The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-11-05
A Lucky
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Mother what do you suppose IS
tred's latest freak?" asked Annie Nc.
Gosh, breaking into the sitting room
where her mother was busy sewing
i am sure i don't KNOWS going
TO be a soldier. likely enough" re-.
sponded Mrs. Hudson YEARLY. She
was used to Fred's freaks" as An.
ME called them. and to her daughters
impatience with his eYer-varying hob
bies.
The beautiful home of Banker Nc.
Gosh was made almost unhappy by
the chickering's Of the seventeen-ycar-
Old daughter and the tweIve-year-old
son. Both were headstrong and their
clashing natures made almost con.
slant discord in the family. Annie's
expression of disdain as she replied
TO Mrs. McCosh's suggestion showed
the depth of her semI-resentment
against her brother:
NO, indeed; no such luck. III he
were to be soldier he might be got.
ten out Of the way, but hes going to
stay right here and make us all mis-.
cradle. He's bought a camera"
Bought a what?" asked her mo-.
ther' who was not paying much atten-
ton.
n camera-a machine to take pho.
tographs with, you know. 1t is a lit.
Tie bit of an instrument. not mucb
larger than bandbox, but he'll no
making pictures of everything on
earth with it,"
That won't hurt ANYTHING will q
dear?" ~
NO, but | do wish he'd be sensible
Ike other boys" and Annie founceJ
out of the room on her way down.
town.
Fred was odd, without a doubt r.,
was always taking up some new
scheme and really seemed to know =
httle about almost everything even
nc did not know all about anv
one thing. He knew how to nrint
now to bleed a horse. how to te,e.
graph, how to cultivate silk-worms
low to whistle through his fInpers
now TO graft apple-trees. how to write
backward. how to ride a bicycle with.
out touching the handles. how IN NAV
checkers with his eyes shut. Indeed.
no knew now to do almost everything
that II came in his way to learn.
Ills latest freak" was photography
and he was busy experimenting win
the new camera, purchased nv barI
Wcrk at odd hours. for Mr. MoCoeb
lhough well off did not allow his son
unlimited spcnding-money. He kent
'he instrument in his "den"-an nm.
used room, full of bottles. old cloths
Jars. bits of machinery musical In
'uunients' carpenters tools. old maps.
.orn pictures, pots of paint and chem.
Ic"is' fragments OF old machines
Stuned birds, etc, etc. and smelling
so BADLY that no one but Fred co,,II
ever stay i'm it long enough TO mako
complete inventory of it's contents
~ was in his den" that nc wac n,
inc time Annie was expressing herself
30 cmphatically TO her mother 10
was busy experimenting with the now
camera, Of which he cxpected greo,
things. He had almost perfccted a.,
Original scheme for taking almost i'm.
H'antancous pictures, and he was
saDguine of great results.
Annie. as she went downtown bort
her footsteps toward her father
bank. There was nothing unnatural
IN this, but it was somewhat notice.
able that she halted outside until 4,
farmer who was doing business at tho
CASHIERS window had left IT when she
quickly slipped in and timldly asked
or INC passably good looking young
gentleman behind the brass wires.
rs my father in his ofice?"
AS she did so her fingers droppoI
n note on the slab Of. glass. The
chashier's hand quickly covered tho
tiny bit Of paper. but not a gesture OF
surprise showed on his face when he
answered.
Yes. he IS I'm his office. but be-
lieye he is engaged with some gentle.
man from the State capital. will
look and see"
lie stepped to the door Of the pres.
idents private room and reported az
he had suggested that the gentlemen
were still there.
Miss Annie did not seem much put
out or disappointed, but left the bank
with smiling.
"All right; III call some other
time"
rs.t 80 - 80