Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-09-29

F'Yes, infant, who cheated, and how
and why? And whence the startling
array of pennies? And why this un'
wonted affection for the heathen?''
Knocked Fairy.
Trying to be blank verse. Fairy ?
Keep it up. you haven't far to COL
There they are! Look at them, Aunt
Grace. They cheated. They tried to
get all my hard earned pennies by ne
farious methods, and"
And so Carol stole them all, and
ran! Sit down, Jim. My, it's hot. Give
me back my pennies, Carol"
THE heather! The heathen!' in.
sisted Carol. mot penny do you
get You see. Aunt Grace, we were
matching pennies-you'd better not
mention it to, father. We've turned
over new leaf now and quit for good.
But we were matching-and they
made a bargain that whenever it was
my turn one of them would throw
heads and one tails, and that way
never could win anything. And
didn't catch on until ! saw Jim wink,
and so of course thought 1t was only
right to give the pennies to the heath
en-"
Mercy. Prudence" interrupted
Lark Are you doing another nap
kin? This is the sixteenth dozen, isn't
it? You'd better donate some of them
to the parsonage, I think. l was so
ashamed when Miss Marsden came to
dinner. She opened her napkin out
wide and her finger went right
through a hole | was mortified to
death--and Carol laughed. 1t seems
to me with three grown women in the
house we could have holeless napkins,
one for company, anyhow"
How is your mother, JIM"
Just fine. Miss Prudence. thank
you. She said to tell you she would
send basket of red Junes tomorrow,
(, if you want them. The twins can eat
them, know Carol ate twenty-five
when they were out Sunday"
Eyes, did, and I'm glad Of it, said
Carol stoutly. "Such apples you never
saw, Prudence. They're about as big
as a thimble and two-thirds core.
They're good, they're fine. I'll say that
but there's nothing to them. could
have eaten as many again II Jim
hadn't been counting out loud, and |
got kind of ashamed because every
one was laughing. If l had ranch
as big as yours, Jim, I'll bet a dollar
I'd have apples bigger than dime!'
Bet you dollar quoted Fairy.
We'll, I'll wager my SOUL if that
sounds more like Shakespeare Don't
60, Jim, we're not fighting This is
| just the way Fairy and l make love to
| o<h parfao{11, a
to stay, but be careful of your gram
mar, for now that Fairy's senior
will be next year, if she lives-she
even tries to teach father the approx.
ed method Of doing a ministerial
sneeze in the pulpit"
Think I'd. better co. decided the
tall good looking youth, laughing as
he looked with frank boyish admira-
ton into Carols sparkling face. With
Fairy sfter my grammar, and you to
criticize my manner and my morals,
l see right now that a parsonage is no
safe place for farmers son." And
laughing again, he thrust his cap into
his pocket, and walked quickly out the
new cement parsonage walk. But at
the gate he paused to call back. Don't
make mistake, Carol, and use the
heathen's pennies for candy"
The girls on the porch laughed and
five pairs of eyes gaZed after the tall
figure rapidly disappearing.
Hes nice" said Prudence.
YES" assented Carol. i've got 4
notion 20 marry him after little That
farm Of his is worth about ten thou.
sand"
Are you going to wait until he asks
your
Certainly not! Anybody can marry
a man after he asks her. The thing to
do. if you want to be really original
and interesting, Is to marry him be.
fore he asks you and surprise him.
Yes. agreed Lark. If you wait
until he asks you he's likely to think
it over once too often and not ask you
at all"
Doesn't that sound exactly like a
book. row?' demanded Carol proudly.
Fairy couldn't have said that!'
No" said Fairy. II couldn t. Thank
goodness! have what is commonly
known as brains Look it up in the
dictionary, twins. It's something you
ought to know about"
ooh. Prudence" cried Lark dram
atically, II forgot to tell you. You
cant get married after ALL"
/ For ten seconds Prudence, as well
as Fairy and their aunt. stared in
speeches. amazement. Then Pru
dence smiled.
"Oh, can't l? What's the joke now?'
Joke. It's no poke. Carols sick,
that's what's the Joke. You can't be
married without Carol, can your
A burst of gay laughter greeted this
announcement.
Carol sick! She acts sick"
She looks sick!''
Where is she sick?"
Carol leaned Imply back against
the pillar, trying to compose her