The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
A Great Gun
by GRETCHEN GRAYDON
Copyright, 1909, by Homer Spraguo


this time very bad" Mrs Wheat said,
noddlng across ut her son. "lIut you |
won't wonder ut II when YOU hear the
new swccthcurt's nnmc Sarah Susan |
Miss Sarah Susan Gum"
Blly turned nll COlors Conner, his
cmm, laughed cNplosIvcly and suid ~
soon MS he could speak BILLY call
that positively immoral! You had bet,
ter he counting twins. How ever viii
YOU fix ~ You may propose to Susan
and he rejected or accepted by Sally.
You may even bc married wrong.
Think, too, of being always II mere
gunncr's nate"
"Shut up" billy lntcrJcctcd, his face
scarlet, but grinning In spite of him
self "Wnt til you've seen her at
least Mother makes fun of her names
because She can't find fault with her
any wny else, And Sue isn't to blame.
She didn't name herself or choose the
family she had to be born in"
mo, but you do choose the family
you marry into Mrs Wheat coocd.
she was less than twenty years older
than Billy and still very pretty and
very lively woman
Comors thought her stunning. SO
did Ibis Uncle Tim. IInrklng back sud
denly In his mind to something n year
old, he whistlcd aloud and asked ab-
ruptly; Say, Nanny Wheat Is It the
same way with Tim2 Did you turn
him down because you wouldn't be
Mrs. O'ToolcT
II was mnmmy's turn to blush. The
blush made her younger and prcttier
than ever. "WhO says | had the
chance to be Mrs O'Toolc?" she began,
but stopped as both the youngsters
growlcd dcrlsion and unbclIcf.
"Tlm was the worst ever" Connors
said decidedly; couldn't cnt or sleep,
used to hang out of the windows all
| prom week Just to stare up the street
toward where YOU were staying; in
the greatest tidgct too, TO get his place
| fixed up new. And then. after he'd
| walked about with you one tecny half
! hour, he qut-cu out everything cX-
| ccpt my allowance and scOOtcd across
| the pond with just half II steamer kit
| Don't say you don't know why, mann
! my. IT won't do any good-not with
us two We know. lie wcntcd-bc.
cause YOU scented him Poor old Tim.
You have II heap on your conscience,
nanny How could you do itY'
Don't you understand, Larry, dcarT'
nanny said, still blushing. "lt was
all ON your account | couldn't bear to
supplant you" Her eyes laughed, but
Larry COnnOrs saw under the laughter.
"If that was your game YOU went
blind" he said don't you see, Tim Is
so near the years of lndlscrction-th they
begin at forty five he'll sure fall vic
tim somehow somewhere You ought
to have taken him, nanny. Then, in
deed my future would have been Sc
cure"
where is he? Have you heard from
him latelyI" nanny asked, her eyes
suddenly downcast.
, Larry shook his head. He was tear
ing around toward the midnight sun
thought maybe the icebergs would re
mind him of you" he said. But tha
was six months back-long enough fol
him to he buried or married"
"He always talked of lreIand"-
nanny began, signing family.
But he didn't care for ii unless you
, were there 20 see 1t with him." Larry
interrupted. IL think I'll cable him t
come back right away. Maybe he viii
be ready to sacrifice himself for you
whim-carry off the adorable Gum ant
so save Billy"
IL had rather lmost-she had Billy,
nanny said lnconsequently. Tin
Is n dear, but-Hon. Mrs Timothy
| OToole" Dear me, | could cry whel
1 think of IT, Why wasn't he borr
something elseT
"Smith, Jones, Brown or Robinson,
} Larry commented
: Mrs. Wheat got up and walked quick
, ly away.
, Billy went TO the window Larry
4 staring after the vanishing lady, wa
4 amazed to see her head drOop and he
4 bosom swell Clearly she was on tn
4 point of sobbng. He followed her soft
4 ly and said ms she flung herself on
: couch; Tel me, nanny! You're play
4 ing game. What is it,"
HOW uiu you guess : mummy Salu
d speaking very low, with her finger Of
. her lip. You mustn't ever let Bill
J guess it," she said Ike doesn't know
, about our money. 1t came to me frou
I my uncle, the dearest, straitlace
r soul. lie thought second marriages sin
ful-sprtual bigamy, he called then
. SO | kept my fortune. which will b
j, Billy's fortune, on condition of remain
h ing always n widow Now you Sc
s.. why | had 10 send Tim away"
G AS If he cared for your money
And he'd never let Billy lose" LAIR
said eXultantly. But he bent his hea
reverently to kiss mammy's hand q
he added But, oh, you are brick
t You made up all this about the nam
to blind that blessed boy?"
: II had o-there-there wasn't any
thing else. Tim was such GENT,
man 4" Mrs Nhpot said Smot hprinp