The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-17

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Two Ia q I shop
JESSIE DOUGLAS.
obS 81 1920. by the Mcclure
xspaper syndicatel
drove the last nail into
dolls cradle she had Just
tshed. She laid down her
q nSr With d sign and looked
6sr. Above her on wooden
Is stood q long row OF tiny
lesy each one perfect, waiting
now f6f the coats OF blue paint.
Across the nigh wooden oench
efa caught the eye OF the strau-
er Loo king at her wtstfully.
"a man In q toyshoD," Laeta
told herself disgustediy, brave
york for a man." She brushed
Rack q thick lock Of red hair that
o1ld persist In falling scross ner
liffe forehead and slipped on the
iiack smoek that covered her little
ngham dress.
IA white lily" the man thought
ns ne faced her.
But Iaeta did not return the
rank question Of his eyes. In
ead aIie went forth into the early
dusk with her wide gray eyes UNI
eeIng on the quaint streets that
mbled uphill and curved Ieisureiy
tfoy9n 70 the blue water.
her own gate the hollyhoclss
nodded rosy greeting and Laetn
tooped to gather the fragrance o.
q bed OF oid-fashfoned plnks. she
iffned when sue neGru an uhe'eL
tep 9n the wOoden pavement Oh
he village street. ~ was the
stronger, the man VINO mad Just
come 10 WORK in the Toy shop. She
4, men mat he1YRs lame.
EaetR!z voice suauueu behlnp
nefsotIyhockS. N nht Keeping
9itnI .s seas reauJ."
Iyet I1e tea taule AaeGa tolC
Iii OF tne Gay, now ner des-eH
ljaen ijraiseu, Ine one "a 'tnS
q IN }afu MIN a4t Ihs painIe~
en- aninfaIb; nov tIe ne" -
iisti Wig Sfdrking-DuS LIssd ui1.
fioCi fieuJIun lns bsranser.
AYhed tea Was UNsE IND Las1a
had yonsned Lne iast LIu.S1 61Ss-
Anu laIa- tue snlnInS AhI'es ahe,
cons IN ans wnlte, GtUoss ~ pi4li
JNsa sue toucaeu nef h4othSt
iilSe nillr VAN butset.i ~ l'i'e
Sn6 s.i6sed the uOOt sUIuy Den-n"
;,sAss
6ss not happy" her mothe!
iB5 Run sue SAID nusnInB 10
~. f9lshEd VINO, Win 6Iasses
N Il ~ III ueaQ, was reauing 49,
~ z Der,
80 lsiue the garden, LGssG
Town 10 me Watst moan.
ca on ana Uu uIr,il she llSe.
tne last gray LIsnerInHn ,
55,S sstst rocas, rnat nneu lne
she sat down with her face
"A me Iar nolzon, where Inc
"a Me- Ins. blurtsu Ipe VI oAy.
M te} { alI sGilninereu LUr a mo-
M ~ Ahat ytHion before IL ulPpsu
ss;t;if Slart sIgnt.
!. 4 tgauiE to 70. too" Laeta saia
SttlS - want % nye-Io De fee.
49, ~ goling 10 be like oiu Miss
5s,t,,;,,s ssIisJ s1ifele Miss i. ei:u, lIYIua
- if,si y ie6ife holisg IN u TWIST
: ~, - sFres 81 lcreVery3
49, *, any, hsard Voices behild her
I1,v1Sj,5iiI Srdv sna Hslened.
ssss.,,.i n tlse ,1nst IIictnIgsuti. l,tuce:
80 :, Z : o. - hi fg1aIi,f \vu;y
$50, Iis,,5d : tyvpys n, Tbsse funr.g
" { ~ 81 = .Thair voice,
~ ~
~ ~. t,;rnay, n zoe the Summer
~, ~ .ss,,s sti,ss ~, shasrest VIII
WY s.t,S ,.j H. IN bips.
~ 80.
,i,' SttS ~ NO., ,USrn
'sns @o 4Siss aS 1S yos,a,t r;rwSaI,'
l.ys.I. q ,a,1,a,,t,is,, sanss
15 hets ~. .,ta. -, $50,
loss. ue Ln S1, was ny - :.
pn nef pstLle, ~ sls4 VI ens iti I7
z m MAJ. 1ace Wheh she returned an
oQt;l 1ater.
ine next asy tounu AeE u MoLh
usual n lne Wy hnop' p4Ali .til'7
tnIse Wnlte oaisles an4 ohe pint I'M.
hollyhock on the headpleee OF the
wooden dolls cradle.
ON Q very hlgh STOOL with
black smock covering the shIa
,htteness OF her, anu q Iock OF Ieu
ar that would tlll across ner eyes,
she did not know what picture
nhe made and now the stranger
looked at her more often than at
: the tiny sailboat he was rigging.
But Laeta never even thought Of
him until closing time, and then
his orutch startled her as II fell.
She picked It UP and handed # to
him, ana somehow she found her
sell replying hraYely to his .ques'
lions He was not like other men.
she decided, more like woman
simple and kind.
Other men frightened her, fright
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