The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-01-05

| sue hntu, u ulun mean your rrnl
Nance I meant your callers nnme one
OF us was Mrs. Jones. ana one was
~ want to be Mrs Jones'" said Ran
nlc
"Oh, my dear Mrs Jones'" Jane be
| gan NJ once, ~ want to tell you about
my lovely children have two, one
only seven years old aud the othcr'--
"lnnc" called Mrs, Baxter from Wll
llams window
"Ycsm!"
"Nou must 30 somewhere else 10
pluy Willie's trying to work ~ hts
studies up here, and he says you've
disturbed him very much"
"Nps'm."
The ohcdlcnt Jane aud her friend
turned TO 80, and as they went Mis'
Nary Randolph l<irstcd allowed her
npliricd eyes TO llnger with increased
isfnVor upon William. who appeared
beside Mrs HnXtcr nj the window
81 tell you what let's do" Rnnnlc
suggested In II lowered voice. "IIc got
so fresh with us an made your mother
come an all. lct's-let's"-
She heslinted
Lets whatf" Jane urged her In an
eager whisper.
Lets think up somcp'n he won't like
and do ~"
They disappeared round the corner
OF the house, their heads close to
gether
| Upstairs Mrs. Baxter moved 10 the
door OF her sons room. pretending t.
he unconscious Of the gaze he main
lnined upon her mastering courag,
to hum little tune and affecting IN
consequence. she had nearly crossed
the threshold when he said sternly:
And this Is all you intend to say t.
that childT"
why, yea. Willie
! And yet told YOU what she said,
no cried ~ told YOU heard her stani
there and tell that dirty faced littl,
| ,rl how that IDIOT boy that's Away,
walkin' rast here. -four or Ave times
lay. whlstllng and looking back. wa
n love OF her. ye gods! What kin
" n person viii she grow up into !
| you don't punish her for hnvin' idea
Ike that nt her ageY ! never heard a.
uch n thing! That worm walkln pas
lere four or i've times a day just I,
ook ut Jane! And her standing there
.nlmly ipllin' that sooty faced littlt
| sirl. Hes IN love OF mer Why, its
enough IA sickcn man! Honestly. "
ma my way I'd see that both she
ana that little Freddie Banks got q
List class whlpping!'
Don't you think. Willie" sad, Mrs
6aXter-''dou't you think hat. consid
ring the rather noncommttaI method
If Frcddie's courtshlp. you are sug
.csting extreme mcusurosT'
We'll she certainly ought 10 he pun
she'd" he Insisted. aud then. With rc
ycrsnl to agony, he shuddcrcd "'rhat'
he least uf IT," he cried IFS the IN
uiting th,nes you always nilow he
| 20 say Of one OF the nChlcst girls Il
The United States that's what counts
on the very last dly-ycs almost tht
last hour-that Miss pratts In III.
town you let your only daughter stand
there and speak dlsrespectfully OF her
|
go play somewhere elseY
you're all wrought up
IL am not wrought up!' shouted
william. "Why should be charged
with
Now, now" Mrs Baxter said
'You'll feel better tomorrow"
"what do you mean by thatT' he de
manded, breathing deeply.
For reply she only shook her heaf
In an odd little way.
"You'll he all right Willie" she sa!'
softly and closed the door
Alone. William lifted cllnchcd hands
In n series OF tumultuOus gestures a
the ceiling; then he moaned aud sanl
INTO a chair at his writing table. Pres
emily comparative calm was restored
to him. and with reverent fingers h
took from a drawer one pound bo'
" candy. covered with white dSsu
larcr gIrdlod with blue ribbon. II
set the box gently beside him upon ih
able. then from beneath large gr"el
blottcr drew forth some scribhlc
sheets These he placed before hin
| inu, tuklnB HIlnltt ~ lN WIN W
handwriting. lowly opitd:
Dear Ion-t ,resume when you ar
rending these tines II Will be this after
noon and you will he on the train moNln
.apidly away from this old place her
'arthcr and farther from II ALL As 81
lere at my old desk and look back upon
al while am writing this farewell letter
nope when you are reading II YOU ais
vill look back upon II all aud thlnk a
me you called (AliaO Little Boy Ba"te'
As / sit here this morning that you ~
coing away at last | look back ana eau
not remember any summer In my wa"
life which has been Hike this summer h'
cause "A great change has come over IN
this summer. II sou would llNe 10 XII"
what this means II was something liNe
said when John Watson got tnere yes
day afternoon ana intcrup' ed Wu"l J sot'
Nav YOU enjoy this candy and think q
, the giver | viii put something IN VIZ
this letter. It ia something maybe 50
would like 20 have and Ia e%clanf"
would give All | possess for one pi F.'
YOU would send II "a me VA"n vow
home Please do thi' fHr no" nay h'''
IL brakIng Yours sincerely
WILLIAM y IiA &Il.lt