Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-06-17
A TALE OF A GLOVE

uepneW tnat led TO the discovery Of the
glove. Up to bis nineteenth birthday,
which arrived a month ago, he had
gone through life contemptuous Of but
'onholes, and l was a little taken
aback about that time when l ran
against him at corner with Mare
chat Mel at his breast He whipped
1t hurriedly into his pocket, and. being
a kindly old gentleman, l pretended
not to notice.
But my faith In him was profoundly
shaken. Soon l learned that he was
conveying tasteful little buttonholes
into the house up his coat sleeve, and
he blushed when he was asked about
tumbler in his bedroom. Then his
mother found six button glove, size
o12, In his pocket, which none Of us
could identify.
j For some days he had only one glove
himself. which he carried spread out
In his hand to look like two. We could
not think that this was its long lost
companion
PENDING Investigations the glove was
replaced in Alberts pocket in the nice
little piece of tissue Paper which pro-
tected it, Then we watched Albert.
Hitherto he had habit of leaving the
room when the conversation took a
feminine turn. But now a change
came over him. He sat on when his
mother talked with his aunt over the
relative merits of styles Of gowns. and.
though he pretended to be reading his
book. he was really drinking in the
conversation.
On one occasion he came out Of his
shell In remarkable manner. The
two ladies were asking each other
: what was the other name for the wa
{. terfall back, and Albert carried away
by his interest in the discussion, muir
INJURED "Redingote."
His mother and his aunt looked at
him in amazement, which made Albert
J turn both white and red. Not long
afterward it leaked out that he knew
what sailor collars were and liked
pale pink ones.
Albert even began to take an interest
in his sisters dresses.
Once he was discovered trying to as
: certain for himself how much Ger
trude, who is fourteen, measured round
the waist. Not being accustomed to
these attentions, Gertrude liked them
at first, but it was soon borne in upon
, her, though she was only fourteen.
that her brother was experimenting on
her for private reasons Of his own.
1t must, l think, have been a week
after the discovery of the glove In
Albert's pocket that he asked his moth.
er. with an artificial yawn, whether
51a was not small size in gloves for
lady. Then his mother asked me to
go delicately to work and find out
what was Albert's condition and who
she was.
thought would leave 1t to Albert
to tell me who she was. but I expert
mented on him to discover his condi-
ton. Nothing. I feel. could have been
more delicate than the way l set about
1t. He carried the glove in an inside
pocket. over the spot where Albert
thought his heart was. Taking advan-
tage Of favorable poment. I got at
the coat and changed the glove to an
other pocket.
The next time had an opportunity
for 1t 1t was back In the old place
again. This happened several times
Albert. who is simple youth for all
his cunning. evidently thinking that he
had put the glove into the wrong peck
ct himself Then l hazarded holder
STEP Again taking possession Of the
glove, I dropped it in a corner Of the
drawing room.
That evening Albert came back from
the Office in perturbed state of mind.
l watched him on his knees in the hall
looking for something. and when he
saw me he pretended to be unlacing
his shoes He wandered from room to
room and was subsequently heard
finging his things about In his bed
room. He said not word about his
loss, however. to any one.
Next morning I was surprised to see
him bright and cheerful. went into
the drawing room. and, behold. the
glove was gone! From the way the
unsuspecting Albert was necessarily
putting his hand into that inside peck
ct l saw that there was once more
51a glove in it. | had feared thai
Albert would treasure it somewhere
else now. But, no; he evidently though
that he had dropped 1t in the drawing
room accidentally, perhaps after pas
sionately gazing ON it in secret.
But the awakening came when
concealed the little glove in vase or
the smoking room mantelpiece. Al
bert ran it to earth in day and q
half without saying a word on the
subject to anybody unless possibl,
the housemaid. When next | felt fol
1t in his pocket 1t was not there. From
that time Albert and | were playing
at hide and seek. When l was moi
looking for the glove he was. I found
1t inside the case of his cricket bat and
dropped it behind the piano. Alber1
searched it out, and soon afterward
got 1t under a corner of the carpet IN
LII hoJuaau, Than hid II oroonc