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

did, himseif, for that matter; In f6ct Il !
was the longest street In tho town kz.k
tho word Julia" was entirely uAeoA-
nected, but for Noble Dill (And p9U6Ahlr
for Newland Sanders and some othof1 htz1
age from nineteen to sixty-o4dl = UAe.
"Julia's Street" and nothing e1Uo.
! 1t was a rumuftous street - N6hit,
splashed along the sidewalk. lleeedl-.
bly, timber the shade trees weee paAAtie.
Ing calisthenicEi though now and then
one outdid, itself and lost branch ;fhuH-s
der and III Ehtning romped hike loogosS
and capcrcd ankle-high. It was n storm
! that asked to be left to itself for . white
after giving fair warning that the err
quest would be made; and Noble and
themselves to blame for getting canEht.
This other pedestrian was some forty
| or fifty yards in advance OF Noble and
| walking In the same direction at about
ef' .oe fins, Hs . sSls an rS SG Ss
water; the brim Of his once rigid straw
hat had begun to sag about his head, 50
that ne 70 be oGSsn a5d naiSe
figure. Noble himself was a. scdden;
HIS hands were wet IN his Sery pockets;
his elbows. akimbo seeped 70 spout; nc;
too. was bucketed rather than matted
the desoiate figure struggling on be-
! fore him.
! All Mt once Mobiles heart did some
thing queer within his wet bosom. He
recognised that figure, and he was not
those Of his own father and mother and
J three sisters, this storn-tossed shape
was that which Noble. would most IN.
fallibiy recognise anZwhere in The yorts
the dukk and riot OF the Storm, Nohlel
| knew that none other than Nf. AtWater
spfashed before him.
Excitement took quick possession OF
him. He hastily reviewed possibilities
an faii.n Sssaea ! ma rSs a sssSss2 10
walk beside NJ. Mwatef and hold the
branch over his venefated head. All the
| br1nches were too vet; an On 1Acono
thought Noble feared that M. AtH4ter
TO % thus sAeltefsd. And yet go thtng
had to be done Il savc JufA.e tAelG
1 from pneumonia; surely there 49, pofDe
simple, practical, dashine th:nP te1f o.
SS ssIy gsGele Gsid 3o. ssie so Il ~ ..
stay to be recoEno1ed! And s1en. y
morrow cvenine--not DoontfAe yloA
| 80 10 Julia and mile AA1 ~: SIlef
.1ta'r and s.Sn ja, e. sSS So Al rs, SO
that ne speaks Of all day long Is his
unknown new Sir WaitAe RAlAiGh'rs
| Suddenly he saw will-o -the-wisp OPP
! poftunity dancing before him. and he
paused not one instant to consider, but
acted; He had Just reached a ;., Sro:.inG:
from Noble. was the dim figure OF =
| man carrying IN umbrella: II was just
perccptible that he was a fat mar, S1ug..
wind and making poor progress. Mr.
Atwater, moving up Julis's street, was
out Of sight from the Cross street where
struggled the fat man.
street, jerked the umbrella from the Cat
sounds dying out behind him n the
storm and dark; turned the corner; Spee
, after Mr.. Atwatet; oveftook him and
thrust the upbrella upon him; and thsni
not .paustnE tho shortest instant for
thanks or even recognition Bped onward.
proud and joyous, into tho stormy dusk,
leaving his beneficiary far behind him.
In his young eothusia am he had in.
! decd done something for Mr.. Atw1ter.
! In fact. Mobiles kindness bad done ~
much for Mr.. Atwater US Julia's gen.
tleness had doOe for Noble, but how
! much both Julia and Noble had done
way not revealed In full until the 1cSt
1t wns q wa.m and moonshiny MIN.
Of air unusually dry, and yet Mis- FLOR
| ence Atwater sneezed frequently - she
sat upon the .ids porch At tho no, house Of
uncle Joseph. Florence had . cold IN
the head. though how II got to her
head Was a process involved In the
snees %ss sssy % % be 1h
her cousin Herbert's remark that he
wtuldn't never be caught takin' his
death o cold sittin' on the damp grass
tootyetooty. It appesrsd from F1or.See:s
narrative to those interested listeners.
Aunt Harriet and Uncle Joseph. that
she had been sitting on the grass IN
were extraordinary damp. In brief.
she had been =. her post eiga after
the storm had clearst ns .-tp' preceding
evening, but she had heard no tooty-
tootty; her overhearinss were Of sterner
well, what did Julia say them
Aunt Harriet asked eagerly.
'tShc said she'd go mp and lock her
e es n her 's ears D Il srs a DIDN'T Sais
maxim such fuss"
And what aid he say?"
He made more rumpus than ever,
and told tho whole thing over and over
again; he seemed like he couldn't tell
It enough. and every time he tod It bis
voice got higher and higher tili ~!
II 1 .aeS Of ssu; sS no H s srd v b had
umbrella anyhow, and hadn't eyer car
ried one q single time In fourteen
years! And he took on about Noble
DIN and all this and that sec 81 n nT
he'd NOW Noble Din q TIE d.sk hy ..
terrible cigarette smell II nSthin else,
and, anyway, II wasn't too DARK sos hs
couldn't SEQ hh skinny ;nttio ane
he said Noble didn't hand him the UNI
brella; ne stuck II all down over him
like he was somepm on IRE he wanted
to put out. or somewhere; ana oetofo
away this ole fat man that y halonged
to and was chasin. Noble. b hit F5and-
pa from behind. or somep,m: a1d thsy
fussin aSainst each other; and them Z
after while they got up and grandpa
saw II was somebody he knew and told
him for Heavens sake why dtent ~
take his ole umbrella and 80 heme; and
as awful. and guess he probably had
to give up; he couldn't outtaik grand
NO" said Uncle Joe. He eouldn::
florence PAUSED. to accumulate and
conclude sneeze. then responded
pleasantly He said Id he was . ge,H e, to
s sna n nG% he se w ss.o T f the rssSoe
guess Aunt Julia wrote that note tAh
what note." Amt Harriet Inquired.
You haven't told us OF thatr
Florence, and Aunt Julia gave me
quarter ana said she'd write note for
me 20 take 20 Noble Dilrs housS wheh
he came home for lunch, and give II to
him She kind OF slipped It 70 me, b:
cause grandpa came In there, kind OF
pokln' around, while she was just finish
In writin' it. She didn't put any en-
yelone on Il even. and she nevar said
single THINK to me about It's bein' phi.
vate or my not readin' Il If wanted to.
"or course you didn't" said Aun,
Harriet You didn't. did you, For
"Why. she didn't ay not TO-" Flor