The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-05-20
A BIT OF NONSENSE
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BY JOAN NJ. GRAY.
g. 1871. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicsi

the idea2" Blink Spaulding asked Minis
brother, as they stood staring down
upon Minis bobbed head, turned ador.
ingIy upward toward the words which
a long-haired, lanky individual was
passiOnately pouring forth. 1--WE three
start off on tramp as usual and she
announces that man with the most
wonderful Ideas In the world is com.
ing along and then she prances of
down the hill with him and leaves M
here without any idea at ALL"
ooh, Minis Nim," Minis brother said.
unrufiled, land you are you. You let
her walk all over you and only sputter
when she steps off and tries her foot.
ing on someone else. II you'd only
shake her--once in while"
"Oh, for heavens sake! You know
how 1t is with me, George. I'd rather
have MIN walk all over me than"
Il know, all right" snorted George,
"and MIN knows. Listen to that" as
Minis adorable laugh foated up the
hill to them. "That girl needs darn
good lesson"
"This is the third time she's lugged
that bird along when I asked her to
come out here with me"
"And his hands aren't overly clean,
either"
II bet he's only got that one collar
to his name, and it's celluloid at that"
"Blnk, If you only had sense enough
l Il i-fn nt
sense on the line and play her against
the Idea Show MIN that you have an
outside interest and see what hap
pens. VIII your
| Minis laugh floated up to them at
that moment, and Blink swore that he
would.
MIN, ready now to laugh with Blink
over the Great Idea, found Blink in a
\ sort of trance with Madame Nonsense.
And he left with Madame, still in the
same trance But he came quickly out
of 1t when he had left her at her door,
and with muttered ''whew" Of relief,
returned to Minis tea table. Once there
he manfully raved over Madame's
charm until MIN disdainfully left him
for the upper regions.
Thereafter Blink talked Nonsense,
thought Nonsense, and desired Nom
sense nly-apparently, Long after
the Big Idea had said good-by forever
to MIN and had promised to still love
her when they met again in the Great
Beyond, did Blink continue to worship
Nonsense.
"But what does he see in that frowsy
old thing?" ragged MIN to George. "She
is forty If she's day."
ooh, well, we men like someone with
experience someone who is ready to
please us and think of our comfort be-
fore anything else. Madame surely
thinks of Bink's happiness, all right
which is more than you do"
well, is he thinking of mine?
mean" MIN could have bitten her
tongue with vexation. Heavens" she
shrugged recovering. 81 don't care
what he does. Come on, George. Dads
waiting out there for US"
Madame was describing the vision OF
a departed Red Man, when MIN, har
, ing left George and her dad behind
h came swiftly into view. Blink, emoar
raised, changed from one foot to th'
:. other, dislodging Madame, who wa
4 rather leaning on him, and Madame
o slipping slightly, sat down with
q thump on the edge of the hill.
q AS Madame went down her wrati
4 came up, and when Madame rose' ne
~ wrath went still higher. With her golu
: en- hair hanging little to one side, sh
a used words which her association VIII
!. things spiritual had not taught ner =
"a use Then, feeling lonesome with a.
of them lost upon Blink Spaulding, sh
n stalked down the path, passed an open
"A mouthed MIN, and disappeared Into VI
% grove
~ 81 hope she bumps into tree" mu
r tered a miserable, red-faced Bnk,
NJ But the worst seemed to be COMM
10 for MIN, with rush, was before mn
in Blink Spaulding, I should tnih
n you'd want to hide your face MAXIM
in love to a woman old enough 10
I'd your mother, and a vulgar, swearln
&c rough, commonpiace-oh, Bink' l TIM
le you're horridl'
Oh Blink wasn't ready yet, and Blink 10
ed seen suspicious tremble in MN
K adorable mouth.
"She-Nim, how could know
Bingham, you don't really care !
herr After"
a. MIN was angry. If he thought
,r. could have affairs with all the ola pt
ID oxide hens for miles around, after as
of ing her three times to marry MN,
Dr. was mistaken. She turned and sfaiA
he away from him.
"Nim, you come back here ana =
in me-" said Blink, appearing much Dras
In than he felt, and MIN, so unusual v
or the command obeyed.