Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-10

II hin that's very niee, al ne.
age especially" Mrs. Atwater urged.
Don't your
"Ye-esl Oh. yesi At least. sup
pose so. Ah-you don't think--or
| course she hasn't had anything at all
to do with thisf' d
"Weil, / don't see how she couid.
You know Aunt Fanny told us hsw
Herbert declared before them all, only
last Sunday night, that Florence
should never have one thing to do with
his printiHg-press, and said they
wouldn't even let her come near 1t"
Eyes, that's q fact. I'm glad Her"
bert made 1t so clear that she can't be
implicated. suppose the family are
all pretty well down On CHcle Jo-
| seph?''
"uhcle Joseph is being greatly
blamed" said Mrs. Atwater primiy.
"He really ought to have known better
than to put such an Instrument into
the hands of a boy of that age. OF
course 1t simply encouraged him to
print all kinds of things. We none OF
us think Uncle Joseph ever dreamed
that Herbert would publish anything
like this, and Of course Uncle Joseph
says himself he never dreamed such \
thing he's said so time and time
again, all afternoon. Bat Of course
he's greatly blamed"
Il suppose there've been quite a
,and n ~ ~ tnn, osaw hhara hfn ming
him?. her husband Inquired.
%"Yes-until he, t~elephoned to a
garage and hired a ear and went 0
a drive. He safd he had plenty OF
money with him and didn't know when
he'd be back"
Serves him right" said Mr.. Atwa-
ter. docs anybody know where
Herbert isfs
mot yet.
well" and he returned to a for
mer theme. II am glad we aren't im-
plicated. Florence il right there with
you, Is shef"
"Yes," she said. "She's right here,
reading. You aren't worried about
her, are your she added.
ooh, no; I'm sure It's all right. !
only thought"
"Only thought whatT
"Well. 1t did strike me ms curious
said Mr.. Atwater; especially after
Aunt Fanny's telling us how Herbert
declared Florence could never have q
single thing to do with his paper
again"
"Wellf"
swell, here's her poem right at the
top of II, and a very friendly Item
about her history mark OF last June.
II doesn't seem like Herbert to be 80
complimentary TO Florence, all OF a
sudden. Just struck me as rather Gu
rlons that's ALL"
"Why, yes" said Mrs. Atwater, 1t
does seem a little odd--when you
think of It,"
"Have You asked Florence IL she
had anything to do with getting out
this weeks oriolei
"Why. no; 1t never occurred to me,
especially after what Aunt Fanny told
u.s. said Mrs. Atwater. .I1l 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 d 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 d touch of visit
fulness about her, too; as of one
whose ~benevolence must all
hope OF comprehension and reward.
Florence, In fact, had about reached
the conclusion that far from the likeli-
hood Of her receiving praise for her
thoughtful circulation Of the news
concerning her aunt Julia. there was
a strong probability that dire results,
wordy and otherwise, would ensue.'
Hence her extreme thoughtfulness.
Among those who obEerved her I'M
usual expression was a gentleman OF
great dimensions disposed In n closed
automobile that labored through mud
holes In al unpaved outsixirt 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 reyerie at the intersection OF
two roads.
Uncle Joseph opened the door and
took his cigar from his mouth. Get
in, Florence he said. "Tll take yol
for a ride" She started violently i: 4
whereupon he restored the cigar to
his mouth. pulled upon 1t, breathing
heavily the while, as was his wont
and added: I'm not going home. I'm
out for a nice long ride. Get in"
tTo BE CoNTINUED)