Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-09

quicker than she came ami 10 ~, ,an ~
fnea have been kissed rirht tsera -
body W ~'sAs u every
we kntw they'd show up in the b,s
pay window sooner or LATER. ard srra
enough, just after dinner thew c,,ns
INTO sight, She was clingine 10 b,s ar,''
ana just dancing On her toes. sbe was -
n ,,ig ana Just as she was right In the
nidst OF telling him how fine Il ali w sas
ene discovered US at the windows W.
.oaiu almost see her blush clear af.roes
lhe Street, and her young busband
Strengthened up and looked dags,,rs
put John Berry rose to the occasia,,
noDly He had his oyercoat and IT,. ~
ne was Just going out--and he took otT
ms nat and made a bow respectful and
.,ienuAy IKE, as much as to say. "We'ra
giad TO see yon, sir And we woman
capped our hands and smiled. as ,nnch
~ 10 say, Were glad he's come Of Iast y
ANA then Over-tle- Way nnd her h,,s
pand saw It was all right and thev
sni'ied and bowed. Over-the- Way patted
MN on the arm az much IA IN eov
Here ne Is; isn't he nicer" And he
young husband put his arm aronnd
over-the- Way and gave her a little bng
right before our eyes. as much ne r. sars
~ an right now; RI make up for lost
tune And then we came away From, ,,
the windows. LAY 'ioin
ioung Mr.. Over the Wayne found
afterward that in public life ba ,vos =
travelling salesman for big drug firm
stayed three days Then he went away
And over-the- Way went up into her bsy
window and bravely kissed her hand to
him till he turned the corner Then sbe
dropped down into her big armchair and
turned its broad back to us
de was gone two weeks. and tbev
Were long weeks for Over-the- Way. But
everything human has an end and he
came back at last. Well, it was the
same thing over again. Only he STAYED
but one day Then he was gone ten
days Next time it was week, and af,
ter that it was every Sunday when we
sat down to breakfast we found them to-
gether in the big bay window. But Sun
days are invariably followed by Mon
days, and poor Over-the- Way had hard
work enough to lay in happiness enough
IN one day to last her six. Still. from
Monday morning to Wednesday night
she lived on remembrance, and from
Thursday morning to Saturday night on
anticipation, so she got along pretty well.
But one day after six or seven months
OF this alternate sunshine and shadow.
the clouds settled down in earnest over
the little cottage He came home in the
middle OF the week. and Over-the Way
met him at the door with scared face.
The next morning he left with big
trunk He had his hat down over his
eyes and never looked back at the bay
window he knew Over-the Way WASH I
there to kiss her hand to him We
didn't see her at all that day, for by and
by Aunt Amanda came and pulled down
the shades
He had been ordered off on a three
months trip to South America. and John
Berry said reciprocity or some such
women all hated it, whatever it was.
Overtime Way came back to her bou-
DOR after while, but she didn't seem
to be quite the same old Over-the- Way.
She got letters. but the didn't come
every day now Sometimes we fairly
hated the postman-just as if il was his
fault! But when she did get one-why,
we could tell block off when the post
man had a letter by the way he walked
By and by Over-the Way had broad,
comfortable lounge put in her window
and deserted her armchair for it There
she would lie for hours reading or look
| ing idly ont of the window, And Jim
Gray said one day that he hoped Over
| the-NSty wasn't going to grieve herself
| into a decline. Ii she didn't chirk up
pretty soon he believed he'd get her hus-
bands address and write TO him to throw
up his job and come home. And Harry
Roberts said that may be Over-the Way
wasn't so much better than every other
woman after all. and liked to lie around
in loose gown and read novels just like
the rest of them Nobody said word,
and the next day Harry Roberts told
Mrs Smith that he guessed he'd leave at
the end of the week. and he did.
But Jim Gray didn't write, for Over
the Way did chirk up right away, She
| got an industrious streak all of sudden
and sat in her big armchair and cut and
basted and sewed until Jim said lie was
afraid she was getting vain and thinking
| too much of her clothing for such SEN
| sible Young woman Then he discovered
| that all her sewing was white, and he
suggested that most likely she was get
ting ready to join her husband IN South
| America: it was so hot there that every
! one had to wear white all the time. We
women all began to talk about spring
bonnets and Mrs Smith left the room.
She suddenly remembered that she had
| left something in the oven.
jim grew reconciled to the sewing
but he found other things to worry HIM
He elected himself bulletin committee
! of one and made frequent reports,
| When there were no facts he gave US the
| benefit of his speculations, One day he
announced that he guessed Overtime Way
would begin to pack up before long; she
had pretty much finished her sewing
! He could see that she WAS just putterlhg
and putting in fancy stitches Another
| time he said he was afraid that over
Way was i'll; there was a light ID
! the bay window when he got home at
! o'clock that morning
A few mornings after that there was
re,,s We women all knew it long be-
fora breakfast time and John Berry and