The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-11-17
Biography"
Name
By MARTHA M. WILLIAMS

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@, 1922. by cclur Newspaper syndicate.
"An-go-ral Can you match that2
Where dye reckon her folks found
such a nameY' Mrs. Hips asked
plaintively her gossip, Miss Tunly, of
the new girl down at the postoGice.
ooh, don't you know It's q jogra-
ply name-my brother reads it out
every little whiles," the gossip ex-
planned. "It's some place full O.
heathen, and hghtin', and lice and
things" Miss Tunly ran on. Like as
not this gals got missionaries some
where in her family, that's how come
she to be so 'aicted."
WELT Tn glad none O. my folks
was ever took thatawayp Mrs, Hips
drlbbled through pUrsed lips. I'D
most as soon be cross.eyed as to have
to answer when somebody called, An
CORA, come to dinner Maybe she
don't mind-hope so, at any rate-it's
right down aggravatin' she eain't
change ii by marrvin'.H
"Just sor' from the gossip. "But
| hear tell her home folks have al
ways called her Missy. You can do
that when she gets to be your new
daughter"
"WhatT' Mrs Hips brlstled, her
mouth shutting like a steel trap.
La 1 sure thought you knew. Hasn't
your Johnny told you? She's got him
hooked for fair. No other fellow gifts
a chance to take her home after
choir practice" Miss Tunly said with
a pretense Of concern, masking rather
badly inner satisfaction. She had
never heard Of La R~ochefoucauld, but
agreed fully with his saying, "In the
grief or mischance of a friend there
is always something that gives pleas
ure." Friend that she was to Sister
Hipps-and nobody could be a better
1t might help her to know that her
paragon of a Johnny was just the
same as other youngsters.
"You may hook a fish without
ketchln' him." Mrs. Hips said SEN
tentiously-then bitterly: $50 that's
why my son has got so proud Of his
voice all on a sudden. He'll find out
he'll have to learn another and better
tune"
Miss Tunly quickly went scuttllng
on her way. It led past the postofice,
where Angora of the geography" name
was in sole charge betwixt the 10
O'Clock mail and the -four. She was a
wlstful, %no-colOred creature, so slight
the volume Of her sweet voice was
really amazing. Until 1t heard her
the village mind was made up that
she couldn't amount to much. But
when the Episcopals tried actually to
hire her away from the Methodlsts to
sing solos at their Easter doings and
got a fiat rundown, estimates OF
her rose at least 500 per cent. To
throw away a chance for $50 when
you earned only ten a week, simply Ia
keep faith elsewhere, seemed to halt
the folk heroism; to--the other hall
sinful folly. When your Easter hat
needs must be an outmoded sailor gar.
nished with duets from the 10-cent
store, any sensible girl would have
forgotten all about a prohtless prom.
Use.
Johnny Hips wanted sorely ia
make 1t up to Angora. He could do It
If only his mother would help, but
that he knew was hopeless. Her heart
was set on matching him with Judge
Dnrling's Daisy. Daisy was q dear
little person. Johnny knew her well
being a student-clerk in her father,
office. He felt toward her as he might
toward an adorably frollcsome kitter
or puppy-indeed, treated her pretty
much the same. It never crossed hi:
mind that she might misunderstood
How could 1t, when she was forever
pouring out to him Intimate detail.
Of all her many flrtations2 81 tel
you things cause you're so safe, Ole
Stabsides; had to tell somebody Of
bust. Nom would be shocked int
compton fits and dad'd glggle tn
he-got black in the face. I'm all the,
have got; they're by me as your mon
Is by you; want me to be a parable
paragon, / mean. Amt that awful
You know, same as I do" she ok
planned. we ought to have been twin.
no triplets-wlth whole teams of III
tie brothers and sisters. If III,
worryin' was spread thin It couldn'
hurt so bad"
Johnny had agreed heartily. wifi
only the caveat that he should lnsIs
upon being eldest. Hand.me-downl
didn't suit him; he was always s,
sorry For the Bemls string; coats an,
trousers went down the line there III
he hated the sight Of them at church
Then the pair had agreed that maybe
after all, Divine Providence knew II
own business best.
This In the pre-Angora stage. Dais
had no voice at all and hated eve,
canned music. SO she was not by wa.
Of seeing Johnny's defection-not eve,
Of hearing about It until Miss Tunl
put In her thrOaty voice. She In.
stopped TO quiz Angora on her wa
to the Darling place, with q resul
wholly negative, Angora was clvility'
self, but by comparison a clam woul
have seemed loquaclous to any earnes
seeker for information. That did No
matter greatly-no text is needed I
tell things one does not know. Mis-