The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-04-02

@SE4 there We're no telephone
sarA pay stations. and not many
TN private houses were fur
nished with telephones of
r their own; you went to your
fnvorlte corner drug store
smiled at the clerk and nodded to the
telephone with which every drug store
was equipped. then the clerk would
say, Help yourself" and you helped
yourself, gratis, to the use of the tele-
phone. Not only that, but, If you lived
near really obiiging drug store. the
clerk would receive messages for you
and send them by chance messenger
10 your house.
In that way it happened that good
deal of neighbory conversation. over
ana above what went on around the
store, was held in the drug store And
sometimes one overheard what was
not at all interesting to hear. and
sometimes what was.
julius Cnnby overheard something
that Interested him very deeply, one
day while he was waiting at the coun-
ter for the clerk to rummage out and
open new case of cigars. julius did
not know the lady by name, though
her face WIS familiar enough. She
went to the telephone and asked for
certain number which julius knew,
IT may be said, intimately. After that
he overheard the lady say: rs that
you, Maud?"
julius often rang up that number
himself and talked to one Maud.
What he made out afterward was /:
Il want you to tell me about Easton
Yes? Yes? Now, you're quite sure 7?
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 well as he expected to- He
bought few of the cigars so as not
to disappoint his friend, the clerk, and
then, as he walked home, he meditated
| bitterly on two thlngs-the sureness
of his insight and the fickleness Of
woman.
Il knew it all along" he said to him
| self. II was blamed fool to let my
self be taken In by transparent tiirt
like 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-
fore? Never mind. A fool must learn
by experience. It's Easton's turn to
learn now. Wonder how long 1t will
be before he gets his lesson?"
The Easton mentioned In this solilo
guy was Il strapping youth just from
college Most people in the settlement
liked him, Maud Andrews among them
but julius did not, chiefly because
Maud did-too much, julius thought
1t was dusk as julius strolled home
from the drug store. meditating bitter
ly. A large dog met him on the side
noticed, but julius passed on until, 6
few PAGES farther. he was stopped by
the salutation. Hi, Candy, what are
you dreaming about?"
1t was the voice of the dogs owner
-Easton.
"Helloi" said julius. "Oh, WASH
dreaming at all. Ha. hal Congratu
late you, Easton."
"Oh, so you've heard, ell? Well,
thought I'd pull It off, you know"
"Well, must be getting home" salt
julius, anxious to end the interview.
IL, 10 nr no A
drews, who asked him why she hat
seen nothing Of him since the weel
before.
"Oh, nothing" he said. 81 onl.
thought"
"What2' said Maud.
Thought you might not be partic
ularly anxious to see me ju0 now"
THAT was funny thought for yo
to have" she remarked. what mad
you think ltT'
"Oh. don't you known he said
"No. l DON'T
"Then don't think there is any pal
tIcular reason why ! should enlighte
you"
They parted. and Maud bit her LII
calling Julius Candy In her heart e
horrid wretch" and vowing sh
didn't care IL she never saw him agair
julius did some more soliloquixini
and 1t went something like this: 20
all the outrageous little flirts, this gil
is easily the most outrageous Sh
! actually thinks she's going to draw M
back with her little thread and her III