The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-09
CHE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Pafricia's Patriotisnl.
BY OSBORN JAMES.
Ccopyright. 1918. by the Mcclure

mer than to stay home and keep house
for her brother. TAYLOR Perry. she had
GeIt no small feeling Of pity for that
same brother of hers.
IT know It will be hard for you" she
laid. but you must remember that IN
letting me go you are doing just as
much OF a patriotic act as l am In
sgoing. Dinah VIII be here. OF course
ana you know she never goes out ez-
cert to come back TO get dinner. You
poor lamb" added the sister, standing
behind her brother as he sat in MS
EayoFite chair IN the living room OF
fheir surburban home, you poor old
deaT-I just hate to go away ana leave
Sou. know how forlorn Won will be.
Taylor sighed deeply and eradicated
the usual smile from his genial face
ut viii be tough. Lollabelle. but II II IS
your duty. then I suppose you must
eo.s and az his sister busted out or
Nc rom to 20 about the work OF pack
inE her trunks for the great event
Tor I,otiabelle had never before in the
I'VE Years that she had been Keeping
house for her bachelor brother. gone
away from home for more than week
end at a time-Taylors smile return
Cd and. laying down the paper which
he had been reading. he tel INTO
pleasant strain Of thought he was
planning several little stag parties.
TGfnaT's Southern cooking was worth
asking a few OF his friends out into
The suburbs to enjoy. With Lo!laoeue
home these stag parties we're OUT OF
tIe onostion for the good elder sister
foI1Id not conceive OF young men
Tor her thirty.fi ye-year-old brother was
Ia her stiu a lad-haying good time
Nr,+T7out girls to dance With. and when
eyes. he had in the past attempted 10
have his friends out for weekend
ar a. holiday she always u1ansS geo 10
rather together some OF the girls OF
ne ueiSbDorhood TO Ei:s'e ar, IL
and sing and invite MID illrLat'9n
from his guests. Now be "culN %
lbIe to be in a bachelors paradise ZIG
could also some to dinner warm even
ines Il, his shfr. s!eeTe5 ana smoke
his pipe all over the house re vas
really quite resigned to Loilaoe'ieS
decision. 49,, .,,a
rfce brown.skinncd old Diauah were
Ieft 70 command. and Dianah used 70
stand and chuc.sle at tho side OF the
fsbIs as TAYLOR ate thick porteTheuse
stea5rs- iucious roast pork and r!ch
crean1. pies such as only Dianah Goa!a
mako The fact that the butcher
b;lIs we're considerably higher tnan
Ehen LoIIabelIe was home ana that
nanah managed to consume twice as
nprJ9 cream and eSgs in her COOKER!
now as When Lollabelle vas nome az
not distress Taylor For the sake OF
suci4 freedom he was Wiling 70 "a!
large bills.
The first stag party vas StoTlo-5
success as far as the refreshments
vent. There was juicy roast pork IoF
Saturday dinner. with some OF DO
eTig jir5t- white rolls and ~'-caul pie.
and for Sunday there eno''
nous ham such as eu!E Kpe"
how to cook. Monday u. : the"e
we're more OF Dinah's rolls. and ON
Tuesday-for the guests all persuad,
Id themselves they could stay tn
Wednesday-there were hroiled ham
Tor breakfast, lauab chops ioT luncheon
md a wonderful roast beef FOR DIN
aNone Of your poor folks make,
believe meat-alI stopped together
out of nuts and bea11 and Things.
commented Dina; to herself. as she
surveyed the la=der With satisfaction.
for Indeed the menus that she had
been permitted TO plan we're TO aes
what gentlca.eH's menus ought 20
be. And. ar Taylor Perry aE1o his
quests entirely agreed with her How
lver, as. such things sometimes hap
Den. the two guests we're not so en-
tirely content to be in a bachelor par,
RdSse as he had thought they would
he. One of them bad become uae1-
pectediv engaged aud hence his mind
seemed to wander and his heart was
absent at times, ard the other g'5cs;
had recently gone in for dancing and
actually asked Tayio. whether he
couldn't rake up sou:e pretty girls. Sc
TAYLOR reluctantly telG2bone6 to 5;S
neighbcr. Patricia Keen. whom L.
Iabelle usually asked 20 >&2pd c1cn
weekend parties. aE:t asked her II
her mother would cl:acerons lie: and
two other young women for :i2e eve
ming at his house And bring some
fox trot records WITH you. he asked:
One Of the men here is dance tan.
Thanks awfully."
That ufght-it was Nouday night
Dfnah had. ready a hak%. suoT-wkits
coacoarut cake which she Ser-ed as
Refreshments in the evening" with a
frozen correction naGe from undilu-
ted cream.
Taylor first knew that something
Was wrong when he observed that
Patricia's mother was examining the
texture OF the cake singerly with her
fork. She tasted an iptinieisimal !
piece critically, put on her !orguct. !
etts and examined it. Taylor tasted
ibis piece to see what was wrong but !;
It melted like smbrosia in his mouth. |
Anything wrong with Dinab's |
cake?D he asked, eager 10 know the !
worst.
It's delicious she said caqtiou-iss.,
.but-but- isn't there wheat Hour in
e? You know, its Monday. aud Mon
3ays is wheatless day. didn't know /
when we've had cake like this. We
don't use alI-wheat desserts eyer. Ny,
1fr. Perry, I'm surprised that vow 60
Rl6oEd so much. cream-+t.,.:s - sJssi
scgeam, I'm sr=c. SEC said tasti2G o.
1kc 1iozea dainty. 'E-ca II 70"
could chord Il, IN surprised 'l:::: w.: