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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Gregory Fuller, Model.
BY OSBORNE JONES.
{Copyright. 1917, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
TPHERE were twelve high backed
1 rocking chairs on the boarding
bouse veranda, and in each <>[
those chairs sat a Woman, varying in
age and figure all the way from the
6-year lassie, who sat bolt upright,
with her chubby bare legs crossed
crossed tailor fashion under her, as
she laboriously plied the stitches o(
a wash cloth with her rosy lingers
down, or rather up, to Mrs. Van der
Hayden, who looked as we who have
never seen a duchess at close range
Imagine duchesses of three-score and
more all to look?portly and haughty
and serene. She was knitting an
aviator's helmet All in all, there
were twenty-four needles clicking,
and, save when some one stopped to
count stitches, there were half as
many tongues gently wagging.
No wonder, then, that the two un
attached mules whom unkind fate
had condemned to abide in the one
boarding house in town preferred tc
smoke their pipes and read their pa
pers on the wooden settle down b>
the gate of the old house. Except
for the fact that they were doomed
to share the same bench in tills 03
tracism, there was little in common
between Gregory Fuller and the oth
er young man. who sought to enter
tain and inpres3 Gregory with his so
cial conquests In Ills home town.
Still, when the young man went foi
a week-end to that home town, pre
sumably to scorq a few more tri
? iimphs, Gregory felt doubly oppressed
in his ostracism; and without knowing
Just how things stood between
Gregory and Margery Drake?the lit
tie 20-year-old school teacher that sal
up there In this third chair from
Mrs. Van der Hayden and knitted
sleeveless sweaters?you might have
wondered why he did not seek some
other place to spend Ills Saturday af
ternoon than down there on the hard
wooden beach by the fence, with only
a magazine and a pipe to console him
Tlntifn fhoro at Inaot ?u
? ?uv*u at itaoi lie ??3 II11IIII'
served, or thought he was, and he
could be sure that Margery was safe
He had little reason to feel jealousy,
for, except for his erstwhile compan
Ion who had gone home for the week
end, Gregory was about the only eh
igible male in the community.
"Do you know. I think there musl
be something wrong with these di
( Tectlons." it was the shrill treble ol
(Mrs. Jones?the angular blond lady
with the bediamonded lingers whe
sat next to Margery. I have follow
ed them faithfully?bound off thirty
two Btitches for the head, knitted live
ribs, and then set pu thirty-two stitch
be again, and will you look at the
Mze of the neck?
I Margery beside her compared her
own nearly completed sweater with
i her neighbors. "Mine is just the
same size. 1 took it for granted that
the rules were right."
,"But I can't get it over my head ai
all," entclalmed Mrs. Smith as she
seized Margery's sweater and tried
to pull it over her blond pompadour
"Of course you can't," reproved the
duchess, pausing as she counted
stitches?"twenty-three, twenty-four,
twenty-five, with your hair done over
a rat of course your head is larger
than a man's."
"You don't suppose 1 do such a
thing," grasped Mrs. Smith. "Though
I will admit that my hair is very
thick and that may take up more
room. Hut even if my hair is full,
P": CONFESSION
'?
"The story begins to get Interesting"
said Diclt.
"Why is it, dear, that marriage
never seetns to get interesting until
the introduction of tertium quid?"
"Marriage is interesting, Margie,
but husbund and wives cannot always
get the perspective."
"Then yo uthiuk that the third
person introduces the perspective as
well as the prospective?"
"Anything in the nature of a pun,
Mrs. Margie, is strictly prohibited.
Head on, dear I am anxious to see
it 1 sized up that man right. Up to
late 1 have been a little sorry for
him, tied to a selfish, extravagant woman.
it seems to me that ho has
been pretty white so far. 1 am afraid
1 should 'flown the coop' long before,
YVhat does he \v br : the woman
outside'?"
"Well, I will repeat the last sen
tenca I read yesterday?'then all ai
once I woke up I met the woman.'
"I shall never iorgot the first time
I saw her," he writes. "She came into
the magazine office tu sell a story.
