The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-19

that nothing mad yet been heard OF her
son. The pressur,. Of those who were
blaming fhN uriulc NOR" than Julia be-
came 50 wearing that Herbert decided
h" would rather spend III" remaining
DAYS 60: his int" running away from
Wal.ic TorD.n than put In any more OF
such =. dogs evening rs h" WIS putting
.n--thus he defined H.
He made Il confession: that is to say.
II was a proclamation. He proclaimed
his innocence lie began the history OF
II with Il description OF events dis
tinctly subsequent - me little game
with FATTY t'alrchild. and explained how
hr and Henry had felt that their pa
ents would not always be with them.
and ms their Parents wished them TO be
pol!ta. they had resolved to be polite to
tI6rnncs. Proceeding. he related In de-
tail her journalistic exploit.
or the matter in hand he told tn"
pcrfcc, and absolute truth--and was
Immediately rcfuted. c0nfuted ana
demons tratrd TO be false witness Dy
.Aun, Fanny. Aunt Carrie and Cousin
Virginia. who had all heard him Hehem-
entity declare, no longer ago IMAM the
preceding sunday evening. 'h'tt nc anu
his PARTNER had taken secure measures
to prevent Florence from every again
setting foot within the Newspaper
building. In addition. he was cunt"
showrr,d with definitions: and these.
tho So variant all sought 10 phrase but
Inc ON. subject: his conduct In seeking
10 drag Florence through the mirc' whe"
She was absent and could not defend
herself Poor Florence would answer
later in the evening. he WAS told, Sc
vcrcly: and tho her cause was thus
Championrd against the ISLANDER II Is
true that some Of them felt STRINGS OF
curiosity in regard 10 f'lorcrcc. In fact.
there was getting Ia b. something ike
a cloud ul0n her reputation Iherc
were several important things FOR her
10 explain: among them. her taking IL
upon herself TO see that Noble received
n copy Of the OriOle, and also her sud
den departure from home and rather odd
protraCtinn Of absence thrrrtOrm. II
WIS not thought she was in good com
pany. Uncle Joseph had telephoned
from suburb that they were dining al
a farmhouse and would thence descend
10 the general region OF the movies.
Nobody knows what that manll do,
when he decides to-" Aunt Carrie said
nnrvdusly. Letting the poor child stay
UP 80 late, She ought 10 be IN bed THIS
minute. even IL 1t is Saturday night Or
else she ought 10 be here To listen 10 her
own bad little cousin trying TO put his
terrible responsibility on her shoulders.
One Item OF her description Of him
self the hadGcrCd Herbert could not
bear in silence, a!tho he had just de-
Clarcd that since the truth was SO i'll
respected among hts prosecutors he
would open his mouth no NOR" until
the next day. He passed over bad hut
furiouSly stated his height i'll feet. inch
Is and. fractions Of inches.
Aunt Fanny shook her head in ",ourn-
Ing. THAT may be- Herbert" she said
gently "Rut YOU must Try 10 realize
II cans hiring poor young Mr.. pill back
to his family"
AEain Herbert just looked II her He
had no indifference moro profound than
that upon her stra incd conception OF the
relation between cause and effect seem
ed to touch; and, from his point OF view.
10 he missing should be the liGhtcst of
CaIamit!cs. 1t is true that he WAS con-
Ccrnpd with tho restoration OF Noble
Dill To the rest ~ the DillS so far as
such an event might affect his own in
comparable misfOrtuncS--hut not other
wise. He regarded Nobl" and Noble
disappearance merely as Unfair damage
10 himself. He continued to look at
this %UrruwinE ErCat-auEt OF his, and
his thoughts made his strange gaze APP
pear 70 her so hardened that she shook
her head AID locked away.
Pour young Mr.. DIE" she said. IF