The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-16
EIE DAILY
s. ( CR STORY
Sgntiil1e ntal Values.

Sentinle entail Values.
GRAHAM zlNGFlELp.
lgAt 1915, BY the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Eifi with The mop OF fair hair
eazd The china blue eyes laid down
ne dollar on the counter and
n a the Shoptnan, "All right, I'll
t6rEtt tonight and pay the bal
lI|H She nodded to the man and
nm ne little store. That was about
minutes before Joe Annerly hap.
Rensd along.
~ was hurrying home from work
-. he passed the little old
htidte shop he hesitated. It was
raining ana Joe hurried on that ac-
r1kInt not because he was particularly
oNs 10 arrive ct his solitary bache.
IQs apaftment nothing much to hur.
home for when there is no one
en You get there!
50 Joe stopped and passed in among
t.e tltiques, or pieces Of secondhand
1nghitnre, Is they really were, and In
CURED the price Of the elegant brass
elpek he had seen in the window
FIFTY dollars! No, fifty dollars was
no much. He didn't really want it,
md .
He was Just turning TO go when q
picture hanging on the wall at the
back of the store caught his glance. It
ms Just one Of those colored litho-
sf1phk which, IN 9 gold frame, look so
ven hanging on parlor wall, and it
Wne enough to give q throb Of home
sickness to Joe, for that very picture,
gOr an exact replica Of It, had hung
on the wall Of his mothers parlor back
ii the old home town. There is moth
iik 90 reminiscent as the sight OF a
picture which has been familiar OBJ.
ject II the years Of long ago.
He turned to the proprietor OF the
store and asked the price.
sorry; mister the man said, "but
that picture IL sold"
II eeold ~ questioned Joe. "That sells
me, too But why Is It hanging there
4 It's sold?"
wen, said the man, II guess I
( slisd have taken It down. A young lady
& carte n here not ten minutes ago and
pair 81 deposit ON II, She's fetching 1t
sthiS evening" And suiting the action
t6the word, he lifted down the picture
aud laid It to one side.
Joe turned away disappointed. He
wanted that picture 1T was just like a
breath from the old home days. And
some girl had beaten him to titus.
his luck. He went into quick lunch"
and ate some supper say, but a lonely
man does have to eat anything that's
handed to him! and went home to his
apartment bedroom and bath.
How should he spend the evening?
VA movie show? Shucks! What's the
Idea Of watching a lot Of ginks making
love aiisover the screen Nix on that.
s ne in no mood Of lovemaking. The
loss Of that picture was still affecting
himl
While Joeswas IN this. frame Of mind
4 certain young lady, Of whose exist
ence he was not even aware, was feel.
ing quite elated. She had got back
home from the office, and after eating
her supper she was going to extract 9
certain number Of dollars from Ger.
Tain private cache and was going after
That picture she had paid the deposit
1n Funny how the same thing can
have such opposite effects on differ.
ent people. But then, Of course. the
girl had not lost the picture!
When Joe put on his hat that even.
lnk and set ont to try and forget the
Did home days, his steps seemed nat.
Hraliy to bend themselves in the di.
section OF the antique shop. The rain
bad stopped and q fresh wind was
blowing. He was still feeling home.
sick On account Of that picture, and
WIS Just wonde rtng what had become
81 those friends Of his boyhood, Bill
Stnit and Larry Jones and that freck.
klsds laced Red, whom, on turning cor.
ner, he was violently hunted in the
middle by some one carrying bulky
md remarkabiy hard parcel. Joe stag.
gcred from the sudden impact. He
stopped 10 pick up his hat, and then
looked to see what had caused 1t. In.
stantiy he aIized what had happened.
HA had met the girl with the picture!
~ though To confirm his suspicious,
the Wind piayfnlly whipped up e cor.
ner o. tie loose wrapping paper, ana
The Elinse he got proved him to be
connect without taking his eyes of
the coveted picture he addressed the
'Nonid you mind Il / took q peep, q
last psep al it?s' he asked pleadingly.
The Rirl nodded. Evid emily this man
must 10 the one.time owner. She
thrust the picture toward him, and Joe
enSsd at It long and earnestly.
Guess you've seen It before some
" here she asked presently.
should say I have! Gee" he NUT
tensa drinking IN the familiar scene.
u wonder what has become Of Bill
Smith and Larry Jones and that
' lrecjIlN iced red lsid?"
A smile unseen by Joe lighted the
eisl,s nee.
'sn6 Nffie F'armer?' she suggested.
Fora moment Joe wondered II his
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