The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-01-27
PART III-continued.


II was takin' a walk" she said dubi-
Ously. Il haf to take a whole lot o.
exercise. and l ought to walk and
walk and walk. I guess | ought to
keep on walkin'."
Get in" he said. I'm 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 is?" I'm
Gle Joseph inquired.
NO" said Florence. in a gentle
voice
Il do he said. Herbert and your
frieEd Henry ROoter came to our house
with one Of the last copies Of the ORR
ole they were distributing 10 subscrib-
ers; and after / read it l kind of fore
saw that the Teller responsible for
their owning a printing press was
going TO be in trouble. l had quite ii
talk with 'em and they limited they
hadn't had much to do with this num-
her 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 "a 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 OughtH't to expose this
third party-whOever she was. Well,
! thought they better not stay too
long, because / was compromised
enough already, without being seen
In their company. and l gave 'eIn
something to help EN- out with the
movies. You can stay at movies an
awful long time, and If you've got
money enough TO go to several of EN-.
why you're fixed for as long as you
please. A body ought to be able TO
live couple o. months at the movies
for nine or ten dollars, l should think"
He was silent for a time. then
asked: Il don't suppose your papa
and mama viii be worrying about
you, will they, Florence?"
"Oh, nor she said quickly. mot
in the leastl There was nOthin' at all
noon"
That's good" he said. because
before we 20 back l was thinking some
of driving around by way of Texas"
Florence looked at him trustfully
and said nothing. 1t seemed to her
that he suspected something; she was
not sure, but his conversation was
little peculiar-though not n the least
sinister Indeed, she was able to make
out that he had more the air of an ac
complete than of a detective. Never
theIess she was convinced that far, far
the best course for her 10 pursue dur
ing the next few days, would be one
of steadfast reserve. And such a course
was cOngenial TO her mood. which was
subdued, not to say apprehensive
though she Was sure that her recent
cOnducL, if viewed sympathetically,
would be found Christian. The trou-
BILE was that probably it would not
be viewed sympathetically. No one
would understand how carefully and
tactfuIly she had prepared the items
of the Oriole TO lead suavely up to the
nexs OF Aunt Julia's engagement and
break IL 10 Noble Dill in a manner 10
save his reason. Therefore, on ac-
count of this lack of comprehension,
really the only wise and good thing to
do was 10 claim nothing for herself.
aud allow Herbert and Henry to re-
main undisturbed in full credit for
publishing the Oriole. This involved
disappointment. it Is true; neverthe-
less she decided to bear it.
She had looked forward to surpris-
ing 1.-The family" delightfully."-. AS
SPey fluttened in exclamation about