News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-20

you wouldn't want me to miss having
lovely time. shall be home before
Gordon 50.
"Phylls."
1.-THE boy who insulted her Ny
God |" Mrs. Bing exclaimed in whis
per, She hurried to the door of the
buffers pantry. Indignation was In
the sound of her footsteps.
Martha !" she called.
Martha came.
"Tell James TO bring the big car at
once. I'm going to Hazelmead"
'Without luncheonT the girl asked
Just give me sandwich and I'll
eat it in my hand"
~ want you TO hurry" she said to
James as she entered the glowing
limousine with the sandwich half con-
| sumed.
They drove at top speed over the
smooth, state road to the mill city, At
half past two, Mrs. Bing alighted at
the fashionable Gray Goose inn where
the best people had their luncheon
parties. She found Phyllis and Cor
| don in n coy alcove, slipping cognac
and smoking cigarettes, with an ice
| tub and champagne bottle beside
! them. To tell the whole truth. It was
a timely arrival Phyllis with no no.
ton Of the peril of it, was indeed hav.
! ing ID lovely time"--the time of her
Young life. in fact For half an hour,
she had been hanging on the edge Of
the ciddy precipice Of elopement She
was within one sip of a decision TO let
go.
Mrs Bing was admirably cool. In
her manner there was little to ndi-
cate that she had seen the unusual
and highly festive accessories. She
sat down beside them and said: MY
dear, I was very lonely and thought |
would come and look you up. Is your
luncheon ffnished?"
Eyes" said Phyllis.
''Then let us go and get into the
car Wen drop Mr. King at his home"
When at last they were seated in
the limousine, the angry lady lifted
the brakes in a way of speaking.
81 am astonished that you would go
to luncheon with this young man who
has nsilted YOU" she said.
Phyllis began to cry.
Turning to young Gordon King, the
indignant lady added: 81 think YOU
are a diSreputable boy. You must
never come to my house again
never!"
He made no answer and left the car
without a word at the door of the
King residence.
There were miles and miles of
weeping on the way home. Phyllis
had recovered her composure but be-
gan again when her mother remarked.
Il w0nder where you learned to drink
champagne and cognac and smoke
cigarettes" as if her own home had
not been a perfect academy of dissi-
patton. The girl sat in a corner, her
eyes covered with, her handkerchief
and the only words she uttered on the
way home were these: Don't tell
father"
While this was happening, Mr.. Ba-
ker cohfded his troubles to Judge |
Crooker in the latter's Office. The
judge heard him through and then !
delivered another notable opinion, to
wit: There are many subjects on |
which the judgment of the average !
man is Of little value, but in the mat |
ter of bringing up a daughter it is apt |
to be sound. Also there are many !
subjects on which the judgment of the |
average woman may be trusted, but |
in the matter of bringing up a daugh- /
ter it is apt to be unsound. | say |
this, after some forty years of observa-
ton"
"What is the reason?" Mr.. Baker |
asked.
"Well, a daughter has to be pre-
pared to deal with men," the judge
went on. 1.-THE masculine tempera-
ment is involved in all the critical
problems of her life. Naturally the
average man is pretty well informed
on the subject Of men. You have
these late years. You have
been so busy getting rich that you
have just used your home to eat and
sleep in. You can't do a home any
good by eating and snoring and read
ing a paper in it."
"My wife would have her own way
there" said Baker.
"That doesn't alter the fact that you
have neglected your home. You have
let things slide. You wore yourself
cut in this matter of money-getting
You were tired when you got home
at night-all in, as they say. The
bank was the main thing with you.
repeat that you let things slide at
home and the longer they slide the
faster they slide when they're going
lown hill. You can always count on
hat in case of sliding.
1.-THE young have taste for velocity
md often it comes so unaccountably |
fast that they don't know what to do
with it, so they're apt to get their
lecks broken unless there's some one