The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-10-03


shocked, as at Incredible news. ~Weil,
you could break that engagement. /
guess, II you wanted TO! Girls always
can get out Of things when they wunt
to. Won't your
| II don't think so.''
I "Why not7"
l because 1 promised him.. SeveraA
days ago."
| "See here" said stricken George.
'If you're going to decline to dance
that cotillion with me simply because
you've promised a-a-a miserable
red-headed outsider like Fred Kinney,
why we might as well quitl"
| "Quit whatw
"You know perfectly we'll what r
mean," he said huskily.
| II don't"
well, you ought tot"
But don't at air.
| George, thoroughly hurt, and not a
little embittered, expressed himself
in short outburst Of laughter: "Well,
l ought to have seen It'll"
| "Seen what?"
| THAT you might turn out to be
girl who'd like fellow Of the red
headed Kinney sort. l ought to have
| seen it from the firstl |"
Lucy bore her disgrace lightly. "Oh,
| dancing a cotillion with a person
doesn't mean that you like him-but
l don't see anything in particular the
matter with Mr.. Kinney. What is?'
II prefer not to discuss It," said
George CURLY. Hes an enemy Of
NINE"
"WhyT
II prefer not to discuss It,"
swell, but
II prefer not to discuss It p
Every WELL" She began to hum the
air Of the song which Mr.. George Am
berson was now discoursing. 20 moon
Of my delight that knows no wane"-
on the back seat.
The continuance stopped with a
heart-shaking jerk before Isabel's
house. The gentlemen jumped down.
helping Isabel and Fanny to descend;
there were friendly leavetakings-and
one that was not precisely friendly.
"It's 'au revoir' till tonight, isn't It'll"
Lucy asked. laughing.
Good afternoonl I" said George, and
he did not wait. as his relatives did. to
see the old sewing machine start brisk
ly down the street, toward the Shar-
| ons'; its lighter load consisting now
Of only Mr.. Morgan and his daughter.
George went into the house at once.
He found his father reading the
evening paper In the library. "Where
are your mother and your Aunt Fan
N.Y." Mr.. Minafer inQt4fe(1 not look
ing up.
"They're coming"
casting himself hed Il.
''1 His p pt sss rs 5sr,s5 ((~
moments p>.ess as5tyo- a6ef Fame
in chez fuliyG unfaste4ir8 AeYr fur
cloaks. IT'S nlpri hE George" said
Isabel. "Your vi :ss George called to
us that Pendennis got home safely.
Put your shoes close to the fire, dear,
or else go and change them"
Look here" said George abruptly.
'How about this man Morgan and his
old sewing machine7 Doesn't he want
to get grandfather to put money into
1t? Isn't he trying to work Uncle
George for that7 Isn't that what he's
up tor
1t was Miss Fanny who responded.
'You little sillyl'' she cried, with sur
prising sharpness. what on earth
are you talking about? Eugene Nor
gan's perfectly able to finance his own
inventions these days."
He strikes me as that sort Of;
man." George answered doggedly.
isn't he, father?'
Minafer set down his paper for. the
moment. "He was fairly wild young
fellow twenty years ago. he said.
| glanclng at his wife absently. 'He.
was like you In one thing, Georges. no
spent too much money-only he Didn't
have any mother to get money, our Of
a grandfather for him, so he was, usu-
ally in debt. But / believe, I've heard
he's done fairly we'll of late. years.
No, l can't say Il think, he's 81 swln-
dler, and doubt If he needs anybody
else's money to back his horsehess car
| ringe."
well, what's he brought the old,
thing here for, tfen3 People that own
elephants don't take their elephants
around With era when they go visit
Ing. What's be got 1t here fory''
I'm sure ! don't know" said Mr..
sllnafer, resanaing his paper. "You
might ask him."
isabel laughed and patted her hus,
band's shoulder again. "Aren't yon
going to- dress? Aren't we all going
to the dancer"