The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-10-21

BY BEATRICE |. cAHILL.

IL ttIfiutc. - III! awful l.is
circulation from tAe pegr-ea Ms-.
Williamson a Size waved ner hands
around IN md-a,r
HUH Wiaf~ wrong now?~ erunt-
81 her haStaa. aS ae's..gpea in.o hs
dinner cGai. >iy.n2 IAe1co.iar lha' l.itie
unnecessary pa which, always accom-
pan:e> sach a performance
Why. lhs>r hair bets" continued
,.is spouse as sir finally untanaied lie
r'bwel by Sua>tanc- between Ter fin
GERS sufficiently zip il over her mar
ceiied locks The quality rhe color
Is SIZE Ia yre ali wrong
tie Ieasl of gly/worries. my dear
VIZ p.ck IA accomplishing husband
~ Mic suc,i'; Gie Of woe uron: Ny
-.i' 4 i occgpie, with troubles lar
-teater then :. hair net. tell YOU
ttIcy. il u III IL, deal ISM pulled of
Xxi month NY cfiuce of getting the
l.anagerslsii Of tie company's largest
a..ice - ri Oh
Hrs Nfp amson gave AN under
aldn- ujd. Af,tr few moments
roitvm2,a lon >he turned 80 her nus
ard ami sad Listen; George: Mn
IA kaerS j, the one man WHO matters
II. Lis deaL ism; hey,
Yes" :.
Wen. earnestly believe that to-
nigh; VIII afford you bic chance. Mr.
and Mrs. Earkners are going to be
present at the Hills dinner party. Do
you understand the significance, dear?
Nov lets do our hest. IL you once get
Il chance fer an uninterrupted CONVEX
sation il will be am easy Natter.
Mr. Williamson considered the mat
ter and smiled.
I'm glad you told me that, Nan, be-
cause it will be big asset. But you
know. these dinner parties-.not much
chance for a secluded conference.
You wait. just know that / can
arrange it," and, Slipping a silken
scarf over her couture. the little wife
gave her husbands arm an encourage
ing squeeze. -.
While driving through. the mass OF
machines that thronged the avenue
at this time second thought occurred
to her.
"Oh, George. |, forgot TO mention
that Bob Harkners is taking Betty
to the theater fhis evening. He seems
quite Interested in our pride and JOY I;
don't YOU think 500"
For answer she received Short,
dry laugh.
THAT'S good ori,t." chuckled the
unused George Bob Harkners ex-
ertS all his youthful ENERGY to fas-
cinate my laughter, while I'm about
10 exert all my will power to interest
his dad It's great lifel"
~ dinner fortune favored the cou-
uIe hy seating them near the coveted
pri2c Conversation ran smoothly and
TO; fed by an excellent dinner and a
litile a. he hast stray Of vintage. the
men were in good humor However.
inter-" .,tia!iS were bound to happen.
AMI 10 chance occurred. where they
could Indulge in business arrange
pient
suddenly strange thing happened.
1!r< tll cmap' INFO the room after
a Short ai.>'u,e and the look Oh her
f''ee t.i.e' al cnnvel Sation Spas
nto.lhgllv he announced that Vera
.had een SICK all day.Snd the doctor
40 jus n-cnnunced her very i'll with
cont; g"'.> disease. The house was
,ira"srt;f e. for "a days.
e. .
It was the ninth day of their CON
finement and the guests, were assem-
bled about the fireplace. fortunately,
none of them had contracted the fata!
disease, and as they talked, realizing
that the next day they. We're to be re-
leased. they laughed over their odd
and rather ridiculous positions Ev-
cry day the phone had been constant
ly i'm use. either with business com
municatiOnS. or with young daughters
and some calling long enough to tease
their parents with wild tales of their
doiHgS: although they really had flown
TO relatives on the night of the event
fu miShap.
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson seemed
to be the happiest OF the group. In
the preceding days the men had sick
ened Of social discusses and had talked
business most of the time. Mr. Hark-
nerS became well acquainted. with Mr..
Williamson and the latter had taken
advantage of his strange position To
adroitly sketch the details of his ''bg
deaf in a clever concise way. He
never rushed the matter. knowing that
tie had 10 days to get what he was
going after. That morning. in the
presence OF the two wives. now great
friends. a short brief had been drawn
up by "WilI" and signed 10y "Hark. "
as they afIectionately. termed each 9th.
or now.
The group was just finishing an old
melody that had been pcpula~in their
day wnen the phone rang.
1t was Betty
"Oh. TOther. I'm so excited. and
will you please tell Mr.. and Mrs. lark
nerS that Bob has been so good and
kind and has tried to cheer me up
- much in your absence that | just
couldn't help falling in love with him.
the dear. and we're engaged. Wait a
minute tn1upSy he wants To- tall, m