The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-18
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Making Time Fly.
BY JANE OSBORN.


= ILL. had Just finished washing tho
dishes and setting things to rights
IN the kitchen and living room
when the clock struck II.
s'Bieyen O'Clock already" she eX'
claimed, looking reprOachfully from
her work in the kitchen toward the Of
tending time piece.
"only eleven o'clock" sighed Jack,
who was arranging fishing tackle on
Inc kitchen table. Goodness! It does
Ieem as If meal times never came here.
think n's in the air-the air and
Jour good cooking"
Jill placed two water-soaked, small
hands suarely in the pockets Of her
bungalow apron.
Jack Mast. Pm ashamed Of you.
why, you had enough pancakes and
Bsnsage for breakfast to feed a large
family. Home you wouldn't think OF
eating anything but eggs and toast.
And that chocolate cake I made yes.
terdav is all gone, and the bread and
Dias / baked the first day we came
are gone, and l thought they would
Isst the week. I'll have to bake again
this afternoon. ] can't noW-tts time
10 get luncheon"
Jack looked self reproach and guilt.
tI'm sorry honey, but I'm as hungry
n q bear. This mountain air is inn
mense. Maybe in day or so / won't
eat so much.
'I'm glad YOU like my first cooking"
sighed Jill with weaGy smile, as she
hurried to the cupboards for flour and
sugar for the mullins for luncheon.
"But if catch you eating any more
cakes and pies between meals, she
called back to him I'm going on a
strike. That chocolate cake / made
Yesterday"
"ought to have made It twice as
big" commented Jack. and then there
was silence save for the regular sounn
Of the cake spoon welded against
the sides OF the mixing bowl.
Jack and Jill Mast were on their
first vacation together-that is. cx-
cepting the wedding trip OF a week or
so a few months before when there
had been no thought Of anything so
rustic as a trip to Jacks little cabin
In the mountains. Or anything so
mundane as the cultivation of large
appetite,
Diets have real honeymoon this
time" Jill had begged. Don't lets
have any one there but ourselves. /
ran do the little cooking needed. You
know / studied domestic science in col
lego. And we can spend all our time
outdoors under the trees and the sky.
We can have provisions sent up from
tho city"
ooh. bother the cooking" agreed
lack, whose appetite had not yet been
whetted by the mountain air and the
outdoor exercise and mental relaxa-
lion. one cooked meal a day will be
enough, A few crackers and milk
will be all want for the other two.
with that mountain air we don't neg
lot OF cooked dishes"
"Hoy wonderful" sighed Jill, and
20 the plans were made that left out
Of consideration the services OF a
cook.
But jacks gustorial apoercepttons
had undergone a complete change
since that conversation. By the sec,
ond day IN the cabin the most constd-
Grafton Of his walking hours seemed
10 be the contemplation and consump-
tion OF Jill's good cooking, And he
eyed his watch with more eagerness
than he did his line when he sat fish
inE in the trout brook behind the
cabin.
Jill made auSther chocolate cake on
the afternoon Of the third Day and
Jack saw It. After that they planned
short walk through the woods. While
Jill was changing the bungalow work
Ing nook for short khaki costume
jack carried out the plan that had
BEEN brewing in his mind since day
break.
The clock pointed to five minutes Of
Q. Il was the tall, loud-ticking clock
that stood IN the living room-the on
" clock IN the cabin. Jack reached
up opened the glass face, and careful
" listening for Jtll's approach, turned
tho hands ahead 10 five minutes OF
&
Then they started out, Jack in es-
peciSily good mood because Of the
prospect Of having supper an hour
cartier than he really deserved 1t. jill
Sharod his good spirits.
Il was not hard to get the converse.
hon around to the subject OF watches
eof eoufse- there are no tramps or bur
klaFg around the shack, but was
thinking that you ought not to leave
hHt watch OF yours around" comment
% Jack. Suppose I take It and pu,
e n Q safe place for you"
Jl looked up with little surprise
and then: II was thinking the same
thing myself about your watch. You
left Il IN the bedroom the other day
WbDh you went fishing. And, anyway
how that we arc away from ctyfliza.
ton. why should We keep track OF
timer"
yes, Why should we!" echoed Jack
dellghtsd that Jill had fallen in 60
readily with his scheme. Lets both
put our watches away"
IIl take them beth right now" s,,,
sested jill easily. 81 can roll them uT
g cotton ana put them under that traT
" tne kitchen cupboard. We can 90,
el tee ideas ve want about meal tint
from the clock" '''-''
JACK handed his watch to his wife
though he Redeemed little at the reS,
erelce she made to the living roon
Promise, II you take nv watch