Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-11-02
JULES YOUNG
MAN

IL DSEIo lllS dDouJ SiIlS, Sdiu tllt
elderly man. Il used to think that my
daughter had good deal of sense.
You know her pretty we'll. What
would be your opinion of her, now"
Il should say she was exceptionally
bright-mighty pretty girl, too" re-
piled his friend.
up to date-no foollshness about
her eh?"
Il shouldn't imagine So"
Neither should l. Although I'm
her father, | thought she had cut her
eye teeth. Seemed to me she could
size up anybody about as well as
would myself and-oh, pshaw. Why,
sir that girl ought to be well III
formed. She's read enough | forget
what her average was in English lit.
erature when she was at high school
but it was high. She knew all abou'
the poets, from Chaucer to the living
warblers, and she'd read the Dolly
Dialogues and Bernard Shaw. She'd
go to matinee and come home aud
initiate the hero in the love scene till
I'd laugh myself sick Wrote a ,ssh
novel herself once and | swear I'd
have it published if | hadn't thought
she'd get to writing for a profession
and of course | didn't want that. She
seemed to be next to things-thats
the point
81 understand"
1--WE had men come to the house
| who thought they were pretty smart
| and they'd begin to talk to the young
WOMAN in kindergarten style and it
wouldn't be but a little while before
she'd have them steaming themselves
to keep up their end. She read lbsen
Yes, sir"
well, you may, but I'm not so sure
| that l do. I'm all mixed up. About
three months ago Tom brought a
young chap named Steever TO the
house. Well, | didn't take any partic-
| ular notice of him. He seemed about
Wore his hair parted in the middle
| and slicked down over his temples
something like the girls used to in
'61 or Whereabouts. l don't know that
I'd have noticed that particularly if
Julie hadn't slicked down her hair the
same way after he left and given US
| an imitation of him. She guyad him
to the queens taste, too
"Well?"
HE called two or three times, but
| there were half dozen others call
ing-always have been since jules
| dresses were let down and her hair
put up. She went to her aunt's at
| Bribery Heights soon after that to
| stay until after Easter and only got
| back last week. Young Steever called
| the same night she got in. He didn't
| stay long, though. Julie seemed to CON
| vey to his presumed intelligence the
| fact that he was slightly superhuous
| and he departed. l thought she had
| jolted him little too hard and | told
| her so. Well, l know she says. but
then he is too stupid for anything
| Il didn't see anything more of the
fellow until the other night though I
understood that he had called. | was
going into the library to look for
some papers I'd left on the table
| when l heard the young mans voice,
and I stopped short at the door. |
| didn't mean to listen, exactly, only
| there was a tone in his voice that
| made me curious to know what he
| was saying. Know what it was? He
was telling some girl that her teeth
were just like pearls when she
| laughed. Pearls! Pearly teeth, Ell
| And then he got on to the subject of
her hair. That was like spun silk
| with sunbeams caught in its meshes.
What? By George, l stood there I'M
| til l had crick in my knees and if
| he didn't ring in about all the old
| chestnuts you ever heard of-lilies
and roses and rubies and diamonds
| the whole blamed vegetable and min
| eral kingdom as applied to feminine
charms. And all 1 could hear Julie
say was, Now, you know you don't
| mean that! and. Don't be so foolish
Il tiptoed away to my own particu-
lar cubby hole, trying to keep from
| chuckling out loud. Thinks l to my
self, jules tolling him along beauti-
| fully. Amt she stringing him though.
| l had intended to go to bed about that
| time, but l couldn't help waiting for
Julie to come and tell me all about it.
| If there's anything l like it's good
| laugh and jules representations al
| ways amuse me.
| In little less than an hour heard
| the street door close and then there
came a rap at my door and Julie stuck
| her head in.
"'All right l said, bring your
| Slyphlike form in and tell me all about
| it. He's an eloquent boy, isn't he?'
Wei
Jimmy and L. she says
"'Who in the nation is jimmy
asked her.
'Jimmy-Mr. Steever,' she says
| Dad, he's coming to see you to-mor-
row. He wants to ask you for some
| thing. He
Then she sat down on my knee
and told me about it. No, sir, there
isn't any girl that has any sense.
don't care who she is'-Chicago
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