The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-03-02

/ 'fIIt To lt. |IiI TO ~'|Ilt u lNtNIltll
. which had been ur.ruing him badly.
! iu his own rlum since breakfast What
be- wanted tp know was Whether II
vas right tu wear un extra hgudkcr
. .hIrf show iur out u the coat breast.
. pocket ur not aud II IL was right
ought the handkerchief to have col
/ pred border ~ 10 be- plain vhitrf But
hr had never before brought any such
pcrplcNltIo~ ~ his father. pnd found
/ himself tpu dinidrut 10 set them forth
I However when he left the house
] u few minutes later hr boldly showed
IN inch Of purple border above the
pocket then. n he saw himself about
~ encounter several old lady pcdes
triHns, he hlushed and thrust the hand.
kercticf down into deep ,un, enlmcnt.
Having gone block farther, he pulled
IL up again; and So continued to oper.
ate this badge Of fashion, or unfashion.
throughout the morning; and suffered
n great deal thereby.
Meantime. his father. rather relieved
that Ramsey had not told his secret.
from his mind and Joined Mrs. Nil.
holland at the front door, ready for
church.
Where's RamseyT' he asked.
Hes gone ahead" she answered,
buttoning her gloves as they went
along Il heard the door quite little
while ago Perhaps he went over to
walk down with Charlotte and Vance
Did you notice how neat he looks this
mornlng1"
"why, no. didn't; not particularly.
Does hep
Il never saw anything like II be
/ fore" said Mrs Milholland. "Hs only
has three neckties, but saw him sew
eral times In each Of them. He must
have kept changing and changing. ]
4 wonder" She paused
I'm glad he's begun to take a little
care Of his appearance AT last. I'll
have to take a look at him and give
/ him n word Of praise. ! suppose he'll
| be In the pew when We get there"
But Ramsey wasn't In the pew and
I Charlotte. his sister and her husband.
who were there, said they hadn't seen
/ anything of him II was not until the
/ members ~ his family were on their
| way home aztec the services that they
! caught a glimpse Of him.
They were passing IA church little
I distance from their own here the con
I gregatlou was just emerging 10 the
open and among the sedate throng
. descending the broad stone steps ap-
. pcarcd an accompanied Ramsey-and
red, red Ramsey he was when he
hehcld his father and mother and sis
ter and brothcr-in-law staring up at
him from the pavement below They
were kind enough not 10 come to an
absolute halt. but passed slowly on.
so that he was Just able 10 avoid pa
rndlng up the street in front of them.
In hoarSe whispers Mrs Milholland
chided her husband for an eXclama-
ton he had uttered. John, ON sun
day You ought 10 he ashamed"
II couldn't help IT," he exclaimed,
who on earth is his clinging vinef
Why, she's got lavender tops on her
shoes and"
Don't look round!" she warned him
sharply Don't"
"Weg. what's he doing at a Baptist
church, What's he fidgeting at his
handkerchief about? Why can't he
walk like people7 Does he think It's
obligatory to walk home from church
anchored armin-arm like Swedes oil
n Sunday Outf Who Is this conveyed
fat girl that's got him. anyhow"
Hush Don't look round again,
John"
"Never fear!" said her husband. hav-
ing disobeyed. They've turned on;
they're crossing over to Bullard street.
Who In itT'
II think her names Rust" Mrs NIL.
holland Informed him. IL don't know
what her father does She's one Of
the girls In his class at school II
would be pleasanter II he'd taken a
fancy to someone whose family be-
longs 10 our own circle
Taken a fancy r. he echoed, hooting
-Why. he's terrible He looked like
a red gilled goldfish that's Topped IT,
self out of the bowl. Why. he"
II say wish II he felt that he had
to take girls anywhere" said Mrs. Nil.
holland. with the primmest air OF
speaking TO the poInt-''if this sort Of
thing must begin. ! wish he might have
selected some nice girl among the
daughters Of our own friends. like
Dora Yocum. for instance"
Upon the spot she began to undergo
the notifications of mother who
has expected her son, just out OF in
fancy, to look about him with the eye
Of a critical matron Of forty-fve.
Moreover. she was lndiscreet enough
TO express her views 20 Ramsey.
week later. producing thus a scene OF
useless great fury and no little sound.
II do think it's In very poor taste
to see so much OF any one girl, Ram
sey," she said. and, not needing his
protest that he only walked home from
school with Milla. about every other
day" and That Il didn't seem any