The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-10

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fair, fat and
forty" wasted few glances on men
She had lately established herself in
suite of rooms on the southeast corner
of Laurel street, facing the lovely lit
tie Beech park. 1t was just the place
for quiet spinster who loved nature
and retirement. and she enjoyed it
withnnalloyed pleasure for few days.
Opposite her new abode was quaint
old house with four immense windows,
wherein We're set tiny panes of glass,
to each room. The inhabitants seemed
to be very quiet persons and She. sell
dom saw them except in the evening.
tfter she had been domicilcd about
week in her new place her attention
was attracted by a very queer action
OF an old gentleman who lived IN the
quaint house. After finishing her one
o'clock dinner she always established
herself cozily with work or book at
her front window, and the
old gentleman would as regularly ap-
pear in his yard. drawing out of
his pocket red bandanna, raise it
solemnly, high in air He did not seem
to wave it, but let it go at its own
moonlight nights always at about ten
"a ~ clock he repeated this mysterious
= rite, or whatever it was. III is eyes were
nearly always turned toward her win
dow, and stared fixtdlys Sometimes he
did not use the handkerchief at all,
=. but gazed steadfastly at her window
This performance he kept up every
day. until. Miss Sophia began to be
fearful " nervous; she was really afraid
it would draw down the gossip of the
neighborhood on her. So she tried in
many mild, we'll bred ways to let the
old gentleman understand that she did
, not like his very open attentions. She
~ pulled down her blind, and, on peeping
out to see what effect it had, found it
had none; he still waved Or she
would retreat to the farthest corner of
her room, out of his range of vision.
and her. mirror told her he still gazed
Finally her nephew came to make
her a weeks visit Every spinster has
favorite niece or nephew, and Jack
brown Miss .Sephiass= She adj
mired his youth Che was only twenty,
four), his courage, his well-shaped
body and even his impetuous Ito put it
mildly temper. lie was rather good
looking, too, although his hair was au-
burn, and his mustaehe, such as it was
undeniahly red.
The first day of his visit Miss Sophia
kept him engaged by showing him her
photograph albums, of which she had
half dozen. But She couldn't keep
this up whole week, SO the second
day Jack remarked, as the sbandanna
and its owner appeared:
What queer old chap. What's. he
doingg'
To which Miss Sophia TREMENDOUSLY
replied; ~ don't know" which was
=, literally true, for she had her back
carefully turned TO the window.
The next day Jack observed the same
performance and said: -a-s \
'Confound the old scoundrel! Aunt
Sophia, really believe he's trying to
hirt with You or else he's ~ lunatic
Jack was a senior at. college and had
taken his degree in the art of flirting.
The following day Jack ire reached
climax as the old gentleman appeared
as usual, and not only waved the Of
tending red rag lJacls was a fiery re-
publican) but actually gazed fixedly at
Miss. Sophia's window for fully Ave
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lie grabbed up his hat, land said to
mis- aunt "I'll know the meaning of
his eonfoundedi mpudence or my names
not Jack Brown
He dashed downstairs paying no at
tenton to his aunt's pleadings: Don't
Jack! don't. you will only make mat
ters worse!'' She pulled down her cur
tain, and peepsd from behind it to see
what Jack would do,
lie was striding angrily across the
street, and in a few moments was att
the~old gentleman's side. With a wrath
full face, and sternly determined man
ner, he said:
Sir, what is the meaning Of your
Internal impudence? II is NICE thing
that a quiet lady cannot sit at her win
dow without being insulted!'
The old gentleman cleared his throat,
wiped his mouth with the offending
handkerchief, smiled gently, raised his
hand to his ear and said in a soft mild
voice. Hey. Please speak a little
louder I'm quite deaf"
Thereupon Jack as Is customary
with people who are unaccustomed to
talking with the deaf, roared loudly
and rapidly. prefacing his former in
quiry with: II say" conscious that
he was making spectacle OF himself,
aud that in. all probability the whole
y. neigh bor'rood heard him.
s. Still the old gentleman shook his
head despairlngly, and xaid Come
into the house. My daughter will
make me understand; you talk too
rapidly and loudly.
Inst as he said it Ia door opened soft,
md girls .voice, trembling with
lighter, said: What is. IL, father?
Does the gentleman want something's"
'FthinlS he does, Bertha, but ! cam
49,, NJ understand what
H "a I1< ope glance 1t the girls face