The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-17
See here r. said the stricken George

See here J" 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 well quit!'
''Quit what?'
"You know perfectly well what
mean,'' he said huskiiy.
II don't"
well, you ought tot"
"But 1 don't at all -
George, thoroughly hurt. and not a
little embittered. expressed himself
in short outburst of laughter: "Nell.
1 ought TO have seen ii!
''Seen what?"
THAT YOU might turn out to be a
girl who'd like a fellow of the red
headed Kinney sort. / 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
don't see anything in particular the
matter with Mr.. Kinney. What is?"
II prefer not to discuss IT," said
George CURLY. Hes an enemy of
mine"
"Why?"
az prefer not to discuss It"
''Well. but
81 prefer not TO discuss il :"
VERY we'll" 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 continuance stopped with a
heart-shaking jerk before Isabers
house. The gentlemen jumped down.
helping Isabel and Fanny to descend :;
there were friendly leavetakings-and
one that was not precisely friendly.
Its 'au revoir' till tonight, isn't it?"
Lucy asked. laughing.
Good afternoon !" 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 the
evening paper in the library. where
are your mother and your Aunt Fan
ny?" Mr. Minafer inquired, not look
ing up.
They're coming" said his son: and,
casting himself heavily into a chair.
stared at the fire.
His prediction was verified a feyi
moments later; the two ladies came
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cloaks. ITS all right, Georgia" 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
it? Isn't he trying to work Uncle
George for that? Isn't that what he's
up to?"
1t was Miss Fanny who responded.
"You little sillyl" she cried. with sur
are you talking about? Eugene Nor
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 a fairly wild young
fellow twenty years ago." he said
glancing at his wife aesc2tly. HE
was like you in one thing, George: he
spent too much money-only he didn't
have any mother to get money out OF
a grandfather for him, so he was usu-
ally in debt But l believe I've heard
he's done fairly well of late years.
No, 1 can't say 1 think he's a swim
dler, and I doubt # he needs anybody
else's money to back hfs 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 What's he got 1t here for?"
I'm sure I don't know" said Mr.
Minafer, resuming his paper. You
might ask him.
Isabel laughed and patted her nus
bands shoulder again. aren't yor
going to dress? Aren't we al going
to the dancer"