West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-06-19

swell. I'll run In and ask Mis- Bartlo
tomorrow IL she see where IL went TO"
Mrs. Frazer sighed as she spoke and
turned reluctantly from the window.
Well said Mrs. Hostetter. drawing
long breath. Il just run I'm to see II
you'd heard the latest can't STAY.
I've got my weeks bake gettin ready
to go I'm the oven.''
"if you mean about the way Mr.. Dav.
enport's been a-actin up" said Mrs.
Frazer. closing her lips grImly, "I've
heard"
"So've l." said Mrs. Dean. II think
thats Just horrible. l don't mean TO
bid him the time OF day IL l die fer IT,"
We'll. don't, neither. But | lust
want TO tell you what Mis- Graham
says when l told her. She waited till
got all through. and then she up and
says she didn't think II could be true.
After my n-tellin hcrl So I Just told
her II was true
"Whatd she say thcn?"
What do you suppose she said? She
Just looked me I'm the eve ana sova
calmly that II II was true she was sor.
ry ned done wrong. but that she didn't
consider one person had ought TO Judge
nnother; says she thought 1t was hu.
man nature TO do wrong and that we'd
ought to he sorry fer each other and
help each other up"
why. the idea! Whatd you say? 1
hope you give her good one"
well, I did" Mrs. Hostetter smoke
with triumph. II told her | was n
Christian and belonged to church and
she wouldn't ketch me upholdin man
thatd turned hisself ont TO be what
Mr.. Davenport had. asked her how
you could pick out respectable folks lf
they was on speakin terms with that
Kind. Then she said somcthin reel pro.
fame. She guessed that God could put
his finger on EN-, Oh. that made me
awful mad. said, well. | wouldn't
speak TO Ar Davenport and | didn't
reckon Nils Dean and Mis- Frnzer
would neither. and that we was the
lead.n ones In the church"
Good fer you. | guess she didn't
have anything furder to say 10 that.
did slicT
Yes, she did. That's what makes me
so awful mad. She up and says then.
still ca'mlike. that she didn't consider
IL would hurt any good woman to be
KIM TO MIR. Davenport, even II he had
done what was claimed agID him,
which she didn't belieye--the brazen
thing says that ag'in--and II might do
him some good"
The door opened suddenly, and slat-
ternly girl burst into the room. She
stopped and stared at the guests. Then
Ia har l.ot a.. II.
gled bashfully and exclaiming "Oh,
now!' retired noisiIy.
What do you think OF thatY' cx-
claimed Mrs. Frazer In tone Of exns-
pcration, after all I've talked to her,
a-trouncin In here that way before peo-
pie! \ woman might as well be crazy
at once as to keep hired girl. They're
that mortifyinr'
"Now, that makes me think" said
Mrs. Hostetter. Il was sayIn the same
thing TO Mis- Graham the other day,
and what d'you s'pose she says? She
says she thinks hired girls have an
awful hard life. She feels sorry fer
'em. She keeps rockin chair In the
kitchen fer her'n and lets her go out
ten times n week If she wants: says
have to ask every time she wants to go
, anywheres. She says she gets cross
sometimes ana lets her temper 20 at
her girl. and then she always goes back
and apologies. She amt got any scch
word as servan; In her vocabulary"
"Such Stiffness" said Mrs. Frazer
scornfuly-"a-ruinin hired girls thar
wayw
well. I must say" admitted Mrs.
Dean reluctantly. that Mis- Grahnm's
hired girl Is an exception to the gen'ral
run OF 'em. She worships the ground
Mis- Graham sets foot to and would
run her legs Off fer her"
"The worst thing she sald." put In
Mrs. Hostctier "was that she didn't
think women bad ought TO get together
and talk over girls faults; says she'd
just ms soon anybody would ask her
how she liked her husband as TO ask
her how she liked her hired girl: says
she's been guilty OF such things her
self but she amt goin TO agln. Oh.
never beard such goin onsp
II guess she's crazyr
II guess she is. She says II we
taught girls a-crItIcisln our faults we'd
have conniptlon IT."
There goes that express wagon back
! ng'in em'ty." interrupted Mrs Frazer
In perplexed tone. II can't imagine
where that trunk went 10. Mr.. Brown
told me yestc'day that Mis- Brown
want comm home fer a week. but
mebbe she just telcgrafted and come
right on"
But when you want real scandal"
said Mrs. Hostetter In low tone. you
have to 20 on piece furder than Mr.
Davenport"
Mrs. Frazer's pillowsham sank rus.
Hing into her lfp.
"Is there anything worseT asked
Mrs. Dean brcathlessly.
A little smile wriukled Mrs. Hostet-
ters face. Yes" she said briefly;
there's sometbin worse"
what is ~ asked both women at
)nce.
Mrs. Hostetter was tantalizingly slow
iu replying She looked out the win
dow with IN air Of mystery gloomlng
over her. u don't know as / ought 20
tell you-if you ain't noticed"
II ain't noticed a thing"