The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-12-29

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1t Isn't Our Branch of the Family
That's ResponsibIe.n
Yes Mrs. Atwater sighed. Poor
thing!"
FLORENCE is out among the family,
l suppose?" he inquired.
NO; she's right here. She's JUST
started to read Ruskin this afternoon.
She says she's going to begin and read
all of him straight through. That's
very nice, don't you think?'
He seemed TO muse before replying.
Il think that's very nice, at her
age especially" Mrs. Atwater urged.
Don't you?
Yes Oh. yes! At least, / sup
pose so. Ah-you don't think-of
course she hasn't had anything at all
to do with this?"
well, / don't see how she could.
You know Aunt Fanny told us how
Herbert declared before them all, only
last Sunday night. that Florence
ahould have one thing to do with
his printing-press, and said they
wouldn't ever let her come near it,"
Yes, that's a fact. I'm glad Her
bert made it SO clear that she can't be
implicated. | suppose the family are
all pretty well down on Uncle Jo-
sephg'
Uncle Joseph is being greatly
blamed" said Mrs. Atwater primly.
"He really ought to have known better
than to put such an instrument into
the hands of a boy of that age. OF
course it simply encouraged him TO
print all kinds of things. We none Of
us think Uncle Joseph ever dreamed
that Herbert would publish ANYTHING
like this. and of course Uncle Joseph
says himself he never dreamed such Il
thing: he's said so time and time
again, all afternoon. But of course
he's greatly blamed"
81 suppose there've been quite a
good many of 'em over there blaming
her husband inquired.
"Yes-until he telephoned to a
and hired a car and went for
a drive. He said he had plenty Of
money with him ard didn't know when
he'd be back"
SERVES him right said Mr.. Atwa-
ter. docs anybody know where
Herbert is?"
Not yet
well" and he returned to a for
mer theme. 81 am glad we aren't i'm
plicated. Florence is right there with
you, is she?"
yes" she said. "She's right here,
You aren't worried about
her, are you?" she added.
"Oh, no: I'm sure It's all right. I
thought"
"Only thought what?'
well, 1t did strike me as curious"
said Mr.. Atwater; Especially after
Aunt Fanny's telling us how Herbert
declared Florence could never have a
single thing to do with his paper
,gain2" =
."Welr?"
well, here's her poem right at the
OPP of 1t, and a very friendly item
lbout her history mark of last June.
t doesn't seem like Herbert to be so
to Florence. all of a
udden. Just struck me as rather Gu
ious; that's ALL"
why, YES" said Mrs. Atwater, at
,oes seem a little odd-when you
hink eof ft.''
.tEQUa Won .oCEnd E1a,anno - chn
anything to do with getting out
his weeks 0riole?"
why, no; lit never occurred to me,
specially after what Aunt Fanny told
said Mrs. Atwater. "I1l ask her
ew.~
But she was Obliged to postpone the
question. Sesame and
Ilies" lay sweetly in the chair that
had occupied, but Florence
srself had gone somewhere else.
She had gone for a long, long ram |
; and pedestrians who encountered [
r., and took note of her expression,
ere interested, and, as they weD on [
cir way, several of them interrupted {
e course of their meditatIons TO say q
themselves that she WAS the most o
Oughtful-looking young girl they had s
err seen. There was a touch of visit G
ness about her, too: as OF one z
lose beneyolence must Il all u
pc of comprehension and reward. d.
florence, in fact. had about reached -
conclusion that far from the Iikeli- =
I'd of her receiving praise for her -
ughtful circulation of the ews
her aunt Julia. there was
trong probability that dire results. 10
rdy and otherwise, would ensue. ia
ice her extreme thoughtfulness. nc
-mong those who observed her I'M ~
al expression was a gentleman Of IN