The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-12

fer a wittic!sm for the pleasure of the
company
You know. Ilorrnrr" he said. ~
only means acting Ike you most always
do" He applauGed himself with a burst
Of changing laughter which ranged from
II bulI-frog cruak to a collaps!ng soprano
then ho added: ESpcshuul!y when you
come around my and llcnry'S Newspaper
Building, You ccrt'n!y lose your rea-
son every time you come around that
ole plaGce, ~ ILL., .ho
people that's already there" Florence
rciOrtrd. not sharply, but in musing
zone that should have warned him. II
was not her wont 10 use IL quiet voice
for rcparlcc. Thinking her humble. he
laughed the nlrrC rauCiouSIy.
"Oh. Florence" he hcsought her. Say
not 50, Say not 81:
children. Chlldrcn.' Uncle Joseph re-
munOStraat"d.
Herbert changed his tone, he became
seriously plantlyr' wei she GOES hct
comes around Their. you'd think We were
runnin' IL lunaiic asylum the way she
takes on She hollcrs and hellers and
squalls and sqnawks. The least llttie
trnny thing she don't like about the
way we run our paper. she comes Rap
PIN over there and goes TO screechin'
around you could hear her out at the
Poor House Farm"
Now. now, Herbert" his Aunt Fanny
interruSrd Poor little Florence isn't
saving anything impolitc to you--nOt
right now. ut any rate. why don | you
be a little sweet to her just for once.
! Her unfortunate expressions revoltcd
all the c"nuslnly madness IN Hcrpert >
bosom. BE a little SWEET to her'
he echoed. with poignant lncreduiity,
and Then in Candor made plain how
poorly Aunt Fanny inspired him.
mst exactly as soon be in little sweet
10 an alligator" he asserted such was
his bitterness on this suhJect'
"Oh, OH" said Aunt Carrie.
Il would" Herbert insisted. or
MOSQUITO. Id rather. to either OF EN-,
because anyway they don't make so
, much noise. Why. you Just ought 10
and more severe You ought to sast
come around our Newspaper Building
any afternoon you please. after cchooHl
when Henry and are tryn' TO do our
work in anyway some peace. why sne
lust suunwks and squalls and SOU
1T must be terrible" Uncle Joseph
interrupted. What do YOU do an that
for. FLORENCE. every afternoon?
"Just for exercise" she answered
dr"amIy: and her placidity the more
cxaSpcrated her journalist cousin
she docs it. because she thinks she
onrht TO be runnin' our own newspaper,
nv and Henry'S; that's why she uoes IL.
She thinks she knows more about now
TO run newspapers than ANYBODY awe
but there's one thing she's goin 10 ina
ont. and that Is, she don't have anything
more TO do with my and Ilenry's news
naper. We wouldn't have another single
ono of her olo poems in IL, no I'M itrr
now much she offered TO pay us! Uncle
Joseph. l think you ought 10 tel neI
she's got no business around my ana
but, Herbert" Aunt Fanny suggest
ed-"you might let Florence have NJ
tie share in IT OF some sort. Ihen
everything would be all right"
cracking naturally. At his age nut also
under stra in of the protest he wished j.:
IN express. cit woo-wud? Oh. my
goodness. Aunt Fanny: guess you q
like 10 see our newspaper Just utterapy
ruined. Why. we wouldn't let tnat galI
have any more TO do with IL thaH VIC
would some horse!
"Oh, OH" both Aunt Fanny and Aunt
Carrie exclaimed, shocked.
I'VE wouldn't" Herbert insisted. A
horse would know any amount more
NOW To run 4 newspaper than she does
ANYWAY a horse wouldn't make SO much
noise about there. soon as We got one
nrIntinC-prcss: we said right then that
we made up our minds Florence AtWaIer
wasn't ever Soln TO have 4 single
let her have anything 10 do with any
hing she wants to run the whole thinS
lIut she might just as well learn 10 stay
away from our Newspaper Building. pe-
cause after We got her out yesterday we
fixed a way sos she'll never get IN there
again" ,,.
Won sure, Herbert" she inquired.
,bETAOIN SHRDLU NUP NCP NUM-
Just you try IT," he advised win
heartfelt sarcasm; and he laughed
tauntingly. Just come around tomor-
row and try 1t: that's all l ask.
II certnly intend to-, she RESPONDED
with dignity. Il may have slight
surprise for you
"Oh, Florence. say not so! say not
SO, Florence. Say not So"
At this she looked full upon him. and
already she had something in the ma
turc Of a surprise for him; for so pow
rrful was the still balefulncss OF her
glance he was slightly startled. Il
might say not So" she said, III I was
speaking of what pretty eyes you
know you have. Herbert"
1t staggered him. "What-what do
you mean
'.Oh. rothin'. she replied airily.
Herbert began 10 b" mistrustful Of
the Suud earth. Somewhere there was
fearful threat to his equinoise. What
you talkn' about" he said, with an