“You bet. I’m a jokey old bird.
Come on, Carrie; let’s beat it,” remarked
Kennicott.
Raymie implored, “And what is your chief artistic
interest, Mrs. Kennicott?”
“Oh——” Aware that the
traveling salesman had murmured, “Dentistry,”
she desperately hazarded, “Architecture.”
“That’s a real nice art. I’ve
always said—when Haydock & Simons were
finishing the new front on the Bon Ton building, the
old man came to me, you know, Harry’s father,
‘D. H.,’ I always call him, and he
asked me how I liked it, and I said to him, ‘Look
here, D. H.,’ I said—you see, he
was going to leave the front plain, and I said to him,
’It’s all very well to have modern lighting
and a big display-space,’ I said, ’but
when you get that in, you want to have some architecture,
too,’ I said, and he laughed and said he guessed
maybe I was right, and so he had ’em put on
a cornice.”
“Tin!” observed the traveling salesman.
Raymie bared his teeth like a belligerent mouse.
“Well, what if it is tin? That’s
not my fault. I told D. H. to make it polished
granite. You make me tired!”
“Leave us go! Come on, Carrie, leave us
go!” from Kennicott.
Raymie waylaid them in the hall and secretly informed
Carol that she musn’t mind the traveling salesman’s
coarseness—he belonged to the hwa pollwa.
Kennicott chuckled, “Well, child, how about
it? Do you prefer an artistic guy like Raymie
to stupid boobs like Sam Clark and me?”
“My dear! Let’s go home, and play
pinochle, and laugh, and be foolish, and slip up to
bed, and sleep without dreaming. It’s beautiful
to be just a solid citizeness!”
From the Gopher Prairie Weekly Dauntless:
One of the most charming affairs of the season was
held Tuesday evening at the handsome new residence
of Sam and Mrs. Clark when many of our most prominent
citizens gathered to greet the lovely new bride of
our popular local physician, Dr. Will Kennicott.
All present spoke of the many charms of the bride,
formerly Miss Carol Milford of St. Paul. Games
and stunts were the order of the day, with merry talk
and conversation. At a late hour dainty refreshments
were served, and the party broke up with many expressions
of pleasure at the pleasant affair. Among those
present were Mesdames Kennicott, Elder——
* * * * *
Dr. Will Kennicott, for the past several years one
of our most popular and skilful physicians and surgeons,
gave the town a delightful surprise when he returned
from an extended honeymoon tour in Colorado this week
with his charming bride, nee Miss Carol Milford of
St. Paul, whose family are socially prominent in Minneapolis
and Mankato. Mrs. Kennicott is a lady of manifold
charms, not only of striking charm of appearance but
is also a distinguished graduate of a school in the
East and has for the past year been prominently connected
