The Ordway new era., 1919-10-17


eno1zhI I don't believe in that kind
Of thing. think the worlds Ike this
there's q few people that their birth
and position. and SO on puts them at
the top. and they ought TO treat each
other entirely a. equaIs-- BIS voice
betrayed a little emotion as he added,
Z wouldn't speak Ike this to eTey-
BODY
you mean you're condding your
deepest Qeed-or code. what ever II
i|to meT
Go on; make fun Of II. then p
George said bitterly. You do think
you're terribly cieTerl II makes me
| tfredr
~weI. as you don't Ike my seeming
quietly superior after this IN be nois-
fly superior" she returned chee-fully.
I'VE aim to piease"
II had q notion before I came for
you today that We were going to quar-
REL" he said-
NO, we won't; 1t takes twoT She
laughed and waved her mun toward q
new house. not quite completed, stand
ing In q field upon their right They
had passed beyond Anderson addition
and were leaving the northern fringes
Of the town for. the open country.
'Isn't that a beautiful housef- she ex-
claimed. Papa and call It our Bean
tfful House"
George was nst pleased Docs It
belong to your
-Of eourse noti Papa brought me
out here the other day. driving in his
machine, and we both loved It It's 30
spacious and digni1ed and plain"
Yes. It's plain enoughI I" George
grunted.
yet it's lovely; the gray-green roof
and shutters give Just enough color,
with the trees, for the long white
walls. 1t seems to be the finest house
I've seen In this part Of the country"
George was outraged by an enthu-
siasm SO ignorant-not ten minutes
ago they had passed the ANDERSON
mansion. "Is that a sample Of your
taste In architectural" he asked.
"Yes. whyT
because It strikes me you better 90
somewhere and study the subject q
littIe-
Lucy looked puzzled what makes
you have so much feeling about 1T
Have offended your
"'Onended' nothingr' George re-
turned brusquely. "Giris usually
think they know It all as soon a.
they've learned to dance and dress and
hirt a little. They never know any
thing about things like architecture.
for instance. That house was about
as bum house as any house ever
sawf'
He spoke Of 1t In the past tense, be-
cause they had now left 1t far behind
them-a human habit Of curious sig
nifcance. 'It was like house meant
for a street In the city. What kind
Of house was that for people Of
any tnste to build ont here In the coun-
tryY
"But papa says It's built that way
on purpose. There are a lot Of other
houses being built in this direction,
and papa says the city's coming out
this way; and In q year or two that
house will be right In town"
"It was bum house. anyhow" said
George Grossly. II don't even know
the people that are building It. They
say lot of riffrnff come to town every
year nowadays and there's other rim
ran that have always lived here. and
have made little money. and act as
II they owned the place. Uncle sgd
ney was talking about 1t yesterday !:
he says he and some of his friends are
organizing a country club, and already
some of these riffraff are wormIng into
| it-people he never heard of at all |
Anyhow guess it's pretty clear you
don't know a great deal about archi-
lecture"
She demonstrated the completeness
Of her nmiabIlity BY laughing. It'll
know something about the north pole
before long," she aaid, "1f we keep
going much farther In this direction 7"
At this he was remorseful. "All
right; well turn and drive south
awhile till you get warmed up again.
I expect we have been going against
the wind about long enough. Indeed.
I'm sorryl'
He said, Indeed, I'm sorry." In a
nice way. and looked very strikingly
handsome when he said 1t, she
thought. No doubt 1t is true that
there is more rejoicing In heaven over
one sinner repented than over all the
saints who consistently remain holy.
and the rare, sudden gentlenesses Of
arrogant people have Infinitely more
effect than the continual gentlcness Of
gentle people. Arrogance turned
gentle melts the heart; and Lucy gave
her companion little sldelong. sunny
nod of acknowledgment. George was
dazzled by the quick glow of her eyes
and found himself at loss for some
thing to say.