The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-25
TOO GENTLE JULIA
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a generalization. simple. yat OF pro-
found Significance TOO sparSely rece-
gniZcd. They don't see thlnR'F she
said. THE young men that buzz around
Z girls house don't SEQ thing about
what goes on there! Inside. I mean.
And Yet at that very moment young
man was seeing something inside n
girls house little way down that same
street. That same street was julia
street and tho house was Juia's. IN
side this house in the library, sat Mt.
Atwater, trying TO read n work by one
Thomas Carlyle while r. rhythmic muir
muir came intcrfcringly from the front
porch. The inviS!bl: young man. WatCa-
ing MIN attcnt!rcly. saw him lltt MS
head and snif the air suspiciounly. out
nm expression OF distasie for certain
poetry. and. sharing that distss:c. ap-
proved. Mr.. Atwatcr sntfed dEain.
throw down his book and strod'' tlertCIy
out 10 the PORCH. There ST dirH .ma'r re-:
1vlia In q silver dress. hE'i. near 9S,
young Ncwland Sanders :"ad n 'ong
young poem in manuscript
Who Is smoking out he-!?' .dr. AL
water inquired. not a." ). >.,o,d
Nobody. ST. sad ST nnI sm Mgw''" 7
nave never touched tobacco in any form
IN my life" loathe IT,
Mr Atwater smiled once more. foun0
purity. and returned TO the library. ne
IS yet Enthusiastically imprcgnated VIII
Orduma cigarettes. "Curious!' ne SAID
AS he composed himself once more. Il
rcRd---and presently the odor seemed y
wear away and vanish. Mr. At"at+I
was relieved: IN, last thing he couId
have wished was 10 be haunted BY
Noble Dill.
nrable to follow up such an example a$
Flhrencc's. Noble. Of course. W"aid mol
b w.. kf.H.N-
where Julia sat. but re thou snt there
could ne nc harm In watching Mr.. At
water read. Looking at NJ. Atwatcr
was at least the next tn,uS t. .o'k:n,;
at Julia And so. out II. the night.
Noble was seated upon the top OF tho
side fence looking through tho library
window n; Mr.. Atwater.
After a while Noble 1T another Or
duna cigarette and pulled strongly TO
start II. The smoke was almost invis-
ible in the moonlight but the faint
night breeze. stirring gently, waited II
toward the house. where the open win
dow rnsdc an inward draft and carried
il heartily about the library.
Noble was surprised to sec Mr.. At
water risc suddenly 10 his feet. "Dnnln!"
he said distinctly. He Smote his brow,
put out thu light. and stamped upstairs
to his own room
His purpose 10 retire was understood
when the watcher saw light In the
bedroom window overhead. Noble
watched that window AS he had watched
the lower one. He thought Of the good.
peculiar old man now d!srobing there,
sheltered by the 'ThaStely covered shade,
and he smiled to himself n, 4 whimsical
thought: What form would Mr.. Await
rr's embarrassment take. what would be
his feelings. and what would he do, II
he knew that Nohl" Has there now be-
meath his window and thinking OF him
In the moonlight Noble sat iron tho
fence ind smoked Drduma cigarettes
and looked with IncxprcssIoic rondncss
at tho bright window OF Nj Atwater'E
bed chamber. Suddenly the light In the
window went out.
Saying his prayers now" said Noble
Il wonder II"
But, not to bo vain, lie LETT the
thought unfinished.
Copyright. 1920. by The Bell Srndicatc)