The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-15
Evening Chat
Il wasla rare, raw night In June.

~ was D rare, raw night In June.
"A boy, aIgirl and a motor boat float
ed down the river In the glory Of the
pale moon light. The moon, on the
night ofwhieh we speak had been full
foral couple Of days and this, perhaps
was the reason for It being SO pale.
They foated because the motor In
the boat was somewhat out Of focus
and while they waited for the motor
70 adjust itself there was nothing to
be done but float or cast anchor. There
was no anchor, 30 they chose to float
To make this story lovely and to
give It o tint OF human interest, 1t
Is only fair to state that the boy was
terribly 1--WE use the word advised
ly) smitten by the charms OF tse fair
young girl. They had gone to
school together 1--WE specify by saying
High school and whole absorbing 9th.
or knowledge he had learned to love
this girl OF his dreams. CATER a close
inspection Of tommy.rot fiction, we
lind "girl of his dreams" to me the
most popular expression to use In this
connectton).
The lad had intended to be a doc.
tor or Q lawyer, but after he met the
girl and looked up the D. D. and law
profession courses and found the
length OF time 1t would require to get
O start, he decided that there were
too many lawyers and doctors already,
and that by the time fellow got his
degree there would only be few lat.
ter years Of life left in which to prac.
tice. So he dropped that line from his
LIES program.
Getting back to the motor boat and
Theology and girl, the boat finally float.
ed into q secluded alley in the aquar.
ian highway The boy. feeling sure
that nobody was listening, told the girl
he loved her. and only suffered twice
during the episode. And the girl said,
naturally, that they would 60 see
father. The motor as luck would have
u. turned over, and the couple hasten.
ed back to the city.
Father. large. fat, stern and wearing
glasses, over which he glared furious.
" when interrupted, was found Just
northeast of the library table reading
thelpaper that goes home and smoking
ascigar.
When the old man had got his sec.
ond wind after the crash he said:
wei. George, what are you making?"
lFathers insist in carrying business
Into the home, bad taste notwithstand.
ing)
And George said that while his sal.
airy was somewhat nil at the present
time he expected to double 1t in the
near future
what do you know?" said the o.
And George told him all he had
learned in school, That two and two
make four. that Lincoln was killed,
that @ w. was first In war, first in
peace and first In the affections OF his
fellow citizens, that one of the Creeks
made such a big hit with his works
that they called them omer's and that
he thought there had been a new de-
olaratton Of independence signed by
the g. o. P. in Chicago.
Well" said Papa, II need an Of.
fee boy to keep pests out of the office
when r am busy. The salary will be
1888 to start, with a half hour for
lunch.
The lad called the bluff and went
toSwork the next day.
As door-keeper for the o. NJ. he be.
came such an expert liar that in three
months he. quit the job and started
peddling life insurance, bonds, gold
bricks and hair tonic.
Asyear and half later he built him.
self big home. married the 0. MS
daughter and ran for the legislature.
His success has been so pronounced
that now, when the o. Ms Ford is out
oforder, which Is quite often, he takes
thelwhole damn family out In his 1916
Packard
But the o. NJ. still claims he would
not have amounted to anything, II It
had not been for that 1898 start he
gayeihim.
P.s. This story t)lows that young
man should not fall through the floor
where prospective father-in.laws get
fresh.
With the ability to weld anything
iromS o watchspring or piece Of alumni.
mum alloy to the heaviest Of steel
bridge members the oxy.acetylene
welding outfit recently installed in the
Independent Garage has proved Of in.
dispensible utility to hundreds Of
Fatrmont motor car owners. It Is In.
teresting to watch the process and
dozens of persons who are fascinated
by the case with which the hardest Of
Bteels are melted and made as plastic
as clay are to be found watching
Charley Brown at his work each day.
Brown Is the manager Of the garage
and gives his personal attention to the
Welding process. It is possible with
this process to quickly repair any part
Of the frame or motor of q car often
without even removing broken piece
from the car. Now teeth can be built
into large gear wheels and broken al.
minimum castings are repaired strong
er than new. Motor car repairs are
the most frequent yet with the new
outfit 81 is easy to repair any kind of
machinery parts. The intense heat
generated by the burning gases reach.
esf6 800 degrees and 1t Is necessary for