The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-01

the Atwater side: she was far from
thinking or speaking Of Noble Dill In
that way, although until she hooked up
| .,rncouth" in Websters Collegiate Die
,Ionary she had not found suitable
means to describe him. And no" as
she walked ut his side she found tho
! experience nothing short OF thriilihe'
! For Il must ever be borne In mind that
, tails wos her first and ~holly une~-
rected outburst into society; her
sensations were those OF an obscure ana
IRRESPONSIBLE acrolIte suddenly envei-
opcd in the terrestrial air ana uccorle
noble meteor. Her cousin Hcrbert
would have felt as she dld mad De oee"
; transformed Gn the twinkling or an
cye) from an ordinary thirteen year o'u
! hov :, the rider OF a caparisoned horse
in the van Of a parading brass oand'
! Florence longed TO say or do sonretnl"s
/ ma Enitlccnt something strange "''u
| exh!lara1ing. in keeping with her ne"
station in life.
! T, vast his longing. and by no means
! a confirmed unveracity. which prompted
! her TO amplify her comments upon her
! own fllial independence. on, guess
I prctty near never do anything don
want to-" she said. Il kind or run the
! house to suit myself. / guess u inc
truth had to be told, Just about run
, the whole Atwater family, when II
! comes to that.
The statement was SO noticeable that
| II succeeded in turning Mobiles ntten-
ton from the back Of Julias mead
! you do" he said. and his tone was
one Of genuine inquiry. His CONDITION
l,,.f VA
TO apply his mind properly 10 matters
! which came before It. Well, that
| seems queer" he added absently.
"Oh, don't know" sho laughed
| though perhaps unnaturally. In her
: increasing exaltation things appeared
! actually 10 be as she wished them to
+ he: an atmosphere both aueenly and
adventurous seemed to invest her, and
no doubt any remnants OF human eau
. ton in her were assuaged TO peace by
the circumstance that her aunt Julia's
{ attention was subject to the strong
demands necessarily imposed. upon any
body taking q walk between two gentle
, mon who do not speak" TO each other.
/ oh, don't know" said Florence.
THE family's used to II by this time
guess The way I do things they
naf to be, guess. When they don't
. like It I don't cay much for a while
then just" She paused waiting
for her Imagination to supply a sequel
! 10 the drama just sketched. Well.
guess they kind OF ind out they bet
ter" she concluded darkly. They don't
bother around too much
Il suppose not" said Noble. his va
cancy and credul!ty continuing to
dovctail perfectly.
"You bet not" the eXuberant Florence
Thought proper TO suggest as a prefer
able expression. And then she had
clearly an inspiration TO enliven his
dreamy interest In. her conversation.
GRANDPA. he's the one kind OF run
morst Of all Of en-. He's about SO or
90. and so he hasn't got too much sense.
/ What I mean. he hasn't got too much
sense left, you know, Just himself. So
I haf TO sort OF take holt every now
, and then" She lowered her voice a
! little, some faint whisper Of discretion
reaching her inward car. Aunt julia
. can't do thing with him. you know. l
guess that's maybe the reason she kind
OF depen's on me so much: or anyway
somr7'In like that. You know, fr in
s,anc. had to help talk grandma into
Gettin' her send 10 New York for her
things. Aunt Julia gets all her things
: in New York
: Undenably. Mr. Dill's interest flick
! cred up. Things? What things?'
| .'Oh, all her things" said Florence.
! WAT was goin' to tell you; you know
gSaHdpa just hates everybody. He
, hates everybody calling on her all the
{ time. and everything. He Jus; can't
! stand en-. becausehe'd like to have some
! peace and quiet once IN a while. IN his
| own house. he says. instead OF all this
T mo.l and turmoil. and because the doc
/ tor 81 id all the matter with her was she
| cats too much candy. and they keen
sending more all the time-and there's
| sompn the trouble with grandpa; II
! makes him sick to smell v!olets: he had
/ it ever since he was a little boy: and he
| cant help II and he hates animals. and
! they keep sendin her Aircsdal"s and
I Persian kittens. and then there was
that alligator came from Florida and
upset Kitty silver terrib!y-and 80. you
see. grandpa just hates the whole ever
+ lasting business.
Mr.. Dill nodded and spoke with con-
vict!on: Hes absolutely right--abso-
| ,utely!
| "Wrll-snme ways said Florence: and
she added conf!dent!ally: Grandpa seems
! to think you're about as bad as any or
en-"
What"
We'll" Florence exclaimed. with up
ward gestures both Of eye and OF hand
10 signify what she left untold OF MI
Atwater's orations unon his favorite
subject: Noble Dill. Sometimes It's
just torrab!e.'
tenance betnkened unlooked-for ana un-
called for suffering. but 4 thought
-; r,, NJ
prarcd upon him. You menr--" he be-
gan. "Tha, is--you mean, terrible for
YOUR aunt Julia? You mean his injus-
,icr about me makes her feel terribly
No" said Florence. for some reason
Incoming truthful entirely instead or
rartlally-.hough only for the moment.
NO. mean the way he goes on about
everybody. Aunt Julias KIND OF used TO
IL" Hero the truthful moment came
definitely To It's conclusion, out Florence
continued without any sccnsciousness or
the change: You needn't worry about
him long as I'm on your Size. lie won
do anything much 10 you II ] say So
hardly anything at all. And then, with
almost tenderness rs sho marked the
insufficient reassurence denoted by the
facial expression of her cornpan;op, sho
said handsomely: He WON'T say word.
I'll tell him not 10"
Noble was dazcd-no novelty. for he
had been dazed almost continually dur
Ing the past seven months, ever since an
evening. when dancing with Julia whom
he had known all his life. he had noticed
for the first time what she looked Ike.
(This was his mothers description, and
hts mother was n more accurate person
than tho lady Mt whose side he was now
wulking) Somewhere. ne vaguely re-
called lie had read Of the extraordinary
influence which certain kinds Of children
possess over whole households he knew
TOO wAat favorite grandchildren can do
With srlndfathcrs. and. no couot Ilttin
hnz!ly, he accepted Florence at her face
! value. as powerful force IN the At
wRtnr family. practically tho sole con.