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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Settlement

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Schultz are
rejoicing over the birth of a baby
boy born to them one day last week.
The boy has been named Albert
James.
Mrs. d. C. Steiner who has been
bedfast for several weeks has inn
proved to the extent that she can
again be about the house.
In honor of Mrs. Willard Moser's
birthday, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Reichenbach and sons Donivan and
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Ba-
singer and Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ.
Kohl and son Jr. enjoyed potluck
dinner in the Moser home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford
who have resided on the Davy farm
the past year have rented the farm
owned by A. C. Burcky east of
Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kessler are
expecting to move to Berne, Ind,
soon. Mr.. Keesler is employed by
the Pennsylvania railroad at Fort
Wayne.
Rev. p. ]. Boehr spent several
days last week in Chicago attending
Founders Week at the Moody Me-
mortal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fridley
and son Billy and daughter Mrs.
Bill McCafferty and Mr.. and Mrs.
David Reichenbach and son Randell,
Mrs. Willis Schumacher and daugh-
ter Verena and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Fridley were Sunday dinner guests
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fridley in Lima.
Hiram Kohl, Jr. spent Friday and
Saturday in the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Forrest Yoder and family in
Bellevue.
Mrs. Gerald Filhart and family
moved to their home which they re-
Gently purchased.
Roland Burkhart, professional
sheep shearer, has recently completed
an up-to-date portable device fol-
dipping sheep, which should prove
very beneficial to many flock owners
whose sheep are affected by parasites
and skin diseases.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Hiltv WHIT
left this locality last fall for Omaha
Nebraska, where Mr.. Hilty is {
student in the Grace Bible school, ar
rejoicing over the birth of a daugh
ter born to them Tuesday.
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STOCK SALES

Service bulls delivered any time ex-
cept Sunday. Phone Ada Red 1860.
c. N. Long g. Son. If
Wanted-All kinds of butcher
cattle, steers, heifers, cows and bulls;
also unlimited number of veal calves.
Stowell Packing Co. Call N. P.
Steiner & Son, Agt. Bluffton phone
189-W. If
For rent-Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. If
For dehorning cattle write G.
H. Edwards, 223 Jefferson street,
Findlay, Ohio. Arteries emasculat-
ed and no bleeding. Call Findlay
phone 2433-J. 40
For sale-Brown Swiss bull calf,
born May 5, 1914. Sire, Mays Bar
cite J. B. No. 49500. Dam, CHINA
mon Boys Hill Girl Lady No. 86481.
Papers viii be furnished by request.
Owned by C. r. Toland, Ada, Ohio,
Route 8. Location s miles south of
Rawson. 43
For sale-Guernsey-Jersey heifer
90 months old, W.T.. 750 lbs., fat for
butchering. Call Bluffton phone 525-
+.
For sale-Day old calf. Waldo
Hofstetter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

The originator of straight-line
food distribution will be honored this
week by the Great Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company as it begins local
observance of Founders Week.
1.-THE event this year comes at
time when both our fighting forces
and our home front enter the most
decisive phase of the war;" r. R.
Betz, vice president of the COM
pany's operations declared today. 1T
can be celebrated with pride in the
knowledge that the business prin-
ciples of George Huntington Hart
ford, who founded the A & P in
1859, have enabled the company TO
lend its full strength to the war
effort"
At the outset of the fourth war
since the establishment of the food
chain, John A. Hartford, company
president and son of the founder, is
sued a signed statement pledging the
A & p to continue efforts to cut the
cost of bringing food from producer
to consumer; to assist farmers in the
orderly marketing of their products
at fair prices; and to hold down liv-
ing costs by selling food at the low
est margin of profit in the history
of the retail grocery business.
Betz declared that in addition to
following the terms of its pledge,
the company has kept faith with its
founder by adhering strictly to gov
ernment pricing and rationing pro-
grams, as well as cooperating in
conservation and salvage campaigns.
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Ebenezer Broadcast

A women's trio will be heard on
the weekly broadcast of the Eben-
ezer Mennonite church over Findlay
station WIN, Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. Members of the trio
are Minerva Hilty, Vera Amstutz
and Mrs. Paul Amstutz. Pianist is
Mabel Amstutz and Waldo Hofstet-
ter is announcer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

Dorothy Anderson, student at
Bowling Green State university, has
been pledged to Alpha Epsilon sor-
ority, it was announced the first of
the week. She enrolled in the col
lege of liberal arts and is the daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Anderson
of Orange township.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
Iron Beauty

