White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-26
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curls. One almost came off.
She's visltin' Miss May Parcher," add
ed the deadly Jane. But the Parch.
ers are awful tired of her. They wish
she'd go home. but they don't like to
tell her So"
William became icily calm.
Now. If you don't punish her, he
caid deliberately. its because you
have lost your n of duty
lie turned upon his heel and march
ed toward the house. His mother
called after him:
wait, Willie. Jane doesn't mean TO
hurt your feelings
My feelings he cried, the iciness
Of his demeanor giving way under the
strain Of emotion. you stand there
and allow her to speak as she did of
n of the-one Of the For a mo-
ment William appeared to be at a loss
and the fact IL that It always has been
a difficult matter to describe the bright,
ineTable divinity OF the world TO ones
mother, especially in the presence of
an inimieal third party of tender years,
"One Of the he said, one Of the
the noblesr-one Of the nebleste-
Again be paused.
"Oh, Jane didn't NEAR anything
said Mrs. Baxter. And If you think
Miss Pratt IS SO nice I'll ask May
Parcher TO bring her TO tea with us
some day. If its too hot We'll have
iced ten. aud you can ask Johnnie
Watson. If you like. Don't get so up
set about things, Willie"
Upset" he echoed. appealing to
heaven against this word. "'UpsetT -
And he entered the house in a manner
NEST dramatic.
What made you say thatf' Mrs.
Baxter asked, turning c%uriously TO
Jane when William had disappeared.
Where did you hear any such things?'
81 was there" Jane replied, "at the
Parchers'."
"Oh, | see"
Yesterday afternoon said Jane,
when Miss Parcher had the Sunday
school class for lemonade aud cookies
did you hear Miss Parcher say
Nom" said Jane, II ate too many
cookies. | guess. maybe. Anyways
Miss Parcher said | better lay down.
Lie down, Jane"
"Yes'm-on the sofa in the liberty.
an Mrs. Parcher an Mr.. Parcher came
I'm there an sat down after awhile, an
il was kind of dark. an they didn't
harlly notice me, or | guess they
thought | was asleep. maybe. Any
ways, they didn't talk loud, but Mr..
Parcher would sort OF grunt an ack
cross. lie said he just wished he knew
when he was goin' to have a home
again. Then Mrs. Parcher said May
| had to ask her Sunday school class. but
he said he never meant the Sunday
| school class. lie said since Miss Pratt
! came to visit there wasn't anywhere
lie could 20, because Willie Baxter an
| Johnnie Watson an Joe Bullitt an al
| the other ones like that were there al
| the time. an II made him Just sick al
the stummick. an he did wish there
was some way to find out when she
was goin' home, because he couldn'i
stand much more talk about love.
"He said Willie an Johnnie Watson
an Joe Bullitt an Miss Pratt were al
ways arguin' somep'n about love. an
he said Willie was the worst. Nam
ma. he said he didn't like the rest of IL
| but he said he guessed he could stand
ID If ii wasn't for Willie. An he said
the reason they We're all so In love OF
Miss Pratt was because she talks baby
talk, an he said he couldn't stand
much more baby talk. Mamma, she
has the loveliest little white dog, an
Mr.. Parcher doesn't like II. He said
he couldn't 20 anywhere around the
I place without steppin' on the dog OIL
Willie Baxter. An he said he couldn't
sit on his own porch any more. He
said he couldn't sit even In the liberty
but he had to hear baby talk goin' on
soDewheres an then either Willie Bax
ter or Joe Bullltt or somebody or an
ether arguin' about love. Mamma. ht
said. = Jane became impressive he
said, mamma, he said he didn't mind
the Sunday school class. but he couldn1
stand those damn boysr'
Jane" Mrs. Baxter cried, "yot
mustn't say such things"
II didn't. mamma, MI. Pareher SAID
II. lie said he couldn't stand thos'
da"-
"Jaae! No matter what he said, you
mustn't repeat
But I'm not. | only said
Mrs. Baxter imprisoned James moutf
with n firm hand. Jane continued Il
swallow quietly until released.
HUSH Mrs. Baxter commanded
' "You must never. never again use sucf