The West Virginian. [volume], March 22, 1918, Page PAGE 7, Image 7

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bter quiet." and *tlll
papers oa bis desk
at band to take the
>k on his desk pbose
connected him with
think -we're keeping
id Jost to make you
there Isn't any way
coal. What?the
rou can do. then, is
It's matinee day.
't mean to make you
>e every one is kick:
coal and all we can
ep cheerful about it
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. apfcrtfrtenff? Well, now, Miss Crosby.
I ItLhare to admit that it is pretty
Kfc- 'epxjjSartable here. We've got a south|
. '. ' era exposure and we're on the ground
floor and somehow these office buildl
la* people do manage to get the coal.
S .V^as, J?'i* nafair. What? Why. cerPf
tahfly. Yd he glad to see yon. Come
R\ . 'rfcg&t along: Yes. just ask for Mr.
1 . ;.'Ctotejy Jr., Frank Carter. Good-bye,
|t_ Hlis Crosby. Ill soe you soon." He
hsxi?lhe receiver back on the hook
" add, then clapped bis hand over the
with'wtich he had been listening
K? ' jtfrjf so'ifauere it from the effect of
r '', the ^roHey lire that bad been charged
. -J. < diKit throngh the phone.
Ehcr right she
Lt he teas very
ratulated herclever
men of
hoars of the
tor the party
>meone to call
ost courteousi
door and my
aiy past your
i down there.'
rently given.
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ery tndignsnt
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Iggi. bptfebe opefitor on the opposite side
or the room, beyond the little -wooden
"opinSe.- "*^W0w. hot she certainly is
Wgir : sOm* sour old maid. I thogoht I'd kid :
I - her into good humor, but it was the
h . . -wrong'track. I iconder if shell call my
p 3v \ Waff and come, down and see howl
^rarm-we are. But say, Nathan, try!
to geit the coat commissioner on the;
f: . - wirb-again. ^lt"s a shame to run the J
I f)uh'> lb w, Ask them if they can't i
t _ let at fpeak to him personally. It!
|L.. %*tr' seems'as 11' something ought to be'
k dbae."-' !
A half' hour latOr yourfg Carter.
I | >= CONFESSION
' "Suppose you paraphrase! that la-,
| - ' mtouS-apeech of Priscilla's when John
I . JttSmx proposed tbr Us friend Miles
L- Stan dish, and make 'speak for your-j
Bj&r; joTux,' into 'sneak for yourself.
??*-z-:?S to her with. a grin
' whan she rather intimated that I was
;C * ' :^bt Quite ihe sedate old married wo-j
^ ' dkuul I wopM make yourself oat to is. j
r -^heat continued store soberly. "Mol-!
lie^dexr, .1 don't think we have been i
5 aiy more popular than any other wo- j
- m*& who are frankly pleased and us-!
i tally friendly with the men they
"Atytiae&try to make love to most
. women-ifihe place and circumstances
ir:' --aie^'piopitlow. I remember Paula
ttedjjr .ma^ot an episode In her life
"It seems the had accepted an iavi,,.^'itati#o'.ip
an tfter-theater sapper with
a utUjhI of t*y -people one evening.
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sea to sonndisg sea,
?ride of pedigree,
dlitaat decree,
of man is free,
i's for me.
ca's for met
ca's for me! .:
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* I'm for Am eric*! America's for s
Not because her acres reach from
Not because of grace of place, or :
Not because of said or gear, or a
'3ut oh! It's Is America the mind
, So I am for America and Amelia
-' I'm for America, Ameri
I'm for America, Ameri
And if trere no America
m So I am for America an
" I'm for America! America's ror n
Here the humblest gives his voice
Here the right asserts itself?ani
Here no craven neck is bunt, no :
So it's ohi my heart leaps up in sc
> .That I am for America and Anier
I'm for America, Ameri
I'm for America, Ameri
And if were no America
So I am for America an
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heard a very low but unmistakable 1
whistle. It -was Nathan's way of in
(Heating that something worth observ- ;
tag was occurring in the office. There j
was-a rote ot admiration in the whistle?distinctly
it was his way ot sig- 1
nallying to the other boys in the office
and Mr. Carter, who was- still young j
enough to be interested in such a signal
even though he was a member of'
the firm ? the proximity of a prettygirl.
