The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-12
"How Did You Como TO Get Gray
Ones 2"

"How Did You Como TO Get Gray
ones?"
gives semi.attention 10 anything that
Is being said. and nine times out OF a
possible ten when she opens her
mouth 1t Is to give utterance to some
thought entirely foreign to the matter
forming the subject Of the conversa'
ton. Some months ago when orville
Wright was experimenting with his
aerodrome at Fort Meyer. and when
the eyes OF the entire world were fixed
upon him and the papers were full oil
the wonderful fights he was making
a friend OF mine took his wife to see
the trials Of the machine, and, as
Wright and his machine rose into the
air and SCARED like huge, beautiful
and majestic bird, with nothing but
the blue heaven, for background, the
man watched his wife and waited for
her to make some remark, feeling
sure that she would give expression
to some thought or utter some ex'
preston of, Amusement that would be
worth treasuring along with the MEM
DRY Of the day and the intrepid aero
nauts wonderful feat. Swiftly and ma
iestically the huge white.winged fller
circled the field, turned and swung
back until 1t appeared TO poise d.
rectly above them, and Wright could
be plainly seen with bis feet braced
against some part Of the apparatus
Why exclaimed my friends wife
he Is wearing low.necked tans. Isn't
he!"
Take yourself, for Instance. When
| told you that that garter snake which
you killed the other day was boa con
strlctor. II you had given the matter
the thousandth part OF your attention
you would have known that such O
thing was utterly impossible: but
no, you made some remark about your
last years hat and we went into the
house, and | never dreamed for a mo
ment that you had even heard what
said; then when saw you and Mrs
Rheinbecker talking over the fence
that evening and | walked over 10 Join
you. just In time to hear you tell her
that you had killed boa constructor"
II SEQ you have purchased a new
pair Of trousers" responded she, rising
and preparing to clear the table. Y
"Pants, dear, pants" replied her bet
ter half. dropping his hands to his side
in helpless resignation. MY income
will need to be at least twice Its pres
ent size before l can afford trousers
They're Just lovely. How did you
come to get gray ones?'
"Why?".
"Yot know dark blue would match
my new hat better than gray does,
Sure It would, but I'm not going to
wear your new hat"
well they fit nice; turn around"
DO they set smooth across the.er'
bosom, dear?" .!saTSA3,
Perfectly, -, 81: .aats57tsi z - ~
That night In the styglan bluckness
Of the midnight that enshroudnd him
Jinx felt the springs shake, and he
had a feeling that amounted to almost
q certainty that Mrs. Jlnx was eau.
uously getting out Of bed. Then the
whlsper.lIke sound OF bare feet eau.
tiously carrying their owner across
the room, and. after that, prolonged
though almost suppressed rustllng Of
garments, followed by noise like that
made by bare shin striking q chair,
followed by. a sibllant exclamation,
then a noise like, some person cropping.
ly leavingsthe room, "A few moments
later, Jinx las peering through a crack
in the kitt len, door watching his wife
angrlly examining pair of pearl gray
pants. n !;
S,Dld you sleep well!' asked Jin1
at breakfast. \
s""Yes!""s snapped Mrs. Jinx. a,
"nid you notice, dear. that these
new pants are made like those OF Gov.
Patterson's Of Tennessee, without
pockets :" ~.
mo. I didn't notice It. but ! want
you 10 give me, some change before
you SO to town." (