The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-10


"a glass Of stlt:c,,n nc satd 10 Tic bar
tcndcr N
been telling, the bartender showed over
dime aud a pickel change from tie
quarter nngarpished with his custom.
AIRY smile, and Babbltt walked out.
Now, Babbitt had a home aud d wife.
but that Is another story. And lswill
tell YOU that story. which viii show
YOU a better habit AMI a worse story
than you could find III. the man who
invented the phrase. \.
II began away up In Sullivan county.
where SO many rivers and SO much
trouble beglns--or begin. !. How would
You say that? TWAS July, aud, Jessie
was summer boarller at the Noun.
tain squint hotel, and Boil, who was
Just out Of college, saw her one day,
and they were married ii. September.
That's The tabloid novcl-ones swallow
oflwater aud is gone, ~ 81
But Those July days. .
Let the exclamation point 'expound II.
Tor ! shall not. For particulars YOU
might read upon Romeo aud Juliet"
and Abraham Lincoln's thrilling sonnet
about you can fool sonic Of the pco.'
pie" etc, and parwin,s works.
But one thing ! must tell you about.
Both OF them were mad over Oinar's
"Rubaiyat." They knew every verse OF
the old buffer l'y hcart-not consccn.
tireiy. but picking 'em out here and
there US you fork the mushrooms III q
fifty cent steak Ia bordclaisc. Sui.
Ivan county is full % rocks aud trees,
aud Jessie used TO sit on them, and
please be good |; used 10, sit on tile ROCKS
and Bob had 4 way Of standing behind
her with his hands over her shoulders
holding. her hands aud his face close
to hers. and they would repeat. over
aNtl over their favorlte verses OF tic
old .lentmaker. They saw only Tie
poetry mud philosophy OF the lines then
Indeed, they agreed that the wine
was only an image and that what was
mcant To be, celebrated sonic divin.
ity or maybe love OF. life. However.
at tli,it. lille neitliet OF them had tasted
the sl,iff, that goes With sixty cent
table 'hotes 4 X
Where swas+l2 Oh. they married and
came to New York. Bob showed his
college diploma aud accepted posi-.
ton lilllls inkstaiids iii Ia. lawyers of
flee at SIS ,attweck. At The; end Of two
years he had worked. UP To- $50 ana got
Ills first taste Of Bollemia. ftlls kind
that won't stand the, bora x and formal.
dcl,yde tests.
They had two furnished rooms and a
little Kitchen. TO jess, accustomed to
the mild but beautiful. sayor>of q coun-
try town. The dreggy Bohemia was
sugar and spice. She hung fish scines
on the walls OF her rooms. and bought a
rakisl looking sideboard and learned
10 play the banjo. Twice or thrice a
week they diilcd at French or Italian
tables d'hotc III a cloud OF smoke ana
bras. aud unshorn hair. jess learned to
drink cocktail in order, TO get the
cherry. At lionie she smoked d cisa.
4rette after dinner. She learned tolpro.
,noince chianti aud leave, her olive
stones for, The waiter to pick up, Once
she cssaycd to.sny Ia. ID. In: In ~ crowd.
abnt got only as Ear as the second one.
They met one or Two couples while
dining out. aud became friendly with
them. The sideboard was stocked with,
Scotch mud rye aud i .ligucuf.s They
had their new friends, III to! tiinhcr,
and all iwereslangliing at nothing by /
a. m. Some plasteringS fell In the room
below them, for wlicill Bob had 10 pay
$3.50. Thus they footed Il. merrils on
the ragged frontiers [of tie country
that has no boundary lines OF, govern:
ment. ~. ~;
l And Soon Bob fell In withshis cronies
and learned 10 Keep his foot on The Iiits
tie rail sig ieehes above the door for
IN hour or 50 every afternoon nef5fe,
he went home, Drink alwaysSf1ibbel
him the5risit way. ana lie would reach
his rooms as Jolly as, d sandhpy. slessis.
would meet hun at tile door. aud geneIs
ally they would dance sptrie insane
kind ofs rigadeon about The door liz
way of erecting e,nSe when Bpbs
feet became EcniItnsed aud be tImbieJ
Mr. and Mrs. Thos Howard OF
iuniontown. Pa, are guests ut the
home of the formers brother. DR.. E.