She was very beautiful?a woman
anvftno wnu 1A lnei- ? ~ ?*1
...... nuulU IUUA Ul LUC aCUULIU ILU1C,
but aside from her mere physical
beauty she seemed to radiate a spiritual
quality that 1 have never found
in any other person. Her smile was
like a caress, her voice vibrant with
that intangible quality which for
want of a better word we dub 'per
sonality.'
"After I knew her, 1 told her once
that she had a man's brain and a
woman's heart She did not consider
this as complimentary as I meant it,
for she Insisted that her brain was
as feminine sr any other part of herself.
However, she had been able to
eliminate from it all the silly little
prejudices and affections that one
finds, or at least I bad round -u, *n
that time in every woman I lad
H known. I have never known a wo
man so unaffected, so democratic, so
Just, never known one so loyal to
her friends.
"Many people misunderstood her,
because in their hypercritical brains
there could be no conception of the
frankness and utter generosity of a
mind like hers. Her spirit was unquenchable.
She did not know the
word fear, except as an Interesting
psychological study.
"Of oourse, I did not re'tliro all this
at our first msa'.ing, tut 1 did feel
B { sudden iaiAist that i had w9t
P AGE F
J FASHION THAT V
NEW YORK Oct. 1^.?This threepiece
set of beaver and velvet is the
. fetching creation of "Cupid." a hat
i designer, but indeed he must have
1 been in league with Dan Cupid him'
self, for few masculine hearts and
1 none belonging to the fair sex could
; resist the appeal of a pretty girl in
; this attire.
The hat reveals the latest mode \
in its size, and the graceful sweep
of its brim. I.arge hats for winter
! is the decree of the milliners. This
hat has a crown of shirred velvet,
Each day The West Virginian pt
by Mrs. S. J. Brobst, Fairmont's lor
Cut them out and save them. Toda;
MEAT SUB,
I (Banana Cal(c an
One cup flour, / tespoon bal(ii
teaspoon salt. -'4 cup millc, I egg, 4
Sift the flour, salt, baking powder
add the milk and well beaten egg; ini:
cut in half lengthwise then across. E
II the butter, place the bananas on top at
I oven 20 minutes. Serve with jelly saut
Jells, S
; | Two tablespoons jcllv, / cup
spoon cornstarch.
Put water in sauce pan, bring tc
stir until dissolved .then add cornstarcf
don't you think a man's ears are big
and would take the extra room in
slipping it on? 1 always think tneu's
ears are very big." ,
"I have noticed that Mr. Smith's
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S OF A WIFE * |
in anyone before I found myself after
she had left the office picturing
again and agaigr just how she threw
her head up in sudden gesture, while
her smiling mouth opened to show
splendid teeth which, like evrything
else about her. gave the impression
of perfect health.
"She was the sanest woman 1 have
evr known and yet her imagination
would run riot with a picturesque detail
of emotion that 1, with my colder
temperament, could hardly follow.
She was almost pagan in her love
of beauty. 'A daisy on the river's
brim' was never to her only a daisy.
It was the 'open sesame' to the great
content she got from common things.
"She loved ease, and yet I have
known her to endure great privations
and never complain. She?well, perhaps,
1 have said enough to show you
that I loved her. It was a queer kind
of attachment that grew up between
us. i told her more about myself
than I had ever dared acknowledge
even to myself. She made me perfectly
content when I was with her
oh, helefd! t
Bill here F*
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bands of beaver, each of \yhich 13
caught at the front with a tight little
pink velvet rose.
The neck piece is a work of art
in its skillful blending of velvet,
which forms tho scarf, tho soft satin
lining, and the fur which enriches the
collar portion and finishes the ends
with a hand and a tassel.
"To complete the ensemble" as our
Paris friends saw is a mnst rlolpp.tn.
ble bag of velvet which matches the j
hat and scarf, with its own trimming
of fur band and velvet rose.
iblishcs one tested roeipe prepared
eniost authority upon culinary art.
?'s recipe is for?
STITUTE.
id Jelly Sauce.)
ig powder, 2 teaspoons sugar, \ 4
bananas.
and two tablespoons sugar into bowl:
t well, skim and scrape the bananas,
bush bake pan with butler, pour in
id sprinkle with sugar. Bake in hot
:c.
auce.
