The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

more about the newspaper man that was
coming, and could see would have to
wait. It didn't seem so very long then either
before she was starting off for the coral
sussiety, and we were out on the side poarch
watching her as she went out the gait.
They are having it in our church now, just
ittel ways down the street, and Mrs. May
nard only lives next door. Mother looked
very nice thought as she went over to get
her, because she had on something very
thin and white and gauzzy on account of its
being so hot. Her dress was like that and
the long thing she had over it seemed to be
like that too, and she picked up her skirt
and turned her head as she went out the
gait and said, Oh, won't you go up and
open the west blinds in Felixes room, Joe
1t viii cool the room off before he goes to
bed.
Farther said Yes, and go on or she'd be
late, and then he walked up and down the
poarch littel with his hands in his pockets
and got the curridge to ask him if was
going to the dancing party tomorrow.
Well, / don't know, Felix, he said.
don't see how you can go without shoes, do
your
didn't know whether he meant by that,
in my stocking feet or just barefooted, but
either way l didn't think / would like it
much.
Where are the shoes you've been wear
ing2 he asked rather quick, and told him
they were upstairs in my room.
Well I'll take look at them when go up
to open the blinds and let you know, he
answered, and he walked round littel more
with his hands in his pockets and then
turned round ard went in. I knew it
wouldn't do any good to take look at them
though, because one of them had big hole
burned in it. So was feeling almost dis
couridged when Luly came out of the door
with her littel new washerble doll Mother
just got her. She got up in the big chair
with it and watched her taking its cloes
off for minute and then got into the
hammock to cool off,
was thinking how nice it was to lie
there and cool of like that, with the air
bringing the roses to you, when heard
some steps right there on the walk. They
were rather slow and quite light, and when
/ looked up there was lady with red
skirt on and something like a red hand
kerchief on her head. A gypsy lady it was
Is anybody at homer She said it in
kind of littel smiling voice, and as if she
couldn't talk very plane
said yes, my Farther was and would
call him. a He was sitting by the window
with the evening paper when l went in, but
he hoped up real brisk and pleasant. He
looked littel disappointed though, when
he came out, and without making the least
wait for her to describe what she came for,
he shook his head at her and said, No, 1
don't care for thing.
He needn't have said that either, because
she really didn't have anything to sell. So
what she said was, tell your fortune2
Just like that.
Farther had his paper and was CLEANSING
at it, but he shook his head. No, he said
/ see bright future for you, the lady said
in the same ittel smiling voice, tell you by
cards or hand. That was the way she
talked.
Mol Farther said. I guess praps he
thought she was deaf, because she couldn't
talk very plane. Anyway, he hollered it
out very clear. No, he said, don't care
for thingl
l don't know what Farther kept saying
he didn't care for thing for, because she
didn't have anything to sell, anyway, and it
sounded very queer. | really hoped she
didn't notice it, and from what she said
praps she didn't
/ tell past or future, she said, tell love
or business.
No, / don't wants thingl Farther
hollered, I'm busyl
Twas afraid she would think he was crazy
then, for sure, but she turned round Just as
pleasant as ever.
Some other timer she said, but Farther
turned round too, and went In, not really
waiting for complete answere.
Good Lord, heard him say to himself,
and just then Luly went running out into
the yard. 1t was to get rose for the gypsy
lady. I saw her holding it up and giving il
to her right out there by the gait, and the
gypsy lady stood there smiling down at her
! But noticed her step back very quick, too
1t was because there was a man hurryine
into the yard right past her.
; Hullo, young teller, the man said, Is YOU
i Farther in9
But before he had hardly said it there wa:
Farther right out on the steps himself.
5 Hullo, Barker, he said. 1t was the news
) paper man that wanted to have Farthes
E mayer.
E How are you, Mr.. Blanchard he an
0 swered, and then they both sat down on tn
' poarch, and I got into the hammock again
e to cool OFF.