Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-10-18

Ahtg MEiE iOOhfuS AT Iulu dkdAH.
And now she looked at Ninian, and
there was something terrible in that
look which tried to ask him. alone,
about this thing.
Dwight exploded "There was a fcl-
low | know there in the theater." he
cried. "TIl get him on the line. He
could tell me If there's any way
and was off
Ina inexplicably began touching
away tears. "oh," she said, what
will mamma say?"
Lulu hardly heard her. Mrs. Bett
was intellectually distant.
"You sureT' Lulu said low to
Ninian.
For the first time. something In her
exceeding isolation really touched him.
"Say," he said. you come on with
me. Wen have 1t done over again
somewhere, If you say So"
oh" said Lulu, ''if / thought"
He leaned and patted her hand.
"Good girl" he said.
They sat silent, Ninian padding on
the cloth with the fiat of his plump
hands.
Dwight returned Its go all
right" he said. He sat down. laughed
weakly. rubbed at his face "You two
are tied as tight as the church could
tie you"
Good enough" said Ninian. "Eh,
Lulu?"
"Its-lt's ALI right. guess" Lulu
said.
"Well, I'll be dished," said Dwight.
SISTER, said Ina.
Ninian meditated, his lips set tight
and high. 1t is impossible to trace
the processes of this man. Perhaps
they were all compact of the devil
may-care attitude engendered in any
| persistent traveller. Perhaps the incom-
parable cookery of Lulu played its
part
II was going to make a trip south
this month";" he said, ION my way
home from here. Suppose we get
married again by somebody or other,
and start right on You'd like that,
| wouldn't yOu-going south.
Eyes" said Lulu only.
TITS July" said Ina. with her sense
OF fitness, but no one heard.
1t was arranged that their trunks
should follow them-Ina would see to
that, though she was scandalized that
they were not first to return to War
bleton for the blessing Of Mrs. Bett.
| Mamma won't mind" said Lulu.
Mamma can't stand a fuss any more"
They left the table. The men and
women still sitting at the other tables
saw nothing unusual about these four,
indinerently dressed, indifferently
conditioned. The hotel orchestra,
playing ragtime in deafening concord.
made Lulu's wedding march.
II was still early next day-a hot
Sunday - when Ina and Dwight
reached home Mrs. Bett was stand
ing on the porch.
where's Lulie2" asked Mrs. Bett.
They told.
Mrs Bett took Il In, bit at time.
Her pale eyes searched their faces.
she shook her head, heard 1t again,
grasped 1t. Her first question was:
"Who's going to do your work.
Ina had thought of that, and this
was manifest
"oh," she said. you and I'll have
TO manage"
Mrs. Bett meditated, frowning
II left the bacon for her to cook for
your breakfasts" she said II can't
cook bacon fit to eat Neither can
you"
We've had our breakfasts" Ina
escaped from this dilemma.
Had II up in the city. on expenser
well, we didn't have much"
In Mrs. Belts eyes tears gathered,
but they were not for Lulu.
II should think" she said. II should
think Lulie might have had a little
more gratitude to her than this"
On their way to church Ina and
Dwight encountered Di, who had left
the house some time earlier, step
| ping sedately to church in company
with Bobby Larkin Di was In white,
and her face was the face of an angel,
so young. so questioning, so utterly
devoid of her sophistication.
THAT child said Ina, "must not
see so much of that Larkin boy. She's
| just a little, little girl"
''Of course she mustn't" said
Dwight sharply. land If l was her
| mother"
"oh, stop that y said Ina, soto
| voce, at the church steps.
To every one with whom they spoke
in the aisle after church, Ina an
nounced their news; Had they heard?
Lulu married Dw!ght's brother Ninian
In the city yesterday. oh, sudden,
| yes And romantic spoken
with that upward infection to which
Ina was a prey.