Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-05-14
CyRBING OF CHARLIE
BY LAURA HOOVER.

and then gave final pat to the large
wads Of hair plastered over each OF
her ears as she warily located the dis
tant form of the fioorwalker.
"Mame!' she called across the isle
"Seen them airships?"
"Sure!" responded the girl at the
handkerchiefs. art he said last
night he'd take me up In one, only he
was afraid I'd yell He knows O.
man who Is cousin to a man who
cleans an airship garage
Charlie took me down Michigan
avenue yestidday," interrupted Miss
Stelter, ruthlessly. Charlie always
wantsme to be in on everything. Say,it
was great! nearly broke my neck
Those r ten cents card. No.
we amt got none bigger for ten cents.
Wouldn't some people frost you.
always wanting more'n their moneys
worth! Well, we looked at them
things floating around in the sky till
I was dizzy. Then / grabbed Charlie
by the arm. Don't you never said
to him, don't you never go up in one
of them machines as long as you know
me, Charlie Johnson! You've got to
PROMISE!
"What'J he say?" inquired the girl.
at the handkerchief counter.
Il ought-a-known BETTER" pursued
Miss Stelter. Il oughta remembered
Charles high-strung nature, and how
| it always makes him stubborn to cross
I him. But I was that foolish! It
made my head ache to think of his
being thousand miles up in the air
and me down below wondering if
two basketsd be enough to gather up
the pieces in. Anyhow, I'm nervous.
Dress goods, three aisles to the left
No, madam, We don't carry that style
| button. l tell you that we don't, so
what's the use Of looking for it here?
'I'd like to give these people a
/ piece of my mind who think because
this is the basement they can impose
OF US! So l said, Charlie Johnson.
you can just promise me this min
ute You know how stern Charlie
can look when he wants to- suppose
it comes from ordering people to step
! forward in the car-and he just turn
ed his full expression on me. And then
he said he wouldn't"
My" said the girl at the handker-
chiefs. rs he that Stubborn"
"Uhhuh," said Miss Stelter, proudly.
THAT man is regular stone wall.
He Said a man that was man court
ed danger instead of running from
it. and it was duty he owed
Six cents dozen. These are
eight.
He looked grand, too, as he said
is. Five aisles down. l wish peo-
pie would go long about their busi-
ness and stop interrupting! He said
he wouldn't humor me in such fool
ishness.
"'But aren't you afraid? ast him.
He just laughed at me in a scornful
sort of way. Afraid he said Me
afraid, Well. guess not! Going up
in airships is the best thing do!
Why, I'm perfectly at home in the air!
OF course he says, I've never been
up in one of these here machines, but
being on top Of the Masonic temple
shows a fellow what lie can stand.
These people who talk about danger,
huh!' l felt proud Of Charlie when he
talked like that"
"Of course you did" agreed the girl
at the landkerchiefs. u know when
Art says"
But wasn't going to give in" went
on Miss Steiter Its bad habit to
get into. But it's dangerous told
him.
Charlie just hooted. Dangerous!
| he said. About as much danger as.
you could put in your eye! The ma
chimes are perfectly harmless, and you
can manage t with a single twist OF
the wrist, because I've read about
'em. / expect III buy one when
they come down cheaper. Why, there
won't be any accident when every
| body travels by airship. They're
| great
I'VE were standing looking up with
Gus necks most broke an inc hanging
on to Charles arm, coaxing him.
was bound to get my way, though
was proud to hear him talk.
Plight in the middle of sentence
Charlie give yell that you could have
heard mile off, and waved his arms
like thrashing machine. Run! he
shrieked, run for your life! The
thing'n get us ALL and he streaked it.
You see, somebody in an upper
story of a hotel had dropped an open
newspaper from the window, and
Charities eye had caught glimpse of
the thing floating down on top of our
heads-it was getting kind of dusk
and / guess he thought an airship
had got loose and dropp d.
Soy. you ought to have heard tina
people laugh! was awful ashamed.
out the newspaper drop~ right on,
my hat and covered me up. -.
Charlie came around last night, and
I toll him what thought of him, PITT
ting a lady in such a position. But
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