The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-03-23

Il thInk riats very nice, III hei
age especially" Mrs. Atwater urged.
Don't your
"Ye-esI Oh, yesi At least, ! sup
pose so. Ah-you don't think-oi
course she hasn't had anything at all
TO do with this2"
swell, | don't see how she could
You know Aunt Fanny told MS how
Herbert declared before them all, only
last Sunday night, that Florence
should never have one thing TO do with
his printing-press, and said they
wouldn't ever let her come near IT,"
"Yes. that's a fact. I'm glad Her.
bert made il so clear that she can't he
implicated. I suppose the family are
all pretty well down on Uncle Jo-
seph?"
Uncle Joseph is being greatly
blamed" said Mrs. Atwater primly.
HE really ought to have known better
than to put such an instrument into
the hands of a boy of that age. or
course II simply encouraged him to
print all kinds of things. We none of
MS think Uncle Joseph ever dreamed
that Herbert would publish anything
like this. and Of course Uncle Joseph
says himself he never dreamed such n
thing; he's said so time and time
again, all afternoon. But of course
he's greatly blamed"
81 suppose there've been quite a
| good many Of 'em over there blaming
him?" her husband inquired.
"Yes-until he ~telephOned to n
| garage and hired o car and went for
a drive. He said he had plenty OF
money with 49, 80 ''dn't know when
"'"'Hr -. mann uiu "'~-- :
! he'd be back"
Serves him right" said Mr.. Atwa-
ter. Does anybody know where
Herbert is?"
Not yet"
well" and he returned to a for
mer theme. 81 am glad we aren't i'm
plicated. Florence is right there with
you, is she?" 7
yes" she said. "She's right here,
reading. You aren't worried about
her, are your she added.
"Oh, no; I'm sure it's all right. I
only thought"
"Only thought whatf'
"Well, II did strike me as curious"
said Mr.. Atwater; especially after
Aunt Fanny's telling us how Herbert
declared Florence could never have a
single thing to do with his paper
again"
"Well?"
"Well, here's her poem right at the
top Of 1t, and a very friendly item
about her history mark Of last June.
Ii doesn't seem like Herbert to be so
complimentary to Florence, all of a
sudden. Just struck me as rather Gu
rious; that's ALL"
"Why, yes" said Mrs. Atwater. at
does seem a little odd-when you
think of It,"
Have you asked Florence II she
had anything to do with getting out
this weeks Oriole?"
"Why, no; It never occurred to me-,
especially after what Aunt Fanny told
u.s." said Mrs. Atwater. "Ill ask her
now"
But she was obliged to postpone the
Intended question. Sesame and
Lilies lay sweetly in the chair that
Florence had occupied, but Florence
herself had gone somewhere else.
She had gone for a long, long ram
BILE; and pedestrians who encountered
her. and took note of her expression,
were interested and, as they went OF
their way, several of them interrupted
the course Of their rneditations to say
TO themselves that she was the most
thoughtful-looking young girl they had
ever seen. There was a touch of visit
fitness about her, too; as OF one
whose benevolence must our all
hope Of comprehension and reward.
Florence, In fact, had about reached
the conclusion that far from the likeli.
hood Of her receiving praise for her
thoughtful circulation of the news
concerning her aunt Julia, there was
q strong probability that dire results
wordy and otherwise, would ensue
Hence her extreme thoughtfulness.
Among those who observed her un
usual expression was a gentleman OF
great dimensions disposed in a CLOSED
automobile that labored through mud
holes In an unpaved outskirt Of th'
town. He raped upon the glass lr
front of him, to get the drivers atten
ton, and q moment later the cal
drew up beside Florence, as she stool
in deep reverie at the intersection OF
two roads.
Uncle Joseph opened the door ant
took his cigar from his mouth. "Gei
in, Florence" he said. "Ill take yor
for a ride" She started violently
whereupon he restored the cigar t.
his mouth, pulled upon 1t, breathin,
heavily the while. as was his wont
and added: "I'm not going home. Tn
out for a nice long ride. Get in"
(To BE coNTINT'EDJ