Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-04-03

g mere were no teIenbone
&GA pay stations, and not many
lay private houses were f,,r-
Sn niShed with telephones of
,leir own; you went To your
s,,.,-, i"N"rlIe corner drug store
smiled at the clerk and noddad 20 ,ho
''''l'ii"ue with which every dru, sara
was equipped, then the ,lnrl. ,,,,,,l,l
SHY Help Yourself" ana ro,, to,,,,j
EI', '''i' EratIS' TO the use of the teIe-
phone. NOT only that, but. if Won lived
"e"r really obiiging drug store Tho
'I'F" would receive messages for ro,,
anu >eHd them by a chance ma.son,,or
10 your house
In That way it happened that - GOOD
deal of neighborlv convars.,,;c,, ,.,a
B '" '""Ne What went on around the
eIore' was held in the drug store And
SoiIleIliileS one overheard what WAS
not at all interesting to hear and
sometimes what WIS
julius Candy overheard sop,otI,ir,,
hat interested him very deanIv ono
u"S WINE ne was waiting at the coun-
Ter Tor the clerk to rummage ont and
open ii new case of cigars. JuIius did
not know the lady by name, tboupb
her lace was familiar enough. she
went to the telephone and asked for
certain number which julius knew
II may be said, intimately. After that
ne overheard the lady say: rs that
you. MaudY"
Ill.
JULIUS OFTEN rang up that number
himself and talked to one Maud.
what he made out afterward WAS.
1 want you to tell me about Easton
Yes? Yes? Now, you're quite sure?
1t is an engagement. then? So glad.
GOOdby."
And when the drug clerk had got
out those new cigars. and Julius had
sampled one, he did not like the flavor
nearly as we'll as he expected TO He
bought few of the cigars. so as not
10 diSappoint his friend the clerk. and
then, as he walked home he meditated
bitterly on two things-the sureness
of his insight and the fickleness of
woman.
Il knew ii all along" he said to him |
self. Il was a blamed fool to let nv
self be taken in by a transparent ffirt |
Ike that. Didn't Billy Herbert give |
me plain hint? And didn't Mrs. |
capston tell me-or as good as tell |
me-she had seen Maud Andrews go |
through all that more than once be-
fore2 Never mind. A fool must learn !
by experience. It's Easton's turn TO |
learn now. Wonder how long II will |
be before he gets his lessonp"
The Easton mentioned in this soiilo- |
guy was a strapping youth just from
college. Most people in the settlement /
liked him. Maud Andrews among them,
but Julius did not, chiefly because |
Maud dd-to0 much, julius thought.
1t was dusk rs julius strolled home
from the drug store, meditating bitter
ly. A large dog met him on the side
walk and stopped as If expecting to be
noticed, but Julius passed on until,
few PAGES farther, he was stopped by
the salutation, "Hi, Candy, what are
you dreaming abOutT'
II was the voice of the dogs owner
-Easton.
"Hellor said julius. "Oh, l wasn't
dreaming at all. Ha, ha! COngratu-
late you, EastOn."
'Oh. SO you've heard, Ell? Well, i
thought I'd pull 1t off, you know"
swell, must be getting home" said
Julius, anxious to end the interview.
A few days later he met Maud An
drews, who asked him why she had
seen nothing of him since the week
before
"Oh, nothing" he said. 81 only
thought"
"What?" said Maud.
Thought you might not be partic-
ularly anxious to see me just now"
That was funny thought for you
to have" she remarked. What made
you think it?'
"Oh, don't you know he said
mo. | don't"
"Then | don't think there is any par
ticular reason why l should enlighten
you"
They parted, and Maud bit her lip,
calling Julius Candy in her heart "a
horrid wretch" and vowing she
didn't care IL she never saw him again.
julius did some more s0lil0quizing.
and il went something like this: "Of
all the outrageous little flirts, this girl
is easily the most outrageous! She
actually thinks she's going TO draw me
back with her little thread and her lit