The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-05-25

have her up again before"
"Of course" said Bibbs. "Do you
like the new place. EdithT'
II don't like some of the things ia
ther would have in ii, but it's the finest
house in town, and that ought to be
good enough for me! Papa bought n
thing | like-a view of the Bay of
Naples in oil that's perfectly beauti-
full; it's the first thing you see as you
come in the front hall, and it's eleven
feet long. But he would have that old
fruit picture we had in the Murphy
street house hung up in the new din
ing room. It's horribly out Of date to
have those things in dining rooms, and
l caught Bobby Lamhorn giggling at
1t; and Sibyl made fun Of it, too, with
Bobby, and then told papa she agreed
with him about it's being such a fine
thing, and said he did just right to
insist on having it where he wanted 1t.
She makes me tired! Sibyl!
Edith's first constraint with her
brother, amounting almost to awk-
wardness. vanished with this theme,
though she still kept her full gaze al
ways to the front, even in the extreme
ardor of her denunciation Of her sister
in-law.
"Sibyl!' she repeated, with such heat
and vigor that the name seemed to
strike fire on her lips. I'D like to
know why Roscoe couldn't have mar
ried somebody from here that would
have o us some good, instead of
this Sibyl Rink! l met some awfully
nice people from her town when mann
ma and l were at Atlantic City, last
spring, and not one had ever ever
heard Of the Kinks! Not even heard
of 'em!"
II thought you were great friends
with Sibyl," Bibbs said.
"Up to the time l found her QUIT"
the sister returned. with continuing
vehemence. I've found out some
things about Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan
lately"
Its only lately?"
"Well-" Edith hesitated, her lips
setting primly. "Of course, I always
did see that she never cared the snap
of her little finger about Roscoe!'
at seems" said Bibbs. in laconic
protest, that she married him."
The sister emitted a shrill cry, to bs
and. in her emotion, spoke too impul
sively: why. she'd have married you!"
mo, no." he said; "she couldn't be
that bad!"
Il didn't mean" she began, dis
tressed. Il only meant 1 didn't
mean"
Never mind, Edith" he consoled
her. You see, she couldn't have mar
ried me, because | didn't know her;
and besides, If she's as mercenary as
all that, she'd have been too clever.
The head doctor ever had to lend me
the money for my ticket home.''
II didn't mean anything unpleasant
about you" Edith .babbled. Il only
meant l thought she was the kind of
Il girl who was so simply crazy to
marry somebody she'd have married
anybody that asked her"
Yes, yes" said Bibbs; SITS al
straight" And, perceiving that his
sisters expression was that of a per
son whose a%droitness has set matters
perfectly to rights, he chuckled silently.
"Roscoe's perfectly lovely to her"
she continued, d moment later. TOO
lovely! If he'd wake up a little and
lay down the law, some day, like a
man ur,aSc chn'I ,nSpnot him mono
and earn to behave herself!"
"'BehaveT'"
"Oh, well. / les she's so insince,e (,
said Edith, enthusiastically evasive
when 1t came to stating the very point
to which she had led, and in this not
unique of her SEX.
Bibbs contented himself with q non
committal gesture. Business is crawl
ing up the old Streets he said, his
long, tremulous hand indicating a
Vastly structure in course of erection.
The boarding houses come first, and
then the
That isn't for Shops" she informed
him. That's a new investment Of
papa's-the Sheridan apartments
Well. WELL" he murmured. Il sup.
posed Sheridan was almost we'll
enough known here already"
.Oh, we're well enough known
about" she said, impatientiy. Il gut SIS
there isn't a man, woman, child or Mig
ger baby in town that doesn't kno "
who we are. But we aren't in with
the right people"
"Nor' he exclaimed. who's all
thatT'
You know what I mean: the best
people, the old families-the people
that have the real social position in
this town and that know they've got
it."
Bibbs engaged in his silent chuck,e
again; he seemed highly amused. Il
thought that the people who actually
had the real what-do-you-call-it didn't
know it," he said. i've always under
stood that 1t was very unsatisfactory,
because II you thought about II you
didn't have II. and II you had il you
didn't know IL"
That's just bosh," she retorted.
| They know u In this town. al righti