Iron beauty into those table
pieces. Fold cotton and linen cloths
selvage to selvage, and iron right
side out Fold again lengthwise and
iron again. This polishes the cloth.
Iron with the straight of the goods.
Change position of folds slightly and
your linens will live longer. Iron
damask on the wrong side without
folding then polish and fold on the
right side Iron napkins straight.
Don't tug their corners lin drying
or ironingl, or they'll grow cock
eyed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our grateful
appreciation and thanks to all who
have so kindly assisted us in any
way, spoken words of consolation and
encouragement and for the beautiful
floral gifts in memory of our beloved
husband and father.
Mrs. Frank Burkholder & Family.
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To C. O. Camp

George o. Long, of Route 3, Lima,
left for the Conscientious Objectors
camp at Bedford, Va, on January 5,
Local Board No. 8, of Allen county,
announced this week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

See me for memorials of all kinds.
Samuel Bixel, 400 S. Main St., Bluff
ton. Phone 429-W. Representing the
Lima Marble G. Granite Co. If
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ary.
Century Circle
Members of the Century circle and
their husbands as guests met and en-
joyed a buffet supper at the home of
Mrs. c. A. Triplett with Mrs. Mum
son Bixel as assistant hostess Tues
day night. The evening program
consisted of music followed by a topic
discussion Husbands are Difficult, by
Miss 0cie Anderson.
Profit and Pleasure Club
Members of the Profit and Pleasure
club will enjoy party at the home
of Mrs. Harold Marshall on Wednes-
day of next week.
Mother Study Club
The Mother Study club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Robert Benroth on
Tuesday evening of next week.
P0insettia Club
The Poinsettia club will meet this
Wednesday night at the home of Mrs.
Blanche Harmon. The dramatic COM
mittee will be in charge of the pro-
gram.
Eastern Star Chapter
Bluffton Eastern Star chapter will
meet Friday night at 1880 o'clock.
There will be initiation followed by
refreshments.
AMIGO Club
The AMIGO club will enjoy dinner
at $50 o'clock Thursday night fol-
lowed by theatre party.
Richland Grange
Richland Grange will meet on
Tuesday night of next week. The fol-
lowing program has been arranged:
Song; roll call, three things I am
doing for victory; Topic, Boston Tea
Party, Arthur Bowers; Quiz, Betty
Faze; piano solo, Elmira Moser; Book
review, Emma Trout; song by child
rem, Sleep, Baby Sleep; Marketing,
Harry Barnes; Quiz on Lincoln; Pray
er by children; Song novelty.
Edith Lahr Mission Circle
The Edith Lahr Missionary circle
will meet Friday night with Mrs.
Ruth Stearns with Mrs. Chas. Hilty
assistant hostess. The meeting is
postponed from Thursday night be-
cause of Lenten services.
Baby Shower
A shower was given last Thursday
evening by Miss Rachel Schaublin at
the home of her isster, Mrs. Wilford
Gratz in honor of Sharon Kaye, the
baby girl which Mr.. and Mrs. Gratz
have taken for adoption.
The evening was spent in playing
bingo and contests. Many beautiful
and useful gifts were received after
which refreshments were served.
Those present wer:
Mrs. Chas. Stryker of Lima; Mrs.
Reno Gratz and Mrs. Richard Core of
Columbus Grove; Mrs. Harold Young
and son of Rawson; Mrs. Edwin Bad
ertscher, Mrs. James Suter, Mrs. Ra-
cine Warren, Mrs. Robert Ewing,
Mrs. Leonard Gratz, Mrs. Raymond
Matter, Mrs. Rolly Moser, Mrs. Earl
Matter and daughter Carolyn, Mrs.
Walter Schaublin, Mrs. Wilford Gratz
and the hostess Rachel Schaublin.
Those sending gifts who were un-
able to attend were: Mrs. Peter
James of Columbus; Mrs. John Will
Jams of Bellevue; Mrs. Richard
Strahm of Lima; Mrs. Vernon Opper-
mann, Mrs. Ernest Gratz, Mrs. Ken
meth Luginbuhl and Mrs. James Mar
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Entertain For Soldiers

Miss Jane Rayl and her brother,
John Rayl entertained at dinner re-
Gently in honor of the January we'd
dings of the Downey brothers of
Beaverdam, both sergeants and home
on furloughs after overseas service.
Guests were: Mrs. Royal Downey,
S/Sgt. and Mrs. Marion Downey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Downey, Mr..
and Mrs. Daryl Robnolte and son
Gene.
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clubs, lodges
and Societies

Presbyterian Social Club
The Presbyterian Social club will
not meet during the month of Febru-
ary.
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Poinsettia Club

