The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-15

present the scene WIN some eiapora-
ton. He dropped the handle OF the
freezer. rose. assumed a stately but
ingratiatlng expression ana stepped
up" to the Imagined couple. using
pacing and rhythmic gait
Then. bending graciously, as though
the persons addressed were or dwarf
ish stature. 'Scuse me-" he said, but
kin ! please be so p'lite as to 'quiah
20 name" For a moment he listen
ed attcntively, then nodded, and, re-
turning with the same aristocratic I'M
dulations to an imaginary doorway
near the freezer. "Nlisto an Missuz or-
losko Rinktum!' he proclaimed sono-
rously.
Jane looked at him thoughtfully.
"Do you like II better than cuttin
grass. Genesis" she asked
lie paused to consider. "Yes'm-
when ban play all lem tunes! My
gooness. do SCUM gram
"You cant do II tonight. though,
Genesis" said Jane. "You haf to be
quiet on Sunday nights, don't your
"Yes'm. Ain got no mo kaytunun
till mex Friday even"
ooh. bet that's the party for Miss
Pratt at Mr.. farchers! Jane cried
"Didn't ! guess rightf'
"ies'm ! reckon I'm a-goln Q see
one yo' family AT night-Sce MN danc-
In, wait on him at ref-eshmhns'
James expression became even more
serious than usual "Wiliief don't
know whether mes goih pehesis.
Ian name! 'ehesls exclaimed
He die 81 he doh git invite 70 AT
ball!
"Oh. he's invited" SAID Jane. only
think maybe he won't 60.
I MY guo'ncss! why ain he goin'F
Jane looked at her friend studlously
before replying. wei, It's secret
she SAID hnnlly, mn It's very inter-
sting one an ] u tell you II you never
tell.
Yes m. ain tellin' nobody
Jane glanced round. then stepped
little closer ana told the secret WIN
the solemnlty II deserved. wen. when
Miss fratt hrst came To Visit MISS
May Parcher. Willie used to keep pa
pas evening Gu" cS III ms Wlildow seat.
an mamma wondered what had be-
come or EN- Then AFTER dinner, ned
slip up there an put EN- on him an
60 out through the kitchen an call On
Miss Pratt.
Then mamma found EN-, an she
thought he oughtn't to do that, so she
didn't, tell him or anything, an she
didn't even tell papa. but she had the
tailor make en- ever an ever so much
bigger, cause they were gettin' too
tight for papa. An, well. so after that,
even II Willie could get EN- out o
mammals cio'es clSet where she keeps
'em now. he'd look so funny In EN- he
couldn't wear EN-. Well. an then he
couldn't go to pay calls on Miss Pratt
In the evening since then, because
mamma says after he started to go
there in that suit he couldn't go with
out it. or maybe Miss Pratt or the 9TH
er ones that's in love OF her would
think II was pretty queer an maybe
kind Of expeck II was papas all the
time.
Mamma says she thinks " me must
have worried good deal over reasons
|" say why me- Always 20 III the uay-
time after that an never came IN the
evening. An now they re eoih 10 nave
ms party, an she says ne peeh get
TN paler an paler every Gay since ne
heard about H. Mamma says mes pale
some because Miss Pratts roin away,
but she thinks IL good zeal more
because wei, II he would wear th"se
evening cioe just 10 20 Quinn NOW
would II be I" go To that party an NOT
have any That's what mamma thinks
an, henrNiS. YOU promised you u new
er tell rs long as you live.
Yes IN; am telllh, Gehesis
chuckled I'm a-goln' GIT me one
mem waltuh SUITS beio long nyse l.
SOS ! kin quit wearin' ut ole Henry
Gimlet suit what bIong to Fanny an
have me privut SUIT o my own
Theys a secon han sto own on the
avynoo, where they got swallertail
suits all way rum sevum dolluhs To
nineteen dolluhs an ninety eight cents.
I'm "a
Inn, start,I iut.rruptiup him '.Shf'