The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30
TIE DAILY
|sHORTsTORY.
s. The 'Way to the Elm.

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Nithout b.tterness. When you NV
nj little Tram miles and mAeI
frorn nowhere and are not very q
f1acttTe and are extremely nas1iu
"a hard 70 get acquainted with
Mt chances have you In the maj
y4tncrial linei
YHTas Q abort letter, 70 the polni
dgned James G. Zines. ne wa
,fhelr neighbor, a splend'd man a.
everybody liked him and Netal
isnew I'm well. saw and chattet
WITH him every z she aomlres
him, enjoyed talking 70 MIN, e
spectad lis advice and felt a littlt
faftered that he wanted her. y
1ure she had seen II coming. tai
Troposai. There had been ell KIND!
81 little iorerunners. Little PACK
aGes Of her tayorite seeds, and bas
Fets q berries or specially nict
Guit Than be had asked her oncs
AZ twice how she would like to live
: an dc Hines farm. Even the tam
E,IIy had noticed and teased, al leas'
llSfother VIII had remarked, guess
ome day we'll have Nettie as .
! naighbor!r And father and moth
q smiled approvingly.
Il vas nj very nice except thai I!
ha VA; q widower with SIX chill
dYen! And two were older than
6y! Trus, she had known them
81 her life but that made Il all the
r,tfe difficult. Ned. the Oldest
! vas an old playmate. Now he was
counting Sally Watts In the village
md jim, tke next In age, had BEEF!
away froIs the farm good deal
and In the last years Nettie fell
strange toward him. Jim seemed
% avoid her and that hurt SO much
. HAT sometimes It brought hot tears
q her eyes Such an odd feeling
, came over her when she saw him
saunter along with Ned to the
Watts house. Sally had q younger
sister, very pretty and Jolly anu
swiy should mot Jim go there?
) Nettie folded her letter and
placed II In her top bureau drawer
.ill thinking, considering. she
Tas to meet him under the old elm
around the twist in the lane n
hor answer was favorable. Meet
kiin Of s o'clock and now It was ten
1Ilnutes to the hour. Mentally snt
out over his good points again
eBut always bobbed up, the six chill
dren! Imagine having Jim at the
lable every day and being called
mother! Il was ridiculous
Iible!
B,,t she liked him immensely, be
would be a good husband. a very
Kind one, and In spite Of being
! Twice her age she had to admit ne
was young and boyishlooking and
illl Of fun. Only yesterday he had
9helped her plant dahlla bulbs and
1how they had joked and laughed to,
getner inc Gay pes VT. Vi ni,. nSS
doing those little nice things that
sconnf en- n,urh IN everyday life.
5.,,,, Know sue s ", ,u,. E ti.- s;s
sTl ask mother! Al my me s,S SEE
has solved my prog.ems anu ei. .sa
me tne IlsnI aavics' :. ISL M II ,,.o ,ss
most 1alurai unng ~ tne So !.,,
that ! 50 70 hef W WIN ,tais yer! iiH
portant qcesuon A., ,,.,.oov.
MRS; Emmet SAT on ias isaiS SSo
ere1 PACK p9fcn knRtins. s Sne
xea W Wlh a as su'p us ~. , s,n.
men Nelne. very sts'eia s,.o,G
eppea oat anu !, Sit Hss ,,a.s So.1
seed the letter IN ner mo'her ;
IsEaAds. -,
!. i. .a,,o al bora
finished reading Il, we an n NV
expected ms Ior some ll!iie. sn y.
srghed happily ana tooh one iS,o y.
her daughters colu nanus !; HoM
excited and nervous you a ", ueaf
child! What IS II, Nette!
Il want 70 know, motner, sna..
accept him! IN a iows teuSe
voice. A.,
Nettie, you must KNOW taaS !
yourself. All can ssy Is t .i,aI,t
would Be very pleased II you wou la
dear. You know lin SO We'll anu
he loves you very Dearly. Don
you love him. pet. ,....,,
! don't know, answered Nellie
n Q mlft!ed, feeble voice;
Her mother laughed. ! oeileVe
you are head over heels IN love anu
don't Know IL ,, .,.. :.
But all The cnlioren, mo.nef'
&urtsd OUT NetIle 81 oespapins'.
, Mha ~. sai lure. ro-v we,, EstA.
oh sou know very !. WE'LL SS'u'
y. Nel and the resi-: ,.,h,,. va,
oh, cont lei them uo siS.l, ;o SI.
Most =. .lem are STOW. e, Nv" t''
stsn you ate, NetIs; : STOW Bght.
! cannot TAKE sucn = ss sSI.. t 10,
~. ! see all the respoa:lU VIZ s1A'
comes T,ta soen d Eias s.s s'1.,cb,er
prs Emmett drew . "; asue Ioot
eoSn On net zap; =: :Ns ~. .ions
sdnto your heart anu icy st .ISs I i,,is
aeeide you. Many = tUoi IsI. Min lin
stri nas let ner 1 riSS. @ and c S,,r
Rway because sne Te ~ ,re aMu n
Syiderea anu lHuseu a az o maussS
make so cocG,sure Vi d., e ".a ~ ag'
that sle iost all. IL !oa ., a,s 81 sis ar
rited that you cahnot ., MIN .S S,gc
" ana Ies,ly want a, W MI o sJ' eim
let me leii !Su-so ~ sue v .oa s hs.
and oeciee taeEe. furry i;',, wv, ,a DS
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