The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-18

then, what have brains got to do with
being Il soldier
Yes, you can blot out Germans Just
as well without en-" said Pennicuil<
simply. II don't understand Brent. |
must say"
Ilaks. .Gss;tA inls~-Aass.sn.~strong feel
Fling against Mr.. Brent in the sitting
room that morning. If it be true that
Il thought wave has a definite effect
on the subject thought about, a per
feet flood tide was gathering itself To
Sether to eXpend itself in the direc-
ton of Mr.. Brent.
OF all the people in that house each
one had had his or her thoughts turned
toward him by his misadventure with
the bath water. No landladS coulC,
of course, confront such II catastroph .
unmored. MIR. Pollock and Miss Myr-
tie were both. in spite of their differ
ent natures, of the order of people who
critiCiSc us they breathe. Even Frau
i"tn, with her tendency to look for the
best in every one, could not deny that
Mr.. Brent seemed to be doing a lot
of harm and no good and now here
Was Pcnnicuik, a mere casual visitor,
There were probably only TWO, people
i'll the house who felt kindly disposed
toward the attractive if ineffective
sauni: man. and they were both wom-
en-. one of them, of course, was Mr.
follock's daughter, Molly. the other
and here was the one new cause of
grievance against Brent a
| charming widow who had arrived only
he evening before.
Mrs Leo had not, Of course bad
time 10 develop q strong Hiking or par
iisanship on behalf of Brent. bu, she
| had played Smoker with him most
Of the evening and been amiablc over
he marmaiadc during breakfast. What
mere is needed to cause comment in
, Il boarding house? II had caused com
| rnent already and the subject now
came up again
If you ask me" said Miss Myrtle,
FL think Mr.. Brent is too fond of
playing about with the ladies' to UNI
! dertakc anything that would interfere
with that. Mrs. Lee comes from hcav-
en- only knows where, and | consider
she is overdrcsscd-or | should say,
perhaps, unslerdressed?'
| 20, Miss Myrtle, you are cruel" cX-
postulated F'raulcin Schroeder.
| Il have called attention to no more
| than we could all see for ourselves
and Mr.. Brent certainly hung around
her very obviously"
Brent monopolized her" said Mr.
Pollock. VERY bad form, | call it
There she goes across the garden now
| Very smart white suit she has ON
Miss Myrtle, whatever you may say
He strobe to the window and stood
looking out. 80, my goodness" II,
laddcd, here comes that chatterinl
kialington girl. Shcnl come i'll at thu
front door; me may just eseape her i
we clear out this way. Ever meet her
| Pennicuik %
Good Lord yes" said Pennicuils
when the First Manchesters Were
down here she and her sister were
known as the Manchester Harrers
Here, let's do "a hunk. I'm rather keel
TO meet your widow"
The two men passed out through tn
French window, leaving a sudden 81
lence and emptiness behind them. Mis-
Myrtle, gathering up her knitting an,
apparently forgetting her chilliness
arose and made toward the windo,
also. She was one Of those numerou
, people who, having no particular OBJ
. ject in life, spend themselves in fu
5 tile but persistent hitting at any on
2 much discussed. much as was
knocks itself again and again agains
: the harder window.
1 The kindly disposed widow was al
. ready making toward Christopht
Brent, and. little in her rear. tn
! varying degrees of antipathies to hi
!, in the persons Of Pollock, Pennicui