Cleveland County herald., 1919-10-02

to. Won't you |!
 q don't think so."
 "Why notY'
 Because I promised him. Several days ago."
 "See herel" said the stricken George eff 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 we'll quit!"
 "Quit what?"
 "You know perfectly we'll what mean" he said huskily.
 'I don't.''
 "Well, you ought to"
 "But I don't at allr'
 George, thoroughly hurt, and not a little embittered, expressed himself in < short outburst of laughter: ''Well, I ought to have seen it!"
 "Seen what?"
 "That you might turn out to be q girl who'd like a fellow of the red~ headed Kinney sort I ought to have seen it from the first!'
 Lucy bore her disgrace lightly. "Oh, dancing a cotillion with person. doesn't mean that you like him-but I don't see anything in particular the matter with MT. Kinney. What is?"
 q prefer not to discuss it." said George curtly. "Hes an enemy of mine."
 "Why?"
 q prefer not to discuss it."
 "Well, but"
 q prefer not to discuss it !''
 "Very we'll" She began to hum the. air of the song which Mir George Am person was now discoursing, 70 moon of my delight that knows no wane"-- and there was no further conversation on the back seat.
 The contrivance stopped with 8. heart-shaking jerk before Isabel's house. The gentlemen jumped down, helping Isabel and Fanny to descend l; there were friendly leavetakings-and one that was not precisely friendly.
 "It's 'au revoir' till tonight, isn't it?''. Lucy asked, laughing.
 Good afternoon !" said George, and
 
 see the old sewing machine start brisk ly down the street, toward the Shar- ons'; it's lighter load consisting now of only MT. 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 ny?" Mir. Minafer inquired, not look ing up.
 They're coming" said his son and, casting himself heavily into chair. stared at the fire.
 His prediction was verified a few moments later; the two ladies came in cheerfully, unfastening their fur. cloaks. Its all right, Georgie," said Isabel. "Your Uncle 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 machine? Doesn't he want to get grandfather to put money into 1t! Isn't he trying to work Uncle George for that? Isn't that what he's up to?"
 It was Miss Fanny who responded. You little silly!" she cried, with sur prlsing sharpness. What on earth are you talking about? Eugene Mor- 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, Georgie: he spent too much money-only he didn't have any mother to get money out of grandfather for him, so he was usu ally in debt But I believe I've heard. he's done fairly we'll of late years. NO, 1 can't say I think he's d swim dler, and I doubt if he needs anybody eise's money to back his horseless car riage"
 Well, what's he brought the old thing here for then? People that own elephants don't take their elephants around with 'em when they go visit Ing. Whats he got it here for?"
 I'm sure I don't know," said MT. Mlnafer, resuming his paper. You might ask him."
 Isabel laughed and patted her hus- bands shoulder again. Aren't you going to dress? Aren't we all going to the dance?