The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-04-14

phyllis"
"The hoy who insulted her! Ny
Cod Mrs. Bling exclaimed in wills
per. She hurried 10 the door Of the
hutlcrs pantry. Indignation was In
the sound Of her footsteps.
Martha :" she called
Martha came
Tell James to bring the bIg car at
once I'm going 10 lIazelmead."
"without lunchcon7" the girl asked.
"JuSt give me u sandwich and I'll
eat II in my hand"
81 want you ia hurry" she said To
James rs She entered the glowing
limousine with the sandwich half con
sumed.
They drove NJ top speed over the
siAooth. state road To the mill city. Al
half past two. Mrs Ring alighted nj
the fashionable Gray Goose inn whore
the best people had their luncheon
parties. She found Phyllis and Cor
don in coy alcove slipping cognac
and smoking cigarettes. with nm ice
tub and champagne bottle beside
them To tell the whole truth II was
timely arrival. Phyllis. with no no
ton of the peril ~ n, was indeed hav-
ing ~ lovely timr"-the time Of her
Young life. In fact For half an hour,
she had been hanging on the edge ~
the glddy precipice ~ elopemont She
was within one sip Of a decision 10 LEI
20.
Mrs Bling was admirably cool. In
her manner there was little 10 indi-
cate that she had seen the unusual
and highly festive accessories She
sat down beside them and said: "My
dear. was very lonely and thought !
would come and look you up. Is your
luncheon finished"
ayes" said Phyllis.
"Thon let ~ 20 and get into the
car Wen dror Mr. King at his home"
When NJ last they were seated In
the limousine. the angry lady lifted
the brakes in way Of speaking
81 am astoni~hrd that you would go
10 luncheon with this young man who
has lnSulted YOU" she said
Phyllis began ~ cry
Turning To- young Gordon King. the
indignant lady added: 81 think you
nrc disrcpuIahlc boy. You must
never come to my house again
never"
lie made no answer and left the car
without word M the door " the
King residence
There were miles aud miles Of
weeping on the way home Phyllis
had recovered her cumposure hut be
gan again when her mother remarked,
II wonder where you learned Ia drink
champagne and cognac and smoke
cigarettes" as il her own home had
not been perfect academy of dissi-
patton The girl sat In n corner. her
eyes covered with her handkerchief
and the only words she uttered on the
way home were these: Don't tell
father"
While This was happening, Mr.. Ba-
ker confied his troubles 10 Judge
Crouker in the latters office. The
Judge heard him through and then
delivered another notable opinion, 10
wit There are many subjects on
which the Judgment ~ the average
man il Of little value, but In the mat
ter of bringing up daughter II is apt
10 be sound Also there are many
subjects on which the Judgment of the
average woman may be trusted, but
in the matter Of bringing up daugh-
ter II l. apt to be unsound. | say
this after some forty years Of observa-
ton"
what is the reaSon?" Mr. Baker
asked
"Wcu. daughter has 70 be pre-
pared to deal with men" the judge
went ON. The masculine temp"ra-
mcut is involved In all the critical
problems pf her he Naturally the
average man j. pretty well informed
on the subject of men You nave
pru>pcrcd those late years You have
been So busy getting rich that YOU
have lust used your home To- eat and
sleep iu You can't do home any
good 10y eating and snoring and read
Ing a paper in H."
"My wife would have her own way
there" said Baker
"That doesn't alter the fact that you
have neglected YOUR home. You have
let things slide You wore yourself
cut In this matter Of money getting
You were tired when YOU got home
NJ night all in, rs they say The
bank was the main thing with YOU.
| repeat that YOU let things slide AT
home and the longer they Slide the
faster they slide when they're going
down hin You can always count on
that I'm n case of sliding.
The young have "A taste for velocity
and often y comes 81 unaccnuutahly
fast that they don't know what to DO
with II, So they're apt 20 get their
necks broken unless there's some one
to put on the brakes"
MIR Emmanuel Baker arose and be
ran To stride mp and down the room.
Upon my word Judge ] don't
know what ia do" he exclaimed