The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-29

lie always does" the niece continued
He behaves awful about everything
! ever heard about. tie"
I'll go pretty far with you: Flor
I cnce." Julia intcrposed, but we'd bet
ter leave him Il loophole. You kn"H
he's a constant attendant at chuctt
, and contributes literally to many gooe
"Oh. you know what I mean! near
he always acts horrable about anything
| pleasant. or c~ourseSI know he's Il
man and everything; l just TN
way h" behaves is psgfseti s.S S&SsSs' ,h;;;
s aSs3 ~ You srS SSats h9Ss s sssS s sssaqn s1
"Oh. yes. | VIII" ~.sScBsSsSss
Grandpa hasn't already; sssssAtni ha
hc?" |Sse!sS
No" .r3sf sS6
'Thcn what makes you sly
He isn't coming home TO lunch. III
wont be home ill five o'clock
We'll. then, by six you won't hays
: any dog. and poor little CiammireT
! probaly be run over by a street cal
some time IN the evening. flotchct
voice became anguished in inc emphasis
of her appeal. AUNT Julia, wont Sou
give me his dog:
Julia shook her head.
Wont you, please:
".lunt Julia, if it was Noble Dill
gave you this dog
tad o
FLORENCE" her unit exclaimed.
What in the world makes you imagine
"WelL, If il was. ! think you ought 70
give, Gammire 10 me, because ike
Noble Dill, and L .u.
Hlt here her aunt laughed again and
:S"ksd ,d a! h sG!. ~ w "a "w S3m' four T%F'0
well" said Florence, swallowing
"bo mist he rather smallish for a man.
hut he's very uncouth and distinguished
Looking. and | think he doesn't get TO
tnjoy himself much: GranuPa , n1tNS
Hare, such was the unexpected depth
of her feeling that she chokea, whert
upou her aunt, overcome WIN IausntcL'
hut nevertheless somewhat tourheu,
spranE up and threw Two pretty aims
about her Charm!ng!y.
You funny Florcnce!" she cried; -,
"rbcn Will YOU give ne Gammire!
said Florence instantly.
NO. We'll bring him IN inc mousse
now. and you can stay 10 uhcn.,
Florence was !mperlrct!E JoHsmntd
but she had Il thought that frightened
"Wcll. there'Il be an awful time wneh
grandma comes home this afternoon
but Il, certainly will he interesting
She proved Il true proPRTI' tweIer
nncned his front gate that AFTERNOON
h, was already in the presence OF Il
deeply interested audience Nn9S" "y
s~ervation was TO MN. lHIoueL
ths intcrstiCeS Of the lace curtains NJ an
open window downstairs. the gaze 81
Julja and Florence was onCchtratt.
upon him In Il manner which miehs
have %disquietcd even so opinlonea Wy
peculiar an elderly man as Mt; HI"a.o.,
had he been aware Of it; and Heroert
irawise watched hlm fixedly from an
unsecn outpost. Herbert had SHOWN
some hraCgadocio. declaring Loudly ina.
h. intended to lounge IN full view, put
when the well-known form OF tne an
c"stor was actually ldenei5ieo, G. he
ascendant changed his mind; The gooa
Green earth abruptly ceased 10 seem
secure. and Herbert Climbed a Tree. ne
surrounded himself with the dcepest
SNIi,yr' and below him some outlying
,,ootbiIis of Mrs. Kitty Silver were per
rnntibir. where she e~ndcavored to IuFk
IN the concealment Of a lilac bush.
c,nm!re was the only person IN
rinw He sat just in the middle or inc
TON sten of the front porch. ana ms -
was that Of an endowed ana ESt'ieu ~
was Interested him hut vaguely. no1
Affecting the world to which he belonged
"thrt w0rld being this house and lot
Of which he was now, beyond all QucS-
don. tho official dog, .,r
II had been a rather hard'work:ns
,ficrnnnn. for he had done everything
suggested TO him. az we'll as q H'eat
man other things which he thought oil.
himself. He had also made II 't"hr
that ne had taken the most particular
Julia To he the head Of the house and
If the universe. II was l"N" nj hTSt
sisht and though Il" was At the dis
nosaI OF MI ner family an! friends. ne
was at her disposal first. fi"w"FIr Suo-
denly. she was his Naomi ana whitnet-
nocvnr she went. there would no 20 also,
unless SHE otherwise commanded. JUST
now she had withdrawn. closing the
door hut. ne understood that She in
tended n" permanent exclusion: VINO
was his newcomer at the gate:
The newcomer came TO an ABRUPT
halt. staring ~anGrtly. Then he aGvanr"d.
sin the gat" l.. hind him. cot
ont o. here he said In y harsh and
rnrbidding voice. you get off this
place.
Gamm.re regarded HIM seriously. not
moving while Mr.. .ttwater cast an eye
something. and his gazc. thus rowing.
was arrested hy 4 slight movement or
great areas behind a lilac bush. II ap-
pcarod that some public building had
covered us u"iif Win hhNiQ"' ''H'HIS
and was ~"ndclvoring to conceal It
therc--a failure.
"Kifrv Silver" ne said. What are
you I.'nG7"
"Sa ."
nchoucN!nr s'd.wire slowly. she came
into fuller wow. hut retired n Few steps.
what I dom whur. M'sta ttwatcr?"
How'd that dog get on my front
stops"
Her face became n~oucornm!ttal entire
~. This hero dog? He Just settIl'
there, sub"