The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

Immediately CURED up in a little bunch
and plunged into the depths OF sleep.
He seated himself on the steps as he
questioned Miss Selma Lue about the
parental history OF the twins-any.
thing to get his mind OF the ~scornful
lady OF the Hill mansion and give his
ears a chance to cool down.
Yes. and he Is the most m~isfortun-
ate man / ever did know about some
things. Ills wife have had twins
twice, and a tapeworm. and now she's
gone to the hospital to stay three
months to get cured Of II. The poor
thing wouldn't go until I promised to
invite the babies fer a visit while abe
were away. All the others are dead is
what makes her nervous about these"
Miss Selma Lue was so busy busting
the row OF bluing bottles that she
failed to see the effect Of her naive
revelations OF the domestic situation
in the Flarity household. "Flarity's
a mothering sort OF q man and he
comes by and gifts the twins after
eight o'clocI IN takes item home fer
the night and leaves them on the back
steps with the cat when he has to go
on the very early morning runs. | go
out and git them right away as soon
as l can slip on some clothes"
Does Miss Clemmle spend the
night"
"oh. no-Mls' Simmons don't bring
her yer till after ten. She takes the
ten-sorty car into where she washes
dishes fer the Women's Exchange
lunch. She has to stay until almost
shutdown, and comes home dead.beat.
don't want to say anything hard CT
Mr.. Simmons. but 1t do seem he uses
his family keerless like on a good sal
ary."
What" inquired Mr.. Alan from
the doorstep. does the brute do?"
We'll, l wouldn't skeercely call him
a brute. I think" said Miss Selma Lue,
as she shook out her duster and began
on the shelf of canned tongue "ae
runs q laundry wagon and he says 1t
is a advertisement fer the house fer
him to be a stylish dresser, but | can't
see why the house has to have his
pants pressed every morning and have
him wear purple socks and tan shoes.
when his wife is all drug out with
trying to piece along and keep going.
Sometimes l think It must be vanity
in Mr.. Simmons. and vanity in a man
Is like a turkey gobbler a-strutting in
November"
What about vanity In the ladies',
Miss Selma Lue? You surely don't
approve OF that"
Now. Nj. Alan. you're mad at
what l said about the men and are
trying to git ever with me-" And Miss
Selma Lue smiled over her shoulder
at him. Miss Selma Lue's smile was
like 4 broad beam OF sunshine on a
summer morning. Don't you know
the Lord wouldn't have gave women
folks shiny curls, cheeks pink like a
peach, fggers plump beautiful and
eyes blue as the wild violets on the
creek, like Miss Cyntnie there, lessen
he intended to excuse them some fer
being proud?"
Il don't believe he would quite
stand for that amount of pride and
grudse MIR. Simmons the purple socks"
murmured Mr.. Alan over his cigar in
careful soto voce. and Immediately
steered Miss Selma Lue OF the dis.
turbing topic OF her friends perfec-
tons.
Anything interesting in the family
histories OF the other two soap boxes,
Miss Selma Lue? 1t seems the thing
81 the Bluff to know all about your
neighbors. and my intimacy with your
kiddies grows apace." There was a
winning wholesomeness in Mr.. Alan's
voice that struck a kindred note in the
soul OF Miss Selma Lue. and she rev.
eled in the unbosoming of herself to
him. His dark eyes shone with inter.
est and his straight mouth had an un-
expected quirk in the left corner. cas-.
lily interpreted a. indicative OF a sense
OF humor.
Well. Pattie Tyne, the little one
that can't hardly set up good yet, Is
Jest SO TO speak a transient. as her ma
have gone on a visit to her sister over
to Union City. After she had got the
other five ready TO go. there Jest
wasn't nothing to fix Pattie up In ftten
for a visit, SO she left her with me, I
Eash the blue Bingham out of nights