The Tomahawk., 1919-09-11
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III. y
Until he reached the age Of twelve
Georgie's education was a domestic
process; tutors came to the house,
and those citizens who yearned for his
taking down often said: "Just wait till
he has to 60 to public school; then
he'll get itl" But at twelve George
was sent to private school in the
town, and there came from this small
and Independent institution no report,
or even rumor. Of Georges getting
anything that he was thought to de-
serve; therefore the yearning still per-
sisted, though growing gaunt with
feeding upon itself.
The yearners were still yearning
when Georgie at sixteen was sent
away to a great "prep school,"
"Now," they said brightly. hell get
It'll He'll find himself among boys Just
as important in their home town as he
is, and they'll knock the studlng out
Of him when he puts on his airs with
theml Oh, but that would be worth
something to see" They were mis-
taken, it appeared; for when George
returned a few months later he still
seemed to have the same stuf1ng. He
had been deported by the authorities,
the ohense being stated as "insolence
and profanity" In fact, he had given
the principal Of the school instruc-
tions almost identical with those for
merly objected to by the Rev. Malloch
Smith.
But he had not got his come-upance,
and those who counted upon it were
embittered by his appearance upon
the downtown streets driving a dog
cart at criminal speed, making Pc
destrians retreat from the crossings,
and behaving himself as If he ''ownel
the EARTH" /
When Mr.. George Anderson Nina
fer came home for the holidays at
Christmastide In his sophomore year,
probably no great change had taken
place inside him. but his exterior was
visibly altered. Nothing aboat him
encouraged any hope that he had re-
ceived his come-upance; on the con-
trary, the yearners for that stroke Of
Justice must yearn even more. itch
ingly: the gilded youths manner had
become polite, but his politeness was
Of . kind which democratic people
found hard to bear.
Cards were out for q bali In his
honor, and this pageant Of the ten
antry was held In the ballroom Of the
Anderson mansion the night after his
arrival It was, ~ Mrs. Henry Frank
lin Foster said Of labels wedding. -
big Amberson-style thing" All ''old
citizens" recognized % gentry received
cards, and Of course 20 did their dane
ing descendants.
The orchestra and the caterer were
brought from away, In the Anderson
manner. though this was really q ges-
ture-perhaps one more Of habit than
Of ostentation-for servitors Of gayety
as proficient a. these importations
were nowadays to be found in the
town. It was the last Of the great,
long dances that "every-
body talked about"-there were get
ting to be SO many people in town that
no later than the next year there were
too many for "everybody" to hear Of
even such q ball as the Ambersons'.
George, white-gloved, with . garde-
mia In his buttonhole. stood with his
mother and theGMajor, embowered in
the big red-and-gold drawing room
downstairs, to receive" the guests;
and, standing thus Together, the tho
offered q picturesque example Of good
looks persistent through three gene-
rations. The Major, his daughter and
his grandson were of . type al Am
berson: tan, straight and regular. with
dark eyes, short noses, good ehin0;
and the grandfathers expression. no
less than the grandson's, was one Of
family amused condescension. There
was q difference, however. The grand
sons unlined young face had nothing
to offer except this condescep7ion !;
the grandfather's had other ttingD to
say. Il was q handsouaot worldly Old