The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-22
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By CATHERINE cRANMER

IN
the pillows On the ereeena@-eQEerea
coach IN her mothers bedroom. and
paIAed 81 her BOog gieves VITA angaid
Jerks
Surely yea 6ea1 mean thar Mrs.
Nasen'S NJ hone was anything but
SuccsssT Her mothers response
was both = protest and An iaazfry.
Too s0ccessful.- xas BetryNs bored
reply. That's oce reason II wxS tire
some Bur I'm tired of being detail
Il the stage setting for same woman
snzhfricas 10 put over On her guIlihle
guests either her money Or her brains
o. her marriagenbas daughters
You're desperately Disappointing,
Betty. Keep Up such coaduct anoth-
e. season and y0au be wUrss than q
stage fixture: youH BE- forced clear
cut Of the wings
Then perhaps III strike NJ an SC
quaintanee with the stage hands or the
newspaper reporters o. somebody else
who can be Spontaneous and interest
ing
Please doaT remind me os yOGr
scandalous eo1duct at the Lafayette
club dinner dance. I sh0uld never get
over Il II the Markhams and Browns
found cot that It was yO1 who gave
the information about their feud to
that fmp%rtinent yoang scrub repor-
err
Cub reporter. mother corrected
Betty, =and that very story promoted
him from the cub class
~we win not discuss this matter
now Mrs Barnes exuded analaty In
her teae and manner the Markhams
are dining with ~ this erenfng. !
shah expect yoa 10 be deeently cor
DIAL
BY the time the second course was
served Mrs Markham produced her
conversation trump-the latest book
Have yca read that piece Of ef-
frontexy. IAaneuvering for First
Placer
Mrs. Barnes pleaded s1eh q busy
wreck with club committees that she
had not even heard Of the book Bet
II offered q meek affirmative and Mr..
Barnes surprised them all with his
reply.
Il read II yesterday on the train
coming from Chicago he said when
/ found that Betty had pus II in my
travelling bag along with my favorite
COPY of Haziitt, / felt like spanking
her. but III have to confess that the
audacsous title page carried me right
into the first chapter and that carried
me on through the book"
@wen. don't yOu think II the most
audacious slap at society imagtnahieT
Mrs. Markham's indignation was deeE
and dignifed-
Frankly" said Mr.. Barnes. with
smile, II thought 1t was pretty good
/ hit nj rs for allowing ourselves to pu'
too much stress on nonessenttals
~who wrote itYs demanded Mrs
Barnes. ready for hostilities4
ITS anonymous. but supposed e
have been written by group OF PEG
ME who style themselves the Socia
Spy Squad
4 The talk drifted to other subjects
and Just as the dinner was over
telephone message summoned th'
Narkhams home on account Of an &C
cident to one Of the children; so th'
bridge game that invariably followeS
dinner had TO be abandoned
Mr.. Barnes resumed reading his I'm
finished evening paper. Betty busie'
herself with some loose engraving
and Mrs. Barnes picked up the nev
hook that had been discussed at din
ner.
III IF everyone else Is reading this
suppose III have 10 read IL. too sh'
hezan. but the next instant stineneo
for in the doorway appeared Baruao.
Wood. whom she mentally termed tn
upstart young scrub" reporter n
ferred to In her conversation Wit
Retry before dinner. He looked tai
straight and assured. though decided
" pale. Immediately after the mrs
formal greetings were over, he startie'
them ali By saying that before Mn
Rarnes began the book he and Befr
would Ike to make a confession.
sSbe has given me the right to cal
her that he said. as he spproacne
Betty,s side. 'and we want to ask 70
and Mr. Barnes now to consent to on
marriage"
aAnd your means Of supportr' aske
John Barnes.
~why. daddy" broke In Betty. ou
hook IS already In the fourteenth tno'
sand. and the publishers say It VIII :
~ fifty within the month" Then. !
" confusion. she covered her olusnin
lei face with both her hands. but droppe
them as her father spoke.
Ill II never knew before that you Wei
the son Of the fellow l knew at co
tere as Squire John Wood, out I
confess I did suspect you two OF Q
ing sccompIices In that 'AaneuVefll
for First Place Mother. shall We !
This sauad Of spies escape ana ca
their lots together for lifeT
@onIv on condition that they kes
their crime a secret. and shift u
scene of future stories away from \
sar,sl set Mrs. Barnes named d
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