The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-06
ROSES AND CHERUBS

led into the garnet by the ear he
gave a sHeft-Ake- q river AoFse.---
seIooti lord, btu. have you swal-
lowed your gum" exclaimed Miss
Sadie as she thumped him on the
back.
The solemn young man lied about
Ii. He said he had. He snorted sew
eral times more. and then he set IN
and told such a whopping big lie that
Satan wrote his name down on the
records. He said the effect OF that
garnet on him was soothing. placid.
restful and compliment. He said there
was no mistaking those cherubs for
live goldfish. He said the expression
of each and every one OF chem Wa
even more natural than lie. lie saio
that some TOUCHDOWN. beetle-oroWeo
villain might declare they hAd goose
wings instead OF those of Angels. put
let him come face to face with ina.
man and the lie should be crammeo
down his throat
What the solemn young man saio
about Miss Sadie's roses doesn't mat
ter as they were married year later,
and he never let her paint another.
Miss Cherry returned home to
take up decorating. She had grad
uatcd in the art. She was all there
when it came to the cherub business.
The solemn young man wrote down
to the city to bachelor friend OF
his. and the bachelor called At the
Kinsell house and told Miss Cherry
that he wanted his billiard room dec
Grated When she called to see II next
day he gave her carte blanche to 60
ahead as she thought best Every
thing would be moved out and the KY
given to her and she could use her
own taste. He would be away for .
month. and she would be undis-
turbed.
In five minutes the girl-arttst had
decided on just how she would dec
crate, hut she didn't give 1t away.
No one saw her work until II was
finished
The ground work was the same az
the Fall River garnet. The cheruhs
this time had white bodies and blue
wings and legs. Whether walking or
flying each one carried billiard cue
under his arm. Between each two
cherubs was a glass of the foamy and
a pile Of billiard basil. Nothing was
left to the imagination, nor was there
anything to which the most fastidious
could object.
The old bachelor returned home at
night just as the last wing had been
painted on the last cherub. He let
himself into the house and turned on
the gas In the billiard room. One
long look and then there was a heavy
fall. The housekeeper and the valet
got him to bed. and after an anxious
hour the doctor said he would pull
through. Then he went to look at
the billiard room himself When he
+ came back he. WAS deal ly pale and !,
hts knees were shaking.
''Who--who did it," he gasped.
"a mighty good-looking young
lady" was the reply.
But you can't--can't stand III"
"No."
You'll have to sell or novel"
YES"
Il can't guarantee your sanity h
you stay here"
II couldn't expect you to-"
Il White bodies and blue ieEs!" -
= TIL saw theYn.' -a
, And carrying fence rails under
their arms or wings"
And yaller ground work."
Look here, Stevens" said the doc.
ter you've got to do something"
Commit suicide?"
mo. You've got to fall in love
with your decorator and marry her.
and then burn the house down % 40
to get rid Of those cherubs without
hurting her feelings"
rs there no other way, doctor:"
None whatever
The house wasn't burned down. but
ten months later Miss Cherry Kinsell
became Mrs. Charles Stevens, and the
day after the wedding an explosion IN
the billiard room knocked the plaster.
off the walls and the poor cherubs into
cooked hats.