West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-11-26

rival. She was so undoubtedly pretty
that his neighborly good morning had
unusual fervor
And the girl-there was contemptu.
Gus curl on her lip. and her eyes fash
cd before she lowered her long lashes.
She passed on without word.
jasper stared after her In astonish-
ment and then cursed the custom that
some small towns have OF aping city
conventionalities. Later he found out
his mistake. The girls name was Carl
ton, and her father was the man whose
dismissal had made room for Jasper.
There was flush on the young mans
cheek as he realized that the girl held
him accountable for the change OF fam.
ily fortunes.
BY dint OF carefully veilcd inquiry
he found out much more MIR. Carl
ton, 1t seemed, had obtained an in.
ferior position In a town fifty miles
farther south. But as he hoped for
better opening In the near future he
had delayed moving the family goods
and chattels There was much not
often included In the latter terms
rosebushes coaxed to splendid size and
bloom through untoward frosts and
protracted drought, turtIedoves that
whirred and cooed and summed them
selves OH the flat roof OF the Iean-to.
and the fine Bock OF turkeys. Marion
Carlton refused to part with one Of
these. Had she not triumphantly
reared the entire Matching when the
spring winds. pip. rats and other enc
mics Of turkeykind had dnshed the
hopes OF neighboring raIsers? II any
one was 10 feast on fat turkeys. lying
peacefully on snowy pillows of mashed
potatoes With garlands Of parsley
round their necks. II should be the
Carlton family. And as the Carlton
family had but two members. Marions
VIII was generally law
The frost bad turned the scarlet sage
TO black. and the vines no longer
screened the house next door But
every falling leaf seemed only 20 ado
10 the rampant that the girls pride had
raised. She was evidently u favorIte
IN the town for IN the evening the
young folks trooped to her door and
through the partition walls came
bursts OF laughter and matches OF mu.
sic. That they al followed Marion's
example IN leaving him strictly alone
was partly Jaspcr's fault After the
FIRST few rebuns his free and easy
manner changed to one OF aloofness.
Maria sighed as she noted the
change. "And It's the hard hcnrts
you're al after hayln'." she said as she
sat IN her kitchen and listened to the
laughter from the house next door.
Just then Jasper dashed into the
room. crying joyfuily. "Hurrab. Mariai
We're IN luckl Here's Aunt Jane writ
Ing that she wants TO be sure that we
have n fne Thanksgiving turkey. aud
50 she "a sending us live one. can
just fancy how good lie viii taste with
some of your prime dressing"
Marin bcamcd. she was proud Of
her cooking.
jasper went to the freight Office the
next evening and escorted the turkey
home ID p&rson. When II was tethered
70 n stake m the back yard. Maria
could nDt but declare that it was the
finest turkey she had ever seen, inf.
nitely liner than any belonging to the
house next door
But. nlas. there was no chance FOR
comparison Others besides Marion had
evidently watched the growth Of her
turkeys aod took m interest, n propric-
tnry interest. IN them. The next morn
Ing her turkey house was empty.