Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-24


maids senses became quicker wish ali.
normal EecnueSS. while tears gSthered
in her eyes ami ,ric,Sled slowly down
her withercd cheeks.
Are YOU hurt much" he asked.
leaning over and scanning; hcr, closely
No She snificd Blu, il is all 50
sudden
installing her meauing IS h, added. ~
never sot eyes on him Till Ne butt YOU
over"
Il wan, ncanma the goat" aud he,
wanner WIS that coy il made the bach
elor ju'hp. He took on; his kn,ic.
picked UP stick ana began TO whit.
lie. In; WAS ns silent as If he had swal-
lowed his tongue.
DlEFiCul.r TO TRACE
EitTTERINt: or HER HEART
Though Dorcas never before had had
similar experience. intuitivcly she
felt ii 1t critical moment. That he
needed cnvour& cement was sclf-cvi-
dent. for lac sat scrappinE up The clips
with the toe Of his boot-tre picture
OF discomfort,
II WAS hard 10 trace IN the Spiastnv'S
face what futtc,inS OF heart was hnrs.
10; second her Ions fingers fumbled
IN her pocket until a tiny bundle
Wrapped ia brown paper finally came
10 light. winch was duiy handed 10
:;hrnin. He opened i, with II ruzz!ed
irown and .:axed critically at tho knit
FSaiiusts. as Miss porcas talked on.
Il maze them expressly tor YOU ana
nonod. else. SO YOU woulG not be took
with that dreadful disease. appcndi-
cities. that comes from wearing belts
nnd eating grape seeds"
9iO't pNNc,. r,i nf : l., ro,l
Ephraim
IT'S powerful fashionable mos.
everybody mas got il Or had il once.
for science SAYS "" come from mon
keys ihat have dropped their tails. and
that This here appendix in US is tho
root .oi the tail. nut I don, believe il
myself. for ain'i willing 10 give up a
lilGrim father Tor no ape Of an an
ccstor: set ii don't hur; TO be prudent
and you better stick to wearing Sus-
ptnGcrs--for knit ever! stitch q; them
myself. 50 YOU should haN" :hrm for
your Christmas slit"
MISS DoHCA> BEGINS
TO WEEP SOFTLY
Erhraim seemed ticliIcd with appre-
citation. ''porcas,' said he. "Taim'
nothing like finding woman whar
understands mans nec0s. l have
necn looking for Just such Tor cars
and saving zip NY money in golG and
SILVER till nov I've got Il sock ,,,oSt
fu,i. ana thar amt nobody would
ne willing q trust with IT, cXccn, tits
you. lie had risen. end his voice
too. h'd risen in his excitement. and
Miss porcas was s, touched bv tho
oc"aS sion. She again welt snrtly. so
that i.phr:!m Questioned with deep
Solcitudc.
60; thc misery s;ll in YOUR back
bone Dog gone that blame goat"
Don; cus*. cautioned tho spinster.
'ior the goat amt special to ola ne.
seeing II come natural to him TO bait.
amt crying for that. but 10 think
II should have happened ~ the wood
pile instead OF under the honey
sucklc arbor like ii does in rocks"
EphrAim looked mystified The ro-
nance OF the feminine heart was AN
unknown realm III which his prosaic
imaGina ton never had wandered.
Again he hlundered: DO goats licurr
;hai way in books%' and his DISCUS;
manifested itself with IL grunt as l,o
'ddcd, for If they ii" ii is all "a made
up tnc"
on don, know nothing ahou,
goats. vowed Miss Dorc;s. only
always heard YOU had to ride one to
b. : good Mason"
ain never joined no sccrc, order.
rep' us the odd Fellows" declared
The hired men. because | amt never
believed in unions--have YOU"
The oid maid dropped her eyes; the
"pp"rlnn'iy was too good not I" turn
h'S irrelevant remark to the topic from
thence hc had straycd the subia,,
npncrm"st In her heart said She
k""tlA Some unions arc very ricc-
iEe union OF hearts. ! mean"
Ephraim stared at her. opcney cd:
rs tone bespoke absolute fright: Il
amt misjud2ed you. -Dorcas. hone
and yii, did not calculate how YOU
MAS Sentmcnial-likc.
DECLARES SHE IS
Full or SENTIMENT
Me i."ud- sa!e." she exclaimed
am al! bottled up jam fan Of it
hat am; ever known how To show
~ RriNcsm ourselves and The ships
ruiHI' aare said t" myself thou.
sane tines ono drop Of molasses can
cath more nics than a gallon of vine
gar or . ho.shcad OF brains and yat
! ncre: kncr how - purr like SOM.
women folks that have beauA aswarlo
ing found them like gnats It would
nay" been different" She explained "if
l had hrth dumpy and plump and have
had dimNles and coulG have worn love-
ncrk dresses and been c,ddlcsoln. for
! tell vow, a woman that has 10 wear
a linen collar don't stand much chance.
Aro y has all SO riled me | jus, felt
:crminty and suappish. like a person
NatGr" has cheated out OF their dues. -
borcas paused. IL was the longest
speech she ever had made but il
seemed 10 case her, like letting off
steam.
Ephrainl shut up his knife with a
whark and observed slowly: You
Sheered me just now. for thought how
! done run into bobwirc fence. for
! amt no stripping to he palavcrine
WIN fo"'iShncss. But sec nov I
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