Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-05-06
A TALE OF A GLOVE

glove. Up to his nineteenth birthday.
which arrived a month ago. he had
gone through life contemptuous of but
.onholes, and | was little taken
aback about that time when l ran
against him at corner with a Mare
chal 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 | 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
51a, in his pocket, which none of us
could identify.
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 it's long lost
companion.
Pending investigations the glove was
replaced in Albert's 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 a 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
turn both white and red. Not long
afterward 1t 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
err. with an artificial yawn. whether
51a was not small size in gloves for
a lady. Then his mother asked me to
go delicately to work and find out
: what was Albert's condition and who
she was
thought l would leave it to Albert
to tell me who she was. but / expert
mented on him to discover his condi-
ton. Nothing, | 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 moment. | got at
the coat and changed the glove to an
other pocket.
The next time ! had an opportunity
for 1t it was back In the old place
again. This happened several times,
Albert, who Is a simple youth for all
his cunning, evidently thinking that he
had put the glove into the wrong pock-
: ct himself Then l hazarded holder
! step. Again taking possession of the
glove. | dropped it in a corner of the
: drawing room.
: That evening Albert came back from
the Office in perturbed state of mind.
I 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 l 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 pock-
ct l saw that there was once more
5h glove in It, | had feared that
Albert would treasure it somewhere
: else now. But, no; he evidently thought
that he had dropped it in the drawing
room accidentally, perhaps after pas
: sionately gazing on it in secret.
But the awakening came when
concealed the little glove in a vase on
. the smoking room mantelpiece. Al
! bert ran 1t to earth in day and a
> half without saying a word on the
. subject to anybody unless possibly
:, , the housemaid. When next felt for
1t In his pocket 1t was not there. From
that time Albert and | were playing
at hide and seek. When | was not
!, looking for the glove he was. l found
1t inside the case of his cricket bat and
dropped it behind the piano. Albert
searched 1t out. and soon afterward
got it under a corner Of the carpet In
: his bedroom. Then l hid it among
5 some music, knowing that Albert