POInSettla Club
The Poinsettia club will meet this
Wednesday night at the home of Mrs.
Blanche Harmon. The dramatic COM
mittee will be in charge of the pro-
gram.
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AMIGO Club

AMIGO Club
The AMIGO club will enjoy dinner
at $50 o'clock Thursday night fol-
lowed by theatre party.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

Grain (bushel prices)-Wheat ST.
SO; corn SLIP; oats soc; soys s2.04.
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Eastern Star Chapter

Eastern Star Chapter
Bluffton Eastern Star chapter will
meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
There will be initiation followed by
refreshments.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

Mother Study Club
The Mother Study club viii meet at
the home of Mrs. Robert Benroth on
Tuesday evening of next week.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-02-15

Profit and Pleasure Club
Members of the Profit and Pleasure
club will enjoy party at the home
of Mrs. Harold Marshall on Wednes-
day of next week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-19
''Romantic Masquerade"

little talk Buff and Daphne had had
in Bluffs house the night OF the
younger girls Christmas dance.
81 hate these big shindigs," Buff
deprecated. But can put up with
a lot Of things don't like, to get
what / do"
What Buff did want was Perry
Dawson who, it seemed, was to be
treated to a little competition to
Jog him out Of his role Of mere
friend. "The method has whiskers,"
Buff said, "But it still works. Perry
knows Pm always around when he
wants me, and that's bad. I'm
bringing up the reserves. It's a
Princeton Dream Boy who obvious
ly adores me, and il that doesn't
make young Dawson blink his
sandy eye-lashes, nothing will"
"Are you sure he'll come? He's
refused dinner invitations, you
know"
81 know, but men like parties Just
as much as girls. Besides, male
psychology runs to thinking there's
safety in numbers. He knows I'm
not likely to propose to him when
I've got hundred and fifty people
on my hands to be entertained"
That was the germ. II lowered
when Alan telephoned from Wash
ington a day later TO say that he
was getting a brief leave and
would Daphne join him in New
York for a celebration on New
Years night? That was when she
found herself saying, "No; come
here. I'm giving an egg-nog sup
per party New Years Day. Ring
up Corinne. Maybe you two can
motor up together"
That was the way it began, with
Alan and Corinne, and now there
were many more coming--and DR..
Stephan Fenwick.
Steve. When she thought Of him
and when did she not?-she was
never quite sure whether she
wanted TO throw things or just have
a good cry.
Steve treated her as impersonal-
ly as il they had never laughed to-
gether as they did on Thanksgiv-
ing night Earlier in that evening
he had been fun, and they'd found
kind Of intimacy at their holiday
dinner, but, after q while-after
Daphne had done her best to be en-
tertaining-he had retreated again
into his natural aloofness.
Sometimes she'd thought Of quit
ting her laboratory work with him.
II wasn't easy to love a man and be
near him, and be made to feel about
as important as q lesser piece of
lab equipment.
Daphne had been almost shy
about extending her invitation TO
the New Years party, and she was
astounded when Steve accepted II
promptly.
Maybe Buff had the right idea.
Not that Daphne would try the an
cient trick Of trying TO make Steve
jealous. E. Nevertheless she won-
dered il Alan wouldn't be extraor-
dinarily attractive in his blue and
gold uniform.
Daphne decided TO wear thu
slinky black crepe with her sap
phire clips.
Ito be eontinued)
copyristt ~ M,ri. Blitsfd:
pir'risaisd y EtBf F'aiuu syndis'' ne.
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cusslon, and Mrs. Lena Staebler
for the nursery-pre-school group.
Many helpful ideas came out OF
this period. Rev. Boettcher OF the
Whitaker Evangelical Church OF
fered the benediction.
The Young Married Peoples
Glass of the Willis Sunday School
had charge OF the supper which
was cooperative. They served hot
coffee and chilli
Floyd Dysinger. superintendent
OF the Stony Greek Sunday School.
was chairman OF evening discus
sion.
Mrs. ". F. Boettcher gave the
deyotions using the Oft repeated
theme. Follow Me-" as her topic.
Harold Carter OF the A. NJ. r.
Church rendered beautiful BARI
tone solo which was followed by an
address by Rev. William Shaw Of
the Ypsilanti Baptist Church. He
used the many sayings OF Jesus:
Il am the Light OF the world, am
the Bread OF Life. ! am the Vine.
am the water OF Life" as the
basis OF his talk.
A committee was formed, made
up OF superintendent OF the various
Sunday schools OF the Lincoln Dis
trict to make plans for perman-
ent organization.
Floyd Dysinger gave the closing
prayer in the absence OF Rev. Jelks
who was TO give the benediction.
One hundred and fifty persons
were present for the afternoon SEES
sion and about $50 for the evening
meeting.
Passion Play
Sunday morning, March Is, Rev.
Tomas gave another OF the sermons
describing characters who played
important roles in the trial and
crucifixion OF Jesus Christ. Prepar-
ing a setting for the Passion Play
which he will dramatic in serial
form during Holy Week, beginning
on the evening OF Palm Sunday and
giving one chapter OF the serial
each evening.
The Passion Play will be presenf
ed this year In serial form begin
ming on Palm Sunday evening and
continuing each evening OF the
week including Good Friday eve
ming in the willis Methodist
Church. The Rev. Percy l.. Tomas,
pastor of the church has made
study OF this great drama over
period OF several years from every
available source, and has produced
his own rendition OF the story, orig
mating the idea OF presenting 1t in
serial form.
Mr.. Tomas takes the several
parts OF all the characters involved
in the story himself, and so vivid Is
his portrayal that the audience is
held completely spellbound each
evening.
Mr.. Tomas has given his rendi-
ton OF 1.-THE Passion Play" in sew
eral churches in the Upper PENN
sula OF Michigan and seating &C
commodations have always been at
a premium. Upon the request OF
many listeners OF radio station
WHDF Mr.. Tomas broadcast THE
Passion Play" during Holy Week
for two successive years to thou
sands OF listeners and received
many letters OF thanks and appre-
citation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-19
CHAPTER TWENTY


