Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER vi. (Continued.)

Observation-Disclosures
CHAPTER VI (Continued.)
n DO as / tell you," came the peremp.
n tory order, and Lark arose from her
NJ chair, stepped out before the aston.
81 ished audience and made slow and
graceful bow.
This time the APPLAUSE ran riot, for
III people with less experience than those
L Of Mount Mark could tell that the
III twins were playing game. AS II con-
d tiiued, Carol caught Larks hand IN
q hers and together they stepped out
L once more, laughing and bowling rlgnt
and left.
Lark was the last one in that night
& FOR she and Jim celebrated her de1eat
with two ice cream SOFAS piece u
4 the corner drug store.
Il disgraced the parsonage, she
said meekly, as she stepped into the
Il family circle, waiting to receive ne l:
..Indeed you didn't" said Fairy. 1t
b was too bad, but Carol passed ~ on
e nicely, and then. turning 1t into Joke
4 that wcy took all the emoarrassment
out Of It. 1t was perfectly az right
y and we weren't a bit ashamed.
4 "And YOU did look awfully sweet
MsWn0n you mduc youA wv
II safd warrington when member Of
n the family was down no one ventured
laugh laugh-loving though they
Il were.
Curious to say, the odd little freak of
d. substitution only endeared the Twins
Il TO the people of Mount Mark the more.
4 n 81 s.By rinrer, you can't beat them
NJ 6Ioomin, twins" said Harvey Reel,
y SchnckIinp admirably. And no one dis.
& agreed
I'm s85 CHAPTER VII.
Making Matches.
IA Aunt Grace sat in aslow rocker with
co bit Of embroidery In her hands, Ana
u Fairy sat at the table. iormiuaDle
AsArray Of books before her. Aunt Grace
sswas gazing idly at her sewing Dasket,
III soft smile on her lips. ana Falry
E|was staring thoughtfully into the tWi.
&1feht. soft glow in her eyes. Aunt
Il Nraea was thinking of the jolly par
3 sonase family, and how pleasant II
WAS to live with them. Ana FAIRY was
B thinkinr-ah, Fairy was twenty, and
& twenty. years olds always STARE lnto
The twilight, with dreamy farsee'ns
aeyes.
ss IN upon this peaceful scene burst
& the twins flushed, tempestuous. IN
spite OF their seventeen years. Ineir
bSrry to speak had rendered them IN
capatle Of speech, so they stood in the
doorNAv painting breathlessly for a
i momenA while Fairy and her aunt,
] withdrawn thus rudely from dream
4 land, looked at them interrogauveiy.
Eyes. I think so,too," began Fair,
and the twins endeavored, to crush her
with their lofty scorn. But it is not
il. easy to express lofty scorn when one
4. is red in the face, perspirey and snort
b q breath. So the twins decided OF ne
Il oessity to overlook the offense just
x this once.
Hlnally. recovering their vocal pow
- simultaneously, they cried in uni
4 aDuckie.''
4 "Duck! In the yard! Do you mean
ia live one? Where did it come FROM?
& calculated their aunt
s.They mean Professor Duck Of their
ss.freshman year." explained Fairy com.
4 nlacently, 'It's nothing. The twins
& Always make fuss over him. They
feel grateful to him for showing them
throukh the freshman science-thats
ALI"
THAT'S ALL gasped Carol. why,
FAIRY starr, do you know he's employ
ed ~ the Society of-a-a scientific
& research organization-or something
-in New York City, and gets four
4 thousand dollars year and has pros
s0ects-all kinds of prospects,"
Eyes. / know it. You haven't seen
& him. auntie. He's tall, and has wrink-
lies around his eyes, and dictatorial
nose, and steel gray eyes. He calls
:sthe twins song birds. and they're so
dattered they adore him. He sends
them candy for Christmas. You know
that Duckie they rave 80 much about.
4 It's the very man. Is he here?"
The twins stared at each other in
bank evaporation for full minute.
They knew that Fairy didn't deserve
Is hear their news, but at the same
stime they did not deserve such bitter
! punishment as having to refrain from
falking about it-so they swallowed
I again, sadly, and ignored her.
Hes in town." said Lark.
Going to stay a week." added Carol
and he said he wanted to have lots
OF GOOD times with us, and so-we--
why, OF course 1t was very sudden, and
We didn't have time to ask
But parsonage doors are always
open"
-And / don't know how he ever