Carter looked up from his paper,
caught the direction of Nathan's gaze
and then whistled an answering
whistle, very low. but still audible to
! Nathan. It was a pretty girl and she
was approaching the vicinity of Na- j
than. Enveloped in a voluminous fur-1
trimmed rough woolen coat of a dark i
violet blue, with her hands encased in i
i a black muf to match the fur on her i
! coat, with a picturesque black velvet'
! hat. cut on the poke bonnet order, that j
i cast much shadow on her face, there
! was still enough opportunity to see
j that the girl beneath so much warmth i
giving clothes was young, animated j
land pretty.
i The bewildered Nathan looked up as '
| she approached and to her query that |
! Carter did not hear be nodded to the j
I desk of the youngest member of the j
I firm. Then the violet coat and the !
delicate aroma of violet sachet that!
j went witfi it moved toward the little j
j woodeu fence that hedged in Mr. Car- \
j ter's desk.
I i^Here I am." said the girl. "I'm the i
tenant in FourvD.. Marbrlclge Court.!
Where do you want me to sit?inside ]
the fence or outside ?"
Carter Jumped from his seat and i
was so confused that all be could say |
was: "Inside the fence ? please take
this chair, any chair, any chair. Yes,
I SOFA
WIFE : = jj
, ttoa he may deign to giva her."
[ "Why. do you know. Margie. I have j
I seen men of from forty- to sixty years j
! old with scanty hair, pendulous chins.!
[ abdomen's like bay windows, hands |
! that look dropsical, bad teeth andj
1 wrinkled clothes, ogle a pretty young!
| girl that is less than twenty and who!
; in her dainty beauty looks like a fra-!
' irant flower?"
"Yes. Mollie," I interrupted." when !
I see a man like that I always want j
| to lead him to a mirror and point out j
ail those defects you have mentioned
and then ask him bow he has the audacity
to think he can for a moment
iuspirte anything but disgust in the
lovely- hit of youthful femininity he
admires."
"And. Margie" Mollie continued,
"that very man would be the first to
poke fun at a woman who had frown
fat and wrinkled and yet seemed to
think she was a charmer. Indeed, all
the newspaper wits in the countryhave
taken a shot at her. but yon- notice
they leave the man alone. >"However.
I did sot come' here to
philosophize on the conceit of man.
I have come to be congratulated. Chad
and I and baby are going for a long
sea trip."
My face fell for I know I should
miss Mollie more than almost anyone
else in the trying days before me. I
took myself to task for a. selfish woman
and congratulated her.
"Tell me all about it. Mollie," I
said.
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America's for me.
te!
the pcorest makes Us plea;
i right t> disagree;
suppliant bows the knee.
>ng and makes its jubilee
ica's for me..
ca's for met
ica's for me:
then vhere would Freedom he?
d America's for me.
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indeed. You?are actually Miss Crosby?
How very good of you."
"No, I won't take your chair. I'll
take this little one." she said, slipping
out of her coat and revealing a very
neatly i!tted plain blue serge dress beneath.
She placed the chair precisely
half way between the radiator and
the window where the light woula
come over her left shoulder. "There,"
she said. "I tike it Just like that. I
shall knit and not disturb you at all.
Please sit down. Mr. Carter. You
can't imagine what a pleasure it is to
: be warm."
Carter noted a tone of asperity in
the girl's voice but he did not feel in
the least irritated by it. He tried to
swing himself around in his swivel
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CUttir SU UU1L U*3 WUiU ou VU niM*
work before him. but the chair seemed
to swing of its otn accord around
again so that he sat looking*at his
guest.
"So?so you took my invitation seriously,
diet you? Im glad." He laughed
witii embarrassment. aDd the girl
opened two blue eyes widb and round,
with studied uaivcty. behind which
Carter knew lay much sarcasm. "Why.
didn't you mean that yon wanted me
to come?" she asked. "You first suggested
the .theatre, but you see. I've
been at the theatre till I've seen every
show ia town and very movie in the
neighborhood. And I sint>ply must get
these army sweaters' done." Career
noticed that she had taken a half finished
kbaki sweater from her bag.
Even to his inexperienced eyes the
knitting seemed wonderfully firm,
warm and compact and he noted the
gold ends of the knitting needles.
"I've called on all my friends. Yon
sea I don't know many people in tow-D,
and I've shopped till I've bought a
trunkftil of things I don't need. I've
spent hours in church and other hours
[ in the museum and the public libraj
ries. So your Invitation was very
I welcome. Perhaps if I had always
lived in the North I could stand the
apartment. But you see this is my
first winter north. I come with my
aunt and now she has gone away for
a few weeks and I'm alone. One feels
tlie cold more when one is alone. I
think." Then promising not to disturb
Mr. Carter m-.y more she continued
her knitting in silence. From
time to time when Mr. Carter felt that
her eyes were intent on her knitting
he swung around in his swival chair
and caught a timid glance at the girl.