y Something he couldn't remember
experiencing for many years-hun-
ger possibly since the smells from
the hamper were ambrosiac-surged
through Steve's system.
This is pretty fine, but you
shouldn't . :"
"Why shouldn't II" she asked
reasonably, whisking tops from hot
casseroles E. And soon they sat
down to dine by candlelight.
They'd got TO the after dinner
coffee, when Steve said "Lucius"
and "Horatio" were on the road to
recovery.
Daphne exclaimed, "Oh, the
guinea pigs! May l see them?"
They went into the laboratory
and presently Daphne saw q tub
full of bottles and test-tubes that
was stuck away under the bench.
Just some stuff that has to be
washed sometime"
at will be washed right now"
Daphne announced, getting into her
white duck coat ignoring all pro-
tests.
1t was ten when the job was fin
ished and they were putting things
away in the refrigerator, when she
saw a bottle of champagne tubbed
in ice therein.
Something I saved for an occa-
sion," he said. 81 got it out today.
Thought you might like some"
aid love it, Steve. Let's have q
big. blazing fire to go with it."
The fire was soon big and blaz-
ing. and the wine cool and filled
with golden bubbles.
Lifting his glass, Steve saw her
face framed in a golden circle. 1t
seemed sweetly sinister, her eyes
dangerously so, and yet he wanted
to tell her about the time when he'd
bought the champagne, and why
II was one of those rare moments
when he thought he'd come to the
end of his scientific search. But that
failed, so he'd put the bottle away
and never thought of ii again, until
he'd wakened that morning when
Daphne was to come to the labora-
tory in the afternoon. :. He ended
his champagne story with, "We've
talked enough Of it and me. Where
did Mrs. Abruzzi learn to drink
wine ?"
For several moments, Daphne
unused at the fire, her chin in hand,
her eyes dreaming up visions, her
memory Ticking over the fairy tales
she'd written into letters for years
and years.
at was first in London" she said
--she who had seldom tasted cham
payne until this night-"the night
when Carlo gave a concert. Have
you ever been to London, Steve 7"
He said once or twice. Better let
London alone.
"To the Riviera"
mo"
Daphne began to speak nostalgi-
cally OF the Riviera. The sweet
moan Of strings under star-lit skies.
the tinkle Of laughter in the bright
casino, the sentinel cypress, the
sparkling sands, and people and yet
more people whose names were only
names to her. IL was a sybaritic
picture of a life that had no real
meaning. . life that she had
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Pen PIedeine Will
Be Thursday Night

