Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-09
Settling
Beatrice
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AeopUhsAUtMlY 1OE BedIflceS set
Element is rendering me absolutely dts
eraught, Doris. Living in a little place
sike this with 50 few social equals Is
en0ugh to drive one Wild"
Mrs. Eileen Campbell, wife Of the
Aime manufactures at Bardstown roll
Cd her china-blue eyes deprecatively.
Ell It weren't that Frank is making
eaoney hand over fst,' as he calls It,
here, simply could not endure It"
hrs. Carries, wife Of the rOad-bulld-
gng contractor nodded approximately.
''That's what tell Gene. How long
are you going to stay in New York
with the Macons, EiIeenT
''0h. two weeks, probably. Now that
Bee leaves tomorrow with Alethea Nc
Que for the house-party, / feel safe
about her. Alethea has been begging
me to let her stay on with them
through the summer. Sammy she
lowered her voice, Sammy is going to
De therei"
'HOw very opportune" commented
Mrs. Carter.
Beatrice, an involuntary listener,
with her piQuant face, her characterize
aaouth and blue eyes, both dolOrOus
end indignant hastily left the library.
Her father. a serlous-lOOklng man with
red hair, met her in the hail. "Oh,
daddy, let me stay home with you
while mother is away" she whispered.
y want to sol"
@Your mother would have fit If you
nalssed that McCue blowout, sweet
heart. We can't go against her in this,
Il guess. It's Iate--you'd better run
away to your bed. But wait, Kitten,
Acres check l promised Pryor. Adj
dress 1t to him, and drop 1t in the box,
WIN you?"
after an interminable time, 1t seemed
60 Beatrice, she heard her parents go
80 their sleeping rooms, but sleep
would not come to her. She arose
finally and drew on her dressing gown.
II wish 1 could tell daddy" she
thought as she went to her writing
desk. fTll write to Louie-he can't
help me, but I've got to tell somebody
aowi"
%Bardstown, N. c., August 2, 1915.
''Dr. Louis M. Acheson, Pendleton,
Oregon" she wrote at the top Of her
rage.
''Dear, Dear Louie.--T promised you
I'd tell you the minute / found the
prince, but couldn't, though it's been
four months. / was too happy, for a
little while, and since-oh, Louie-Tve
got to tell somebody my troubles, or
I'll burst!
II guess I've told you In this tiny old
place. there's 400 only here it's
co. mostly the Macon family sclons.
The Macon father was an old scoun-
drel Tim quoting daddy, but he
owned the big resort hotel here and
nearly everything else. Mrs. Atlee
Jeffers and Mrs. Felix Landrith, two
Of the daughters, live here. Mrs. Land
Tlth married an old, old man, some
thing like Maharajah for wealth Che
must have been beast, judging by
her unhappy facet, and she's got reg
Mar castle overlooking the town.
swell, mother considers them, and |
her very special Mrs. Doris Carter, and
q few others, her social equals. /
wouldn't say 1t to anybody but you,
Louie, but you know 1t already; moth
Ct and her friends just live for dane
Ing and entertaining, and clothes
nothing else! Daddy told her yester-
day their chief occupation as he sees
It is the 'ornamentation Of the chariots
that carry them through this little arc
In the circle Of belngl'
@But because the Macon scIons are
zert OF patrons Of Arland, the little
---. church here, and attend services
once in q blue moon, mother does, too,
and I've been attending the Arland
school, and other services
right along, without protest from
her. Early this spring, Mr.. Lowrie,
the old pastor, died and the board
Ehat pays the minister's small salary,
sent Glenn Pryor. He isn't exclusive,
and just 'churchy,' Hike Mr.. Lowrie.
He wants to help everybody and every
thing, and he makes friends with all
the poor and neglected. He's started
I branch of the Good Citizens league,
aud now you can't find rusty tin
TAN or q homeless cat In the town. He
Doesn't trouble himself so much about
the So except that he calls on them
and Is pleasant to them.
's..And he's started a Young Folks
circle for Wednesday evenings that
does things like singing to sick folks,
and the jail folks, and the county in
Urinary folks. / knew he was the
prince" the first time heard him
speak. OF course, he didn't know
right OF I was the princess" but he
came to know. (Louie, I'm like daddy
II love people. just because they're
peopIe), and he liked my way, ] know,
for Ee--he'd got so his eyes were GLAD
when they turned to mel And ! was
happy
ssThen the first Of July the season
opened at the hotel, and they begun
those Wednesday and Saturday night
Iances. The first Wednesday night we
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