Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-30
JENNERToN's DREAM

and her daughter and the two extra
Young men besides himself. had been
the nearest approach to real home he
had known since boyhood. He had
been one Of Mrs. Growers boys" and
until he took the train to come back TO
Chicago he had not realized how he
had missed her mothering during the
| two years lie had lived in the east. At
first he had written back, but CORE
spondence Is rot JennertOn's long suit.
and latterly letters had ceased. e.
He intended to run out to the suburb
where the Growers lived, walk in II
the front door was open, as 1t general
" was at dinner time. and seat him
| self at the table just as though he
had never been away. That was where
the joke came in. He knew Mrs. Gro
yer would give startled cry of For
| the lands sake The boys would well
come him heartily. and Carrie-well, to
tell the truth, Jennerton was rather in
a futter over what Carrie would do.
Not that there had ever been any senti-
ment in that direction, but since he
had been away Jennerton in his lone
some moments had supposedly remem-
bered that Carrie Grover was very
pretty girl and was grown up.
The more he thought about it the
more c<lvinced he was that she was
exactly the girl for him. He wondered
that it had not dawned OH him before
he left. But at that time Carrie had
been only youngSter of eighteen.
pretty and shy and with appealing
eyes and awkward hands and feet.
However. he was keen enough to real
lie that she would develop into 4
graceful woman, and, besides. he in
stinctively felt her goodness and her
sweetness.
Jennerton killed time aftC" he reach.
ed Chicago by purchasing Il gorgeous
" decorated box Of confectionery.
some roses and a box Of cigars. He
did not intend to dawn on the Grover
household empty handed. Then he got
q shave, was brushed within an inch
Of his life and boarded the street car
for his final destination.
Yes, As it had always been ut the
dinner hour, the door was Unattached
and slightly ajar.. With beating heart
Jennerton ran up the steps. slipped in
side. hid his suitcase in dark corner
and deposited his votive offerings on
the hall tree. The summer dusk was
not deep enough for lights as yet,
which favored him. Out in the kitchen
he could hear footsteps. The savory
odors coming from that direction as
sured him that Mrs. Grover was 60
ing 20 have Il good dinner.
He wanted TO wait until the family
vas asso"::...cI before bursting upon
hem, so he hid behind Il screen in the
parlor. The screen was new thing,
and he studied it interestedly. Pres
emily he heard a bell ring. Several
PERSONS gathered from various direc-
tons, and a light beamed from the
dining room. Then he grabbed his
folded newspaper. marched boldly in
to the dining room himself without
glancng at any Of them and, calmly
rawing up chair to the table. began
to read. He really admired the art
with which he accomplished this feat
He felt that he had done it just as
though he had been coming in to din
ner every night for the last two years.
There was a silence so electrical that
Jennerton turned cold to his toes be,
fore he looked up. There was no shrek
Of joy. Jennerton found himself being
glared at by three utterly strange peo
pie, and he was so scared he felt
frozen. At last he stumbled to his feet
with wild eyes and crimson face. He
felt himself at the bar Of justice.
Il thought-that isl was going to
surprise them Where Is Mrs. Gro,
ver:" he burst out a. last in despera
ton.
The man Of the household began to
smile. his wife laughed out loud, and
the daughtcr-the look Of sympathetic
comprehension in her violet eyes az.
complished the final and complete
route or JelnortOn.
Mrs. Grover gave UP the house a
couple Of months ag"." he was inform,
ed When her daughter married she
went to live with her"
Carrie married.
Jennerton was amazed that this fresh
blow did not crush him to the ground
Instead he felt Singularly buoyant
lie had never seen eyes so deeply blue
in all his life as were those before
him. He managed to explain further.
T"cy all insisted on his staying to din
Ter SiIce he had come and later the
girl with the violet eyes ate the candy.
When Jennerton departed late in the
evening he was completely resigned to
the destruction Of his Chicago
|