The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-15

which ;h.s almost TvutoHic impr"mNtn
n diplomacy seemed to invest mr.
probably she would never have g"n" :"
far. But the words sufficcd ami the
demonstration proved unnecessary. NJ
Il stroke Herbert was s0 perfectly m
Inundated that after II he remained ~
perfectly uurrSruitul well. \"u "Hn
have YOU ole TWO dollars and half:
Whether You got Il right TO it or no..
he said. But You got To- carry IN" hA'-
he"
No" said Florence This has got
to be done right. Herbert We're part,
nSrs now about this THIS G 6jyiTsG i nn%
"Nackly even. III carry the basket hait
Way and You carry II half.
Well" lie Grumblrd. conserving.
That's the only right way, she saia
sunnny. You carry it till we get 10
the fish mans. and I'll carry II all the
KIN even Herbert could perceive the
inequality here. "Itn b. empty then
h" protested. ~,
Fairs far and wrongs wrong SIC
returned firmly ~ spoke "r:t 10 carry
il on the way home. and the one th"'
speaks first gets II.
Herbert. We got to get all these nuES
all fixed up and ready" she urged. "
DON'T want to waste the Who'll" after
noon just talkin about II. do we? lie,
Sides Herbert. on the way home you II
have two dollars and half III your
pocket. or anyway as much as You
have left If you buy some soda ana
candy and things and you'll feel so me
that you won't mind whether you're
carrying tn" basket or not.
The picture she now suggested 70
Hrrhcrt's mind was Of himself carrying;
the basket both to the fish man ana
from the fish man; and he found MN,
self anxious TO protest, yet helpless III
Of
minute" he began. You said"
Let's. don't waste another minute,
she interrupted briskly. Il shouldn
wonder it was after four o'clock d!
this time. and we both need money
hurry. Herbert"
rub His 2 hSnh ES YoS say Said I'd fcd so good
wouldn't mind If If"
mo. l said: Hurry"
well" And though he felt that 4
subtle injustice lurkcd somewhere m|
was unahl" I" think the matter out
clearly into its composing elements. ana
gave up trying Nevertheless. as h"
obrycd her and began to hurry" Their.
remained with him an impression that
ny some fuggy and underhand process
he had been committed TO aCquieSccncc
in an unfair division of labor.
In this he was not mistaken. An
hour later he and Florence were ON
their way home from the fish man y
store, and Herbert. having carried tho
basket thither. was now carrying II
thence. Moreover, his burden was PR
riScly as heavy on this homrwarh reg
of the course MS il had b"cn on mat
terminating at the fish store. for, COW
cred by a discreet newspaper, the pre-"
serve and pickle jars still RENAME
within the basket. their crowded crow
Ing and indignant contents intact ne
nsh man had explained in terms de-
risire, but nlain. the difference hrtwr'n
a fish man and a fisherman. lie nv"
maintained his definitions of IN" tw"
economic functions in spite OF per- ~
ent arguments on the part "t Tue nl'S
dealers. and in spite "t r"dn'.'"nSr
which nnallv removed 90 per cent NJ
tbrir asking price He wouldn't civ"
nf;y cents or ten cents, ar ON" cont
he said; and h. couldn't furn'Sh IN"
oddrcss of anvhnly else that wNu'd. MS
flsh came by express. he declared again
and again. and The only people ne knew
that did any iiShnr were mainly colnr'n'
dur their own bait. and though thcNN
rnight possibly he willing 10 accept inc
,nrlcwormS as a gift. they would prom
ably hc inclined 20 resent generosity
including 50 many spiders. not 10 SN''E
of tho dangerous winged members OF
the election. ON account Of these lat
t,r he ioruSclv prufessed himself to h.
:rrXiouS lest the tops Of some al the
lars might work loose--and altogether
he was the most disheartcninG man
they had ever met.
Such anticlimaX was never sttmu-
liant TO amluhility. ana after m altered
tiou outside the store. during which
tho dcriSivc fish man continuously called
Ia skct OF, OF the nCi"hbOrho"d. IN"
cousins moved mcrhidly away and
walked for time in silence,
They brooded Herbert was even