Sigma M Phi is making final ar
rangements for pin pledging Thurs
day night at 7:30 in Charles Nc
Kenny Hall. 1t will be in charge OF
Miss Kathryn Baron, Dearborn.
The pledging is the next event
following rushing which was eli
NAKED by a party in the formal
lounge OF Charles McKenny Hall
Friday evening at which Miss Char
lotte Sucker was toastmistress.
The program was based on a ST.
Patrick theme with Miss Frances
Jeanne singing. Miss Elaine Jahr
telling a story and Miss Barbara
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NelCS From Willis

the theme, "Marshalling Our Spir-
itiual Forces"
Following an appropriate hymn.
the group divided according to age,
adult. youth. primary. junior, pre-
school and kindergarten for discus
sion OF their many problems form
ing an assembly later TO report
their summaries OF their discussion.
Rev. Charles Carey reported for
the adults. Viola Garlick. superin-
tendent OF the primary department
OF the Willis Church for the pri-
mary-junior department discussion.
Shirley Staebler for the youth dis
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ing comfortably following an opera
ton to set a shattered collar bone.
Thelma Howell received a bruised
eye but the others were only badly
shaken.
The car which was badly dam.
aged was being driven by Bertram
Smith. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. AlonzJ
Smith, McKeen Road.
Mrs. Robert c. Gay is 10 Fora
Hospital suffering with an infection
in her eye caused by an accident
at the plant where she works.
TlSgt. William Nelson is spend
ing a ten day furlough with his
wife and baby daughter, Sharon,
at the home Of her father, Thomas
Colts.
Mrs. Dorothy Hendricks has re-
Gently returned from a visit to the
camp where her husband, Pvt. Carl
Hendricks, is stationed.
Mrs. Sauna Simmons and family
are now settled in the house on Au-
gusta st. vacated recently by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Townsley.
Rev. and Mrs. Ray Smalley werc
in town from Sunday on for few
days to make plans with the bishop
to return to the missionary work
they gave up in 1889. Thew will go
to Africa some time during the sum
mer. Bruce Smalley left early Mon
day for service in the u. s. Navy.
Mrs. Hugh Brown is very III. Her
daughter Colleen has left her stud
les in the Baptist College at NeT
Baltimore, Mich. to be with her
Charles Bodell Is on the sick list.
Melvin Z. Flowers has sold his
garage to Mr.. and Mrs. Hensley OF
Dearborn. He moved his family 10
a farm near Whitaker last fall. Mr..
Hensley will take possession April
l.
Mr.. and Mrs. HotskIss OF High
land Park were Sunday visitors Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bodell
Clarence Smith who was wounf
ed In service in France and was in
a hospital here is now back In
service.
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By Marie BLIZZARD

glimpsed from its outmost fringes.
"You loved it'll"
Certainly" she said. "Let me
tell you about Paris"
Daphne put no brakes on her
imagination; she was intoxicated
by her own words, rather than by
the wine, and she never realized
that every word was like another
mile widening the road between her
and the scientist.
Steve hated that gay world Of
which she spoke so lovingly. He
scorned the life she painted with
glowing phrases. He knew that it
had robbed him Of precious years,
and very nearly cost him his ideals.
He said nothing of that to Daphne,
and their Thanksgiving dinner
ended on a smiling (but secretly
somber) basis There was no
kiss to mark their parting that
night.
Sleighbells jingled through the
house like merry laughter. II took
her two days to round them up, but
the effect was worth the effort.
There were two sets of them jim
Cling madly at quarter past four,
one at the back door when Mrs.
Gates went to see how the ice-cream
was coming along, and the other
when Minnie Fiske's Petunia,
loaned for the occasion, opened the
front door to admit two youths, adj
vertised as "The Chocolate Drops"
Daphne-slightly faint with the
apprehension that her guests had
mistaken the time, and were al
ready arriving, peered over the
stair-rail-saw that IL was only her
two young musicians, and retired
to her room to finish dressing.
While she tried for the eleventh
time in two days TO decide whether
to wear the glamorous sleek crepe,
or the girlish checked .taffeta, her
mind bounced from pleasure TO
conscience, and there she was, star
ing at the two dresses on the bed
getting nowhere at all. 1t was
great fun giving a party, but the
extravaganza had to be considered,
and then she wondered why she was
giving the party at all.
1t was, this New Years Day af-
fair, in a sense, Bluffs idea. And
while Persis Goodhue, society edi-
tor of Tommy Dennison's news
paper, would exhaust her superla-
tives in describing it as "a social
affair without equal in the annals
Of North Wintridge Society" il
was, in Daphne's mind, better
classed under the heading Of tao
teal moves.
A party, goodness knows, was
the last thing in her mind a week
ago when a small Christmas tree
and a wreath on the front door were
her only festive signs. Now there
was huge tree in the dining-room,
yards of laurel festoons twined
over balustrade and doors, and
heaped over nantes. There we're
clusters Of gold and silver balls
hung with the greens on light
seonces, and red candles fiickered
in every window. Christmas had
come, IL a trifie belatedly. to Daph-
mes house.
1t had all happened after the