The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-06-22
WHAT SHE FOUND
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auet % the Drcpncyille Literary 80
ciety. Mrs. Firmtug was finishing III,
lse'"llete gown VT. She had p.anne,
to wear on that utyHsipl. u was I've
fore the time 81 haekirss bu,iices and
shr was afraid she had be.u almost
tOo daring In planning that kind ~ .
gown when most OF the ladies would
wear "" neck and their hong
,irev,-d "undIrs' would probably show
though their chin,a 90 crri,r dr chin,
sleeves.
Although not fr-Ilouablr rs ~
clothes the club was yer, exclusive
and 80 old that - charter members
had grown whiir,iirrd or ltld.hrad.
81, according to their respective 10y
II was cumpuS Il ~ docio-s lawyers
ministers aud their wives > hurl
teachers - varying axes aul few
others Mr. Fleming WIS one - the
others There wer' two hhchrl"rs. w
Wack and Mr.. ridden. The always I'm.
maculai- principal ~ the grammar
'h""l thirty i've. piuk ,hrrk-i and
SIN feet two
i"uhs Mrs. Fleming sighed Hs she
sr"rd. Sh" Wished she could do s"nr
'hlng 10 wake ny the club They we're
t"" SNUG and compliment They had
h1i the same president Tor IS years
A teieph"n. cnll interrupted Mr.,
l"inings musings u Mas The chair
'"an ~ th" banquet committee. VII"
>nl' thnt Mrs. N"r'irn would be un.
a,'" 70 De ~ the banquet ana ""nlh
VIZ ''e'h'hs p'""sr MI ~ h"r place "'
me program
MIS- tl"'rihg pr"inis''i 10 see What
sh" '"uih 10. pui "i her things nhd
>'hrt-h Tor IN" library, en- her WAY
Sue met Miss i'nNlis. club meinh"r
ana S'"pp"h Z" chat WITH her. A. thei
i'Af'"d lew torn Straps "f paper
ii"d ni'h"iicrd tr"m MiSs pn'Ids
'l"'"'""N ahd TEL 40 Mrs fi"min- >
'eri' She Looked '""n 10 them ihrn
Pl'N"h 'hem up. tucked them I'M" her
PuiN'' 'hH hastily turned toward home
Nhrrr she sl"ht s"iHe thu" la neatly
patching 90" pie""s together. pictur"
puzzle iashi"fi
I~" nights later the banquet pre-
- '>"d from fruit cocktails To- drui.
tHs>". Then the tables we're cleared
ard Speeches we're il order.
When Mrs Fleming was called oI
She arose looked steadily ~ Mr. I'll
den until he blush,d then unfolded a
di~r-puiuhlr luualnl pap-r. laid n oh
the table fa,- down rnd began grnV.ly
Tive dnAs axe started for the Al.
brary to search for something Co read
tonight. little thluking that 1 would
S"un he uursNeliing a hnff,ins MISTER,
concerning thr-. OF our PROMINENT club
members To -, that have been
alternately Interested. curious. aston.
ish.d and shork.i nj what I hny,
learned faintI, expressed my emo
tIons. R.fnr. reaching IN. library I
stnpu.d tn chat a mnm.nt with Mis-.
paNlds. After ". parted I noticed
Some hit. ~ pap.r nn IN. walk They
must have fallen from her notebook
a. ~. were talking On On. 81 IN.
pieces | saw the words exceedingly
shocking
Miss Davids face showed blank
nmnz-ment.
Mrs. Fleming continued: Now, any.
thing shocking l. ant e. b. Interesting
particularly N II concerns thos. with
whmn one Is we'll acquainted"
Several p.opl. stirred un-asiIy In
their seats
1T chanc.d that other bits ~ paper
had fallen. with the writing up. After
a hasty glance I simply had To know
what II all meant. aud gathered up the
papers. You will begin 20 understand
why did this when I repeat o. YOU
, az, s.,, ,nar 80 ,,o s,anna nv
hrs' ~" 'hehi on Ih' st"uhu, IN
CFEDINGLY SMOOTHING rtIDEN
HOOKING MISS PENNY - OPEN
vropxrn SrocvtSn >uss unss
Her audience was nov listening
hrentisessly. and CONSERVATION showed
IN the faces ~ the two middle aged
srhool-teachers mentioned Mrs. Fiem
lnI went on:
There Sere other scraps with words
on them. After gathering them M ]
NJ once returned home and spent The
afternoon In piecing them together
She looked soberly nj the paper On