Show i Decprtion t = = I have alIV3 Insisted that men lire mron1tDUnlcathe mother but Wrote Joan to her It has taken me two rears oC married lifo to learn how quickly that trait can develop Into filII fledged deception ts all sort oC Conny and 1 cant be cross with Hlchard iss tomorrow becausc Its his hlrthda but just nolV I Cecl that II bit of dignity only on my part Is the foundation upon which to build a greater confidence between IIg This will mean mother dear that Mini you come home everything will ho as It should be and the olll coon try Place will look more beautiful than ever because you consented to let us keep It for you Hlchard declares that m my Keneros Ity IB to blame for our misunderstand Ins lie says It has reached tremen done proportions since we came here and ho says that not only am 1 cv tmagant butwlmt Is worse In his eyeseasy That remark was what brought up my dignity Do you blame me for feeling hurt when he has asked for any number of my choicest roses to be sent to his aunts hotel and for even a great bunch of your lavender orchids for some of the wives of the convention men who were hero I never refused Him a flower You had told me that cutting wns good for them and so 1 made him feel welcome too welcome Besides his old chickens got out once and ate up all the sweetpea buds they could reach before Henry could catch them I havent forgotten I forgot-ten that I say his chicken fad Is responsible for everything Talk about tremendous tremen-dous proportions He Is simply crazy about those chickens Why In the world father told him to go Into chicken raising on a large scale If he wanted to I cannot seeThe see-The Influence of those chickens upon him Is simply dreadful Richard never was In the least stingy before and never did he call me easy In all his life till yesterday When the first Incubator hatched he was wild about iL That night he began to talk about the chicken feasts we should have when the Kentucky cousins came His conversation was all about fried chicken or broiled chicken until I ached to think of the weeks that must pass before the little fluff balls were big enough to eat After that he was with them early and late watching for gaps and pip till I begged him to atop reading those chicken books that told about such horrid things Dreams began to come true when the Kentucky cousins came Sarah did her best and we had all the chicken chick-en we could wantbroiled fried and a la Maryland And still there seemed so many of them left that I got alarmed alarm-ed and one day asked If Henry shouldnt dress one and send It over to Mrs Martin who has been sick all summer Richard said Of course Ill attend to It so sincerely that 1 thought he approved I began to think up others to help us out by accepting chickens I made out a list that Richard passed on favorably fav-orably but he began to be sour and stingy when I started to duplicate It And yesterday when Mrs Martins daughter Katherine called up to ask for a broiler as I had told her to do whenever sho wanted one he hew Into a temper and called me easy Think of that And only the evening before he had telephoned for some choice rneoa to bo sent to his brothers sweetheart In his brothers name I was so stunned for a time that I 1 but said wouldnt listen to a thing be locked myself in my room After awhile him telephoning the while I beard Martins that the chicken would I be soon Then what do you think over Haywards chicken called he did He up en farm and ordered It from there more I heard Havent you any At I get some him ask Where can mine there Oh I Ill try peppers havent enough No we big arent et01Weve tried any yetweve been depending Raised em myself you know on you of sentimental feeling ad have a sort about them A finer lot you never I saw That Is how he has been deceiving Those scores of me nil summer have dispensed to that we chickens bought from thin friends ho has our around here because ho chicken farms wouldnt use his the door of my room I throw open explanation All ho demanded an and was to sa oC apology In the way did In the same boat Joan I think were fiorlsts bills oC and he thrust a bunch bind been sent rhe Into ni hnulls mistake Ill to mlstnllCa to him forglvennll by were the bills for never for the wives of the all thoso flowers the orchids that and men convention I couhlnt hear to cut to give IIWIIY too lovely were they nIlSWf but snit for nn lie dlllnt hurt In a houso of tho out decorate slnnllned 111I going to IIrcorllto his Sit Omorrow colors fraternlt In the ra chlclten the orchids for his hlrthllay and cut tho nin Im a cake Then well be happy ngnln sure father get home auroWhen and When you bo amused nt from your trill you ot wlij the flowers and the care Ive tnken of those dread number at the size and ful chickens |