The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-12-04


81 don't think so."
"Why not2"
Because I promised him. Several
days ago."
"See here ~ said the 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 what?"
"You know perfectly well what J
mean," he said huskily.
81 don't"
"Well, you ought tol"
"But / don't at all !"
George, thoroughly hurt, and not
little emblttered, expressed himself
in a short outburst of laughter: swell,
l ought to have seen It'll"
"Seen what"
"That you might turn out to Be Q
girl who'd like fellow of the red
headed Kinney sort. / ought to have
seen 1t from the firstI"
Lucy bore her disgrace lightly. "Oh.
dancing cotillion with a person
doesn't mean that you like him--but
I don't see anything in particular the
matter with Mr.. Kinney. What isf'
II prefer not to discuss It." said
George curtly. "He's an enemy Of
mine."
"whyr
II prefer not to discuss It."
swell. but"
81 prefer not to discuss itw
''Very 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"-
and there was no further conversation
on the back seat.
The contrivance stopped with .
heart-shaking jerk before Isabel's
house. The gentlemen jumped down.
helping Isabel and Fanny to descend;
there were friendly >eavetakings-and
one that was not precisely friendly.
"It's 'aa yevoir' till tonight. isn't itf-
Lucy asked, laughing.
Good afternoon" 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 tho
evening paper In the library. "Whers
are your mother and your Aunt Fa,
N.Y." Mr.. Minafer inquired, not loek.
ing up.
They're corning said his son and.
casting himself heavily into a chair.
stared at the fire.
His prediction was verified a few
moments later; the two ladies came
In cheerfully, unfastening their fur
cloaks. "It's all right, George" saiA
Isabel. "Your Uncle George called h
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
it2 Isn't he trying to work Uncls
George for that2 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 Garth
are you talking about7 Eugene Nor
gan's perfectly able to finance his own
inventions these days."
He strikes me as that sort %
man." George answered doggedly
isn't he, fatherf"
Minafer set down his paper for the
moment. He was fairly wild younA
fellow twenty years ago" he said.
glancing at his wife absently. BE
was like you In one thing. George: hs
spent too much money-Only he didn't
have any mother to get money out a
a grandfather for him, so he was usu-
ally in debt. But l believe I've heard
he's done fairly well Of late yearx
No, / can't say think he's a swin-
dler, and doubt If he needs anybody
elses money to back his horseless car
rlage."
swell. what's he brought the ola
thing here for, then2 People that owa
elephants don't take their elephants
around with 'em when they 60 visit
Ing. What's he got II here for?
I'm sure I don't know" said Mr..
Minafer, resuming his paper. "Yoa
might ask him."
Isabel laughed and patted her hus-
bands shoulder again. "Aren't voc
going to dressf Aren't we all going
to the dancer"