The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-04

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were pair" she sighed. For hun.
dredth time she wished she had lis
tened to Mrs. Peters and bought a
cottage In town. Mrs Peters had
warned her that Hughie was terri.
BILE cautlonw Don't you put your lit
tie all in there, Janet" she said
But Janet had The place was
cheap, within walking distance Of
town: she could make garden and
keep COW, thereby cutting down ex-
penses. She did not give rap for
old Hughie Perhaps he wasn't so
bad AZ folks pictured She would be
nice to him, and 80 would the chill
dren. But her peace efforts Highie
received with a glare, and the chill
dren proved just children.
II had been summer Of torment
with only one bright spit That had
been the visit Of Hughie McDermOtt's
nephew, Donald Brown. After seeding
DOnald's nice, pleasant face and hear
Ing the whole sOuled laughter Janet
wondered how In the world he hap
pened tU be Hughes nephew or his
mother Hughes sister. She finally
decided he must take after his father
Before the end Of his visit Donald
Brown WIS pal NJ the younger chill.
dren, all adviser OF Toms, who want
ed 10 become an electrical engineer,
and Janet felt AZ though he had been
her friend all her life.
He told her Hughle had always been
odd" Her rum old customer
Yet I think sometimes there's r hu
man spark In him, because of his fond
ness tor SANDY And Snndys fond
OF him. They say dogs know be-
lieye II"
After DonAd's departure Hughie
antagonism seemingly increased. In
Sandy ne found fresh ground for com
plant Sandy had always followed
Donald into Janet's garden. lie knew
no reason why daily visits should be
discontinued Janet looked forward
TO a tenpetuous little body rushina
over for pettlng, hut It enraged
Hughie.
A thought ~ Sandy came as Janet
sewed A smile curled her surrowfu
lips She murmured: $50 I'm Ia
poison SANDY! Gracious, wouldn't
Donald Brown shrek. must tell
him Chrlstmnstme He had said he
WAS coming to see his uncle Christ
maaime
Presently, as always after blue
spell or an angry one. she began "a
sing, "Ondward, Christian Soldiers
Somehow she always felt 20 much
brighter, better. bigger afterwari
As her voice floutod out the win
dow Hughie McDcrmott's window
facing Janet's cottage closed nolsily
After one NJ their encounters nothing
infurlated Hughio more than Jnucrs
singing onward Christian Soldier,
1t was too inspiring for his warped
nature
Westgate found itself IN the eru,r
VI n hard Winter prrp. suurctl
alarmlngly. huSiur,r fell on m the
stores fncmrieS laid VI hands
housewives found they must rctrench
I'm every possible way. Janet Ser.
comb discovered there was mo- plain
sewing to hr had Ncllic was no Ion.
ger needed In lluho store saturdays
jimmy couldn't pick mp u peuny shov
elling sidewalks, aud, crowning mis-
fortune, Toms work In un electrical
factory was eat To four days q week
which meant that hr brought home =
Saturday nights Instead Ot Si2.
Janet found II necessary to sinl
Onward Christian Soldier" long aud
feryenty during the cold bleak day
to retain Il shred " her courage
Hughie McDermolt often hearl her
and smiled grbuly lie hadn't fussed
with her lately Not beceuse he fell
sympathy FOR the straits she was IN
but because he was sure he woul'
soon lie rid OF her she could not keel
n home running long under sucf
stringent conditions
Christmas came without any gift
In Jsnet's family, without turkey
without plum pudding. without Don