The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-15

OF voice that told me she liked It. II
have to ask you dreadfrlly embar.
rasslng question"
"All right" commanded. "Shoot.'
"Woud you mind very much kissing
a lady who is not as young as she wns
once?"
would / mlnd?" / said, taking her
hands. "I've been thinking OF nothing
else for two years"
II meant" disengaging her hands
gently, "would you mind kissing moth.
er good night? She is acting very Pc
cuiarly this evening. as yon know
and she says she won't go to sleep
until you kiss her"
was touched at the old lady's fond
ness for me. We went in. She was
lying tucked up in bed, with a night
cap tied firmly under her chin.
"Lucile made me come to bed" Mrs.
Green volunteered, her bright eyes
swapping with wakefulness. Its all
nonsense. Don wanna be in bed.
wanna get up and go somewhere with
you and eat"
"There, there" said Lucille, the doc
tor says not to eat anything"
Yes" snapped her mother, land I'll
bet he had Just had his dinner when
he said it, l know place to eat over
In town, beautiful Blainey-lots Of fine
steaks, chops and roas' beef. Guess
I'll get up
She started TO throw back the COW
ers, but Lucille forclbly restrained her.
"You said you would go to sleep IL
/ brought Mr.. Blainey in to see you"
she said.
The old lady eyed me with evident
suspicion. "Is he going to kiss me
good night?" she demanded.
| assured her that was there for no
other purpose.
"A right" she sighed; then I'll 60
to sleep"
And she did, or at leest we didn't
hear another sound from her that
evening.
When we left the room and closed
the door softly Lucille put her hand on
my arm and said Thanks, Monty. 1t
was awfully silly. but l didn't know
how else to quiet her. You won't
think anything Of it, will your
"Of course not. It's all In the family
anyhow, or If 1t isn't wish it were,"
/ hazarded, emboldened by the pres
sure on my arm. For the moment I |
could not have been any happier if l
had been fed.
After awhile the telephone man came .
in a suit of Bopp's clothes .
Light flannel trousers, outing shoes. |
fancy shirt, soft collar, tie and blue .
serge coat. The togs fitted him re-
well, and except for a YER
lacular line of conversation the man
lid not seem i'll suited to the clothes.
At any rate, l liked him better than
did BOpp.
What to do with him seemed to be
Lucille 1t didn't seem right
o ask him to go out in the kitchen and
rink water all by himself, and there
vas no other place to put him unless
lie stayed in the living room with us.
DNlOlC ohG NOulu hGNlNlG OuG way VI
he other he seated himself comfortably
nd proceeded to entertain us with
considerable conversation about him
elf.
Il amt a Rube," he volunteered. "I've
een near enough Fifth avenue to
now good clothes when see 'em, and
have to admit that Nh Bopp is a
well dresser. l only work here in the
ummer time. In the winter l stick
round within sight Of the statue of
liberty. I'm wire Taper"
"a wire Taper" repeated Bopp
Isn't wire Taper a sort Of crookY'
"Not compared to a burglar. Wire
lpping is just high finance"
His name, it appeared, was Harold
.ent. He was married, was a Social
It in feeling if not in theory, had been
jockey, tout, telegraph operator,
nd hoped to learn to fly an aeroplane.
therwise his was an uneventful his
Try.
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