The Forrest City times., 1911-10-20

woman-she was falling beadlonu "a love with a man her iunior- ,'-' Ill years, to be exact. And when she M.0 fifty-which would not be for ,0"" was long time, she told herseIf-ber bne' Sns band would be just thirty-eigbt
 James spoke near the end of s mer Of outdoor recreation which baa made him neglect his business and duced her wardrobe to one ever,a- frcck and a house dress or two. Ana when he did speak, she put ba- ,.' little hands into his and lot him ca.s CT her right to that throbbing rom. heart of his
 Geneyieve felt guilty about not b.,. ing Jennie to the wedding. which too, place in October But Jennie had vi. tied friends in the west all vaeatior and had lost week of the opening CD she was working very hard. her teach. CT said. So Genevieve just wrote ona told her: and Jennie was little bpr, and felt that mamma had acted rather rashly without consulting her and wrote and told her so. Jennie was @capable young woman.
 James was very happy at the tima Even when she took her hair down Genevieve was still charming. and that is test which no woman past thirty likes to meet, unless her husband ia . perfectly well-trained husband and used to her anyway.
 About Christmas Jennie came home for the holidays. Jennie was now seventeen: and when she was intro. dueed to her stepfather. her new sten. father nearly had fit She was as tall as he, and looked old enough to bs married herself.
 When this happens in stories. 1t is only up 10 the point of the young man being engaged to the mother of the grownup daughter Then hls father. who has known the mother in his youth. always comes along and rescues his boy at the cost of an illusion or two. But James was not in the reseu- able stage. He was married
 That Christmas a college friend O. Geneyieve came to call on her: and he was stout and bald and had a tall son with him who was In business with his father. Of course, father had married very young.
 Then Genevieye had letter from girl friend of her youth.
 Dear Geneyieye," wrote Kate, lam to be In your city soon and would 80 love to see you in your home"
 Of course. Kate was invited to see Genevieve in her home Kate was a bit elder than Genevieye. to begin with, and she weighed two hundred James, in his anguish of soul, groaned that she was a hundred and weighed three. But one must make allow ances.
 Kate was introduced to James, and she looked down at him-he was so ridiculously young anyway then she said. Why. Geneyleye what nice boy he is! Just about my W.T. yum's ase"-though, goodness knows Wilyum was five years younger. Ana then she said "I am just going to give him a kiss for Wilyum's sake" And she did.
 But James and Geneyieye were mar rled And after a while Jennie had s dear little sister; and she was very vexed about 1t.
 Now, in this household there are two young people. an old person ana baby. But somehow they are no. mated properly. James does not iaH in love with Jennie. He is nice lnap' and he is sick of falling in love any way. And Jennie does not become sns victim of a secret passion for ne' step-Dapa; because Jennie Is hiee girl, and, besides. as things slahu' falling In love looks mighty poo. business 10 Jennie. But to say tna, they do not feel the ineongrulty ., their positions would be dreaaiu' story.
 However, any incongrulty that tnose two young things feel is a JoKe' .ns morest piffle and perslfage to Viii" Genevieye feels.
 And the other day, when she h'' out walking with her oldest daush'', and her youngest daughter oo'n V. whom arc beautiful, they met sa' party of ladies, one of whom eAclal. ed in an audible voice. "The little sn. looks far more Ike her grandnlo'n'' than her mother, doesn't sheE ., fltn1nNri,,h. hv Asaociaied Iiterary EIes1