The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-09-30

At This, the Slender Form of Florence
Underwent a Spasmodic Seizure, in
Her Chair.
hopes they'll just send her some for
giving flowers and greet her witt
manly handclasps-an get ready to
usher at the wedding!"
"Well," said Mr.. Atwater, "Im
afraid you're right. It does seem
rather like Julia to stay away till the
; first of the worst is over. I'm really
sorry for some of her love-lorners.
suppose it will get whispered about,
and they'll hear it; and there are
some of the poor things that might
take it pretty hard"
"Take 1t pretty hardr p" she echoed
loudly. There's one of 'em, at least,
who will just merely lose his reason I"
(Which oneY
"Noble Dill"
AT this, the slender form of Flor
ence underwent a spasmodic seizure,
In her chair, but as the fit was short
and also noiseless it passed without
being noticed
Yes said Mr.. Atwater, thought
fully. 81 suppose he will"
"He certainly will !" Mrs. Atwater
declared. Mobiles mother told mo
last week that he'd gotten so he
was just as liable to drop a fountain
pen In his coffee as lump of sugar ,
and when any one speaks to him he
either doesn't know it, or else Jumps
When he says anything, himself she
says they can scarcely ever make out
what he's talking about. He was try
ing enough before Julia went away !;
but since she's been gone Mrs. Dill
says he's like nothing in her expert
ence. She says he doesn't inherit it !;
Mr.. Dill wasn't anything like this
about her."
Mr.. Atwater smiled family. "Mrs.
Dill wasn't anything like Julia"
NO" said his wife. "She was
quite sensible girl. I'd hate to be
in her place now, though, when she
tells Noble about this !"
"How can Mrs. Dill tell him. since
she doesn't know 1t herself?"
"Well-rerhaps she ought to know
1T, so that she could tell him. Some
body ought to tell him, and 1t ought
to be done with the greatest tact 1t
ought to be broken to him with the
most delicate care and sympathy, or
the consequences"
"Nobody could foretel the conse-
quences," her husband Interrupted
mo matter how tactfully It's broken
to Noble"
NO" she said, II suppose that's
true. I think he's likely to lose his
reason unless 1t is done very tactful-
ly, though"
do you think we really ought to
tell Mrs. Dill. Mollie? I mean, seri-
ously: Do your"
For some moments she considered
his question: then Answered. mo. It's
possible we'd be following a Christian
course in doing 1t but still we're rath-
err bound not to speak of it outside the
family. and when IT does get outside
the family | think we'd better not be
the ones sponsihle-esnecial'y since
1t might e'lsily be traced to u.s. I
think its usually better to keep ont
Of things when there's aay doubt"
"Yes," he said. mediia mo. 81 new
err knew any harm to come off peoples
sticking to their own affairs"
But as he and his wife became ST.
lent 70, time, musing in the fire
light. their daughters special convic-
lions were far from coincid'ng with
theirs, although she likewise. was ST.
lent--a strangeness In her which they
should have observed But so far
were they from a true comprehension
of her. they were unaware that she
had more than a casual. young-cou-
sinly interest In Julia Atwater's en-
gagement and In those possible con-
sequences to Noble Dill. which they
had sketched with some Intentional
eXagFeratiOn, and decidedly without
the staggering seriousness attributed
TO their predictions by their daughter
They did not even notice her express
sion when Mr.. Atwater snapped on
the light. in order to read and she
went quietly out of the library and M
TO her own room.
On the floor. near her bed. where
Patty Fairchlld had left her coat and
hat, Florence made her second dis
covery. Two small, folded slips OF
paper lay there, dropped by Miss Fair,
child when she put on her coat In tn
darkening room. They we're the re
plies to Patty's whispered questions.
n the game on the steps-the pledged
Truth, written by Henry Rooter and
Herbert Atwater on their sacred word