The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-01
WITHOUT MONEY

drink r.CkeS tnat taSleu INK" HdH
oil. Bah:
What about little shaver about
three feet tall. with yellow hair and
knees scratched and eyes that could
look up trustfully? What about Il
k:d's hand that would cling 10 his"
Christmas and all that sort # thln&.
don't YOU know JOvc. Z he n,d
had the nerve and had married tr:r
Florence, the boy might h" in the
aviation this ninut"! An ensign.
what" commanding L wha;-y"u-r;'!-
/, Of nyirg boats Coming t. II"
club with Dad. This is my son.
Ensign Smith" Al that sort or
thing.
Morley Smith moved uneasily IN
his chair. He had an intuinv"
glance at how he must appear t"
hundreds--a well-dressed nothing. 4
nobody IN time OF glory.
Well, All right about that: but
he could not have stood Cora Flor
ence. He shuddered as he thought
OF what life with her would have
been. Handsome. tall. well-flled-out.
brainy-she was all Of thosc-hut
;alker, And she was the only wo-
man that had ever made an impress
sion on him. She was the only
woman he could think OF as his WIFE
II he had married Cora Florence. he
would not have to be drinking a
hickey that tasted like gasoline; she
fnrnritn GIN IN
plenty. She would have managed IL
even if this thick headed bar COM
mittee couldn't. She was eihclent-
but such a, talker. :.
Morley Smith heav"d a deep sigh
and shook his head rs he thought or
what talker Cora Florence was.
Some Young women talk more or
less, but Cora never talked anything
but more. She talked enthusiastic
cally and joyously and eagerly. but
also continuously. No one else ever
had a chance 10 say word. she
was the most tireless talker in the
world.
As Morley Smith thought Of her.
he could not remember thai her
talking had ever wearied HIM. be-
cause she was bright and had ideas.
Nearly everything she said was
worth saying, but she thought OF so
many millions Of things to say en-
Enthusiastically, Beans and birds ana
boiled beef and beatitudes and Brit
ish and bustles-if they were in style
were all things she could talk about.
II she did not know a single. solitary
thing about a subject. she could tell
YOU SC in the most enthusiastic man.
ner to the extent Of several thou
sand words, and be interesting In
the telling. She was 4 little daring
Nice old ladies often thought she
was a little too free in her handing
OF intimate subjects. but when q
person has such vast stores OF talk
TO pour forth. she cannot stop too
long or choose her subjects too care
fully. There might be moments
pause in her flow Of words II she do
Cora Florence was. 1t Is believed.
the first human being 10 mention
nightgowns in public conversation IN
the town OF Rhodehampton: She
had been talking about Zoroaster
and had jumped to the peach ice
cream at Fennerly's, and her agile
mind leaped TO nightgowns. and shc
mentioned that her new ones were
perfectly dear. with pink ribbons
She did not utter over six. hundred
words about them before she jumped
- the new novel BY George WASH
;rgton Gable, but the fact that she
had talked about nightgowns In pub
lie left Its impress on Rhodehampton
and set people saying she was a little
too daring.
She was daring. too, for the reason
mentioned. and she came 10 enjoy
srrprising the staid and more silent:
but she was n perfectly harmless
person for all that. No one could
ever say he had had a conversation
about nlghtgowns with Cora Flor
cI.ce. No one ever had chance 70
say anything whatever when Cora
, was present.
She began talking when she awnk-
ened in the morning. She was the
girl who most often had girl
friend "stay all night" and when
she did not, she stayed all night
with some girl friend. She may
have thought she liked company for
some other reason: but 1t was 80 she
might have som" one 10 talk to the
last thing at night and the first IN
the morning. Her mother was a
quiet. represscd lady and her rather
. was a quiet, repressed gentleman.
AS Morley Smith considered :
short love affair with Cora Florence
he thought he saw that he would
have married her II she had not
been such 4 speedy. long distance
talker. She had been n queen. and
the manner in which she walked and
in which she switched her skirts
; about had been very taking.
by Jove. you know" no said TO
himself as he slipped his miserable
hickey, she WAS too much for n
chan, what? \ chap might have
stood the talk. don't you know. but
she thought Of so much 10 talk
about. Ideas. and all that sort Of
thing. y chap could never keep up
| with her. II she had just talked. a