The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01

enough I don't believe N mat KIND
Of thing. I think the worlds like this /:
there's a few people that their birth
and position. and 20 on. puts them at
the top, and they ought to treat each
. other entirely a. equals" His voice
betrayed little emotion a. he added.
II wouldn't speak like this to every.
body"
You mean you're conhding your
deepest creed-or code, what ever II
is-to mer'
"Go on; make fun Of It, then r.
George said bitterly. sYou do think
you're terribly cleveri It makes me
hredi'
"well. as you don't like my seeming
quietly SUPERIOR after this I'll be nois-
lily superior" she returned cheerfully.
1--WE aim to please
II had q notion before I came for
you today that we were going to quar-.
fel," he said.
"No. we won't; 1t takes twoi" She
laughed and waved her muff toward a
new house. not quite completed, stand.
ing in 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 housel" she ex.
claimed. Papa and I call 1t our Beau
uful House."
George was not pleased. Does 1t
belong to your
"Of course not! Papa brought me
out here the other day, driving In his
machine, and we both loved 1t. It's so
spacious and dignifed and plain"
"Yes, it's plain enough" George
grunted.
Yet It's lovely; the gray-green roof
and shutters give just enough color,
with the trees, for the long white
walls. It seems to be the finest house
I've seen in this part of the country"
George was outraged by an enthu-
siasln so ignorant-not ten minutes
ago they had passed the ANDERSON
mansion. ais that a sample of your
taste in architecture" he asked.
"Yes. Why?"
Because 1t strikes me you better 60
somewhere and study the subject a
littlei"
Lucy looked puzzled. 'What makes
you have SO much feeling about it,
Have I offended your"
"'Oifended' nothingw George re-
turned brusquely. "Girls usually
think they know it all as soon as
Ion Cd 4o Ior nd nd
firt little. They never know any
thing about things like architecture,
for instance. That house was about
as bum house as any house ever
sawW
He spoke Of 1t in the past tense, be-
cause they had now left 1t far behind
them-a human habit Of curious sig
nIficance. "It was like house meant
for street in the city. What kind
Of house was that for people Of
any taste to build out here in the coun-
tryT
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 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 1t. They
say lot Of riffraff come to town every
year nowadays and there's other riff
raft that have always lived here, and
have made a 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 country club, and already
some of these riffraff are worming into
it-people he never heard of at all |
Anyhow I guess it's pretty clear you
don't know a great deal about archi.
lecture"
She demonstrated the completeness
Of her amiability by laughing. "rll
know something about the north pole
before long" she said, "if we keep
going much farther in this direction II
At this he was remorseful. "All
right; wen turn and drive south
awhile till you get warmed up again.
1 expect we have been going against
the wind about long enough. Indeed.
I'm sorryw
He said, Indeed, I'm sorry," In .
nice way. and looked very strikingiy
handsome when he said 1t, she
thought. No doubt It 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 gentleness Of
gentle people. Arrogance turned
gentle melts the heart and Lucy gave
her companion a little sidelong, sunny
nod Of acknowledgment. George was
dazzled by the quick glow Of her eyes
and found himself at loss for some.
thing to say.
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