Water, / tablespoon sugqr, 1 tea
1 boil, and add the jelly and sugar. ,
are," agreed the duchess, still count
ing.
"if we could only try the sweater |
on a real man." sighed Mrs. Smith,
"it's too bad my husband Is a trav j
xnd absolutely at rest. The cares, I
the Hnnoyanccs, the bitter side of life
slipped away and left me in a soft j
glow of happiness. j
"As long as life shall last I will!
remember our rambles together'
through red and gold woods of a per
feet autumn. Somehow the wonderful,
mature splendor of an autumn
day always reminds me of her. it
seems to say, '1 have lived and fouml
life good, aiui now am putting on festive
dress for the next great adventure."
"
Nature Meeds Assis
In
A little help goes a long ways.
If you would keep your body in a
healthy and robust condition, throbbing
with that splendid vitality that
indicates freedom from all ailments,
first of all see that your blood is
kept pure. Any slight impurity that
creeps into your blood will soon effect
the well-being of your whole system.
A few bottles of S. S. S. will give
just the assistance that nature needs
DOINGS OFr
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ellng man. He's the only husbaud in!
the bouse and he is away."
"But there are other men," suggested
Mr. Van der Tayden.
"Not Mr. Fuller," gasped Margery, i
"Please don't let's ask him." She!
had seen at least eight pairs of eyesi
cast In the direction of the little I
wooden bench and its solitary occu-j
pant. It was too late and useless to
protest for the portly Mrs. Van der
Harden had risen and beckoning with
her large angular hand, she called:
"Young man, Mr. Fuller, will you step
this way;" and then, feeling that her
word was law, she sank down into
Iioi vuau again, DCH'in > ": f? II l, s?c?enty-ntne,
eight}'," she counted on.
Gregor}' rose end came up the
steps to the porch and, as the twenty-four
needles ceased to click and
half as many pairs of feminine eyes
were leveled upon him, he f-It fthe
color risen his cheeks and under mis
collar. ' '
"You are an average si-...-:1 young j
man, aren't you?" queii 'l t': duclvj
eas as if she were ashing a . "v: gardener
whether he toul: i t the
grass. '
"Well, then will you let these la I
dies try their sweater, on you? |
| Then the fitting pre r I- -tan unu
the only consolation thai cm; to i
Gregory was the knowledge that -Margery
was blushing confusedly and hecause
he knew that the first sweater
that was tried on him was made by
Margery's fair hands.
"Yes, I think his ears stick out a
bit, too," commented Mrs. Van del
iiaydan, "but then I suppose the av
erase soldier might have the same
defect. I remedied the trouble ill
my hoys?made them sleet in ear
bonnets when they were little." Here
she tugged regardless of Gregory's
features and got the sweater over.
Then taking it oft again?"and now
my good man will you wait a minute
till 1 try this helmet on yh*
First,-1 must count the stitches to
make sure I havent lost one."
"Would you awfully mind taking
off your shoe," a quiet little lady in
black piped up. "I'm not at all sure
about the length of this sock.
Gregory was still obliging, and Irieil
on several pairs of socks and then
a pair of wristlets, and finally Mrs.
van der Hayden's helmet while his
dark locks, usually lying as dose to
his head as a duck's leathers to its
back, were disheveled and towseled,
and he was limping wtili one shoe
off, for the duchess had given him
no time to put his shoe back again.
"It's funny we never thought of
getting you to do this before." Mrs.
I Smith said cheerfully. "You have
seemed so lonely down there, oh.
would you awfully mind holding my I
next skclm of yarn? 1 can use the!
Feels 50 Per Cent
Better On i
DRECO
goal Man 8aya Dreco la a Moat Wonderful
Remedy for Indigestion
V and Stomach Trouble!. -j
r -1 j
"T feel fifty per cent better than I !
have tor fifteen years," says J, M.
Goldsmith, a contractor of Ashevllle,
N. C? In referring to his experience
with DRECO, the new herbal remedy
which Is working near-miracles according
to the testimony of many people
the country over.
