The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-20

hours and closlng up time. He at
tended church with admirable regu.
larity. bothjm and evening serr-
ices, on Sunday, the midweekly prayer
meeting and Friday. evening choir
practice. for In the course of time he
had been won over to Join the choir
and modestly discovered to our ediG.
cation q baritone, voice wholly un-
trimmed, but not unpleasing. Josie
lockwood sang contralto and Bess
Gabriel What we were Informed was
soprano--only Radville called 1t ire
BILE. Tracey Tanner pumped. the organ,
md pulled. audibly in the pnuses, n
Singular testimony to his devotion to
Angie Tuthill. who 'just sang" with
the others chiefly because she was Jo-
sizes nearest friend. .. -.
Nat had settled down to n pretty
steady correspondence with Kellogg,
chiefly on business matters. Kellogg
was investigating old Sum's burner
and seemed quite impressed with its
possibilities. He had qunrrelcd with
Roland's friend Burnham on puncan's
representations and ordered him out
Of the offices Of L. J. Bartlett & Co., 1t
seemed. Later he opened uP negotia.
tons with corporation known as the
Modern Gas! company. l believe, q
competitor Of Consolidated Petroleum,
and in due course representative Of
both concerns came to Iladvillc, exam
ined the burner and retired. noncom-
initial. Them Bartlett sent n reQuisi-
ton for model and supplied the funds
for making 1t, thus demonstrating his
confidence.
As for old Sam, be had risen to the
dignity Of frock, coat and felt him
self m arlstocrat for the first time in
his life tJn,3 y
4 ! don't remember Just how soon 1t
WIS. but 1t was shortly after the for
nation Of the firm Of Graham & Dun
can TINT the young, man received his
first invitation to dinner. at the Lock-,
woods. He accepted, of course. whcth-
er. be wanted to or not, for there could
be no excuse for his refusing Sunday
bid, and the Lockwoods made quite an
event Of 1t. The Soules were invited
because they weA Aramlnta Lock-
woods brother and sister-in.law, and
the Godfreys came over. from West
erly to grace, the. board as representa-
tives of the Lockwood. strain.
At tho conclusion Of tho meal. which
endured throughout two intermlnable
hours. the elder men folk withdrew to
the garden and the lawn. Nat was left
30 Josie, who conducted him to tho
side porch, out of sight Of everybody,
md planted herself in baggy ham.
mock there. She was gay, even bril-.
limit within her limitations, arch,
naive. coquettish, shy. petulant, by
turns, animated by sense of con.
quest. She supplied the major part Of
the conversation. chatting volubly on
the thousand subjects she didn't un-
derstand. the dozen she did. In the
most ingenious manner imaginable she
laid herself open to advances, not once,
but n score Of times. and when he
failed to respond according to the code
of Rndville had the wit to mask her
chagrIn. did she feel any, Very prob
ably she laid his lack Of responsive
ness Mt the door Of his shyness Ia
quslity he was wholly withoub and
liked him the better for It.
It was on this dry that she extracted
from him his'promIse to join the choir.
He iacceded through apathy alone.
II don't care whether you can sing
Il the furnished room, ad looks