Sometimes he noticed the graceful ankle.
at other times the slender capable
hands that were so neatly framed in
the tight white lace cuffs of her dark
sleeves. At other times he noticed the
glint of auburn in her hair and then
again the long curve of the dark lashes
that shaded her blue eyes. He did
not know that from beneath those long
lashes the blue eyes were jierfetcly.
capable of observing his stolen glances
though the graceful fingers went on
uninterruptedly with the needles and
wooL
"Couldn't you give me a Job?" Nancy
Crosby put this question to Mr. Carter
one day after she had been making
her visits to his office for the purpose
of keeping warm during thercourse of
an entire week. "I am getting tired of
knitting. One can't do that all the time.
I could do copying for you and sort
over papers perhaps and stick up envelopes
and stamps and things."
So Mr. Carter secured a little mahogany
desk, had it placed beside his
own and there established Nancy Cros
by as his volunteer assistant. Tney
had finally agreed that the money that
she earned as bis assistant should be
contributed, to tbe Bed Cross.
It -was In tbe afternoon of that day
-.^#3 K/
Xarbridce ^Coart^ ^^agj3tfB?^the
the empty apartment and did a little
amateur tinkering an his own account
That morning thiongii hfa xxicdsss&t
efflorts a goodly supply of coal had
been deposited in the cool bins of the Mart
ridge Court
Nancy Crosby continaed to nork tor
hint tor a week more. He asked her
one day whether her apartment was
still cold. "Tee* she mid, "it really
is dreadful. There isn't asy^tsam hi
Lthejl^g room, radiator, thongh the)
| bedroom radiators are ail rignt. urn
I yon see I can't stay- there in the day
time. Isn't it strange, for the other
tenants are perfectly comfortable
now."
"Tee, it is fanny." agreed Carter,
and began to read a lease on his desk
with eagerness.
At the end of that week Nancy's1
aunt was expected to retain and
Nancy had indicated that she would
have to give up her job.
"I took it just to be spiteful. In fafct,
I came down to bother you. just to
make you furious. I thought you were
holding off the steam so as to save
money and I intended to find out and
to make you so tired of seeing me
around that you would get the coal
at any cost. But really I have had a
lovely time. Thank you for making it
so pleasant. But now that aunt is com|.ing
back I really wish something
could be done about that apartment."
I "111 go up myself," Carter promised.
"Maybe something is the matter with
1 the IMng-joom radiator. I'll have it
attended to at once. But?but?we
aren't going to forget each other now,
! are ve? You see. I've been getting
terrilically Interested in you. though I
suppose to yotul'm an impossible sort
of fellow."
"Impossible!" echoed Nancy. "Yon
1 don't suppose. I would have fibbed
. about the radiator If I hadn't wanted
; an excuse to be with you. I haven't
j even noticed whether it was hot or
; cold."
"You haven't.* gasped Carter. "And
: I put the valve out of commission in
i your living room. I
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Worthiiigton
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Bark to the Old Horn?,
j James T. Taggart. a former resii
dent of IV'orthington. but who removi
ed to Clarksburg several mouths ago,
: will return to Worthington about the
j first of April and occupy his Main
t street residence. He is a carpenter
! end will -work for the Consolidation
i Coal comapny.
j
Preaching Services.
J Rev. B. E. Hanes, pastor of the
! Ceaeral Christian church of Marietta,
j Ohio, trill preach at the local Christian
church Sunday evening. March
SI. An etfort is being made to have
| him locale in Marion county, and all
i are cordially Invited to coiae and hear
him 02 that date.
>-d*
Cutting, the Trees.
: As a health conservation matter
the town authorities are having'the _
' trees and other growth along the .
river bank removed in order that the p
fsun may shine in and destroy the dis- d
i case germs that are supposed to lurk
I in such places. v
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Term Closed. . e
The "Wednesday evening meeting t
| of the Choral Society was the last of
I lite present term of lessons given by _
Prof. W. D. Barrington. instructor. The
society has not yet determined
when the _next term will begin.
Pertnnals.
Sheriff A. M. Glover was an official
j visitor here on Wednesday. We understand
he secured some Important
j evidence in the Jones ease.
Mrs. Wesley Work, of Kingraont.
was visiting friends here on Wednesi
day.
Isaac Mclntire was a business vis1
itor in Fairmont on "Wednesday,
j Harry D. Martin, of Monongah.
I was a business visitor here on ThursI
day.
i*' W. L. HiTe. of. Hutchinson, was
I transacting business here on Wednes!
day.
1 Mrs. Charles E. Stewart, of Enter
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