Mr. Goldsmith is in the coal business
at New River, W. Va., and says
that he has been a sufferer from indigestion
and inactive liver for fifteen
years past. He had doctors, took medicines
by the score and almost despaired
of ever getting better. He saw so
many people recommending DRECO
that he got a bottle, and says "I will
say this for Dreco; it will do all that
is claimed for it." Dreco is on sale
and recommended by Boggess, Wriaton's
drug stores, Huntington, W. Va.,
Boremann & Co., Parkersburg, W. Va.,
Burke's Pharmacy, Clarksburg, W. Va.,
j Crane'a Drug Store, Fairmont, W. Va.
stance
Keening You Well
in keeping the blood absolutely free
of all impurities. This old remedy is
a wonderful purifier and tonic, and
has no equal for keeping the blood
rich and pure. It builds up the appetite
and tones up the entire system.
S. S. S. is sold by druggists everywhere.
It has been successfully used
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IHE DUFFS?(THAT S THE
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<G, OCTOBER 12,1917.
AND 1
back of a chair, but I'm sure you
would be lot's more intelligent about
keeping out the knots."
"Thank you," murmured Gregory,
and an he looked up at Margery's
face he caught Just the suspicion of
a twinkle in her soft brown eyes.
Perhaps it took as much courage
for Gregory to do what he next did
as anything he had ccvr done before
in his me?lor it ooes take more courage
than some men possess to say
the first words to the girls they love
when some quarrel, groundless or
otherwise, has broken the cord of
their friendship. At any rate, when
he had finished holding Mrs. Smith's
yarn, he deliberately took a skeirn of
the same sort of gray yarn from Margery's
work bag, ami there, before
all the boarders, said to Margery.
"Now. let me hold this for you. I
am better than a chair; Mrs. Smith
will vouch for that "
The rest was easy enough. Margery
wound the yarn very prettily,
and thanked Gregory with all her old
winsomeness when it was done.
There were more socks and sweaters
to be tried 011 and more yarn 10 be
wound for the other women in the
twelve chairs. And so passed Gregory's
Saturday afternoon
Somehow he managed that evening
to ask Margery to stroll around that
block with him. and then they sat
together on the little wooden bench
by the gate. ,
"Thank fortune tomorrow's Sunday'"
Gregory said. "You won't have
to knit then and perhaps 1 can get
you to go up the fiver?a little picnic
would be good fun this time of the
year."
"But we can knit for soldiers on
Sunday," insisted Margery, "liven
Mrs. Van der Hay den says so. Her
minister told her it made a difference."
"She's a cool proposition," Gregory
murmured.
'Yes, there are always people like
her in evry boarding house," replied
Margery.
' So much the worse for boarding
houses," was Gregorys rejoinder.
' Somehow I feel that if it hadn't been
for those women, especially that duc.i as,
you and I would have made up
icug ago. But with their eyes on us,
how could we. Margery, do you think
my ears are so awfully big." T1 is
w ib an emphasis on the "you" that
it d.cated that no one's opinion but
Margery's counted.
"Boarding houses are dreadful,'*
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rriLrHRL rui
Every mother awaiting motherhood
should got in condition for tho crisisThere
is just one thing to do?glvo
naturo a helping hand throughout tho
waiting period.
No time should bo lost in beginning
tho uso of tho penetrating external preparation,
"Mother's Friend". By its use
luring tho period the muscles of tho
i'bdomen are made pliable and elastic;
'"t?v can thon expand with ease when
' Js born and pain at the crisis is
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Maigery cooed after assuring Giet
gory that hU ears were ideal.
"Then don't let's lire In 'em any
moro. Let's get married and have a
coltage of our own.
"Gregory, how lovely!"
Abou that time the portly duchess j
clad in her black china silk bath robe
? mo uan xo . Mrs.
Smith's room. Mrs. Smith was removing
the rt from her bountiful
bloua hair.
"It's done." exclaimed the dicttess
"T knew It when he started u- wind
her yarn and tU-yie 6ittlng rnt on
the wooden bench now. Well, 1 m
mighty glad A ooaMing ho.i'te is o.v
place t'T ycung people like that an...
way "
"It takes y*u to be a match-maker."
sighed Mrs Smith and then, as
she brushed out (he golden >?,.-a
that she had Juct unpinned, 'xoa '
were a wretch to tell theni til.
wore a rat. dot ill forgive you I "lis
.ime "
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