The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-01-21

Moral E.mbIems.


Please don't skip this description Of
Robert Hervey Randolph-six feet
straight up and down. broad Of shout
der and narrow of hip, sandy-haired,
blue-eyed. nose slightly appended and
wearing a saddle of faint freckles,
clean shaven. well groomed. very cor
rectly dressed, and twentysix years
old. Let it be added that his eyes
were placed just far enough apart to
stamp him forever honest; he had an
open and most prepossessing coun-
tenance.
At the moment of the start of this
rapid yarn, he was standing in the
Van Telliers' library, looking down in
panied and flushed surprise at Miss
Madge Van T., who was sitting in
huge leathern chair half facing the
fire In the open CRATE, one leg very
much under her, the other waving a
satin and-silk combination of foot and
ankle in distracting accompaniment to
her disturbing speech.
Bobby" said Miss Van T., "yOu are
| darned good-lOoking; you're strong,
| straight, and gentleman; there are
| times when you are wholly adorable,
| but, nevertheless, I'm not going to
| the show with you tonight, or to the
opera tomorrow or anywhere any
more There, there, dear boy; you
don't have to say anything. You have
one of those faces that is absolutely
beyond the aid of a vocal organ. 1t
says everything that is in your heart
of gold before your brain has time to
tinkle a bell"
"Look here, Madge," said the panied
Mr.. Randolph: 'are you making fun
Of my face or Of my brain or of
both?"
my dear" said Miss Van T. quite
gravely. "Fm not making fun of You in
any way whatsoever. I'm merely tell
ing you how Iovable you are SO that
you will understand how serious it is
when l say that I've decided not to
love you any more"
'B-but how can you help it?' STAN
mered Mr.. Randolph. his tongue for
once saying the same thing as his face
at the same time.
Miss Van It's breast fiuttered as
though rising against its mistress to
the defense of this disingenuous young
man, and she was obliged to swerve
her eyes from his and draw a long
breath before she answered
~ can, because will" she said, hel
face paling "Oh, Bobby, can't yor
wake up? Look round you and come
to earth, You are born and bred OF
Manhattan, yet you've never seen New
York"
81 guess you're right" said Rohh!
thoughtfully. Look here, Madge VIII,
should I try to see New York, an,
why should we be talking ash-can
when I've got You to look at in one o
the most bewitching and abbreviated
bits of dress goods that ever reveale,
completely adorable person? Tel
me that
swell" said Madge. her face hard
ening, 81 will It's long story. not f
words but in generations. The Va
: Telliers have lived in East Mint
street since the year one of the islan'
That Is, they used TO live here; no.
they hardly exist, They are merely a
assorted lot of animated cOrpses thi
!, crawl out of their tomb periodically I
e take strange air, leaning on a rotte
S stave called the old Order Listen
o. this, Bobby: The new New York is
fever, and I've caught 1t. | want
rainy-day car, a calling-car, and
touring car; I want dresses that wi
l. stab with envy the heart of ever
d woman that looks at them; want n
h Jewels to run TO size and quality, ar
I want yacht Just for the papers
talk about, because I hate to ride
e the smelly things"
III Bobby's eyes had grown round
and wider as the list progressed.