so much hnerv ur,e s'illoiat w
extravangance. held NV nee.
meant TO get Lucy Ann maria %
fore those beautiful dresses w.. "
style. Besides her graduation Nv
white SILK crepe she had a fawr
SILK for class day, a pink nuns,
for the Willard Society. and
colored liberty satin for the ain.
ception. On Sabbath mornins
young lady graduates wore 49,.
dresses to take their last cor,.
Obi 1t was a beautiful sight
EARLY In the morning of 60
ment day we carried a big now ~,
table out into the arbor wbsro ,..''n'
son rambler and honeysuclSle W.
all over the lattice, while tho
swaying Of the vines kept time
music OF the blue waves as tbeo
over the lake and washed the nshk,l
the shore. After the table was !.
for company we went TO the collie
Just tell YOU IL was a proi,d ~
our family. All the young Iadiss
dressed In white and looked YER,
but Lucy Ann was the flower OF ~
AS l said before, Lucy Ann -.
brightest scholar in the class IN.
dent and all the teachers mada
fuss over her. After all, ladies /.
be we'll enough TO give girls ooll...
cation, but II does take n heap ~ 81
well, when the exercises were N
the graduating class and ali Il
AIMS friends came home to dinns,
took Norman Williams out to tho An.
for the Greek teacher kept close 10
Ann. Then, too, felt It would be a. y
of charity to stay near him and bsin
through the meal, for 1 Just felt .g.' n
would make mistake. First. ~ !.
plates were passed around. Ana risa,
this juncture, ladies', 1 want M 49,
the latest style in soup and soup pls.
''The soup was real thin, witbon,
ghost of a vegetable In II, and n !,
brown in color. It looked for An
world like weak gravy or beef tea H.
ahl tho beautiful china plates and bs1
It was served in redeemed both the ~,
ly look and the soup, too. The soup MAJ
looked like very small bowls or ouns \.
they had two handles and a saucer
you couldn't pour your soup into A
for the saucer was cementsd 4,
10 the cup. Well when 1 saw those M,
falutin soup plates 1 thought had N
ter keep an eyes on Norman. And NJ
enough. when tho soup reached him
shook his head and said:
ct don't care for soup, waiter p
It on
Everybody at the table heard hi !.
mark and naturally looked our way n
held my feelings well back, thints
If his two farms and sawmill When "A
pies came on Norman and l both ios
emon pie, and 1 saw him pick up NJ
spoon, so 1 whispered just as kind
over 1 could:
DO take one of these new silver for,
o eat your pie. 1 gave all this new .
yer to Lucy Ann, and It's the very b
silver money can buy
ono responded Norman betw,-
L eat all my wet victuais va
| spoon
II saw It was no use to say mora
finished my dessert in silence. nd
he old family preacher-and he's n
;OueBo pTeSluelll, IOO-aTOSe ana SAID
4 have a very pleasant duty to Ia
crm. Lucy Ann is as dear as a dai
er to me. baptized her in her insaas
md saw her grow up in the church
college, and it was my pleasant duty
lay to present her with diploma,
low, ahem!-it is my pleasant Guty
confer upon her the degree of tea
o the Greek professor. Lucy Ann,
-ou and both of you please como
yard?"
Then ladies', the real meaning ofp
sarah said to me about Lucy Ann
'aring herself for a teacher FLASHED
ny mind. Lucy Ann and the Cred
essor stood up. and old Preached
cad the marriage service out dn
'rayer book and made them mar
ylfe.' oh. my! 1 can't get over It. H
hat Greek professor hasn't a dolln
less himself with, and to think n
lucy Ann would throw away two
arms and a sawmill
why, it's flying in the face OF PM
ence."
Copyright, 1915.