The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-09-06

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heap on the couch. NOT even tne
whitest of white lies. That's positive"
"And the reason for this beautiful
resolution" inquired her married
sister, in whose house Marjory had
taken refuge.
"It's not from any moral scruples
that l have registered this vow"
sighed Marjory, revealing in the wick
edness of her confession, "but simply
because have come to the concIul-
sion that lies don't pay"
Tell me what happened when you
forsook the TRUTH" said the interested
sister.
This morning the thermometer
read 101 degrees in the shade, and
there wasn't any shade" related Mar
jory. II had Just returned home from
a strenuous house party at Dorothy's
bungalow. much the worse for wear.
Simply exhausted and hating every
body, flung the contents of my suit
case into their respective places,
Jumped into my kimono, pulled down
the shades, locked my door. threw
myself on the bed, and sighed of con-
tentment.
"Then the telephone rang. Such a
long. vicious ring, too. AS ] went out
into the hall to answer 1t said to N.Y.
self: If that is King George. and If he
asks me to go riding In an aeroplane
with him, shall refuse. ! wouldn't
accept an invitation even from Bob
himself. today
eyes, this is Marjory.' told the
telephone. oh, I'm dreadfully, dread
fully sorry, Puss, but won't be home
this afternoon. You were coming to
spend the afternoon with me? What a
shame that can't be here! am just
going downtown this minute. ] have
some important shopping That's
what / shamelessly told her.
"'Going DOWNTOWN" Puss said over
the phone, How perfectly grahdi
You dear, sweet thing, know you
will match some Irish crochet lace
for me. We have the dressmaker
here. I'll bring the sample right
over
"Then before could say Peter
Pepper that awful girl had hung up
the receiverl
Mildred Morton Morse, maybe l
wasn't angry! + was furious. Here
was whole afternoon spoiled by
having to rush downtown in the broil-
ing sun to match sample of lace, for
a girl whom see only about twice
year, and whom don't care two
straws for!
GAS there was no one to open the
Loor for Puss and her sample, had
to dress in perfect whirlwind rush
and looked it, too. When got down
town my hat was over one ear, my
veil was over the other, my sailor col
lar had worked its front view to the
rear, my, white huckskin shoes begged
for shine. my gloves sympathized
with the mistreated shoes, and my
hair was done in wad on the top of
my head in a most original and I'M
becoming manner. The perspiration
rolled in rivulets off my face. looked
hideous, that's all. My one and only
fervent wish was that ! might meet
no. one / knew.
well, as l stepped off the car I
ran straight into Bob. Bob's mother,
Bob's father. Bob's two sisters and
Bob's grandmother. They were all
coming from their Michigan home
for some sort of a family reunion, or
something. Bob has been SO anxious
for me to meet his family, and /
wanted to make a good impression on
them beeause-well, Bob is Bob, you
know.
"There I stood like a scarecrow.
Bob looked at me wonderingly as he
introduced me to his tribe. 1t seemed
to me that there were hundreds of
them. Tho they all said, We're
pleased to meet you, for we've heard
so much about you,' I know they
were thinking, What under the sun
can Bob see in that awful girl?'
II said goodby as quickly as l could
and rushed away, disguised with Bob,
his family, Puss. myself and the
whole wide world In general. Hurry
ing to the lace counter, discovered
that had lost the. miserable sample.
so l couldn't get the lace. Then
jumped on the car, and here / am
wreck. come to you for any comfort
you may have in stock.
please phone to Puss for me. Tell
her that didn't get the lace because
] lost the sample, and that l am glad
of it. Tell her that didn't have any
downtown shopping of my OWL this
afternoon. Tell her that if she had a
molecule of sense she wouldn't want
to inf1ict herself on innocent people
in such hot weather. Tell her that IL
Bob breaks our engagement it will be
on her conscience, and that I hate her
anyway.
"The truth, the whole truth ana
nothing but the truth for me! / can
see already that I'm going to be I'M
popular"