The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-07

HE'S GOT Six SUITS OF CLOTHES
out rcmarkins the open volume Of
1.-The Law of Torts," With. its numer-
Gus pages palnstakinsly spaced BY.
slips of paper by WY of bookmarks,
is an attested fact. That It WINS al
ways the same volume Is less widely
known.
Less directly-that is to say. via my
window-ll learned of him compcn.
dlously from sources which would
have been anonymous but for my long
Acquaintance with the voices Of the
,townspeoble..f I write these pages MT
my desk ,it home and. ifitruth's to;be
told somewhat surreptitionsly. But
With these Voices ringing IN my. mema
ory's earl seemed stilI!to be,sittingi at
my crstwhlle desk SbylHtbeN window.
Hooking TOUT over Courthouse square,
chewing the rubber heel of my pencil
tile ;whilesItlistenIa ltttt.jEi ItiiiI .bfTi;i;
Immediately opposite. on theif far
side'5 of sthe @squGreS the : courthouse
rises proudly in talEtlieSmnj estyi Of Its
colunnhed front and clapbourded Sides.
Farther falong, therd,s the Methodist
church; very severe. with its rows Of
shedsion one side for the teams of the
more. rural members; Behind them all
bulk our hills. dim and purple against
the overwhelming blue Of the sky. It's
very quiet. There are few sounds aud
those few most; famIllar-the raucous,
warcryi Of. II rooster somewhere on the
outskirts Of town, On intermittent
thudding of hoofs In the inch deep
dust Of the roadway, Miles stetson
wringing faint but genuine shrieks of
agony from his cornet In a room be-
bind the opera house on the next
street. periodically n shuttle Of feet on
the sidewalk below, less frequently the
whine Of the swinging doors ut
Schwartz's place and above It. oil per-
haps the shrlll bntSnot unpleasant nc
cents Of Angie Tuthill rs she pauscs
on the threshold downstairs and In.
ijects surprising Information into the
nothing reluctant ears Of Name Gar
!rison: 4sesa ~ s'pS-l'ii,iiis
@"He's got six suits Of clothes. three
for summer and three for winter, and
two others to wear parties; one reg
;ular full dress suItiand another with
out any tails on the cont that be told
Miss Carpenter was q! dinner coat. but
Roland Barnette;fsays he must We
meant a tuxedo, E4because nobody
wears that kind pf clothes except Mt
night SO how could 1t be dinner
cont? And Miss Carpenter told ma
he's got twelve striped shirts aud eight
white ones and dozens Of silk socks
and two dozen neckties and handker-
chiefs till you can't count and.-
Name punctuates this monologue
with a regular and cxcusablc .Aiy
landr' and the young voices fade
away into the midsummer afternoon
quiet. lam free to resume my inter.
rupted flight Of fancy, but refrain
The atmosphere Is soporlfcrous. hardly
conducive to editorial inspiration. and
find the commingled tlavors of red
cedar, glue and rubber. quite nourish.
ing.
Presently Or. Mortimer. the minis.
ter. comes down the street ia com.
pany with his deacon. Bllnky Lock,
wood. They nre discussing some one
In subdued tones. but | catch refer.
ences to worthy young man and the
vacancy in the choir.
Josie Lockwood rustles Into hearing
with Bessie Gabriel In tow. Josie is
rattllng volubly, $but,iwith n hint Of
the confidential in her tone. She in.
sists that "df course l never let on
but every time We meet I can Just fee
him, looking and. u ( /. :,
Bessie interposes.a "Why. Tracey Tan
neTs just crazy for fear he'll TAKE OF
with Angie" ac{ $50
can see Josle's head toss at this
~ bet he don't know whnt. A ngIe Tut
hill looks like, That's too absurd -
Absurd is Iosie's newest word. It's