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


all Monona was already in her place,
singing under-breath. Mrs. Bett. after
lowering I'm the kitchen door, entered !;
but they forgot TO introduce her.
where's Dip asked Ina. II declare
that daughter of mine is never any
where"
a brief silence ensued as they were
seated There being guest. grace was
To come, and Dwight said, unntelligi-
bly, and like lightning, a generic ap-
peal To bless this food, forgive all our
sins and finally save us. And there
was something tremendous i'm this
ancient form whereby all stages of
men bow i'm some now unrecognized
/ recognition OF the ceremonial of TAX
ING food to nourish life-and more
At "Amen" hi flashed i'm. her Of
/ fees ut the mirror fresh upon her
/ perfect hair. silk dress turned up NJ
/ the hem. She met Cornish. crimsOned
huttercd to her seat, Joggled the cable
and, "Oh dear" she said audibly to
her mother. II forgot my ring"
The talk was saved alive by frank
]
about everybody coming back for
more They went on with Warblcton
happenings. improvements and open
ingS; and the runaway. Cornish tried
hard To make himself agreeable, not
overwhelmingly, but good-naturedly. He
wished profoundly that before coming
he had looked up some more stories
IN. q ~. -.
Lulu surreptitiouSly pinched off an
ant that was running at large upon
the cloth and thereafter kept her eyes
SteadfaStly ON the sugar bowl 10 see If
il could he from that. Dwight pre-
tended that those whom he was help
Ing "a second time were getting more
than their share and faceuOuSlN land
ed on III about eating 50 much that
she would grow up and be married
first thing she knew At the word
married hi turned scarlet, laughed
heartily and lifted her glass of water
And what instruments do you
play Ina asked Cornish in an un-
related effort to lift the talk to mu-
sical levels.
We'll, do YOU know said the mu
sic man. Il can't play Il thing Don't
know a black note from white one.
You don't? Why III plays very
prettily," said Dis mother. But
then, how can YOU tell what songs to
order?" Ina cried.
ooh, by the music houses You 60
by the sales" For the first time it oc-
cured To Cornish that this was rldic-
ulous. you know, I'm really study
ing law he said, shyly and proudly
Law How very interesting, from Ina.
oh, but won't he bring up some songs
some evening, for them TO ny over!
Her and hi? At this hi laughed and
said that She was out of practice and
lifted her glass of water In the
presence of adults hi made one weep.
she was SO slender. so young, so with
out defenses, SO intolerably sensitive
10 every contact, so in agony lest she
he found wanting. 1t was amazing
how unlike was this Iii to the hi who
had ensnared Bobby Larkn. What
was one to think?
Cornish paid very little attention 10
her. To Lulu he said kindly. Don't
YOU play, Miss" He had not caught
her name-no stranger ever did catch
it. But Dwight now supplied it: "NIiss
Lulu Bett," he explained. With loud
emphasis. and Lulu burned her slow
red This question Lulu had usually
answered by telling how felon had
interrupted her lessons and she had
stopped "taking"-a participle sacred
10 music. in Warbleton. This vignettp
had been kind Of epitome of Lulu's
biography. But now Lulu was heard
to say, serenely:
NO, hut I'm quite fond of IT,
went to lovely concert-two weeks
ago"
They all listened Strange. indeed
10 think of Lulu as having had expert.
ences of which they did not know.
"Yes." she said. 1T was i'm Savan-
nah. Georgia" She flushed, and lifted
her eyes in manner of faint defiance
cor course" she said II don't know
the names OF all the different instru-
ments they played, but there were
good many" She laughed pleasantly
as a part of her sentence. "They had
some lovely tunes she said. She knew
that the subject was not exhausted
AMI she hurried on. "The hall was
real large" she superadded, "and
there were quite good many people
there. And it was too warm
81 see" said Cornish, and said what
no had been waiting 10 say: That he
too, had been in Savannah. Georgia
Lulu lit with pleasure. "Well - she
said. And her mind worked and she
caught at the moment before ii had
escaped. isn't IL Il pretty city,
She asked. And Cornish assented with
the intense hcartiness of the provincial.
He. too. it seemed. had n conversa-
tional appearance TO maintain by its
own effort. He said that he Lad on
loved being in that town and that he
was there for two hours.
81 was there for week" Lulu's
superiority was really pretty.
"IIayc good weather. Cornish Sc
lected next.
"Oh. yes. And they saw all the dif
ferent bulldings-but at her 1--WE" she
flushed and was silenced. She was
colOring and breathing quickly. This
was the first hit of conversation OF
this sort i'm Lulu's life.