The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-12
EUening Story
A J0graphy Name.
BY MARTHA McC. WILLIAM

1 MAN liza 4a4C0s w l11~4<A4AGs
"An-goria! Can you match that !
Where dye reckon her folks found
such a manner" Mrs. Hips asked
plaintively of her gossip. Miss Tunly,
the new girl down at the postoffice.
"Oh. don't you know? It's jogra-
ply name-my brother reads it out
| every little whiles," the gossip ex-
planned. Its some place full o.
heather, and fightin', and lice and
things Miss Tunly ran on. Like
somewhere in her family, that's how
come she to be so 'flicted.'
! well! I'm glad none o. my folks
| was ever took that away" Mrs. Hips
| dribbled thru pursed lips. I'D most
as soon be crosseyed as to have to
answer when somebody called, An
CORA, come to dinner!' Maybe she
don't mind-hope so. at any rate-fs
right down aggravatin' she cain
change it by marryin'.'
Just sou from the gossip. But 1
hear tell her ho5he folks have always
called her Missy. You can do that
when she gets to be your new daugh-
what Mrs. Hips bristIed. her
mouth shutting like steel trap.
La I sure thought you knew. Has
MT your Johnny told you? Shes 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 Rochefoucauld, 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 peter
it might help her to know that
her paragon of a Johnny was just the
same as other youngsters.
s.You may hook fish without
ketchin' him" Mrs. Hips said SEN
tentiously-then bitterly. so that
why my son has got so proud of his
voice all on sudden. He'll find out
he'll have to learn another and better
tune
Miss Tunly quickly went scuttling
on her way. 1t led past the poster.
flee, where Angora of the biography
name was in sole charge betwixt the
10 o'clock mail and the 4. She was
a wistful, no-colored creature, so
slight the volume of her sweet voice
was really amazing. Until 1t hear1
her the village mind was made up
that she couldn't amount to much
But when the Episcopals tried nc
tually to hire her away from the
Methodists to sing solos at their 1sas-
ter doings and got a flat turn down,
estimates of her rose at least SOC per
cent. To throw away a chance for
$50 when you earned only SO Il v eek,
simply to keep faith elsewhere.
seemed to half the folk heroism-to
your Easter hat nee Is must he an
cutmoded sailor garnished with
bIuets from the 10-cent store, any
sensible girl would have forgotten all
about a profitless promise.
Johnny Hipps wanted sorely to
make it 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
Darling's Daisy. Daisy was a dear lit
tie person. Johnny knew her well.
being a student-clerk in her fathers
office. He felt toward her as he
might toward an adorably frolicsome
kitten or puppy-indeed treated her
pretty much the same. 1t never
crossed his mind that she might mis-
understand. How could it, when she
was forever pouring out to him init
mate details of all her many flirta-
tons? IT tell you things cause you're
SO safe, Old Statistics; had to tell
somebody or bust. Nom would be
shocked into compton fits and dad'd
giggle till he got black In the face.
I'm all they have got; they're by me
as your nom is by you; want me to-
be a parable-paragon, 1 mean. Amt
that awful? You know, same as do
she explained. I'VE ought to have
been twins-no triplets-with whole
teams of little brothers and sisters
II the worryin' was spread thin it
couldn't hurt so bad
Johnny had agreed heartily, with
only the caveat that he should insist
upon being eldest. Hand-me-downs
didn't suit him; he was always so
sorry for the Bemis string; coats and
trousers went down the line there till
he hated the sight of them at church.
Then the pair had agreed that maybe,
after all, Divine Providence knew its
own business best.
This in the pre-Angora stage. Daisy
mad no voice at all and hated even
canned music. So she was not by
way OF seeing Johpny's detection
not even of hearing about it until
Miss Tunly put in her throaty voice,
She had stopped to quiz Angora on
her way to the Darling place, with a
result wholly negative. Angora was
c1Vihtys self, but by comparison a
to any earnest seeker for Information.
Ihat did not matter greatIy-no text
IS needed to tell things one does not
know Miss Tunly, in full tide of such
recital, stressed the name. This An
CORA Joyce" and was startled to hear
Judge Darling call from the adjoinine
llbrary, where he sat Illuminating n ft,s1-
luncheon: "Angora. Say that name
again, Miss Betty!'
why, don't you know 1t, it's in
all the papers now" from Miss Betty.
only too WELL" came back; $50
painfully well / can't possibly forget
IL knew an Angora once-a big
euck worth 81 900. He was in a pas
US put somehow didn't think SO. and
made me agree with him / went
somewhere else as quick as possible
Ever since I've known just how If |
AeeaS 10 rave a submarine ram you" |
This Angora hits with her voice II
MISS Tunly returned when she could
speak Tor laughing. The 'Piseopals
are as wild over her singin' as .Johnnv
hippS IS over her,
ana never told me a word! The |
mean Inlngi He's due n OF hi |
uppance1" Daisy broke in, a little pale, |
out high-headed and with dancing |
eyes. Her father looked at her proud |
~, but turned away choking Her
next words comforted him. Dad, you |
bring that scoundreI home with Won 70
dinner. I'm going after Afiss a rro,-a