Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-01-05
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Ii
e At times the noted eyes Of sAtwater
rs Rooter were ,gentled o'err. with the
soft cast Of enchantmept, especially
when Patty felt called upon, 70, reprove
the two with little ;eoaNetgAes Of slaps
and pushes Noted for her sprightli-
aness.6 she WAS never sprightlier; her
sprettyodaughter footed q continuously
and the gentlemen accompanied with
/ .dotIng>soUnds so.repulsite to Florence
dthatT without being actively conscious
/ of what she ddfd, 4sAe embodied the
phrase, gpeFfectlSh asIekeni6gni in the
hymn She was Grooming, ana repeated
I It over and Over to- the air Of Crock
H. ,ow, t ten tens YOU Iat3 W6at let's play,
,ths Versatile Patty prop sed,, after ex-
ghtausting the ,pleasures Of, "Geog-
5raphy,Tis ., "TGbosts,"s, andT other, tests of
/, intellect Lets play Truth Wen
each take A. paper and a tpencll, and
Il theb1 sea Chi ofs use asks the 3Other one
some question oand9iVYe3 haf7to write
! DOWN the ahsMeriandtsi gnayopr name
and fold 1t up so nUbedyaCan see 1t ex-
d cepticthattone, and owes ihafEto keep 1t
''a"set4et ana 'heFer'tell as'lofg as we
live" ,os1u' 3aS
ea'i21l tight" saRf' ffepE4. Rooter.
"'r1l'be the one t., ASK you 4 question,
pattvm ,2o!sss 1881 s5'9st
= 5s H3s4Fbssri}t, ss said '1 R5f2aa$Rptly. 1
ought to be the one to ask Patty"
why ought y0u 7" ) n Henry demanded.
Why ought yen 81 I'd bsH7as.
Listen H Patty .crded,s II know the
.iwaB weH5dQ. III sskneaeH Of you
SdHestiOR7W shaffto INhIspeEi it-and
lseaoh,done qof 4yOu'l aaskoime zone, and
then we'll write 1t. That1H BE simply
gFandi" shB clupped her hands; then
Checked herseRf.' b"0h,771 guess we
canT, ethel. 3 We hayeh9 got any pa
per and pencils uniess1L Here she
Seemed "t0s recall her hostess. "Oh,
Ffofrie,, dea1Fi Run III tie house and
get, us some paper and pencils"
ga Fl0fenee gays no sign other than
70 Increase the loudness Of her voice
Rs she sang, eerfly slck'nlng, clef'
for me. let me aperf'lys sIckskin-ning |"
oEot plenty. H9l,ssid Herbert, as
he and Henry prodHeed bpeRcils and
heIruprOfessinnal, notebooks and sup
pliedot heirs faiFs friend and themselves
withomateFlal for 'sTFath! mo SGome on,
Patty, whisper ME whatever you want
toC''o9 Es5 s1o.sIsqo.o3 10 ton
'q %No m ought TO have her whisper
me 'flrst.h' Henry Rooter objected. ''Pll
write the aRswet9 to- any question; I
'doRT care what rs about"
wen, IFS got to be the truth, you
know Patty warned them. ts,"we all
hsf ;.to write down Just eKackly the
truth yen o1Toyord OF homer and sign
our sRRmedi RTomise 2'ssdioas nj
ssaidsq Patty yfeNow I'll
whisper rHearyda iquesti0ny .first, and
9Iienfbgous can whisper yours to me
,ar4st sFTerbert@ div ,ssssirs TBS
lsc33Fhfs BeenRsdAe6 Ail Rff needs happily,
ana the Whispering, and writing began,
ana Continued WITH a 4coziness little
Ks the ne taste gsp'qUf the 9pi5dsly singing
Florence. She altered an previous
opinions OF her riepd Patty, and when
the latterro fpallJyg Il closed, the session
on the, steps and snnonneedr that she
must go ,hspeb the hostess declined
to- AcSempRny hsga9nto the house to
help her findswhepe she HAD left her
hat and wEapuoy ;s5siG sidi Of
~ AateBitystbe least idea where !
toolcii 'emroh, IA Patty declared in the
afrlest manAery 1iRs yOWiM6n't come
With me- Florrie, 1islposeoyoh just call
In The front dO6F,andgteH yOlir mother
TO oEet 9e11 for meSh ~ iu9ds
as"oh. they re osoniewherebsin there"
said Florence coldly, not ceaslng to
swing her foot and not turning her
head, ''You cEnN find 'em bH yourself, |
1 JEesd@s (ot u y6a f@6 I'l have
our maid throw 'em out IN the yard,
or. somep'm tomorrow"
1IstV En-. thank you'll" Miss Fairchlld
reioined, as she entered the house.