The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-03-05
OH, SUGAR!
BY ELIZABETH M. LEE.

w. i'-s' " AsSiuio Ne"sp@per oshuie-e''
"And. Davidl" Nancy called after
him, "be sure and try to get some
sugar in town. | haven't Bit"
! David came hack m tbe gate SNOW
look here. Mamie" he eynostuloted,
ar you CAM GOT anv v,,h yopr sweet
smile how do Won snnnose I'm going
F! IN ,vork ~.
.scot civ how % ra,ortoa Mamie
leugbine ave GOT foo mucb 70 do 70
fool with von 6on,, dare come homo
tonicbt without come s,,aorn
na,,,. ,, 80 - -,
do,y,, IN. s.,.,t ,,.h,a.I,ng 80 Nanni.
Ioo,,ad as.ar III, ,,,,t,, Ia. o. ,,as
a nice nov IN snita 20 hIs nonsansa
and she ,,id an hone he cop,d cot some
sugar His h,rthday was tomorrn,y
and David had oIwaya bad q hlrtbdav
cake
sha WON. ,n.o -. ho,,so ,,,., . ,,+,.
~,
narlor 20 naaL ,hro,ob nc n,,naa, 80
tho bonse na,t door Il, bad raoant,v
hean ro,toa ga Nannt. 80, ,,.,c,,s
oho,, tho ,,,orlo n 4, Ei.s, ~ an
there was q g,-l about ber own 400
mr. narbans a I,tt,o oIdar-.noss,h,v o.
than vonng nan uh,, uaIrad y.,th
a linn He VOC sorv,oa button IN
b,s coat and Nonnio admired him
very mucb Dovtd bad como tbrougb
81 N,ihie, ana fow ot,or n,a,es
witbout a scrot.b h,t tb5s ohon bod
eyidentlv had n hard time Of n He
was thin and male and Nannie,s moth.
an there was an elderly lady and
from ber devo.ion to tho vopng man
Mamie iudoad sba was bis mother
Rut noy,d,s search for smear was
,,rs,,oa.s,,I ne a,, -, H. ,,.all,
thar night holding ont his empty
hands and shrugged his shoulders
"Notbing doing " he called ont cbaer.
fully "Couldn't get look-in any
wheren
rryo bo,rs ,.,ar wban rho d,s,,as
waro aona Nonnlo wos c,rlod m n 4
l,,,,a,, ~ ,,or,h
and David sat on the ron sten smol,-
inc bis nina md weaving smoke
dreams as ,varv man does once in a
while even II he Is a the next day.
Presently David sat nm with a Jerk.
oSav Nonnier he wbispered ex-
citedly. they're coming over herei"
Sure enough. their neighbors were
coming through the gate and up the
path. and the girl spoke. little shyiy.
.You,ll forgive us. | know. for COM
Ing in on YOU like this. but-but /
bappened 70 oyerhear Won saw YOU
hadn't any sugar. and rye GOT plenty
of It so thought perhaps you
wouldn't mind if brought you over
some"
Mamie Jumped out of the hammock.
"Why, how perfectly dear of you,r
she said. cordially. THAT'S lovely.
Do come up and sit on the porch-it's
such lovely evening"
"You See" went on the girl next
door, "if it's your husbands birthday
tomorrow
Both Mamie and David burst into
a peal of laughter. "But he's not my
husband" cried Mamie merrily. Hes
my hrother-David Maynard. We're
not married at all-but you are, aren't
you?"
Gracious, nor 1t was the other
girls turn TO laugh now. HThis is
Bobby Wayne. and I'm his adopted
sister. NV names Dora. And that's
Bobby's mother in the house"
1t didn't take very long for any nf
the four to become real nelghbors.
Mamie. with her love Of nursing, ap-
pointed herself caretaker of the In.
valid and David spent hours reading
poetry to Dora's attentive ears. The
summer sped by almost before tbey
knew II. and finally one night in Sen.
tember when the evenings were cool.
pohhv tool bis coprapa IN hoth hands
and asked the question he had been
longing 10 ask for weeks Mamie was
not surprised oh, no but even
though her second sense had fold her
1t was coming she pretended 1t was
all complete surprise to her.
.I don't know what IN saw Robhv y