The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-10

eDooc having some new covers made
for oil the old furniture In this
house, and I'd like to have . new
dress made for the wedding. I'd
thought Of gray chiffon, or perhaps
. pansy-purple, but chiffon always
makes me look - big % IN Gle
phant-" She talked on and on,
verbally spending hundreds Of dol
lars in preparation for Susan'a
wedding to Wallace.
"She1l spend hours on that non.
sense, just to get out Of doing any
work-and she'll leave even her bed
for rs TO make, you'll seel" Lutte
remarked sourly TO Susan q the
two Of them went around the house,
busting, running the carpet sweep.
er over the beautiful old rugs, col:
Letting the part Of the laundry that
was to be sent out 70 the Imperial
Wet Wash, putting the rest Of IL q
soak in the wash tubs In the base.
ment. "She won't do any more
work from now on than she did
when we had Anna. She says hel
feet hurt, but 50 do mine and I'm
not complaining!"
By Tuesday Lutte had lost almos,
all Of her energy for housework, but
her good disposition had returned
"The work isn't 20 dreadful hare
after ALL" she assured Susan Il
her accustomed cheerful manner ..
she walked around the lower 1ool
Of the house flirting feather dust,
er 1T tho furniture and bric-a-bras
and stirring up great deal Of dust
She let Susan make al Of the bed
alone, and when it was time to n
down into the basement and wasl
the clothes that had been soaked thu
day before, she was having Z Ions
conversation with her friend, Jes.
sic Bunts, over the telephone. Susan
went down alone.
An hour later she came 10 thu
head Of the stairs that led to thu
basement and called down to Susan
II think I'd better stay up here q
answer the phone and the doorbell
don't you, Susan, childie? It'll soor
be time for me to start lunch, too.
But when Susan came up into che
kitchen ct half past twelve NOTHING
had been done toward preparing
lunch. The stove was cold, and On
the bare polished mahogany Of the
dining room table . corded white
silk dress was spread out. Beside
it, on . square Of tissue paper, stood
. pair Of white kid clippers with
bright paste buckles. From them
rose . dry dusty odor Of age and
orris root.
"Your grandmother Was married
IN this dress, Susan" Aunt Edns
waved her short plump hands ovel
it. Lutte and I thought you'd lik1
to have il made over for your own
wedding dress. It's % smart,
think, to wear bridal things that
have been in ones own family for Z
long time.
II never knew what your own
mother wore ct her wedding. for
wasn't there" she wound up with !
sni6 and . twitching Of her nos.
trils, - Il she were proud Of thu
fact that she had not been there.
well. whatever she wore, YOU
may b sure she was the loveliest
bride that any Broderick ever mar.
ried." Susan answered quietly, and
with that she went out into the
kitchen to get the lunch ready.
On Wednesday morning Lutte
went to . meeting Of the Current
Topics Club, which met every other
Wednesday at eleven o'clock in thl
ball room Of the Union Club down.
town. The members Of Il were the
wealthiest and most prominent
women Of the town. and Lutte had
Joined Il twenty-five years before
whom the Brodericks were amons
what Uncle Worthy called "ths PEG
pie Of the city
"And what do you think . little
bird told me todayl" abe asked coyly
Of Susan when she came home Sc
one o'clock and sat down at the
luncheon table, still wearing her
hat and her dotted veil and smellin9
family Of the gasoline with which
she had cleaned her white kid
gloves. ''That Wallace Vas enraeed
TO Eleanor Kendall once upon :
time!-And quite wild about her.
too! Eleanor Kendall!"
Every odd that Mrs. Kendall
didn't mention Il 70 10 when ~
was here on Christmas day -
marked Uncle Worthy, turning :
doubling eye upon Lutte @ Il be
were saying. Important e true, =
! to himself.
We'll. odd or not, the fact Il that
Wallace and Eleanor were en-
gagged" declared Lutte. She dropped
bit OF sausage gravy on the front
Of her dress il her azeiteanent ~