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

They're all Iumpy!" she cried. and as
her gaze lifted to HIS cheek he- finger
| followed her eyes and pointed TO strange
Appearances there. Look at your face.
We'll. what OF it?" he demanded. his
tonc not entirely free from a pleasur-
able braggadocio. "a girl can't make
| eNDairamcntS the way ! do. because II
one OF these good ole bumblebeeS or hor-
nets OF mine was 10 give EN- L little
sting once in while. while they was
catchins 'en and putin en- in a jar.
all they'd know how to do'd be to holler
and run home 20 their mamma Nobody
with any gumpt!on minds u Few little
st!ngS after you put mud on EN-
Il guess il serves You right" said
Florence. FOR persecutin' these poor.
poor little hxSS."
Herbert became pla!ntivc Look
; here. Florence; do wish you'd go on
back home where you belong"
But Florence did not reply; instead.
she picked up a magnifying glass. and.
after gazing through Il at a pickle jar
Of mixed beetles. caterpilars. angle
worms. and potato bugs permitted her
i self TO shudd"r. Vile things" she said.
They are not. either. Herbert re-
torted hotly. They're about the finest
!asccks that YOU or anybody else ever
! ~ W. anu w OAoiAh W 70
! Il ought" his cousin cried. Well, I
should think you're the one ought 10 DO
ashamed. II anybody ought! Down here
! n the cellar playin' with all these vile
! bugs that ought TO be given their lib
! erty. or thrown down the sewer. or
| soncp'rc." Again. as she peered through
! the lens. she shuddered Vile"
Florence" he SAID sternly, you lay
| down that magn!tyinS glass.
! Way
| Because you don't know how 70 han
die It. A magn!fy!ng glass has got to
| be handled in just the right way, and
you couldn't learn Il You tried thou
| sand years. That's a mighty fine mag
! asty!ng glass. and don't intend to have
! = ruined"
Why just lookin' through 1t can't
| spoil II. can it?" she inquired. sur
J prised.
You lay Il down" said Herbert dark
| ". "Eookin' through 1t the wrong way
isn't going 10 do 1t any good"
Why. how could just look1n' through
| it"
"Lookin' through it the wrong way
isn't Eoin' to help It any. tell you" he
! insisted. You're old enough to know
! that. and In not goin' to have my mag
nifying glass spoiled and all my in
seeks wasted just because OF mere
whin OF yours"
"A WHAT"
"A mere wh!n. 7 said
what's a whin""
Never you mind" said Herber; orn!-
nously You'll proa'ly find out some
day when you aren't lookin' for it,"
Undeniably. Florence was somcwha,
impressed: she replaced the magnifying
glass upon the table and picked up the
notebook.
You lay that down too" said Her
bert Instantly.
"oh. maybe rs soncp'n you're
Go on and read it. then" he said.
suddenly changing his mind. for he was
confident that she would find matter
here which might cause her TO appre-
ciate at least little Of her own in
feriority.
"'Nots'." Florence began. "'Nots'-"
Notes" he corrected her fercely.
Notes" she read. Notes on our
inseck friends. The Spider"
"spidsrr'
The spider spends his time mostly
! in cobwebs. which hediligent'y spins be-
tween posts, and catches flies TO eat
them. They are different colored and
sizes and have about SIX or eight legs.
or in weeds or on fence, and some
times in the grass. They are moro able
to get about quicker than catap!llars
, or fishing worms. but cannot fly such
as pinch!ng bugs. lightning bugs and
birds, because. having no wings, nor
jump as Tar as tho grass hopper
"Grasshopper"' Herbert shouted
I'm readin' 1t the way It's spelled"
make much sense
Herbert was at least enough OF an
author to be furious. Lay it down"
20 your dolls"
Dolls certainly would be cleaner
than these vile bugs" Florence retort-
ed. tossing the book upon the table.
But In regards 20 that, haven't had
any" she went on airily-'not Tor
years and years and"
He interrupted her. his voice again
plaintive. See here. Florence. how do
you expect me to get my work done,
with you everlasting,y talkin' and goin'
on around like this? Can't you see rye
got somep'n pretty important on my
hands?"
Florence became thoughtful. II never
did. see as many bugs before. all to-
together this way" she said, What you
goin' TO do with EN-, Herbert"
I'm maxim my experiments"
But her thoughtfulness increased. Il,
seems to me-" she said slowly-'Her-
bert. It seems to me there must be some
awful interesting thing We could do
With so many bugs al together like
! this"
! insecks do you think these !nsecks
! are?"
az lust know there's somep'm," she
went on. following her own line OF
! thought and Indifferent to his outburst.
There's somep'm We could do with 'em
| that we'd never forget-if we could only
! think OF It."
In spite OF himself. Herbert was in
| terestcd: FTorcnce's tone was convincing
and suggestive. Well. what" he asked.
What could we do with 'em we'd never
| forget"
In her eyes there was q far-away light
as OF q seeress cropping: II don't just
know exactly. but I know there's
/ Somep'rn II we could only think OF 1t
! II We could tust"--And her voice heca me
! inaudible. as in dreamy concentration
! She seated herself upon the discarded
Ice cream freezer, and rested hcr elbows
upon her knees and her chin upon the
! palms OF her hands.
In silence then. she thought and
| thought Herbert also was silent, for
he. too. vas trying to think, not know
ing that already he had proved himself
10 be but wax in her hands, and that he
was destined further to show himself
| thus rlalleable Like many and many
another OF his sex. he never for an in
slant suspected that he spent the
greater part OF his time carrying out