The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-04-07

"Whnt do you mean1" he asked.
Goddess" she answered The drink
Ing and gambling and those dances"
That's because you've been brought
up In scvrn-hy-nine Puritan village
J. Patterson growlcd very d"Cisively.
"Why shouldn't people enjoy them
sclvcSp W. have trouble enough ~
best God gave w. bo'lirS to get what
enjoyment We could out uf them. It,
about the only thing we're sure Of
anyhow"
II was principle Of Mrs. Bing To
agree with J. Patterson. And why nntr
lie was u great man. She knew II ~
well ns he did and that was knowing
It very well indeed. His Judgment
had been right triumphanlly hnh
overwhelmingly right. Resides, II was
the only comfortable thing to de-. She
had been the type of woman who reads
those weird articles written by grass
widows on How Ia Keep the Love OF
Husband
So II happened that the RlnES be-
gnn To construct n little god To suit
their own tastes and habits on"
about n tractahlc ~ II toy dog. They
Withdrew from the congregational
church ana had house parties for sun
dry visitors from New York and iIa-
zrlmcad every weekend
Phyllis returned from school in Mny
with spirit quite In harmony with
ths' uf her parents. She had spent
the HOLIDAYS NJ the home Of II friend
In New York and had learned 4" love
the new dances and 10 smoke. although
that was a matter to b" mentioned
only In whisper and not In the pres
oucr Of her parents She was tall.
handsome girl with blue eyes. blonde
hair perfect teeth and complexion,
and almost u perfect figure Here
she was. at last brought NJ To the
point 81 a coming ont party
II had been curious and rather
unfortunate bringing up that the girl
had suffered 81" had hcyn the pride
~ mothers heart and the occuper
Of that position j. apt to achieve great
success, In supplying q mothers friends
had been nartcrcd aud INDUCED Mrs.
Rlng was entitled To- much credit hay-
iur been born ~ poor and illitcrntc
parents In small village on the Iiud
son a little south nf the capital She
was pretty and grew up with q longing
TOT better things !. Patterson got
her al bargain iu an Albany depart
ucnt store where she stood all day
behind m" notion counter. AT n bar
gain" IL must he said. because. on
the whole. there were higher values
In her personality than In his Sh"
had acquired that common Bertha
CLAY habit ~ aSSucnting with noble
lord~ who lived In cheap rumances
and had taste for poor hut honest
girls The practical !. Patterson hated
that Kind Of thing But his wife kept
n supply of these highly favored nov
els hidden in the little fiat and spent
her leisure reading them.
one Of the earliest recollectionS Of
PHYLLIS was the caution, Don't tell
fnther" received on the hiding of a
book. Mrs Bling had bought in those
weak pinching times ~ poverty. eN-
trayauant things for herself and the
girl and gone In debt for them. Col
lectors had come AT times 10 grt their
money with impatient demands.
The B'ngs were living I'm city
those days. Phyllis had been wit
moss of many Interviews Of the kind.
All along the wa. of life. she had
heard the oft repeated injunction,
Don't tell father" She came to ~
gard men n creatures who were not
70 be told when Phyl~ got into a
scrape nj school. on account Of a lit
tie Irritation, and Mrs. hing went 10
see about II. the two agreed IN keep
ing the saErpt facts from father
dre>smakrr came after Phyllis
arrived to get her ready for the party.
The afternoon Of the event, j. Patter-
son brought the young people OF the
hest families Of IIazclmead by special
train 10 Ringyllle. The Cr0okers. the
Wjtherills the Ameses, the Rcnfrews
and number Of the most popular stu
dents I'm the Normal school were also
invited. They had the famous string
band from Ilnzelmead To furnish mu-
sic and Smithan impressive young
English butler whom they had brought
from New York on their last return.
PHYLLIS wore gown which Judge
Croker described ms "the limit" lie
said TO his wife after they Ind gone
home: "why, there was nothing on
her back but pair Of velvet gal
lowses and when | stood In front OF
her my eyes we're scared"
"Mrs. Ring calls II high art" said
the judges wife.
II call II down pretty close TO see
level" said the Judge. "When she
clinched with those young fellers and
went wrestling around the room she
reminded me Of grapevine growing
on tree"
The reaction on the intellect OF the
fudge quite satisfies the need OF the
historian. Again the Old Spirit Of
Ringyille had received notice. II Il
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