The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-22
FEET AND MEEMUH
By BOOTH TARKING7 ON
by LuduW ocot

his own sidH of the sidewalk. "Who"
ne demanded holly. WHO says I'm
awkward"
'Au tn" family" Miss Atwa;cr re-
'urn"d. with sficnt. infuriatinE
laugh. YOU bump into I'm s'Grways
and keep getting half IN front Of en-
whenever they Try 10 take Il step. and
then when It looks as IL they'd pretty
near fan over y"u-"
You look here"
And hrSidcs all That" Florence went
on. undiSturhrd. why you generally
keep kind Of snortiuG. or sometime
and then making all those noises in
your neck You were dom II at grand
pas last sunday dinner. because every
time thr-" wasn't anybody talking. why,
everybody could hear y"u plain aS
everything. and you ought ro'vc s"rn
grandpa look at you, He looked as il
you'd set him crazy If YOU didn't quit
that ChuttcrinE and CluCklinr,"
Hcrbcrt'S oppression parto"K Of q
furious astontShmcnt. II don't any
such thing" ne burst out. Il guess
I wouldn't talk much about last sun
dag dinner. if | was you neither. Who
got caught nckin' the ice-cream freezer
spoon out on tho back poron. II you
please7 Yes. and | guess you better
study little grammar. Will" you're
about It. There's II" such words in tho
English language As 'c!uCkunG AM
'rhutterinC'"
% Il don't caro- wnat language they're
in" the stubborn Florence insisted
'Its what YOU de-. just the same
clucklinc and chuttcring!"
Hcrhert's manners went % pieces.
"Oh. dry mp" he beloved
That's n nice way to talk, s" gentle.
manly"
"'Try'!" Florence echoed. We'll. ar.
ter that. IN just politely thank YOU g.
dry up. yourself. Mister Herbert ~.
water"
Hcrh"rt's eyes cleaned with fierce tri'
umph. You couldn't II you did Try
You couldn't If You tried til you we"
n million years old You couldn't if
Il said. Dry mp" shouted Florence
At This Herbert became moody. "Oh
nhuft,'" he said: End for some mom'uIS
walked In SiioNCr Then lie asked
"Whcrc Won goin'. Florence"
Tho damsrl paused 1t piC~"ts gate
opening un,n q broad lawn which was
evenly hicr tea ny n wide hr!Ck wal
leading to n" amp'" SrHm" porch Of Z
IA, and honest old brick hnus" "RiCh,
hnrc to grHndpa's. since YOU haf I"
know" she said. And thank you f.:
your dc'tghtful c"mr'ny which | never
asked for. if YOU care 10 hear the truth
for once IN your life
Hcthert mrditated. WELL got Hu'h
in alSc 10 do. rs [ know Of" ne sail
Lets go around Ia the hack door 50 :
Ia see If Hi,ty S'lvcr's got amy thing
Then. not amivably. but at last ~.
consequently. they passed INSIDE thr
gate and won't up the brick walk togctl,.
err Their hrowS were fairly wnCioud"!
no special marks Of conflict renamed
For this WAS but their customary way
of meeting.
They followed branch Of the hri' i
walk and passed round the south Side
Of the huuSe. whore 4 small orchard VI
apple trees showed generous promise
hundreds OF little round apples among
tho crisp leave, SlanCuc the htrh
lights 20 and fro Ola their !nfantlle
green checks. as l. breeze who"n"'
through tho ward while the shade h''
meath WAS filled with sunshine flcchS
that moved coQuettiShly. This shifting
Of orange light and blue was laid like n
rancirul plaid over the lattice and over
the wide. slightly sagGing steps Of tho
elderly back porch: and here. taking hcI
cae" vrnn these stops, sat 1. midde-HHeo
cnlorcd woman OF continental proper.
tj"ns. Eeyond ali contest. she was th'
largest colorcd woman IN that town
though h"r height was not unusua,. an
sh,. had rather small face, That Is -
say. as Florence had once explained It
her. the face was small but the other
PARTS Of hcr heal We're terribly wide
BESIDE her was n circular brown hask"i
Of a weave suggesting arts-andCraftS
II was made with cover. and there
WAS a bow OF brown silk upon the Little
handle at the apcX Of the cover.
What YOU heer up to today. NitiN
Silvcr?" Herbert asked gcnially. Any
thing special"" For this was tho sequ"
70 his SOS We can see II Kitty Stlvcr's
got anything" Hut Mrs. Silver dis
couraEed him.