The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-25
TOOGENTLE JULIA
By BOOTH HARRINGTON

for YOU and all such. You wouldn'
sec me-"
n T9h!c partly concealed a sudden an
! did she say that to-
sr She didn't They say i, to her; an,
and Of course then they 20 on and SAY
some more. Florence sayS----" III
checked himself oh. forgot:
Promised Florence l wouldn't tell any
thing about all this"
It's safe" Noble assured him quick
~. ITS absolutely safe with me.
wont speak OF i, to anybody. Herbert
herr
1t vas the way some ole poem be-
gan. Newiand Sanders wrote II. Flor
ence found II under Aunt Julia's sofa
wouldn't wade through all that looty'
tooty for Il million dollars. and I told
her TO put II back before Aunt Julia
noticed Well. about every, day h'
evening he stays later than the other
callers and reads EN- TO hor-and YOU
ought to hear grandpa when he gets tc
talkin' about IT,
Hes perfectly right" said Noble
Perfectly. What does he say when IA,
talks about It. Hcrbert?'
oh, he says al! this and that; and
then h" kind OF Inuttcrs around, AND
YOU cant tell Just what all the words
are exactly. sot he can deny It II any
y the family accuses him Of swearing
or anything" And Herbert addcd
casually: He was Kind o! goinx Oh
like that about you. night before last
About me! Why what could he say
about mo-
"oh. all this and that"
but what did he find 10 say"
Wei. he heard tcll!n You how you
ouShtnt to smoke 80 many cigarettes
and all about how !: was. KILN You
and You sayin' you guessed II wouldn'i
matter II you did die. and Aunt Julia
sayin': oh. you don't mean that. and
all this and such and so on, you know
He can hear anything on the porch
pretty good from the lib'Rry. and Flor
ence told me about that, besides. bc,
all. She told Great-uncle Joe ant
Aunt Hattie about II, too
My heavens" Noble gasped. 40 fo:
the tirst time he realized TO what trun,.
pet publicity that seemingly hushed
and ..'oonIit bower. sacred to julia. haG
then was sbic TO add. with feeble
imitation OF lightness: y suppose
your grandfather understood it was
just sort Of joke. didn't y >"
NO" said Herbert, and continued In
n friendly way. for he was flattered
by Mobiles interest in hia remarks and
began TO feel a liking for him. NO
He said Aunt Julia only talked like
that because she couldn't think OF any,
thing else 20 say. and Il was wcarIn
him out. He said all the good II did
was 20 make you smoke more 10 make
irAr think how reckless you were: but
tina worst part Of II was. he'd be thu
only one to suffer, because II blows all
through the house. and he's got TO sit in
40 - HOuld
smell OF some kinds Of cigarettes, hui
IL you burned any more o yours on his
porch ~ was eoin 70 ask your father
20 raise your salary for collcctin' real
estate rents. So't you'd fcCl able to buy
some real tobacco. or corn SILK. any
way. He"
Hut the flushed listener folt that he
had heard az much as he was called
upon TO bear. and he interrupted, in n
voice almost out 81 control. tn say that
he must b. getting on downtown.
His young rricad Diverted from bugs
showed tho 'r"at"St Willingness 10
continue the narrative indefinitely. cvi.
IDENTIFY being in possession "f cori"us
dropping a cigarette he had h"en pre-
pairing to light. and stepping on II,
turned TO depart. An afterthOuCht de-
tslned him. Where was Il sh" lost
her earring"
Your Aunt Julia"
why. ! didn't say she lost any oar
ring" Herbert returned. 81 81 Id she al
WAYS was losin' EN-; didn't say sne
did "
Then YOU didp't mean
NO" said FerheTt II haven't hear
- her lcSir' anything ut all lately"
Here he added: We'll. grandpa kept
goin' on about you: he told her Well.
50 long" And gRzed after m" depart
ing Mr.. Dill in some surnrs- ut tn
ahruptness Of the latter's leave taking
Then. wondering how the back Of NJ
ble's neck could have rot iisclf so fiery
Sunburnt. HOrbert returned 10 his re.
sea rcheS IN the EraBs.
TNhs peaceful street. shady and fra
grant with summer. waS so quiet that