Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-02

! Die men, iulked ilnoui ina, eiaDntatr
i'm his insisionce on The third person--
"She loves H. we have To humor her.
you know how il is. OR no. You don't
know But you willard more az
the same SORT. everybody laughing
heartily. save Lulu. who looked I'M
comfortable and wished that Dwight
wouldn't ANA Mrs Beit. who paid no
attention to anybody that night, not
because she had not been introduced,
an omission which she had not even
noticed, but merely as another form
of "tanlrim'-a seli-indulgence.
They emerged for croquet. And
there ON The porch SAT Jenny Plow
and Bobby. waiting for hi 10 keep an
old engagement which hi pretended
to have forgotten. and 10 be fright
fully annoyed 10 have 10 keep. She
met the objections of her parents with
all the batteries Of her coquetry. set
for both Bobby and Cornish and, bold
i'm the presence of company" ut last
went laughing away. And in the mi
mute areas OF her consciousness she
said 10 herself hat Bobby would he
more in love with her than ever be-
cause she had risked all to 90 with
him: and that Cornish ought 10 be
distinctly attracted to her because
she had not stayed She was as print
tive rs pollen.
Ina was Ncxcd she said so. pout-
ing in fashion which she should
have outgrown with white muslin and
blue ribbons and She had outgrown
mono of these thngs
THAT inst spells croquet." she said.
I'm veXcd Sow we can't have
real game.
From Inc side door. where she must
have been lingering among the water
proofs Lulu stepped forth
"Tll play a game she said.
When Cornish actually proposed 70
hrine some music Go the pcacons' Ina
turned toward Dwight Herbert all the
facets of her responsibility And has
sense of responsibility toward hi
was enormous oppressive. primitive
amouDt.n-. in fact toward THIS daugh-
ter of Dwight llorbcrts LATE WIFE to
an ability 90 compress the offices of
stepmothcrhood into the functions OF
the lecture platform. Ina was foun-
tain of admonition Her idea of
daughter step or rot. was that of
manufactured product, strictly, which
YOU constantly pinched and nodded.
She thought that "a moral preceptor
Il. I.
got them ali but of course The crest
OF mas responsibility was t0 marry
hi. This verb should be transitive
only when lovers are speaking of each
other or the minister or magistrate
is speaking OF lovers. II should never
be transitiye when predicated Of par
entS or any other third party Hu, il
is Ina was quite agiiated by It's
transitivcnose ms She took To- her huS-
band hcr incredible responsibility.
"Nou know Herncr." said Ina If
This Mr. Cornish comes here very
much what we mJy expect"
"What may we eXpect?" demanded
Dwight Herbert crisply.
Ina always played his games. an
severed what he expected her to an.
swer. pretended 90 be intuitive when
She was not So. said Il know when
She didn't know at all Dwight Her
bert. ola the other hand. did not even
play her games When he knew per.
fecily what she meant but pretended
not TO understand, made her repeat
made her explain. II was as If Ina
had 10 please him for, say. living
but MS for that dentist. he had 10
please nobody I'm the conversations
of Dwight and Inn YOU saw the his
torical home forming in clots in the
fluid wash of The community
Hen fall in love with Di." said
Ina.
And what of that: Little daughter
viii have many man fall in love
with hcr | should say
yes, but Dwight what do YOU
think Of him.
what do think of him? My
dear Ina I lave other things TO think
Of"
But We don't know anything about
him. Dwight stranger so"
ION tho other hand, said Dwight
with dignity. Il know good deal
about him"
With q great air Of having done the
fatherv and found ont about this
stranger before bringing him into the
home Dwight now related number
of stray circumstances dropped 10y
Cornish i'm their chance talks
"Ho has q little inheritance coming
to him shortly" Dwight wound up
AN really? How much
Dwiehtf"
"Now isn't that Ike a woman. Isn't
it?'
II thought he was from Z good
family" said Ina.
my merccnary little pussy"
well" She said with sigh "I
shouldn't be surprised if III did really
accept him \ young girl is awfully
battered when good-ookng older
man pays her attention. Haven't You
noticed that
Dwight Informed her. with an air
of Immense abstraction. that he left
all such matters 10 her Being mar
ried TO Dwight was like perpetual
rehearsal. with Dwight's self-impor-
lance for audience
\ few evenings later, Cornish