Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-10-03

pers thus described Mrs. Foster when
| she founded the Women's Tennyson
| club; and her word upon art. letters
| and the drama was accepted more as
law than as. opinion Naturally when
''Hazel Kirke" finally reached town.
after It's long triumph In larger places,
many people waited to hear what
Mrs. Henry Franklin Foster thought
of 1t before they felt warranted In ex-
pressing any estimate of the play. In
fact, some of them waited In the lobby
of the theater as they came out and
formed an inquiring group about her.
II didn't see the play" she in
formed them.
WHAT Why, we saw you, right in
| the middle of the fourth row.
| "Yes," she said, smiling, "but was
sitting just behind Isabel ANDERSON.
/ couldn't look at anything except her
wavy brown hair and the wonderful
back of her neck"
The ineligible young men of the
town (they were all ineligible) were
unable to content themselves with the
view that had so charmed Mrs. Henry
Franklin Foster; they spent their time
| struggling to keep Miss Amberson's
| face turned toward them. She turned
IL most often. observers said. toward
two: one excelling in the general
struggle by his sparkle. and the other
by that winning IL not winsome old
trait, persistence. The sparkling gen.
| tleman lied germans" with her, and
| sent sonnets to her with his bou-
quets-sonnets lacking neither music
nor wit. He was generous. poor, we'll
dressed, and his amazing persuasive
ness was one reason why he was al
| ways In debt. No one doubted that
he would be able to persuade Isab.1,
but he unfortunately joined too merry
a party one night, and during moon
| light serenade upon he'flawn before
the ANDERSON mansion, was easily
identified from the windows as the
person who stepped through the bass
viol and had to be assisted to wait
ing carriage. One of Miss Amberson's
brothers was among the serenaders,
and when the party had dispersed re-
manned propped against the front
door in state of helpless liveliness;
the Major going down In q dressing
gown and slippers to bring him In, and
scolding mildly, while imperfectly con-
cealing strong impulses to laughter.
Miss Amber son also laughed at this
brother the next day, but for the
suItor 1t was a different matter: she
refused to see him when he called to
apologize. ..You seem to care a great
deal about bass viols p he wrote her.
II promise never to break another"
She made no response TO the note, un-
less 1t was an answer. two weeks
later. when her engagement was an
nounced. She took the persistent one.
Wilbur Minafer, no breaker of bass
viols or of hearts. no serenader at all.
A few people, who always foresaw
everything, claimed that they were not
surprised, because though Wilbur Min
afer might not be an Apollo, as 1t
were," he was "a steady young bust
ness man and a good church goer,
and Isabel Anderson was pretty SEN
sioie-for such a snowy girl" But
the engagement astounded the young
people, and most of their fathers and
mothers too; and as topic 1t sup
planted literature at the next meet
ing OF the "Women's Tennyson club
"Wilbur Mlnaferw member cried
: her infection seeming to imply that
: Wlbur's crime was explained by his
, surname. "Wilbur Minaferi It's the
) queerest thing ever heard To think
of her taking Wilbur Minafer. just
{ because a man any woman would like
a thousand times better was a little
wild one night at a serenade ~
"No, that wasn't her reason." said
t wise Mrs. Henry Franklin Foster. I'll
D men only knew it--and it's goot
( thing they don't-a woman doesn't
T really care much about whether 3
mans wild or not, II 1t doesn't affec1
: herself, and Isabel Anderson doesn'
Q care thingw 4a,
Mrs. Fosterl"
"No. she doesn't. What she minds
r Is his makidg q clown of himself IL
d her front yard 1t made her think HI
o don't care much about her. She'
probably smistaken.. but that's wha
y she thinks, and It's too late for he
e to think anything else now, because
! she's going to be married right ava.
y --4the invitations will be out mex
IS week. It'll be a big Amberson-styl
. thing, raw oysters floating ip scooped
out blocks of Ice and a band from GU
d of town-champagne, snowy presents
II a., colossal present from the Major
N Then Wilbur will. take Isabel on tn
It carefulest little wedding trip he ca
g manage, and she'll be good wife t
h him. but they'll have the worst spoile
/. lot Of children this town will eve
see.H $50 ~ se - INIT
s How on earth do you make tim
'r ogt.. Mrs. F0sterT 81. ..e st.sa.
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