Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-01

money with him and didn't know when
he'd be back"
SERVES him right" said Mr.. Atwa-
ter. Does anybody know where
Herbert is?"
''Not yet"
well" and he returned to for
mer theme. Il am glad we aren't Inn
plicated. Florence is right there with
you, Is she?"
"Yes," she said. "She's right here,
reading. You aren't worried about
her, are you?" she added.
"Oh, no; I'm sure it's all right. I
only thought"
"Only thought whatT
"Well, it did strike me as curious"
said Mr.. Atwater; Especially after
Aunt Fanny's telling us how Herbert
declared Florence could never have Il
single thing to do with his paper
again"
"Wen?
"Well, here's her poem right at The
top of it, and very friendly item
about her history mark of last Jane.
1t doesn't seem like Herbert to be so
complimentary to Florence, all of a
sudden. Just struck me as rather Gu
rious; that's ALL"
"Why, yes" said Mrs. Atwater, st
does seem little odd--when you
think of it."
"Have you asked Florence If she
had anything to do with getting out
this weeks Oriole?"
"Why, no; it never occurred to me,
especially after what Aunt Fanny told
rs" said Mrs. Atwater. ''pll ask her
now"
But she was obliged to postpone the
intended question. Sesame and
Lilies" lay sweetly in the chair that
Florence had occupied, but Florence
herself had gone somewhere else.
She had gone for a long, long ram
BILE; and pedestrians who encountered
her, and took note of her expression,
were interested; and, as they went on
their way, several. of them interrupted
the course of their meditations to say
to themselves that she was the most
thoughtful-looking young girl they had
ever seen. There was touch of visit
fulness about her, too as of one
whose benevolence must renounce all
hope of comprehension and reward.
Florence, in fact, had abont reached
the conclusion that far from the likeli-
hood of her receiving praise for her
concerning her aunt Julia, there was
strong probability that dire results,
wordy and otherwise, would ensue.
Hence her extreme thoughtfulness.
Among those who observed her I'M
usual expression was gentleman of
great dimensions disposed in a closed
automobile that labored through mud
holes in an unpaved outskirt of the
town. He raped upon the glass in
front of him, to get the drivers atten-
ton, and a moment later the car
drew up beside Florence, as she stood
in deep reverie at the intersection of
two roads,
Cncle Joseph opened the door and
took his cigar from his mouth. "Get
In, Florence" he said. "I'll take yOC
for a ride" She started violently !;
whereupon he restored the cigar to
his mouth, pulled upon 1t, breathing
heavily the while, as was his wont :
and added: "Pm not going home. I'm
out for a nice long ride. Get in"
81 was takin walk" she said dubi-
ously. 81 hat to take whole lot OF
exercise and / ought to walk and
walk and walk. guess / ought TO
keep on walkin'"
"Get in he said. "Pm out riding.
/ don't know when I'll get home"
Florence got in, Uncle Joseph
closed the door, and the car slowly
bumped onward.
"You know where Herbert isr On
Gle Joseph INQUIRED.
NO" said Florence, in gentle
voice.
IL no." he said. Herbert and your
friend Henry Rooter came to our house
with one of the last copies of the ORR
ole they were distributing to subscrib-
ers; and after / read ii kind Of fore
saw that the Teller responsible FOR
their owning a printing press was
going TO be in trouble. had quite ii
talk with 'em and they limited they
hadn't had much to do with this num-
Der of the paper, except the mechani-
cal end of it; but they wouldn't come
out right full with what they meant.
They seemed to have some good rea-
son for protecting third party, and
said quite a good deal about their ia
theirs and mothers being but mortal
and so on; so Henry and Herbert
thought they oughtn't to expose this
third party--whoever she was. Well,
l thought they better not stay too
long, because / was compromised
enough already, without being seen
in their company, and / gave em
something to help 'em out with the
movies. You can stay at movies an