The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-16

ST. OR 81! S. 0:RY.
Common People
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cled by the hedge that hid the
palatial home. and beg su1jects
we're her husband her stepsen
Henry and hef daughter GloFa Not
that she ruled with cruelty; Ear
from II.
But Mrs Mason had come Of .
high5up Social st and she brought
ideas with her. John Mason had
democratic motions, but he was
too busy raIing In the shekels tc
interfere In social affairs, and he
lat Nor have her way. GleriGe would
grow up imhued With this elaSs
eonsciouBness and probably be a
snoh, sbecAuEe she would ba taught
that Difference was Eer due from
I the common herd OF course she
was too young ncT TO evidence
any SUED tendencies, for abe was
not quite twelve months old. but
her mother would see TO 1t that
she became cogntzant OF her high
spoSitfon In life.
Eehry Mason was inclined, like
! his father, to be-wel, not exact
III blehaian, but you might say
fre o. social fettere. His father
always had been rich, but Henry
had not considered that as chang
Sfne his blood from red to blue.
ID fact. he much preferred the
Fsd S6rt. Bat Henry believed in
Keeping peace so he yielded to
htE Atepmother,s iAuastons, or ap-
AIRED to when about her.
one day while Gloria lay sleep
INF Mrs. Mason sat at a side win
dow and watchedh two persons
R1!lkahg In the lot next door. She
ou1ld see them through the hedge
and She was splitting disdAtnflily.
The two persons were motherly
boxing woman and a pretty girl,
plainly attited.
There are cur new neighbors,
,ohseFyed Mrs. Mason with toss
2of her head. TThet appear to be
stnsb6cting our hedge. ] trust 1t
meets their approval. If it does
not, Of coptse we shall be obliged
70 Gut 1t down!
Phat's what your father gets
Tor buying next to a small lot with
rundown house on it. Common
ople are bound to take advan-
lSe Of such a situation. Your
father should have purchased that
5spiete, too. Hertyss / order tet
protect u.s."
Henry, also looking out the
5Jtndow ,grinned somewhat rue
i guess the new ne!ghbors
won't bothet u.s." he vouchRfed.
airs. Kinden and her daughters
3afA not DANGEROUS"
30 you know their nRmeB!" ex'
Rtned MTk Mason, with a touch
q Irony. Probably you have been
over TO call Oh them"
mo, / have 'notSP replied Henry,
more ruafuily. I should be glad
tn do so. though. Il I thought
sTheah wohld Welcome ne:"
Mrs. Mason's eyes flashed
Theta! Let me see, that's the
girl you were SO fond Of before
4 Stepped ii and prevented your
IoSink your senses, wasn't it?
Seems to me she was your nurse
klhSn yol~had that operation. so
Re has followed you out here in
6FdSt TO make a match, for her.
seIf, has che? That's the way with
hdTse4. They weave themselves
about the hearts Of their patients
ana tie first thing You know the
atsSnt ID gone. Even social dis
tinrtions are sometimes disregard.
sd.5 It seems to me nurse should
Knew her place, the same as any
other aervant.
il5ig time it was Heury's eyes
that flashed.
4'AA6thet,,'' he said, with forced
tcSIhnebs, you have the wrong
id6& In the first place, nurses are
not fesrtahtb. In the second place,
wac not you that CAUSED US to
~ ub II was Theda herself.
SID said she never would marry
ne unless my family approved.
When I spoke to yon about It Of
e6iirSS you disapproved and that
settied It I'd have married her
ANYHOW, but she would not con.
kefib except under the conditions
siS6 mentioned. II she k1ew ] was
ii8inE here I'm sure bhe would not
SSyS bought that place. She has
"a social Ambitions, ASSURE you.
sth things are as much a mat.
sr ut fn6t feFsnce to her as they
nd t6tss3SFelI to me, I'D marry that
now II I could get youl to
ah6tion It and Welcome her into
sojif family
tine 6hanee Of thati" VT.
la MfS. MACON. No cpfam6h folks
sS& MIL come into this family II
can III eVent It." and she swish.
I'D 81 to her f6om, while Henry
sc6ntihuSd To gaze rather pen6ively
St the Iaf On the other eide Of
Gtiih hedge,
a {9w nights later the Mason
k6usl 6old was aroqSdd BY Glblti6
SD Gt8 suffering eOnVulalonB.
IyhS telephone vas outgR order and
ne family car was did up for re.
1ifs, while Mr.. Mason had sold
I'M busfh4ss roadster and had not
yt invested II q new one.
& MTs. Mason was helpless. She
Fl r; abuut IS much concerning
sEf6 ot children Is 8 rabbit
~ Sb6pt astronomy. And Con.
II iS Gfe dAngeF6uh.
isfia LAY on Ter Bed htr Limbs,
a III half nrd6nE6 ,ou, :Ehtls
~ Of tie NIXON house.
SSI6 sfShbd ,ttantisalIy about ac-
eabiI 6InS nothing.
q s 6mething. 20 something! !"
4hff6t d sEhS mother, nearly in
shySlers. '.calt In tho netghbors