The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-25
HIS KIND ATTENTIONS


HIS kind ATTENTIONS
How are vol getting IN With that
|soathern Qua who y visiting Mrs.
Atid nsenI aslsed Janet her
broth Dick ]. "A tldnson asked
you 81 make easant ter Miss
HaIdeRe adm she III N u
me rep lied, lowly 10 tell
ne truth, thoasl tliat giFl u rta(hes
chill y. NJ ~ III
.NyhS. the mat s y 4 n
well, YOU N know she hurt her
ankleSj lust after she came here, SsoSI
haven't been able ID take herr out
anywhere: Ike done eyeryth hing; else;
i could think of, but she u hot what I;
call responsiye.s''5;
9sl.yyhat sort Of attentions have you
shown here
Il sent her a iboS Of candy,
1.-The other day 4 and What do YOU think
she said SIN her note Of aeknowled.
ment She thanked me for my hard:
hearted gift What 10 you suppose,
Ishe meant ~ that?,',y v \ ID
what Kind OF candy was II? y tllslS
81 don't know. S$1qjust bought one
ofs those boxes lin 4 IodgesonIs win;
\: dow, Those boxes with the little
Dutch children on the cover: you've
/ seenGthcm, haven't your.
Yes. I've seen them. Those boxes
are full of candy hearts that are sad.
amantine In their hardness. They're
Intended for chlldren's german I'd.
n yors.s n suppose Miss Il Haldene
thought youSsent them as a joke, un
4 less she took seriously the sentimen,
tall motives that are printed on
! them WYE 84.s3
i Great scott!sT exclaimed Dick,
'.Nyhat else have you done fol
her?,l$asked his sister sweetly. I:
S....I thought she would like some
thing to read i SO l dropped lntost
book store and selected % really beau
tifuIs book. The next time I$sawEhe
she asked me Il Thought she needed
]: It's n said yes /; that a book wa
often a great help. Of course
n meant 1t was d help In passing time
Il bue she stiffened up and declare
\ haughtlly that no one had ever sal
such a thing to her before. Nov
u what was the matter with her?
& Just. then Mrs. Atkinson came Int
], thereon and Miss HaldenN asked he
= fall Northern men were as good ia
!. paying compliments as |. She mean
3 to- be. sarcastic, !, know, but haven
& the least idea what the troubl
IA was,se:5 4 81
Of ""What was the name ofsthe book
Il! My Eady's Bower It'll o,lnds4i
"a teresting. don you think, v. Il; "
8 %oh, Dick, no wonder she was Z
fendedss laughed the sister. sThnt
n a book Of beauty hints egularsugl
~ girla papers. What a goose you ar,
Why didn't You look Into II ~ i55i
Y Y why, I was rather hurried and!
~ liked the cover: It had 20 picture,
stunning girl looking into NJ
s mirror.
55S 8"of course; that was to show Il
effect Of thefyarious recipes for ia
bleaches, skin foods and \ wink
= eradlcators. KIT SS "a
n Great Scott! gasped Dick again
Have you shown hers any mo mo-
: delicate attentions?n n: 9aS
a"she caught me on d Philopenaa5,
X. gave her pair OF gloves for a Il
felt. She thanked me for them Ne
Vi prettily, but Il couldn't help thinkil
Al there was q queer expression Oh b
M face when she looked them over
How 10y did you know what size
- get?g5 i3SS3 &: sss ys
y y Just guessed at 4. Don't u,
\. thing six and three:quarters 5w
about righti?'ggl I: 4
". Mercy, no! She has the TIME
E5 hands! WHY. N she couldn' Z we
more than five and a half glover
NJ Just I'M luck! ~ groaned u b
u brother. "a Esa .ss!3
~ Have you done anything else
make$it pleasant for her B.. AZ y. "
n; No, thank good ness. Hold on;
- gave her some roses. yesterday
couldn't put my foot In III abb
los roses. could y
a. %I don't know gu seem to la
a remarkable talent for that Kind
\ exercise, What led YOU to- send ID