Licking Valley courier., 1913-09-04

may look llttle Inherent, Out tney all
taste alike and you soon get tired OF
them. In two months you won't know
the difference in being married to AL
Bennett and Mr.. Carter and you'll have
to go on living with him maybe fifty
years. Luck doesn't strike twice in
the same place and you can't count on
losing two husbands. Ais father was
Mr.. Johnson's first cousin and had
more crochets and worse. He had ST.
lent spells that lasted week and
family prayers three times day,
though he got drunk twice year for a
month at time. AL looks very much
like him"
"Mrs. Johnson" | said after min
ute's silence, while had decided
whether or not | had better tell her
all about it Qf woman's In love
with her husband you can't trust her
to keep a secret, but decided to try
Mrs. Johnson). ~ really am not en-
gagged exactly to Alfred Bennett,
though suppose he thinks so by now
If he has got the answer to that tele-
gram. But-but something has made
me-made me think about Judge Wade
that is, he-what do you think of
him, Mrs Johnson?" concluded In
the most pltifully ,perplexed tone of
voice
"All alike. Molly; all as much alike
as peas in pod; all except John
Moore. who's the only exception In all
the male tribe ever met! His marry.
ing once was just accidental and must
be forgiven him. She fell in love with
him while he was treating her for ty'
phoid. when his back was turned, as 1t
were, and 1t was Gods own kindness
In him that made him marry her when
ne found out how 1t was with the poor
thing. There's not woman In this
town who could marry, that wouldn't
marry him at the drop of his hat: but,
thank goodness. that bat will never
drop and I'll have one sensible man TO
comfort and doctor me down into my
old age. Now, just look ut that. Mr..
Johnson's come home here In the mid
1le Of the morning and III have to get
That old paper hunted out of his desk
Cor him ast night wonder how he
came to forget itT' It's funny how
Mrs. johnson always knows what Mr..
Johnson wants before he knows him
self and gets 1t before he asks for it!
AS she went out the gate the post
man ame in, and at the sight of an
other letter my heart again skunk of
into my slippers and my brain seemed
about to back up In corner and re-
fuse TO work. In flash 1t came to me
that men oughtn't to write letters to
women very much-they really don't
plow deep enough; they just irritate
the top soil. took this mlssiye from
Alfred. counted all the fifteen pages,
put 1t out of sight under book, looked
out the window and saw the ginger
barber coming deJectedly around to
the side gate from the kltchen-l knew
the scene he had had with Judy about
the bottle encounters Of the night be-
fore-saw Mr.. JohH.Nh shooed off
down the street by Mrs. Johnson; saw
the doctors car 60 chucking hurriedly
in the garage, and6shen my spirit turn
ed itself to the wall and refused to be
comforted. tried my best, but failed
TO respond to my own remonstrances
with myself. and tears were slowly
gathering in a cloud of gloom when a
blue gingham. rompers clad sunbeam
burst into the room.
"Git your nightgown and your tooth
bresh quick. Molly, II you want ia
pack 'em In my trunk" he exclaimed
with his eyes dancing and a curl stand
ing straight up on the top Of his head
as II has q habit Of doing when he Is
most excited. "You can't take nothing
but them cause I'm going to put in Q
rope to tie the whale with when
ketch him, and it'll take up all the resi-
of the room. Get 'em quIckr
"Yes, lover, I'll get them for You
But tell Molly where 1t is you are goinl
to sail Off with her in that trunk o
yoursY" l asked, dropping into the game
as / have always done with him, M
matter what game Of my own pressed
when he called.
"0n the ocean where the boats 81
cross and run right over whale
Don't you remember you showed mi
them pictures Of spout whales In {
book. Molly2 Doc says they come
right up by the ship and you can hea
'em shoot water And maybe Iceberg
too. Which do you want to ketcl
most, Molly, Iceberg or whaleY
His eager eyes demanded instant de
clsion on my part of the nature Of cap
ture | preferred. My mind quickly re
verted to those two ponderous and In
tense epistles | had got within tn
hour, and | lay back In my chair ant
laughed until felt almost merry.
"The iceberg, Billy, every time
said at last. II just can't manag
whales, especially IL they are ardent
which word means hot ] like ice
bergs or think | should II coul,
catch one"
~ don't believe you could, Molly
but maybe Doc will let you put rop
and long hook in his trunk to tr
with II your clothes so into mine. Iii
is heap the biggest anyway an
Nurse lilly said he oughter put m
things in his. but cried and then b
went upstairs and got out that littl
one for md Come see EN-"
"What do you mean, Billy" asked
while sudden fear shot all over m
like lightning. "Youre just playln
90 away, aren't your"
"No, amt playing, Mollyw he e'
claimed excltedly. "Me and you an
doc is a.going across the ocean for
long, long time away from here. Dc
asst me about II this morning, and
told him all right and you could com
with us II you was good He sal
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