The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
HE DAILY
|sEI0RT'S STORY
Wanted "a Husband.

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BY LINCOLN RoTHeLuM.
lcopyfiRhf, 1920, By the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
AD soA,e, good airy sudden
ri II iateIrogated Janice con,
: 4 cernfng what she wanted
more than anything else In the
whole world. the mountainous an.
SNefs would have been a hus-
band which perhaps. is not go
5ef4 surprising after al; for while
: & Iesponsa would come on the
:i6eis d the question, Il would lack
Eiie sSaying grace Of being absolute.
y trIle Il was not 50 much a hus,
band Tor which Janice yearned, as
! thit which a husband usually rep.
RESENT.
(. janice wanted q husband be
cause Ihe could not find 0 man 90
serve h the role Of friend, whose
feassuTIng arm would chase away
an feas when the dark bridge had
"a Be crossed at night after work:
ono WHO would sympalhetieally lis
IN 10 the little tale Of woe about
{ I'D damineering iorelady In the
aabastment.n Somehow II seeme6I
10 Janice II she could find Q hus
6aad, he would be the pal Tor
). EEleh she iolged.
But ID monotanUis triendliness
Janice continued 10 temstiteh her
days away, until one day above the
MIN d die machines electrically
growing out the work. she had
heard herself referred 10 as the
old uiaid"
In that moment al idea dawned
and found expression; an! plan
seemed feasible TO avoid tie ridi'
saie of her fellow-wcrkers.
I'm pretend there Is some one
10 lives lsr away, 50 ! can't see
lin. hut must write him letters
% Inspire hid In bis work" She
fespslred herself. "Why shouldn't
Then as the pretty pieces Of Or
gandie came out from beneath her
siloedle Ia long rows Of even hem.
stitching. the Unsigned husband
81 JAgIrs yas quite complete ss t.
"details, even 10 a name. Il think
lMould lie The sound Of Mrs. John
Carpenter and in her minds eye
she saw visiting cards bearing the
words.
The days work completed, she
( lfetraced her steps tothe tiny room
I. scaled home and sailntered INTO,
the sparlorr as npnGhalantly a.
She was able, that no attention
might be directed 10 her pefusa! Of
tte almanac which comprised the
lole extent OF the roun!Eg house
$liEfary. Opening The book at
'kIst ii Towns in the United
States, md turning to Il page OF
thGt tletipn NJ random, she placed
her finger with blind faith and
opened heS eyes 70 i'm herself
pointing 10 LAY Rcn oha'
bona.
In the safe seclusion Of her room,
he first letter was iadited 10 the
creation OF q lonely gitl,s imtg!la-'
tipE, II was q swees little Letter,
filed With the yearning iof sn I'M
ietsiantins friendship.
When the mispya, lsekiug other
Identification than John CafpeH-
ter. Esy Ranch, Oklahoma waS
deposited in the mail box, Janice
telt happier. Though but the &s'
.ment Of her own mental creation.
she had somebody 10 whom she
belonged. Nor was this the last
letter coMposec, Tor Whenever the
s.egfe oiIpleliness pretended power,
llDlisS WOULD be dispatcnec toll.
Ing 'tls Earning husband 'Joha' al.
The nelails.
Some month"; had slipped By
eaily summer hau emerged
laie lall. ri The end or a try
lng Gays work, Janice returned 10
Ile i00ming house 100 respondent
aud DEPRESSED 10 care slolt laa
evening ! meal. she walked SLOW
" down the broad tEoluugltares
ltneu with It's StufeS, restaurants
and THEATRES, tbs Inad billposLers
8 actIalAliHs the entertainment OF.
leted willin. Amid the jostiing Of
the unmln1llis cs0wds, tllell Upon
icprrytns nome Janice was hanuied
about, nlnoticsd III the motley as
pertinent OF humanity. In ner maud
she held, reauy f1r posing, her
letter 10 John Carpenter, hay
Ranch, Oklahoma III when sns
bad written, ! loAg for a dear
little cottage far away IRON Ito
Struggles OF a big city. II does not
laeln that | eau stand the strain
much longer"
Janice turned the corne. onto a
Z pofe secluded street, where some
CONSTRUCTION work was being con
Quoted. A seatfolding It's falEe
Foundation falling, gave way with
2 raspins but too abrupt warning
70 permit Janice TO escape the
taeluge Of things the boards sup.
| pcFsed.
Then, ave Tor the fact that she
lbaa becl grabbed with preciplta.o
RtpetG, lne was eonasipps Of 10
l5ore until the whits walls Of q
bnapitgl room becaga as apparent
|sB reality as the Pain in her body;
bnd the tmeu common 10 medical
llstitVtinls forced itself upon her
tpA1ct olsAesS.
nurse, stifny starched in white
al