The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-07

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sofnn and an that sort Of rot Get Just
gas$ far4 away from Ibsen and sHowellBs1
and Henry James as you can possibly
B .Hare is q book that ali the girls in 1
the store say Is very good replied
the young woman. at ts called Wiz
gte's Betrothal; or The Stranger at
Brentwood Manor It's by Imogene
aeybil BeauoIerc."
''1f tie what II sounds to be- ita Just
what want" said Payson. showing
his teeth at the young woman with q
devtlish glee. you say the girls hero
IN the store llkeit?''
"Yes; Miss simmons, in the hand,
kerchIef-box department, says it's just
grand"
"Hal All right, I'll take It"
He felt his happiness rising as he
went through the store. The Joy shone
In his face as he stood at the skate
counter.
1T have a brother who is forty.six
years old and rather fat" he said to
the salesman. IT don't suppose he's
been on the ice in twenty-five years.
He wears a No 8 shoe. Give me
pair Of skates for him"
A few minutes later he stood at the
silk counter.
"What are those thtngs?" he asked.
pointing 10 some gayly colored silks
folded In boxes.
CHOSE are scarfs."
We'll, If you've got one that has al
the colors OF the rainbow in It, I'll take
It. I want one with lots Of yellow and
red and green in It want something
that you can hear across the street
You see, have q sister who pridea
herself on her quiet taste. Her cos
tunes arc marked by what You call
'unobtrusiye elegance think she'd
rather die than wear one Of those
things, 80 want tho biggest and
noisest one In the whole lot"
The girl didn't know what to make
Of Mr.. Payson's strange remarks, but
she was too busy to be kept wonder
Ing. -
Mr.. Payson's sisters husband Is the
president Of a church temperance So
ciety, SO Mr.. Payson bought him q
buckhorn corkscrew-
There was one more present to buy.
let me see," said Mr.. Payson.
what Is there that could be of no
earthly use to girl ofssix years old?"
Even as he spoke his eye fell on q
sign: Bargain sale of neckwear-"
Il don't believe she would care for
cravnts," he said. Il guess I'll buy
some for her"
He saw a box OF cravats marked "25
cents each"
.ewhy are those so cheap ?" he asked.
well, to tell the truth, they're ont
of style"
"That's good. want eight of them
oh, any eight win do. want them
for small niece of mine-a little girl
about six years old"
Without indicating the least sur
prise, the salesman wrapped up the
cravats.
Letters received by Mr.. Sidney Pay.
son in acknowledgment of his Christ
mas presents:
Dear Brother: Pardon mo for not
having acknowledged the receipt OF
your Christmas present. The fact is
| that since the skates came have been
devotIng so much of my time to the
re-acquiring Of one of my early accom-
plishments that I have not had much
time for writing. I wish / could ex-
press to you the delight felt when !
opened the box and saw that you had
sent me pair Of skates. It was just
as II you had said to me: VIII. my
boy, some people may think You are
getting on in years, but I know that
you're not suddenly remembered
that the presents which have been
receiving for several Christmases we're
intended for an old man. have re-
ceived easy-chairs, slippers, muners.
smoking-ia and the like. When
received the pair OF skates from you
felt that twenty years had been lifted
| from my shoulders. How in the world
did you ever happen to think Of them?
Did you really believe that my skating
days were not over? Well, they're not.
went to the pond in the park on
Christmas day and worked at it for
two hours and had a lot Of fun. MY
ankles were rather weak and I fell
down twice, but without hurting my
self, managed to go through the mo.
tons, and before left SLATED with
peach Of pretty girl. Well, Sid, I
owe this renewal of my youth to you.
Thank you many times, and believe
me to be, as ever, your ahcctionate
brother, WILLIAM
Dear Brother: The secret Is out I