The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-25


the footballs III the stridmg Noble were
1.-The AN interruption ui coughing III i
silent CAurvn. As lie ScetnCu down the
warm sidewalk the Su'ea ul has snnca
Sm"t" the pavement tor mentally il"
was waIklni not upon urincnt but Eruii
AR. -Atwater.
Incuusu4Uus!y hiS pace pre- send! lie.
. ,i,ur SiuNtr Ior a. ,norv cVnCcttt ral''i
uruVulns upon this SlanucrUus UIu u.,:.
VINO TOOK LuNHhtdHc ~ his position L.
poison ms daughter mind against tEr
UnlY one ul nyr suffers who cared ~
the IIUptcSt. way. Ana upon taIa tntrc
came an luun!HSimui CotGsO patton IN
the midst uI anguish. tor he lhOuknt
" what Hcrbsrl mad told MIN abuu,
Mr.. -NcHlalu sanders poems To julia,
and he h>d strong conviction that at
one time or another MIR. AtHAtcr must
nave spoktn even more disparlnsiy 90
tines" poems and their author tnau hG
had Of trduma cigarettes ana Inc!r
smoker. PERHAPS tho uiu man was not
all vile.
This charitable moment passed. He
recalled the little mUun.u drama on the
uncovered nurca. when julia. in ner
IOtcr or pIu,kcn n2rp strings, tod h.m
llIAl he SuVKrO too much, and ne mad
said II diun matter: nobody would care
much II he died---and Julia said gentIy
that has molncr would, and otuer puo-
PIE too, he mustn't talk 50 reckIcSSIy.
put OF this the old euvrsdroppcr mad
NlGIouSly represented hum 10 bc a poser.
not rca ~ reckless at AL, anu nhu IN
suited mas cigarettes and his salary.
wei, .SoDie would show ham. Noble had
duur - about being abic to SHOW Mr.. At
wat II anything important connected
wi'n tho cigarettes or the salary, but
h, could prove how reckless he was
Nth that VISION formed before him.
ne sa,. JuIa and her father standing
HDriIhcund Al CROSSING while q smiling
youth stood directly between the rails IN
the middle OF the street and let ChArg-
- ,."..-J rar destroy nlm--not IN
Sl-ntGY, IUr he would 1--we long enough
10 Whisper. ~ the stricken pair bent
over hin: Now, julia. which DO you
believe, your father or me-? And then,
with sigh, dyInG Sncer: well, Mr.. Al
water Is TINS rCckIcJs enough Tor you
Town squirrels United along their high
paths In the shade tree branches above
The ernoittcrcd yong lover. and he no
Iced them not 1T all. which was but lit
I!r less than he noticed the elderly hu-
man couple who observed him from
size yard az he passed by. Mr. and Mrs.
Burgess had been happily married IUr
my three years and four months. Mr..
Burgess lay In Il hammock between Two
maple trees, and was soothinKiy swung
ny means S'f 4 string connecting the
hammock and the rocking chair IN which
sat MRS. Burgess, acting as mild motor
tor both The chair and the hammock. a
device that had made many winter toll
cradle for them through their anticipa-
tions O: Its HAPPY employment when
summer should come again. That's
Noble Dill walking along the sidewalk
Mrs. Burgess said, interpreting for her
husbands failing eyes Il bowed to
him. but he hardly seemed TO see us. and
just barely lifted his hat. lie needn't
lie cross 10 US just because some ether
young mans probably tuking julia At
water out driving.
la Nrat
a boy In his condition needs to be cross
with everything. Sometimes they get SO
cross they go and drink liquor. Don't
you remember:
She laughed. Il remcmher once" she
assented. and laughed again.
Why its a terrible time OF NE. her
husband went on. Poets and such like
always take on about young love as II !.
were a charming and romantic expert
encc, but really us just series OF NOR
tificat!onS. Esch party. IN order 10 al.
tract the other assumes supernatural
perfection. and, of course. u thousand
things constantly make plain how many
bugs there are IN IN" mdlasses. The
young lover Is always wanting TO do
something daShing and romantic and SIR
Walter Raic !shish, hut in nrefAarI
times about the widest thing he can do.
II he can afford II. is TO learn 20 run -
Ford. The young lover thinks he's abs"-
lut"ly got 10 seem not only superb. hu'
plumb inCOnIparRplc; ana. OF course H'
can't stand Il TO be found nut for M.
instant. He can't stand IL L. find out
that his lady Ia Lnman. either He
can't stand even Il hint that he might
find her out. he can't stand il 10 lind
himself OUT. He cant stand word "i
criticism: lie can't stand being made the
least little hit Of fun "f--and yc; all the
while his state Of mind lays him partic-
ularly open to ali III" things n" can't
stand. He can't stand anything and n"
has TO stand everything. Why, its
horrible time OF lfc. mamma"
Yes, IL u.s." she asserted rlac!dIy.
I'm glad We don't have TO 20 through
il aGTin. Freddie: ta"ugh You're only
s.. and with giri IKE Julia Atwater
around nobody o-IGht {" hc sure.
Although Noble hal Salut"1 n" old
couple so GROSSLY. ne WA only un"on-
sciously making them. as h" made the
sid-wal H. proxy for NJ. AtwHt"r. In
the haz, that rose hE fore mis- minds eye
he saw himself leading Julia through
years Of adventure in far parts OF the
world: there were glimpscs -, himself
fiEhtins Shadowy figures OF The edge OF
Iinralaynr precirices a; dawn. wht!o
Julia knelt by the tent on the glacier
ard prayed for him. He Saw head wait
crs bowinE him Hnl Julia TO tables in
strange, foreign cafes and when they
were seated and ho had ordered dishes