Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-21
GETTING AT
THE FACTS
80 and o.I,, said EmmeIIne chesr.

thcrc was boy who kept thPas t.
nlmse!f It's your BROTHER. Ea Doesn't
20 E n ne! asked him z 3
as a-thof SHOULD + said = ay
aee yea ] laTa with that c. - ~
giMF lIa rt Certainly nc. ! Al
1t lcok nay"
1T does, s@id Emmeline II a
much attent =. c1
iear | haven't been taking a isopel
Interest in my own brother. III and
out"
"youn have to be tactful." said her
motLer CAS- was. You cant get
. anything ont of Henry as you can from
other people."/
Il dent see that you got much
said Fmreline With the DISTRESSING
frGnknee enc uses in the bosom Ct
ones &, fly You leave Henry 10
mel"
III was terribly windy downtown to-
day" Emmeline remarked to her
brother that evening. Lots Of the
girls were down shopping, though"
4 Who? asked Henry unfoldin5 his
evening paper.
oh" said his sister, absently
Grace and Vera and-and MaTie--l
don't Just remember"
You said lots" objected her brother
THAT isn't many. Anyone else?"
"Oh, yes" said Emmeline, 81 saw
Cora, too, Cora Carter You know
her. Awfully good-looking man she
was with. Say, did you get that book
for me at the library?"
Moves" care from behind the
evening paper I'm trying to read
Don't bother me-"
: Excuse me-" said his sister, meekly.
/ A silence of five minutes followed.
! Its funny said Henry il an in,
jured tone, that a girl never win put
herself out to entertain her brother!
When l stay home nothing happens!
You'd chatter fast enough if 1t were
some of the fellows calling on you!"
~ thought you wanted to read, said
RS sisoer amiably Il hope this horrid
winCy weather viii stop. There were
some sprine-hats IS"
Don't you ever think of anything
but cIothes9" in errupted Henry, sc.
vcrely. 4 never saw anything like it!
Now. there are girls who occupy their
minds with other things-music and
books and--er-well, other things
They take an interest In the world
"Who?" asked Emmeline. bluntly
Lots of them" said her brother
with dignity. Where did yor say you
net"
You are right, Henry interrupted
his sister. 81 am glad you like that
kind OF girls. l should hate to see my
brother throw himself away on one OF
the frivolous kind, There's Martha
just the sort you describe she's de
voted to her literature classes and her
mission work! She doesn't vys ste time
o. er foolish. clothes"
Hin" said Henry, little savagely,
Don't you like Martha?' asked hi,
lister, surprisedly. She's a lovely
girl
mo doubt" said Henry carelessly
Did You say"
IT'S such mistake to be carried
away by girls pretty face" said EN-
incline. I'm glad you're more sensi
ble. If you'd seen the idiotic way that
man was incoming over Cora, Good.
mass. That reminds me. must tele
phone the dressmaker to see IT,"
"Oh. you can telephone her any
time" said Henry. You might stay
here and talk to me awhile You're
always kicking because | won't devote
an evening to you now and then Who
was the man with Cora Carter?'
Henry" said his sister, joyously, 81
know what We'll do Wen have nice
game of cribbage! I'll get the"
II don't believe l care for crib5age."
said Henry, gIoomily.
he subsidized iiao his paper. CO
casionally he groNlod &c himself Is
over some bi5 Of rsavs- After & itt:a
While he laid the lip-r down deter.
"Where'd you meet c1.a 2arter7' he
asked
Emmeline looked vague. con state
it was in Peters store"
she said "Why?"
- JUS wondered" said her brctic-.
getting OFT his pipe "nsG you say Re:
E:o:har was with herr
Dis y" asked Em.ne1ne. frowning
IN her effort TO remember I'm so alb |
sent minded Why He-ryo
Henry stood urifght after slanming
dcwn hi5 PIPE vicio-sly "T'l>sre's nc 4
use trying to have ARK c9rrec, ed con.
versation with you"' he sad
Il don't see why ycN're s. Il 1cadflny
interested II who wss with Cora Car
teri" said his sister
I'm not" said Henry. az doesn't
make particle OF difference TO mel
She can go with dozen different men
for all I care! ] was just trying to be
social and talk with you, but you don't
seem to want to talk I'm going out.
] wasn't at all interested I'm Cora Car
ter or who she was with. I-I-just
happened to hit on her namel As If II
made any difference to mel A fellow
can't expect comprehension of his sim.