Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-11-23

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faesntsg. ~E-hyy'
Wei. SON. Of eta might f.ei thsi
assysrate ~ aau." h~ exEaalsyed.
~Prvhsbs;ieE's sAssSsasd soe The tils.
apt,ost.sx. ia lore"
This phrase akd pesyioas aoa
s'irrsSi Fheszses. WHO had ssess xstsEnx
quietly. seceniinx to rsqs~ss. ss.i
~rexsibx": I: bot mot resting ksr rurs-
ossty. who's disappointed In iSvv.
IsatssT she Inquired with N explosive
saserness which Slightly startled aeS
prsooeutaea parsnsa what ks all this
about Amt Juiia. ana Gssntpa sssn'
10 live alone. ana psopis caunnssttns
/ suicide and prohihlfasa sssj every
fh.ngr What IL all this. snxznay"
| Nothing, rsor~no.~
| -So,hIng' That's what ynu always
say sbcu. the very nsoss interesting
things that hapfsn in the whole fam
by! What is vii this, ps3ay"
"It's nothing that woui4 he lnteg-
| esssns to little girls. Faoreuee. Mere
ly s"ase family nastterx."
MY goodness. :" Florenee exclaimed.
/ I'm ns1 'iiri9e girl sny iagre raga
You're always forgetting ny age. AID
IL It's family zss7a+r belong 70 tie
family, g7ieSs. sF.out aS nantA ag szy-
body else, dou't II Grandpa himself
, isn't any more ctAe OF tie family than
! Elm. don't care ho. old h+ iS."
This was uadezIabie. and her father
laughed ''i;'s really nothing you'd
care about oue way or tas Other" he
said
We'll. I'd care atout ii if It's a ss-
cret,' Florence Insisted. eli lis So
c-et I'd ~aat to k1ow i, whatever irs
about"
"oa, II Isn't secret, particularly.
SUPPOSE AT least, it's Log to s@
tAatie pahlic .or time; It's caly to
he known in the family"
Well, DIDN'T / just prove I'm ~
much one o. the family ass
~Neyer EulBd,@ her father sald sooEa-
ingly. Il Coo, sGpissse there's auy
h&rin in your knowing tiff YOU wont
60 telling everyts~ty. Your RUE, Julia
has just written us that she's ea-
gag-d."
Mrs. A,water uttered Ell exclsEa-
tioa, but she was too late to cheek
him.
@Whars the natters" he asked
~rm afraid you oaghtnr to hare
tod Florence She iSn't Just the zaost
Discreet
"pshaw'" he laughed ~Sh- re-,aiEa-
iy is oaa Of she family, however, arai
Jgila Wrote that all Of the family
might he told Ycu'!l not sreak at IL
outside the family. viii yoa Flor. |
encer'
But Florence WAS Bot yet able To |
Speak of II. eTe1 Inside the family
50 surprising. sometimes, are rarsnrs'
theories ot what Ntil nat Interest |
'aetr children. She sat ssarsng, her
Hsuth open. her .hFoxt closed and IN
sn1u lG1I1Il - -
tssese symptoms Of her &m0fscnaI CON
d!iina went gncbs@ryed
Il say yog WON'T ss,eak Of IEila's \
ezaga cement outside the family, WITH
yeu. F!o.ehces~
"ra.sst' she gngsaA IBID Aan.
Julia wyi.s sa@ gas eugaSeaf~
Yes"
TO Sst rAsrrseiy-
"Is would seen So"
"To whog"
ITO whom Florence" her mother
suggested priraly.
Mama the dSnshter cried "Nhc's
Aunt Julia engaged to ge. married
10! Noble pill!
"Got.& graSto.s. naf" Mrs A.wsser
exclaimed. "Whss an $hsgrsS t1sa
Its TO young man In the place shes
risitsnc~-a stranger TO ali of uss sutIa
ossty nlet him tew weeks agra Here
sac fnreos fiarpsscN. aad turned again
so her husband, wearing beg tQsga@r
expression ~ esrer3cnc~si foressS1lt,s
ITS tust as said It's Vr&rtay ike
lc'Is to fa sacA a -~cslsss thlns~
'isDa We isar sna's anything at SIT
shos1t the spung aaa," he resspsss'
s'rwt.d.
How DO yau even srew he's
scsluS*~ Mrs. Aswasyr asSssi t-y3snsg-
"AN In ihc w.gld Sbs said as@sft him
was ;hst he s lawyrs. He saas sse
n eis'eNer, fssr @H ws kasas. eg III,
,as,~sd. With seseia W eight s.tas.aFs-ss.
't'h, no Ma3Ise1"
why, he ssiga, ,~ she sssssssr<t fx
Al, ~e kne's, .,e ssas he wsaaaer ses
tha stslrS; ns foer,h time. os asvesv~ss.
with sgy nasasl~xs- es ssasldr~sA II sseh
p a~rs<a pTuspase,i se Jaita. yea snew
soarselt she'd bate TO he dlsagsseEa&-
las,~
Hsr husband aaas sss44. 4 s.essr .hins
she'd ~ ~ far as 10 Actually &eS~as
sech a lresssssG and write acssas sa ar !
aartsee her esesa gSaseSas To ,a~ ssassty. |
ssiAssrsss sssSss: Of hes swains here
have seen sn sAs habit Of p-sssas1ns
10 her just rs fs@sgeagsy IS sAe was
unable 10 pFeyens tssEs .rcsn xolnx
that far and while 9sser thfns xhes4I
hs~n rs agscxss ss-ssia. wEEA s.s4as AZ ssas
'aashs assF a~eS@ sss's asyec rssiy
ass5sssfsas a.ly - 'eS;a- She's seveT s~xaa
ssss ssst ssfase.~
No" Mrs A;~stes assaetssd. Net
10 THIS cxtesss> shes aeser aaae1nv<~f.
Z se the fsEi3y h~fars.~
Well. IL hate 70 h.v~ iaI.ass hA
xssen she ceslws assx - js4asAs eresheTl
'atd rvsfa.ls.
-whsss ,aa;y~ l.
~Rr~sAin< u TO her sstms~rS.s
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