ANDRUSS, ANTI MASHER By WM. HAMILTON OSBORNE. CVER since its birth, and up to a year or two ago, Bellport, as a city, had been noted for its proper tendencies. It was a large but old-fashioned place and it be haved itself. Latterly, however, its in crease in importance had brought into it a multitude of strangers. Some of these strangers were desirable—others unmistakably the reverse. One of the old citizens of the place known to everybody was Mr. Andrew Andruss. He was not particularly old in years, but he was old in virtue. He possessed all the requisite qualities of a genteel old maid. He was vigorous, however, and, naturally, he was a crank. But Bellport tolerated him. Mr. J. Warner Trevelyan, on the other hand, was a newcomer, known to but few. Mr. Andruss and Mr. Trevelyan, diametric opposites as they were, had never met. There was no reason why they should. Trevelyan was a good all round sort of a man; some people might have called him a sport; he certainly was free and easy. He was also handsome. Mr. Andrew Andruss, the native, had lived in Bellport just forty years, and Mr. Trevelyan, the outlander, just forty days, when Bellport held up for discus sion a tremendous problem. Mr. Andruss began the agitation, for he was a public-minded citizen, and a public-minded citizen is very apt to agi tate the public upon all vices save his own. Mr. Andruss had been the cause of several uprisings in the interest of law and order. He did not smoke, there fore in years past he had begun crusades against liquor and cigarettes. He never had owned an automobile or a fast horse, therefore he was careful to denounce both. So from time to time he kept the public mind agog. His latest outburst, it may be, was well justified—it was a crusade against mashing. The term "mashing" is one well recognized and it has its place in literature. But it had no place in Bell port, so declared Mr. Andruss and his followers—for they never had indulged in the pernicious habit This habit, so declared Mr. Andruss, had been im ported into Bellport; it was a device of the Philistines. Andruss made a public matter of it, and called a meeting of 'bft . fi.tivpnc nf tV»o tnvvn both male and fema»c. He presided. "Ladies and gentleman," he began, "fellow citizens of the city of Bellport, a grievous evil has arisen in our midst, due, as I am assured, to the pernicious habits of outsiders—l refer to the disreputable custom of mashing. It is our purpose to adopt measures to wipe this evil from the face of the earth. It is an evil that the police are unable and unwilling to eradicate. The remedy lies with us and with all true gentlemen. It is our purpose, therefore, to form this night the Bellport Society for the Promotion of Propriety." These remarks were received with en thusiasm. 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