The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-05
WHEAlLESS DAY
BY VICTOR RADCLIFFE.
DOWNRIGHT. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.

NiScG lI. htilIll I-tHDiGe. MI. lsilipil |
Embrce was q man of Importance
"IIumph,' shrugged the customer |
yesterday was a meatless day and | |
had to miss my accustomed chop. l |
suppose it will be sheetless day soon, |
and we will have to roll up in blan- |
kets, and heatless day, with no steam
on
lie showed no resentment to the gov
| eminent by dispatching the wheatleSs
meal in due order and tipping the
waiter.
I'm not cross" he told himself as
/ he proceeded down the street, but |
4 don't like my days set tasks one Bit
/ Mr.. Embree went to n railroad de-
/ pot and purchased q ticket to Fair
/ dale, a little suburban town twenty
miles away. He entered the coach and
drew his coat collar up around his
neck to warn any laxative fellow pas
Senger that he had n decided crouch.
/ Then Ralph Embree began to think
hard.
He had, indeed something necessary
to ponder over. His son, Eldridge, had
come to him the day preceding. They
had always been in harmonious com
partnership.
Father" Eldridge had said frankly,
II have fallen in love with the sweet
est girl in the world, and / want to
marry her"
And you have hidden the face from
me until YOU had discounted its Gull
mnatiOn, eh?" the father spoke, half
mockingly.
Not l." demurred Eldridge. in his
open, light-hearted way. 'Why, IA
Their. l never knew she loved me till
yesterday, | have been sure of only
one thing: That an angel on earth is
embodied in Ruth Werner. That is the
t name OF the young lady who has won
: my love She lives at Hazleton with
= her old grandmother. Father" and
the tones grew pleading. Il shall abide
: your decision, but l want you TO see
Ruth ana her grandmother, even
. though Won ask that we wait years.
t Just 10 this one thing for me"
p "An right" assented the father
4 brusquely
Over the situation Ralph Embree
I now reflected, mapping out how h.
: would master it in his usual forceful,
= insistent way. Finally he decided he
1 would visit Mrs. Margaret Werner and
I her granddaughter, and be pleasant
t and polite.
! He located the home of Mrs Werner
: without much difficulty. He hardly
blamed Eldridge when young girl
e answered his summons at the door.
81 wished to see Mrs. Werner" an,
nounced Mr.. Embree.
o ooh, grandma, you mean?" chirped
e this vision of rare beauty and limo
t ccnce in the sweetest of tones. "Sht
is away"
II think l will wait for her, If yol
t, have no objection" observed Eldridge':
t father. intent on a critical study of {
l. prospective daughter-in-law.
+ She was all grace and intelligence
q rs She seated herself opposite him II
$ the coy little parlor, which was taste
4 full md neat as a pin.
n Grandma may be back at three o
u five, or seven, l cannot exactly tel
t which" Ruth Werner Informed he
e visitor. You see. She IS like q nev
l. being since the war commenced"
r Mr. Embree pondered over thi
= strange remark, but a prompt expla
% nation followed.
Il mean since the ladies' clubs her
have taken an interest in co-operatiy
- work" said Ruth hastily. "Grandm
;, is quite old. but she has never out
~ grown her usefulness. Oh. sir. ther
= never was such cook-old fashone,
% some say, but her system just meet
N the present occasion for economy an
40 thrift, and food conservation is II
!, ruling motto of the day"
"a At three o'clock Mrs. Werner did NJ
IF appear. At four Ruth told her visit,
Is that she must prepare tea, for gran
at ma might arrive at five and would |
To tired out with her days work, an
". need refreshmcnt
IT Mrs. Werner did not come at fly
IN Ruth had been busting about Il
err kitchen. She came into the parl,
en- with a delicious color in her fires
~. sweet face.
aG Il have put down grandma's tea
nd she explained. Il hope you will 10
Wy me in a cup of coffee"
oh II will be glad to, young lady" sa
Die Mr.. Embree
In There were mullins baked to a tur
nd hot and criSp-not at all resemblil
ar the restaurant graham flour abomin
Is. ton! The coffee made him almo
g.' smack his lips. An omelet and sor
toothsome preserves capped the c
th- max. Mr. Embree was charmed.
10, changed his plan of having a talk wi
re- Mrs. Werner; he decided to deliver /
ultfmatum instead to Eldridge in t
ION city.
it'll Il will write to Mrs. Werner the c
If ject Of my visit" he told Ruth, a
,da She Went TO get his hat \ ca
ms dropped from It's inside band his ON
an. oh" exclaimed Ruth, and stood r
RI eted and Mr.. Embree dscerned that
,oS climax had eyentuatcd.