The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-26

..goned the fact at once.
(, nolbing, said Widger; chat
nolbing serious, l came near
!, real poem instead of jingle,
8 sIL"
m that rather serious" said
"Heavensl Billy, you must
You're on 'tho verge of
Snc. A chap of your talent
4 be too careful" "
n said Widger, lazily. You
4 ns weary, Perk. What do you
,bout poetry aud its relation to
4, exhaustion. Do you consider
nluelion Of real poetry an indi-
a weakness at the nerve cen
Do yOu---'
!, but see here Billy, I've pre-
be Hints to Housekeepers and
FOOD and Health columns for
= nper regularly for three years
md"
m have prepared the Aunt Je-
Talks With Girls column" in
Bel Widger. You are a vile
x us, Perk.
yOmore so than you, Billy. Don't
lmy sensitive heart, kind friend,
rvon. The Record is avowedly
+ most popular paper in the Mis-
4 'p Valley among the women.
'Tis l, Billy, me,
eIls the women how to cook,
i n make their homes successful;
4 tells them how that pimply look
nnd.rel less distresslul.
|Bily, I-Oswald X. Perkins, the
ophan, who wouldn't know how
iii ho had u home. Thst's the
iOi my success, Billy; I'm orig
Because you do not know any
IIctly. But as to yourself.
supposed TO be funny. Your
Is we'll liked. Some people ac-
!augh at it. Your verses jingle
ultIy, and your paragraphs are
lent Of ginger. You hold your
You eat. But, Billy, dear,
Nd be very different if you should
der into poetry-real poetry, as
aIlit You'd cease to eat. Your
E, deprived of the food they
would become toneless, snap
Prostration, agony, lingering
mwept, unhonored, unsung.
lido it, Billy
lger smiled.
fGk," said he, "you are a freak.
you are wise-you must be or you
dnlbeable to humbug the women
do. You are also gentleman,
believe a good Judge Of"
Thsky?"
No poetry"
vn'm-I don't know.
DO Read that, and tell me what
Mink"
aimS prolIered the sheet with af.
tlmidi;y, and looked at it from
'o9ers of his eyes. Then he
sl it back.
y, pretty bad, Billy" said he
uH 81 don't think L ever read
a1lF grim doth rend my heartslrings,
wy with fingers pink
ltilo short of positive disease.
~ leel perfectly well, old manY'
" am we'll enough, but [ am
a'ea IN spirit. Do you suppose,
-sIancing at the clock-"that
No you my confidence for about
minutes it would seriously in
with the glorious work you are
'vr 0enighted women? Think
T'1 ul make me feel better"
9'alng," " replied Perkins firmly,
interfere with that. Go ahead,
a' back in his chair with an in
luSer on either side of his nose
'aGc'erlstlc attitude when in re-
ae once informed the Rec
\ ,a''oonlst when that brilliant
@saloed @ss',. young man begged him
.,,S Ss'.lhg while Widger slowly
G. 'u 'ne sheets from his desk and
|Vl 'ls@ into strips.
IS 'va Know where I came from,
A, ue asked, dropping the strips
'pV waste basket.
.,,i, raul Billy, You didn't know
von ', 80 irom a hole in the ground,
,So,, o"t,o2lsldered N Minneapolis mere
u. Y,' ) chapter in mythology"
|Io., sand Widger. "Say, Paul,
|in,ia.o ria GA the Evening Gazette and
re' sre'.'S, were as the sands of the sea.
4, E,5oo,,yIthlng, from heavy editorial
|,s ''IiS' ~ and between jumps 1 fell
/ II may not'altogether be my
n ouIge Sune men are born lovers,
4 4 'Hyate ,L the tendency, and some
n, MI thrust upon them. 1t was
b W.. rpOS G me- And the maiden's s
"in smith, mumbled Per.
N haal u AL the bright lexicon Of
|BNv p Is no such word as-go
|Hppo%5a I'M was "a. a nice girl, as girls co.
|pmoH Midger, "well set head,
dmaLtp tpoay, good clear face and
GaIss,,'e Gsu'er OF her father, who owned
|RlnS She was accustomed tc
|esces an hour or two each day al
|n0n1 ana l had not talked Will
|apcs .a,l ',meS before I experienced
y 10 sa,, as,n,l.s,atlon. I did not know
| lpovvsall vsll 1t, l suppose it was love
er roa sad a word about it tc
|uan, reasoned that it would be too
|aioU might lose me my
|Red >. not know then that I wa
|lpsoo,D0 10 90 anything better in tn,
Eelte nj ',n muo Than to grind on tn,
! vrelcIsr Isronnd pay. L made my
pa Eeesnn at times wishing sG,
''7p away from the ollice s.,