River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-11-06

Twenty years" said Mr.. Kinney.
1T makes some difference In faces,
but more in behavior I"
1T does SOL his friend agreed with
explosive emphasis.
They sat and smoked.
However" Mr. Morgan remarked
presently, II still dance like an In.
dian. Don't you?'
| mo. / leave that to my boy Fred.
He does the dancing for the family"
! Il suppose he's upstairs hard at
it,"
mo, he's not here" Mr.. Kinney
glanced toward the open door and
lowered his voice. "TIe wouldn't come.
It seems that couple Of years or
so ago he had row with young
| George Minafer. Fred was president
OF literary club they had, and lie
said this George Minafer got himself
elected instead, in an overbearing
sort of way. Fred's very bitter about
his row with George Minafer. He
says he'd rather burn his foot off
than set it inside any Anderson house
or any place else where young Geor.
SIS is.>.
| DO people like young Minafer gen.
erally?"
| L don't know about generally !
guess he gets plenty of toadying; but
there's certainly lot of people that
RI
about him."
Whats the matter with him?"
| Too much Anderson, / suppose,
for one thing. And for another, his
mother just fell down and worshiped
him from the day he was born. He
thinks he's little tin god on wheels
and honestly it makes some people
weak and sick just to think about
him! Yet that high-spirited, intelli-
gent woman, Isabel Anderson, actu-
ally sits and worships him! You can
near 1t in her voice when she speaks
to him or speaks of him. You can see
1t in her eyes when she looks at him.
My Lord! What does she see when
she looks at him?"
| MOrgan's odd expression of genial
apprehension deepened whimsically.
"She sees something that we don't
see," he said.
| what does she seer"
| "An angel"
Kinney laughed aloud. "Well, II
she sees an angel when she looks at
George Minafer she's funnier wom-
an than thought she was!"
Perhaps she is" said Morgan. "But
| that's what she sees"
my Lord It's easy to see you've
only known him an hour or so. In
that time have you looked at George
and seen an angelo"
mo. All l saw was remarkably
good-looking fool-boy with the pride
Of Satan and set of nice new draw
| ing-roOm manners that he probably
couldn't use more than half an hour
at time without busting"
''Then what"
Mothers are right" said Morgan.
Mothers see the angel in us because
the angel is there. If it's shown to
the mother the son has got an angel
to show, hasn't he? When a son cuts
somebody's throat the mother only
sees it's possible for misguided an
! gel to act like devil-and she's en-
tirely right about that! 70
Kinney laughed and put his hand
on his friends shoulder. II remem-
Der what fellow you always were
to argue" he said. "You mean GeOr-
gle Minafer is as much of an angel
as any murderer is, and that Georges
mother is always right"
I'm afraid she always has been,"
Morgan said lightly.
The friendly hand remained upon
his shoulder. "She was wrong once,
old fellow. At least, so it seemed to
me-"
mo- said Morgan, a little awk-
wardly. NO"
Kinney relieved the slight embar-
rassment that had come upon both
of them: he laughed again. "Wait till
you know young George little bet
ter" he said. Something tells me
yOu Ic SOIHS III CuduSC yOuI iuluu
about having an angel to show, if you
see anything of him.
"You mean beauty's in the eye of
the beholder, and the angel is all in
the eye of the mother. If you were
painter, Fred, you'd paint mothers
with angels eyes holding imps in
their laps. Me, I'll stick to the old
masters and the cherubs.''
Mr.. Kinney looked at him musingly.
Somebody's eyes must have been
pretty angelic" he said, "if they've
been persuading you that George
Minafer is a cherub y
'They are" said Morgan heartily.
They're more angelic than ever"
And as a new flourish of music sound
ed overhead he threw away his ciga-
rette and jumped up briskly. Good
by; I've got this dance with her."
with whom?''
with Isabel!'
Tho prizzlnd Mr. Kfnunu affnofod RI